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Welcome!
Our Market offers delicious, locally grown or
produced foods, friendly vendors, and talented
musicians. Please stop
by.
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What's Fresh
The Market will feature early summer crops such as
early season tomatoes, cucumbers, kohlrabi, and even the
first corn, cherries, and peaches. Strawberries
are disappearing fast, so get them now. And don't
forget the year-round staples like eggs, fresh bread,
jams, pierogies, cookies, fudge and our many other full
season products.
For a detailed list of what we expect to be selling
this Thursday, click on the What's Fresh link below.
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This Week's
Music
Adam Sutch
 Adam Sutch is
dazzling on the hammered dulcimer (as his many awards
will attest). And there are few instruments better
suited to open-air markets than a hammered dulcimer.
Bright, percussive, often danceable, sometimes delicate,
the hammered dulcimer under Adam's hands is a joyful
experience. We were lucky to have him appear last
year and are thrilled to have him back.
For more information about all our musicians, click
on the "Our Musicians" link below.
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Potter Judy
Hopson
Judy will be back again this week with her
wheel. And she will again be offering kids a
chance to throw their own pot (which she will then glaze
and fire). Kids love this! Who
wouldn't?
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The Humble
Kohlrabi
What is that?
 Yes, it does look like a squashed
tennis ball with long leathery leaves. And yes,
they are sometimes purple. I associate them with
my still very German great-grandmother, Frau
Dettinger. (Their silly name means "cabbage
turnip" in German.) And while my great-grandmother
was a scary woman, the kohlrabi isn't really a scary
veg. It is merely a close relative of the cabbage
with a very short and very fat stem. The small
young specimens that are now available in the Market
have a sweet cabbage and turnip-like taste when peeled
and eaten raw (which is how I like them). They make a
crunchy snack with a nice sweetness. They also make
great slaw and crunchy additions to salads. But
you can also cook them like boiled potatoes (boil them
until tender, peel them, and serve with butter and
salt). But whatever you do, don't be afraid of
them. Save that for your scary
great-grandmother.
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Where and When
The Market is held every Thursday, 3-6 pm, rain or
shine, from mid-May through the end of October.
We are located in the municipal parking lot at
139 S. Main Street, downtown Washington (directly across
from the Observer-Reporter's offices).
For a zoomable map of the market and suggested
parking places, click on the map link below. After you
have looked at the street view, check out the
"satellite" view!
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At the Community
Table
Seals Adult Day
Service
Our Adult Day Service is a warm, inviting
place for adults
who can't stay home alone when other
family members must leave for work, run errands or just
need a break. (It is not a nursing home or in-home
care.) People who attend live elsewhere, either at their
own homes or in the homes of other family
caregivers.
Our Program is open from 6:30 AM till
5:30 PM to meet the
needs of working caregivers.
Easter Seals meets your loved one's physical, social,
and emotional needs in a safe, homelike setting. We
provide social activities, skilled nursing services,
physical and mentally challenging activities, and a lot
of TLC. Please call us for more information at
724-942-4511. We would love to hear from you.
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Please join our NEW email
list!
(the old one is going
away)
We want our email list to be as fresh as possible.
So we have started a new mailing list and will
eventually retire the old list. But we don't want you to
miss out!
If you signed up this year, you are
already on the new list. But if you received our email
last year, please sign up anew.
There are three
ways to ensure your name is on the new list.
- Drop a new sign-up slip in our box at the Market.
- Send us an email asking to be put on the new list.
(You can click here and put something like
"sign me up" in the subject line. No other text is
necessary.)
- Use the sign up button below. If you are on the
old list, you will be taken to a website that will
tell you that you are already a member and ask you if
you want to update your profile. Push the "Submit"
button and you will be sent an email with a link that
allows you to change your profile. Follow that link
and check the box for "newsletter recipient - our new
list."
We promise never to give your name or address to
anyone, for any reason. We value your trust.
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The Farmers Market is run by a plucky band of
volunteers. If you think you could help or have
any questions about how we do it, please let us know.
We'd love to have your help!
Sincerely,
Steve
Dettinger, volunteer market coordinator
82 S. Wade
Ave., Washington PA 15301
724-222-6094
market-dettinger@comcast.net
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June 27,
2007
