"Know Your Herbs" is this weeks theme at Ellington Farmers' Market

Join us this Saturday to Meet Your Herbs.....learn everything from growing them in pots, to harvesting and using them for healing and cooking. We will have an herbalist and experts from the Connecticut Herb Association to answer all of your questions about aroma therapy, detoxing with herbs and using herbs and spices in your favorite recipes. Whole Harmony Artisan Tea will have a huge selection of herbal teas created by certified herbalist using many of the herbs grown on their herb farm. Container Crazy Cathy Testa will be giving the demonstration "Container Gardening with Edibles and Fruiting Shrubs" in the big gazebo at 10:00 where you learn to make a gorgeous container for you own patio. There will be body products and soaps made with essential herb oils and plenty of herb plants for sale. See you Saturday from 9 - 12 at Arbor Park. It's going to be a gorgeous day!

Meet Your Herbs Day Highlights:

Container Gardening with Edibles and Fruiting Shrubs
by Cathy Testa - 10:00 in the big gazebo

Ask the Herb Experts - at CT Herb Association

Herb Plants - Deerfield Farm, Sean Patrick Plants, Joe's Veggies,
Market Booth, CT Herb Association

Herbal Body Products - Blessed Creek

Artisan Herbal Teas Blended by Certified Herbalists - Whole Harmony Artisan Teas

Music This Week: Johnboy Music -Traditional , Contemporary Folk & Country Music

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Get the kids involved with your garden this year and they can participate in:
Youth Market Day July 30th

This Week's Vendors

Guest Vendors

NoRa Cupcake Truck- Definitely NOT your mother’s cupcake company. NoRA is a “new generation” bakery focused on artistic cupcakes with an emphasis on non-traditional recipes
Hickster Tees-Tees and more inspired by gardening, rural life & geekery
Artworks by Zofia- Watercolor paintings, charcoal drawings, portraits
Persimmon Pearl -Bohemian chic ~Rustic gemstone ~ Indie Jewelry
Faith and Love Creations -Up-cycled items for home and garden including bird feeders, garden ornaments, plant markers, fairy jars and wooden signs.



Hand Crafted Products
Blessed Creek - Herbal based body care products. containing essential oils such as cooling peppermint, relaxing Lavender, anti-microbial Tea Tree, sensual Ylang Ylang, extreme healing of Comfrey and Plantain, soothing Calendula and so much more. Special for Herb Day: It's all about lavender $1.00 off all lavender body butters
Toes to Nose Soaps - Handcrafted soaps Special for Herb Day:
CT Chainsaw Sculpture -Unique sculpted wood items



Plants and Flowers
Deerfield Farm- Herb and flower plants, fresh cut flower bouquets.
Joe's Veggies - A full selection of vegetable and herb plants.
Sean Patricks Plants - Beautiful hanging baskets, colorful annuals, geraniums, delicious herbs, and a wide variety of vegetables. There will also be an assortment of colorful perennials.

Produce
Pinnacle Produce -New this week: Field grown bib lettuce, red lettuce and mesculn greens. Pick up some bib lettuce for this awesome lettuce wrap recipe
New England Green Mushrooms - Fresh & dried Shitake mushrooms, powder & fresh spinach.
Biossential Greens - Micro greens New this week: Sunflower greens, the perfect protien!
Horse Listeners Orchard - Lettuce, spinach, radishes
Maple Knoll Farm - Fresh baby greens, sweet and spicy
Simpaug Farms - Spring greens, carrots, radishes
Melrose Place Farm - Spring greens, rhubarb

Meat, Animal and Dairy

GourmAvian- Heritage chicken. Special for Herb Day: Roasting or Beer can chickens-great stuffed with herbs and onions and apples. Chicken pieces for the grill, and a few Eggstraordinary chickens (over 5 lbs) as well as eggs for holiday salads and deviling.
Hoffman Farm - Grass fed ground beef and free range eggs.
Meadowstone Farm - Artisan Connecticut Cheeses-Jersey Cow and goatmilk .
New Boston Beef- A variety of beef cuts
Smyth's Trinity Dairy Farm - A wide variety of dairy products
Copper Hill Farm - A variety of pork cuts, and free range eggs
The Fish Market - A variety of seafood fresh off the boats in Stonington CT



Bakery & Specialty Foods

La Petite France Bakery - A wide variety of French pastries and breads. New this week:Brioche rolls Special for Herb Day: Tomato parsley and thyme bread
Dragon's Blood Elixir Hot Sauce - Specialty hot sauces- Special for Herb Day-Cayenne Herb featuring sage, rosemary and thyme from Topmost Herb Farm.
Whole Harmony Artisan Teas and Elixirs - Stop by the tea tent to taste the magic of herbs! Special for Herb Day-they'll be sampling their Ayurvedic Tea line which includes Vata-Pacifying, Pitta-Cooling, and Kapha-Energizing. For Iced Teas & Elixirs try award winning GojiBerry Raspberry Iced Tea & lavender Lemonade! Whole Harmony took 1st Place in the Coffee/Tea Category @ the 2015 CT Specialty Food Competition!!
Pinnacle Produce - Jams made from Ellington grown fruits:
Specials for Herb Day: Raspberry mojito jam and rhubarb ginger jam.
Blackberry bourbon jam, Blueberry jam, Peach pepper jam and Organic tortilla chips
Hillhome Country Products- Specially flavored gourmet food items, including preserves, dessert sauces, salad dressings and the famous Texas pickles!
Jean and Milo's Kettle Corn - Freshly popped kettle corn
Luann’s Bakery - A large selection of freshly baked breads, pies, cookies, quiche, cupcakes,muffins, bread puddings and more-orders taken at 860-872-8073.
Special for Herb Day- Lemon Lavender cupcakes, herbal quiche, herb bread. Cupcakes from The Cupcake Bug include fluffernutter, chocolate covered strawberry, chocolate sundae, and stars & stripes (because it is memorial day weekend!) Bread pudding this week: Coconut Cream.
Pastries 4 Pets - Baked goods and dog ice-cream for your four legged friends
Pease Bees -Local raw honey
Sixpence Pie Company - Hot breakfast pies await! Meat turnovers, breakfast pies.
Pre-orders taken for additional items at 860.681.6118
The Nut Guy -Freshly roasted and flavored nuts
Quiet Corner Coffee Roasters - Freshly roasted coffee This weeks coffees: Organic Java Taman Dadar, Mexican Altura, Costa Rican Water Washed Decaf. Orders for espresso taken by calling 860-576-0417
Tasty Layers Salads - Layered salads with artisan dressings and fresh pasta.
Orders taken via email tesscav13@yahoo.com
Western View Farm - Jams, jellies, relishes, pickles, preserves, maple syrup, and eggs

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 $2000 budget is depleted.

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