Grand Re-Open and Mayor Duffy’s Lettuce Toss

Preserve the Market’s Fresh Food for Winter

Yes, we are thinking ahead… way ahead. Here are a few workshops that you may be interested in attending.

Food Preservation Workshops will be held at Cornell Cooperative Extension, 9:30 to 12:00 noon some Saturdays this growing season. Extension Preservation Experts Judy Price and Katherine Humphrey will lead you through the steps for canning, freezing and drying high quality, tasty, and safe foods.

As a participant, you will be involved in every step of the food preservation process. You will leave the workshop with “how to” knowledge, recipes with directions, a jar or two of preserved food, and the confidence to preserve food at home.

• Strawberry Jam
  June 21, 2008 $25.00
  We will prepare strawberry jam for the freezer and several shelf stable recipes, using varying amounts of sugar, artificial sugar and no sweetener at all! Decide what your favorite is through taste tests.
• Green Beans
  August 23, 2008 $25.00
  By using a pressure canner, which is necessary to keep green beans and other vegetables shelf stable, this workshop will build your confidence with this piece of equipment that some fear. We will also prepare green beans for freezing and drying, other ways to preserve their goodness for the winter months.
• Tomatoes
  September 20, 2008 $25.00
  We will preserve tomatoes for soups and stews, and also can salsa in a boiling water canner. You have the opportunity to decide how “hot” the salsa will be!
  
• Apples
  October 11, 2008 $25.00
  We will make and can applesauce in a boiling water canner, and also prepare apple slices for freezing and dehydrating. You’ll also get to taste dehydrated vegetables and “leather” (think fruit roll-ups).

To pre-register, print this form, indicating which workshops you wish to attend, and mail it along with your check payable to CVP to:
CVP (Cornell Vegetable Program)
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County
249 Highland Avenue
Rochester New York 14615

Be sure to check which workshop(s) you wish to attend and include a check for $25 for each workshop. In fairness to those who enjoy “hands-on”, Class size is limited to 24 participants; however, workshops will not be held if expenses cannot be met. You will be notified and your check will be returned if a workshop is cancelled due to low enrollment

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Week 6 | Vendor of the Week

Trying something new…. Highlighting one of our vendors with a short video .

THIS WEEK: LIGHTHOUSE GARDENS

What do you think?

VIDEO | Week 5

VIDEO | Week 4

Special thanks to Sadie Frank for playing this weeks farmers’ market. It was a touch could but she warmed right up.

Photos from Weeks 2 and 3

Random photos from May Days at the market!

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VIDEO | Week 3

Yes. Wildroot String Band played an amazing set this week at the farmers’ market. Along with the great music check out some products from our wonderful vendors’.

Product Calendars are here!

We always ask ourselves, when are (Name your local fruits or vegetables.) ready? We decided to create a graphic calendar for you. It lists fruits and vegetables that are grown in New York and marks out what months you can expect to find them at your local farmers’ markets.

These nifty reference guides fold up to the size of a business card for you to keep in your purse or wallet or flatten out for you to “Stick on the Fridge”!

Stop by the SWFM Info tent and ask for yours during your next visit to the market. Grab a couple and give them to your friends, too. They are FREE, FREE, FREE!

When to Plant this Spring

This weekend I was given this list from a friend who uses it every year. No, it is not advice from a professional farmer but from a passionate home gardener. I have seen her vegetable and flower gardens… most impressive.

SO HERE IS WHEN TO PLANT
PEAS - when forsythia blooms
POTATOES - when the first dandelion blooms
BEETS, CARROTS and COLE CROPS - when lilac is in first leaf
CORN - when white oak leaves are the size of squirrel’s ears
BEANS, CUCUMBER & SQUASH - when lilac is in full bloom
TOMATOES - when lily-of-the-valley blooms
EGGPLANT, MELONS, & PEPPER PLANTS - when irises bloom

Some of these things have already happened. I better get my plants this weekend at the market!

Week 1 in Review : VIDEO

May 1 Market. Accompanying the video is a song writen by Phil Marshall who performed the first week.

We are always interested in your contributions. Any videos or photos you take we would be glad to put them on the web site. Say hello to us at the SWFM Tent and let us know if you have something to share or just email us!