Saturday Market Newsletter November 2024

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Cool Season Market Options

Growing Season is Not Over

Just because the weather has gotten cooler, don't think our farmers are not still growing produce and raising beef, pork, and poultry. Growing food is a year-round occupation even though the produce is not the summer varieties we have come to love.

This is the season for beets, turnips, lettuces, spinach, kale, and other varieties that love cooler weather. Many of our local farmers use greenhouses and hoop houses to prolong their growing season. Check out options for buying directly from farmers on their farms or from local "winter markets." In Murfreesboro, we have an excellent variety of winter produce available at the small, winter market outside The Hamery on Lytle Street just off the downtown square. Vendors bundle up and line up on Saturday mornings from 8-11 to sell fresh produce, meats, and baked goods, and customers come in quickly to make their selections. It's not the leisurely pace of our Saturday Market, but it's still getting locally grown food into kitchens in Middle Tennessee.

You can also order directly from many of our Saturday Market vendors. We will continue to post these options on Facebook and in our monthly newsletter throughout the winter months to help connect you with local growers, makers, and producers. We want everyone to continue supporting our goal of buying local, buying fresh, and supporting local farmers.

In addition to the Saturday Market, read about all the holiday-related events Main Street sponsors in downtown Murfreesboro to support local businesses and promote a sense of community.

Order Fresh Produce from Belle Fleur Farm for Local Pickup

A new option for customers this winter is a produce share from Belle Fleur Farm. Each share (box) will contain 8 items, a mix of the following: lettuce, spinach, arugula, kale, collards, mâché, microgreens, rainbow beets, carrots, sunchokes, salad turnips, purple top turnips, a variety of radishes, bouquets of herbs, fennel, escarole, radicchio, celery, endive frisee, etc. Matt and Kelsey will select the best and most abundant varieties each week to pack in each box. For more information, pricing, and placing an order, visit: Veggies of the Week

Pickup options are:
Winter Market at The Hamery in Murfreesboro, Saturday 8am to 11am
C rossing Creeks Farm Store on Thursdays, 10am to 6pm.

Wagyu Farms and Belle Fleur are Back on the Square Sunday, Nov. 17 from 1-3 p.m.

Wagyu Farms will be on the square this Sunday, November 17 from 1-3, to deliver fresh beef orders. They will be set up near the entrance to the courthouse parking area. Regina and Van will also have extra meat selections for customers who did not order in advance. They will be back on December 15. This is your chance to keep buying local beef through the winter months. You can contact them through their website, Wagyu Farms, to place an order.

Kelsey, from Belle Fleur Farm will join Wagyu this Sunday with tinctures, vanilla, heirloom chili powder, spinach, lettuce, radish, sunchokes, and turnips!

Remember to follow the Murfreesboro Saturday Market on Facebook.

Don't forget to Sign up for our Weekly Saturday Market Electronic Newsletter. We will continue the newsletter throughout the winter and early spring, keeping you updated on where you can buy vendor products and offering tips from our vendors about growing, cooking, baking, and crafting. Sign up so you can keep up with market news.

Want a really fresh turkey for the holidays?

Just in time for the holidays, HPA Farm has pasture raised turkeys. They are available for $6.50 a pound, with a $20 deposit to reserve your turkey. Jonathan said he should have a few weighing 20 plus pounds, and the rest should be 8-15 pounds. You can't get any fresher than straight from the farm. You can text HPA at 615-631-5666 to reserve yours! Stop by HPA's tent this Saturday to talk with Jonathan about his turkeys and other meat from the farm. He is at the Winter Market on Lytle Street every Saturday from 8-11.

Smokin Buttz Holiday Dinner Offer

Holiday Gift Orders From Nashville Quilt Company

If you have shopped at the Saturday Market, you've seen Linda Parker (Nashville Quilt Co.) and her daughter Brittany with their handmade cozies (great for snacks, warming up bowls in the microwave, or holding a pint of ice cream). This woman is a non-stop seamstress, so she's been busy this fall with new potholders, quilts, and new cozie fabrics. You can order from Nashville Quilt through her Facebook page, Nashville Quilt Co. They have free porch pickup.