Weblog Entry

5/3/2013
THE MARKET IS OPEN!!

PGM is off to a great start with eight growers/artisans and forty-eight customers. Welcome to all of you!

We were happy to see the customer count go up so quickly. In one week we had forty sign-up. Other markets that I have spoken with said that they had growers/artisans in the beginning, but had a hard time (at first) getting customers. We are proud of the fact that we had so many signing up as customers when there was nothing to purchase….what faith in the Palouse growers. We are all anticipating the bounty of items that can be produced locally and are showing our support by signing up without proof that the growers will deliver….because we know they can and will…and we are looking forward to it!

Orders can be placed until 11 p.m. on Sunday evening…when the market will close. We were recently asked if we would “go ahead with the market the first week if only one or two items sell”. You bet we will….we have to start somewhere…and we will meet you at the “pick-up spot” (behind Lena Whitmore school) on Tuesday between 4:00-6:00 P.M., even for one crocheted washcloth (Country Notions) or one broccoli start (Deep Roots farm)

Every Friday we will send out a blog message. Our family tries to limit our computer time, so we can do things we enjoy, like working in the garden…so with that in mind we will not be sending out blogs all week about everything and nothing. I think everyone gets enough of that. We will send out an extra blog only if absolutely necessary. Each week you can expect a brief note with market information, a quote of the week (because I have a thing about quotes and you will be a captive audience) and a recipe highlighting produce that is being offered at the market. Each month you can expect a “grower/artisan or customer of the month”. That’s about it! When you pick up orders please bring your own cloth bags. We will provide recycled boxes for plant starts etc…
Please e-mail us if you have any questions!

Quote of the week:
“If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking”
-Benjamin Franklin

Recipe of the week:
Broccoli Salad
8 ounces of bacon (about 5-6 slices of the GOOD stuff)
2/3 mayo or veganaise
2 T cider vinegar
¼ cup of honey or sugar
6 cups uncooked bite-size broccoli florets (about 3 pounds)—-DEEPROOTS FARM
1/3 cup finely minced red onion (1 small onion)
1/4 cup raisins (I also like dried cranberries)
2 T salted sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds (I use ¼ cup)

1. Cook bacon
2. Mix mayo., Vinegar, and honey until smooth
3. Add broccoli and the remaining ingredients and stir well.
4. Refrigerate 1-2 hours
5. This salad tastes best the day it is made.
Recipe from the great cookbook…”Food to Live by -The Earthbound Farm Organic Cookbook”
By Myra Goodman (Bookpeople carries this)

Enjoy this sunshine!
-Kim