WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio — This weekend brings the annual county Scarecrow Festival, and as I write this, roads into town are already shutting down to make way for the many events. We hope you are having a fabulous time with your family and visitors. So much to do….live music, food, rides, games, craft vendors, 5K & 10 KWalk & Fun Run, classic cars.
As we continue to live with this unusual and devastating drought, I echo the words of our OEFFA colleagues… we thank “all farmers who labor through long days and unforgiving weather to feed our communities. There are no three-day weekends on the farm, and no work more important than producing food…” We appreciate the farmers who support our market by bringing the food that is so important to this community.
Make sure you make time to visit the Saturday Fayette County Farmers Market during this busy weekend. We’ll still be in the municipal parking lot on the corner of South Main and East East streets, but in the opposite side of the parking lot (to accommodate the beer garden). Many of your favorite vendors will be there to welcome you. We expect there to be lots of parking in the expansive public lot across from us (the BMV parking lot). Come get your fresh produce, mums, jams, baked goods, cut flowers and more.
Please note that the market will be open from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. to accommodate the festival.
SNAP EBT food benefit cards and credit/debit cards are accepted. Those using the SNAP EBT card for food purchases receive matching dollar “Produce Perks” tokens ($1 for $1) good only for fruits, vegetables, and food producing plants. So,”buy one, get one” for up to $25 every market day. Five dollar coupons will be available again for Fayette County Farm Bureau members at each Saturday market; these can be spent at both the Wednesday and Saturday markets.
The following list contains the names and products of the vendors that expect to set up this Saturday. Other vendors may participate as well.
Engeti (Alana Walters & Janet Bick): dinner rolls, cinnamon rolls, cakes, brownies, pies, cookies, and other baked goods.
Jim’s Premium Ground Beef (Jim Hobbs): Premium ground beef in assorted packages (patties, bulk tubes). New products: “slider” size patties (6 patties per pound) and 8 oz patties (2 per package).
Julie G’s Cookies (Julie Greenslade): Chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, ginger, snickerdoodle, pineapple, sugar, macadamia nut, peanut butter, peanut butter jumbos, peanut butter fudge, lemon bars and double chocolate fudge cookies.
PACK 112 (Samantha Scott): Popcorn sales (prepackaged, several varieties), a scouting fundraising event.
PPCF/ The Jam Man (David Persinger): Jams/Jellies/Fruit Butters: New- quince butter, plum butter, pear butter. Seedless blackberry jam and no added sugar peach and triple berry jams are back in stock. Texas chocolate sheet cakes with or without pecans. Jasper Twp local RAW HONEY. Produce: habanero peppers & Brussel sprouts.
PPCF/The Pie Lady and S. Plymouth Raw Honey (Julie & Dennis Mosny): Local raw honey and beeswax. Pumpkin cookies, pumpkin bread, banana cake, assorted fruit pies, cini mini’s, Buns bars and cinnamon rolls.
Slate Hill Farm & Orchard (Greg Hood and family): Fuji apples.
Teter Farm (Owen and Kate Teter): Dried flower bouquets and arrangements, limited fresh cut flowers, cat grass.
Wood Designs by DW (Debbie Welch): One of a kind handcrafted wood items— signs, tables, gnomes, as well as bird feeders (freestanding and hanging) and hanging bird houses. Wooden solar mushrooms and sunflowers. Crocheted items including a variety of stuffed animals, kitchen towels, pot scrubs, pot holders, baby booties, and afghans. Will take custom and special orders.
Your Other Mother’s Kitchen (Don & Sara Creamer): Bread and other baked goods. Sewing crafts.
Bridge View Gardens (Hunter & Lorelle Rohrer): Fall mums, decorative gourds & pumpkins, potatoes, sweet potatoes, Winter squash: butternut squash, acorn squash & spaghetti squash, tomatoes, zucchini and yellow summer squash, bell peppers, and hot peppers.
Cozy Baby Blessings (Nancy Cutter): Baby essentials including hand crocheted blankets and hats, flannel burp cloths, muslin swaddle blankets, beaded and macrame pacifier clips, crinkle squares and other baby teethers. Also crocheted kitchen dish cloths, pot scrubbers, essential oil car diffusers and hand poured wax melts in over 50 scents.
