HARVEST MARKET SUNDAY!

 

Come and see your summer vendors for our annual Harvest Market!  We will be on the porch of the L.L.Bean Home Store selling farm fresh turkeys, seasonal veggies, fresh baked soft pretzels, jewelry, soaps, hand knit and sewn products, Alpaca yarns and finished items, music and more!  We hope to see you there!!

Speical Market Friday October 11th!

We have a special Fall Columbus Day Market coming up THIS FRIDAY October 11th! 1:00-5:00

 

Seasonal veggies like pumpkins and squash, farm fresh eggs, cut flowers, quality crafts, fresh baked goods (Gluten Free too) and soo much more!

 

 

photo is from Heron Pond Farm!  Isn't it soo Fall-ish!?  Thanks Polly!

 

A few SNEAK PEEKS:

 

Wolfe Neck Farm: 

Eggs, Onions, Tomatoes, Butternut Squash, Spaghetti Squash, Kale, Chard, Carrots and more! 

 

Heron Pond Farm:

The usual scarves, watercolor cards, prints AND… cooking pumpkins and various squash plus a calendar using my watercolor prints

 

Casco Bay Soap Co.:

Seasonal soaps fragrance include, Apple Cider, Pumpkin Spice AND Witches Brew!

 

Longwood Alpacas:

Just in, new yarns from the mill in Waldoboro

 

Find Wildflour's Gluten Free Baked Goods under The Craftin' Scot tent:

Mixes, Granola, Bread, and packages of small cookies, squares, bread,  whoopies and more!

 

 

AND joining us this week will be Blue Dragon Mussels and  Jillson's Farm and Sugarhouse.

 

Come and see us on the L.L.Bean Campus, right in between The Home Store and The Main Store, not far from the Big Bean Boot.  Look for the tents, listen for the music.

Crockpot Apple Butter

It's apple season here in Maine!  You can find a variety of delicious, just picked and super local apples at our market from local apple orchard, Sweetser's Apple Barrel in Cumberland, with Phil of Hayward Farm.

 

Pick some up and when you are soo tired of eating crunch, sweet apples, make some Apple Butter! Easy to do overnight in a crockpot with a few spices - de.lish!

http://changingmydestiny.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/crockpot-apple-butter/

Fall Is Coming...

As the Summer season heads towards Fall we start to think of the Holidays...

 

Here is a quick note from our local friends at Wolfe's Neck Farm here in Freeport:  "customers are welcome to place their order for pasture-raised chicken, lamb and Thanksgiving Turkeys". 

 

Stop by and see them this Friday at market or visit their website for more info. 

http://wolfesneckfarm.org/agriculture/foodfarm.html

 

 

Fork Crushed Potatoes

Our own Heron Pond Farm had gorgeous purple potatoes at market. 

Check out this recipe that will showcase the beauty of their skins.

Fork Crushed Potatoes - recipe from Smitten Kitchen (and adapted from Michael Anthony's recipe in New York Magazine).  

 

Super easy, tasty and beautiful!

http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2008/04/fork-crushed-purple-potatoes/

 

Michael Anthony’s Fork-Crushed Purple Majesty Potatoes

 Adapted from New York Magazine

Serves 4

1 pound Purple Majesty or other purple potatoes, washed
4 small shallots, minced
2 tablespoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice
6 tablespoons good extra-virgin olive oil (we used half, and it was plenty for us)
Fleur de sel to taste
White pepper to taste
2 tablespoons parsley, chopped

In a large pot, cook potatoes with skins on in heavily salted boiling water until tender, approximately 15 minutes. Remove potatoes from pot, and peel them while still warm. Place potatoes in a large bowl and, using a fork, gently smash them, maintaining a fairly chunky consistency. Fold in minced shallots, lemon juice, olive oil, fleur de sel, and white pepper. Finish with parsley.