Fresh and Local

The Good Ole' Days are here again with markets buying local

 so that we can eat fresh!

While we plant a few vegetables around the yard each spring,

 we don't have room for great big, fresh-out-of-the-ground  greens

 like these. The Orrville Farmers' Market has them though! 

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Orrville Farmers Market

If you haven't experienced the Orrville Farmers Market yet,

 well, head on down Highway 22!

This brand-new business between Selma and Safford

 is far more than a produce market where folks can purchase

 giant ripe tomatoes, huge homegrown cabbages
 and Mississippi sweet potatoes.

 But those things alone drew me in! 

It's a hot-breakfast stop at 6 a.m. and a meat-and-three restaurant at noon.

 It's where you go for seeds and plants and all things local or close-to-local

 as in Alabama.  Try the goat's milk lotion and soaps

 and the Marion Junction honey. There's a barrel of raw peanuts and pecans,

 shelves stocked with jellies and jams and Rachel's Cinnamon Rolls.

 There are T-shirts and cotton kitchen towels, country signs

 and sacks of biscuit mix. And just a whole lot more! 

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If you have never had a cup of freshly ground Revival Coffee 

or a drizzle of Southern Ambrosia Honey on a buttered biscuit..

or planned a truly southern dinner from the Land of Cotton Cookbook...

 or tried the natural skin-care products from Simply Making It...

well then, you have missed some of Selma's own.

 But they can all be purchased at Mark's Mark,

 a popular local market on the west side of town.

It's a touch of gourmet in a country store!

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Fresh Veggies Coming Soon

It's almost time for the local Farmers Market to open!

Located in Bloch Park, the shed will soon shelter truck farmers who bring peaches,

 corn, squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, peas, potatoes and much more.

 I'm just hoping their gardens got a better start than mine. We are re-planting

 a few things due to an unusually cold ground this spring. 

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