A Land of Plenty – a bit of “Acorn” news
submitted by Ruth VanBogelen, Acorn Farmers’ Market & Café Board I love August and September every year because there is an incredible selection and abundance of locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables. It is definitely a Land of Plenty right now. How can we preserve some of these wonderful foods? It is actually a lot easier […]
August 2019 gardening advice
by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill and Manchester Community & School Gardens August 8th is “National Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day!” It’s fun and easy to celebrate – just wait until your neighbors have gone to bed, and put some of the loads of zucchini you’ve been picking every day onto their porch. […]
Lower Your Grocery Bill – a bit of “Acorn” news
submitted by Ruth VanBogelen, Acorn Farmers Market & Café Board This article is not about cutting coupons or buying in bulk! There are other very practical and healthy ways to lower your grocery bill. Base the value of the food by the nutritional content. Examples: If you had a choice between buying a dozen eggs […]
Cage Free Eggs – a bit of Acorn news
Eggs from the farmers markets or a friend/family have a different color yolk and different consistency white than eggs from the grocery store–even the ones labeled “cage free.” Why? If you look up the USDA definition for cage free it states the hens cannot live in a cage but can be housed in a building […]
July 2019 gardening advice
by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill With all the rain we got in May and June, many of our gardens are way behind where they normally would be at this point. This year was the latest I have ever planted my veggie garden, and I just never got around to some things, like peas. I did […]
Old-fashioned wax paper: A bit of “Acorn” news
Submitted by Acorn Farmers Market & Café Board If Acorn is going to sell locally grown food – why are we talking about wax paper? Who uses wax paper anymore when plastic bags that zip shut are so nice and convenient! Well, I was inspired in March when visiting my brother in California. We went […]
Too Much Rain? a bit of “Acorn” news
Submitted by Acorn Farmers’ Market board After four days of almost constant rain while camping – I was beginning to complain – like many of you!! Well, after hearing about the crisis Michigan farmers are facing, we should not be complaining. As of June 9, farmers have had only 3.5 days that were good for […]
Fruit or Vegetable?– a bit of “Acorn” news
Submitted by Acorn Farmers Market & Cafe board Do you eat five servings of fruits/vegetables a day? In Manchester, surveys say only about a quarter of us do. With local summer produce coming on strong, try for five a day. You might ask if you can eat five fruits and no vegetables or five vegetables […]
Potato Plants Sneak in as an Ornamental Plant for Yards– a bit of “Acorn” news
by Ruth VanBogelen, Acorn Farmers’ Market & Cafe Last year I visited a friend’s house and in her yard she had a beautiful flowering plant between her house and the driveway for everyone to see. It was gorgeous! The plant looked like a potato plant. I asked her what flower plant looks like potato plants. […]
June 2019 gardening advice
by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill Have you seen any of the predictions for our summer? Do the weather people drive you as nuts as they do me?! We have Mark Torregrossa at MLive saying he thinks it’s going to be cooler than usual this summer (based on historical weather patterns after high ice coverage on […]
