Saturday, July 28, 2007

FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE ESPANOLA FARMERS MARKET!

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Friday, July 27, 2007

CHECK OUT OUR LINKS...

Look over to the right column (at the top) to find some treasures, such as our annual photos taken each year and the fun to be had at the Espanola Farmers Market!

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

WE'RE MOVING THIS SUMMER TO A PERMANENT SITE


-- 3.19 irrigated acres at 1005 North Railroad Avenue
-- one third of the site is an open-air market
-- the market will have shade canopies or jacales over a big open-air plaza
-- also trees, a flower garden, benches
-- space for 40 farmers, a gravel drive, wood or pecan chip plaza
-- a small adobe market building for meetings, dried food, books, information, refrigeration, bathrooms plus a portal with tables and chairs
-- uses for irrigated fields in the planning stage, including a greenhouse, drier for fruit, cider processing, community garden, children's garden and/or research fields
-- hornos for baking demonstrations

Monday, July 23, 2007

A LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE



We're part of a national movement of farmers' markets. And we're going strong since 1993. Check out the larger picture in the nation by clicking here.

Is it time to plant a final crop for the season? Is frost in the forecast? How is the weather and time of year expected to impact the produce sold at the Espanola Farmers' Market? If you want an up-to-date weather report, visit this link.

Heirloom squash grown by Daniel Martinez in Ojo Caliente won a prize in an annual Farmers Market contest (2000) for the biggest vegetable.
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Terry Mulert of Cordova landed a prize with the following poem:
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don't walk naked in the garden tonight

before light the poppy blooms
and petals tremble in the breeze

people appear out of warm beds

with sleep in their pockets
and rain in their eyes

tomorrow

we expect to harvest peaches and beans
and anything green that doesn't move