Ellington Farmers' Market Opens for Summer Season this Saturday

After a cool brisk April, we are filled with joy to welcome May and another season of our outdoor farmers' market. What better way to celebrate "new life" than to visit our barnyard babies and their new, fuzzy cuteness! Join us this Saturday from 9 to noon as we kickoff the summer market season with fresh greens, beautiful summer plants and your favorite bakery, dairy and meat products as well as gorgeous artisan wares. We"ll have everything you need to bring a smile to Mom's face on Mother's Day as well. Come and meet our new and guest vendors and visit with your friends and neighbors as you enjoy the fresh spring air; don't forget to pack your basket or reusable grocery bags to bring home plenty of locally grown or produced goodies to last until next week.

This Week's Vendors

Guest Vendors

Beads 4 Dreams- Handcrafted jewelry
Faith and Love Creations- Upcycled items for home and garden including bird feeders, garden ornaments, plant markers, fairy jars and wooden signs
Muddy Feet Flower Farm - Beautiful farm grown spring flower bouquets
Norm's Best Mushrooms - Award winning marinated mushrooms, jams, and sauces
Mothers' Day Special- $1.00 off when you buy 2 jams
Windsor Valley Candles - Hand-poured natural soy wax candles with cotton or wooden wicks. Return your candle jars and tops for $2 off next purchase. $1 off for jar only
Produce
New England Green Mushrooms - Fresh & dried Shitake mushrooms, powder & fresh spinach
Biossential Greens - Micro greens
Horse Listeners Orchard - Lettuse, spinach, radishes
Maple Knoll Farm - Fresh baby greens
Simpaug Farms - spring greens
Melrose Place Farm - spring greens

Meat and Animal and Dairy

Clear Mountain Alpacas - Yarns and finished alpaca products
Copper Hill Farm - A variety of pork cuts, sausage, bacon and free range eggs
The Fish Market - A variety of seafood fresh off the boats in Stonington CT
GourmAvian Farm - Heritage breed chicken
Hoffman Farm - Grass fed ground beef and free range eggs
Meadowstone Farm - Artisan Connecticut Cheeses
Mothers' Day Special - Horseradish and Smoked Paprika Goat Cheese. This can be spread or crumbled, any place you might like a flavor boost, on a chicken sandwich, on a burger or just straight up with a spoon! Folks, this is one of their best concoctions yet and there will be plenty to sample.
New Boston Beef- A variety of beef cuts
Pine Knob Lamb - A fully stocked variety of lamb cuts
Mothers' Day Special - $1/lb off all lamb shanks. What better way to get the chill out of your bones after this rainy week than to cook up a pot of soup or stew...or braise some shanks.
Smyth's Trinity Dairy Farm - A wide variety of dairy products

Bakery & Specialty Foods
Dragon's Blood Elixir Hot Sauce - Specialty hot sauces
Mothers Day Special -Chocolate Raspberry Truffle made with organic chocolate from the Masons Island Chocolate Company, farmers market raspberries and Stone Soup Hot Pepper Mash. Ellington farmers market customers contributed to this pepper mash!
Hillhouse Country Products -Jams, marmalades, pickles, chutneys, relishes, sauces, & dressings
Jean and Milo's Kettle Corn - Freshly popped kettle corn
La Petite France Bakery - A wide variety of French pastries and breads.
Mothers' Day Special - Macaroons! packaged as 6 large or 11 small.
Pre-order via email at: lpfwhbakery@gmail.com
Luann’s Bakery - A large selection on freshly baked breads, pies, cookies, quiche, cupcakes, muffins, bread puddings and more-orders taken at 860-872-8073. The Cupcake Bug Debut!
Pastries 4 Pets - Baked goods and dog ice-cream for your four legged friends
Pease Bees -Local raw honey
Sixpence Pie Company - Breakfast pies, meat pies and soups pre-orders taken at 860.681.6118
The Nut Guy -Freshly roasted and flavored nuts
Quiet Corner Coffee Roasters - Freshly roasted coffee This weeks coffees: Organic Flores Island Komodo Dragon, Organic Peru and Costa Rican Water Washed Decaf.
Orders for espresso taken by calling 860-576-0417
Tasty Layers Salads - Layered salads and fresh pasta Orders taken via email Tesscav13@yahoo.com
Western View Farm - Jams, jellies, relishes, preserves ,maple syrup, and eggs

Hand Crafted Products
Blessed Creek -Natural household cleaning and body care products
CT Chainsaw Sculpture -Unique sculpted wood items
Mothers' Day Special- Sculpted planters
Toes to Nose Soaps - Handcrafted soaps
Mothers' Day Special - Gardeners Hand Scrub - A bar of Gardeners Hand Scrub and a new pair of gardening gloves makes a wonderful Mother's Day gift. Add a few bars of scented soap or a lavender bath bomb to complete the package!

Plants and Flowers
Deerfield Farm- Herb and flower plants, fresh cut flower bouquets
Welcome back Ken and Cindy!
Joe's Veggies - A full selection of vegetable and herb plants
Mothers' Day Special - patio tomato plants
Sean Patricks Plants - a wide variety of beautiful plants and flowers
Mothers Day Special -Free 4-1/2" annual for those who purchase a hanging basket on Mother's Day weekend

Recipe of the Week
You can find the greens, goat cheese, honey and even some candied pecans at the market this week for this scrumptious salad
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Mixed Green Salad with Pecans, Goat Cheese, and Honey Mustard Vinaigrette

The Market is Matching SNAP DollarsHOW? Present your EBT card at the Market Booth where you can request any dollar amount to be debited from your card. That amount will be given to you in the form of SNAP coins redeemable at the Ellington Farmers Market only. The market will match the amount of snap coins up to $20 per week. We deduct $20 from you EBT and give you an $40 in SNAP coins to spend. This program will last until the budget is depleted

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