AT THE MARKET: Two more markets left!

Two Mondays are left: October 22 and 29, 2007

RIBBON CUTTING FOR NEW FARMERS MARKET LAND

October 15, 2007 was the big day --ribbon-cutting, mariachis, homemade food, sheep/llama viewing, the Biggest Vegetable and Best Poem Contest. About 100 people attended the celebration and a great time was had by all. Watch this blog for more photos of the event.

TODAY IS MARKET DAY & SAVE NEXT WEEK!

October 8th: Every Monday Market is a holiday. Visit us on Columbus Day. Apples of all varieties! Stock up on pumpkins and root crops- onions, carrots, beets, et al.

Save the Date: October 15th, noon to two: Celebration of New Market Site with ribbon-cutting, mariachis, food and sheep/llama viewing, followed by the Biggest Vegetable & Best Poem Contest. Regular Monday Market, 10 am until 5 pm both before and after the celebrations.

LOCAL HONEY AT ESPANOLA FARMERS MARKET

Patti Lounsbury, an Espanola resident, is selling honey from her family business, Brad’s Bees, at the Espanola Farmers Market. Her husband is the beekeeper and she says starting out in the bee business developed like topsy. She noticed the cherry trees in her garden weren’t getting enough attention from bees. After one hive was set up, two more hives followed, and now there are 25 active hives with enough honey left over to sell and enter in the competition at the Rio Arriba County Fair this past summer.

For the entire story, click here.

AT THE MARKET: September 24, 2007

Full apple and pear harvest is here and prime season for root crops of all varieties. Stop by the manager's table for a selection of market postcards, aprons and tee shirts and the always-free Kids' Book Exchange.

THIS WEEK AT THE MARKET: Sept. 17, 2007

A bumper crop of all varieties of apples are starting to ripen and appear in the market stalls. Don't forget: it's the last days of fresh corn.

Upcoming on October 15th, noon until 2 pm:
Celebration of New Market Permanent Site and Eighth Annual Biggest Vegetable & Best Poem Contest. Details to come!

ALL IN THE FAMILY

On any particular day at the Espanola Farmers Market, Eufelia Martinez of La Puebla reigns over a loaded table of fruits and vegetables while her family members make change, package orders and visit with customers. They’ve been coming to the farmers market for over a decade. Food production is a family affair, from the tilling of the soil to the planting, weeding, watering, harvesting, picking and packing the goods for the weekly farmers market held from June through October.

For the entire story, click here.

THIS WEEK AT THE MARKET (September 10, 2007)

***** Free chile roasting with purchase of a bag of local chile!

DON'T MISS SUSIE'S JAMS AND JELLIES

Susie Lucero, of Dixon, has regulars who come to buy her jams and jellies at the Espanola Farmers Market.

For the entire story, click here.

WE NEED YOUR HELP FOR THE PARTY!

Help celebrate our move to a new site (see details below).

-- TREES AND FLOWERS: Fall donations of trees (cottonwood, fruit, willow, catalpa or others). We hope to plant 50 trees and to create a flower garden. We also need volunteer labor planting.
-- MATERIALS: Donations of dirt, gravel, pecan chips, railroad ties
-- LABOR: Volunteer back-hoe, adobe construction, dirt hauling, anything!
-- PARTY: Gratis musicians, food, advertising.

For information, call 505-685-4842 Or get in touch by email

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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!

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

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