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It’s really never quite felt like summer this season, but somehow August is already upon us. Even if the weather hasn’t felt like summer, though, I spent my weekend at one of my favorite summer pursuits: putting food away. Saturday was for pickling, and inspired by the bloody marys served on the rooftop of the Georgia Theater, I made several quarts of spicy dill pickled vegetables: carrots, cucumbers, okra, and beans. They’re great snacks on their own, but they’re even better as edible stirring sticks in a spicy bloody mary. Today I canned a mess of green beans. I had extra room in my garden this year, and extra envelopes of heirloom beans I picked up at various seed swaps, so I went ahead and put them all in. And now I have more beans than I’ve harvested in a long, long time. So, this winter when we’re all buried under feet of snow (at this point, that wouldn’t surprise me at all), I’ll be able to pull jars of beans off the shelf and remember the monsoons of summer.

Last week I mentioned Nature’s Harmony Farm’s Kickstarter campaign for an expansion of their cheese-making facilities. I’m happy to report that they met their goal a couple dayds ago. There is still one more day in the campaign, though, so it’s not too late for you to jump aboard if you wish. Details here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/195663364/farmstead-cheese-cave-cheese-equipment-and-farm-st.

Blackbriar Farm is taking a different tack on fundraising for their upcoming project, an on-farm art and homesteading school, by holding a large fundraiser barn sale at their farm for the next two weekends. The Lawsons are both eclectic artists, and they have many wonderful things (“tools, books, antiques, furniture, lamps, ‘art’, jewelry, vintage clothes and handbags, junk & oddities”) up for sale. You can find all of the details, including directions to their farm in Crawford, in this public Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=614236241955030&id=227566840621974.

Thanks so much for your support of Athens Locally Grown, all of our growers, local food, and our rights to eat it. You all are part of what makes Athens such a great area in which to live. We’ll see you on Thursday at Ben’s Bikes at the corner of Pope and Broad Streets from 4:30 to 8pm!

Other Area Farmers Markets

The Athens Farmers Market is open on Saturday mornings at Bishop Park and Wednesday evenings downtown (see their website for info). The West Broad Farmers Market is open Tuesday afternoons as well as the first Saturday of the month (see their website for info). The Oconee Farmers Market is now open on Tuesdays 4-7pm on Main Street next to the First Christian Church along with their Saturday hours of 8am-1pm in front of the Court House in Watkinsville. The Washington-Wilkes Farmer’s Market in Washington is open every Saturday 9-12 behind the Washington Courthouse. The Royston Farmers market is Thursday mornings downtown. The Comer Farmers Market, on Madison Street downtown, is open Saturday mornings from 9am to 1pm. Their Facebook page is at Facebook.com/Comerfm.

All of these other markets are separate from ALG (including the Athens Farmers Market) but many growers sell at multiple markets. Please support your local farmers and food producers, where ever you’re able to do so!

We thank you for your interest and support of our efforts to bring you the healthiest, the freshest and the most delicious locally-produced foods possible!