Forecast for SAT AUG 03

The first “iffy” weather forecast of the season

Early morning thunderstorms are rare. And they’re more often forecast INCORRECTLY than CORRECTLY. Still, the weather is something to keep an eye on this week.

If weather is truly severe, we’ll still have a Market, but we may invoke the “everybody under PATCO” rule. For more on what that might look like, scroll all the way to the bottom of this post.

For now, let’s take heart that the forecast is for SCATTERED thunderstorms and hope they scatter somewhere else.

Peach Pie Contest!

THE 08108 PEACH PIE

Sharp eyes will have spotted the Zip Code spelled in pie crust. Tomorrow SAT AUG 03, to kick off Jersey Fresh Peach Month, we’ll host our annual Peach Pie Baking Contest. The roster is closed to new contestants (we reached our limit of 24 pies!), but it’s not too late to stop by during judging—it starts at 10am—and follow the tabulating of scores for Best Presentation, Best Peach Only pie, and Best Peach Plus pie.

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Collingswood Foods SAT AUG 03

Collingswood Section. To emphasize our own community’s food economy, at the west end of the Market, Collingswood food businesses have their own section to promote their contributions to the Borough’s vibrant food scene.

EMPANADAS FROM EL SITIO

Revolution Roasters handles the fresh-roasted beverages, while El Sitio provides fantastic Ecuadoran specialties including empanadas and Pan de Yuca (cassava cheese bread treats). Villa Barone features familiar favorite sauces, tasty zeppolis, sometimes their own fresh mozzarella. Sara’s Produce by special arrangement is the one source for produce NOT grown in New Jersey. Lost Bread Co. of Philadelphia has taken up the familiar bakery space.

Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT AUG 03

LIVE HOME DECOR FROM KETTLE RUN FARM OF MARLTON

Start your Shopping List!

• Kettle Run Farm
  —Paula Middleman grows annuals and perennials in Marlton and crafts them into home decor items. Check out her space for moss-roofed birdhouses, annual wreaths, weathered wood items, and more.
  
• Indogrow Microgreens
  —Microgreens are all they do, much to the delight of local chefs and foodies. These tiny green powerhouses pack a nutritional and tasteful wallop.
• Red Oak Permaculture
  —In addition to bringing compost—and compost worms!—plus sustainability plans and advice, the guys of Red Oak are the go-to place to lay hands on a compost bin or rain barrel. Costs are subsidized by the Borough for Collingswood residents.
• Crisp & Co.
  —Tom and his crew select and pickle the best of South Jersey produce so you don’t have to.
• Cheese Etc and Gourmet Gifts.
  —We can always tell what’s in season by examining the Cheese Etc table. Ken and Gina pack their spreads and other delectables with Jersey Fresh produce, even local wine, beer, and coffee.
• Barn and Stone House Soap.
  —Not just soap, but personal grooming and even home care products, all paraben and cruelty free.

Official Market Bloggers

Lisa Grant (Jersey Girl Cooks)
Tomato Microgreen Salad

Lisa Grant (Jersey Girl Cooks). Tomato Microgreen Salad! Rather than struggle with her own garden, this year, Lisa has been getting her tomatoes from Springdale Farms,  Savoie Organic Farm, and Flaim Farms at the Collingswood Market. This week, she paired them with microgreens from Indogrow Farm and added blue cheese and a balsamic glaze. Check out her recipe and more glorious photos at Lisa’s blog. 

Blue Cheese Tomato Recipe with Microgreens

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs)
Quick and Easy Zucchini Bread

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Quick and Easy Zucchini Bread! You may remember Susan’s recipe for “Z Bread” from an earlier season. This week’s recipe is a quicker and simpler version that results in a single loaf that takes a few minutes to construct and about an hour to bake. Her zucchini comes from A.T. Buzby Farm and her eggs from Hillacres Pride.

https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2019/07/22/quick-and-easy-zucchini-bread/

Live Music on Two Stages!
SAT AUG 03

LIVE MUSIC ON TWO STAGES FROM 9AM

JOHN ROSSI brings his guitar to the west stage for good-time tunes, silent singalongs, and general joyfulness. Often he’s joined by Jerry Mayall and six more strings.

NO RELATION BAND (SAM AND JACQUIE) in the Collingswood Music tent. No Relation takes many shapes and sizes, but this latest duo of Sam and Jacquie is the most harmonious yet. Tunes both fresh and familiar.

For the Art Lovers SAT AUG 03

FEATURED ARTIST. Aimee Eckert  Relics Revisited. “My jewelry collection is constructed from original photographs, vintage bits, metal, clothing and various found and reclaimed odds and ends. I take the original found item and alter it to give it a new life.  My collection is a careful mix of collage art and metalwork using a variety of ideas that make each piece one of a kind.”

Instagram:  RelicsRevisitedJewelry

Bag Reduction Program

Small Bills 

Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day.

VENDOR PARKING PERMITS

It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.

THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653

Week 8 of the 2019 Season

THU AUG 01

We finally got a forecast we deserve. Looking forward to a beautiful Market day with mostly sunny skies, low humidity, little chance of rain, and temperatures in the mid-80s. Shopping weather! Spending weather!

SITE PLAN THU AUG 01

Weather Policy

FOR THU JUL 25.  A few changes to last week’s siteplan.

• Boheme Foods has the week off.
• We have a returning artist this week (Amy Eckert)
• We have a returning music act, Glenn McCollum.
• Big Catch has no staff for this week, but will return.

Load In

ARRIVE NO LATER THAN 2PM. THE ONLY ENTRANCE IS FROM HIGH STREET.
15 MINUTE TIME LIMIT FOR UNLOADING IN THE MARKET.

As you can see, the space is tight for the number of vendors, and getting in and out of our spaces will require planning and patience. Unless you have permission to park a vehicle inside the Market, you’ll have to drive carefully to your spot, unload VERY QUICKLY, then EXIT THE MARKET with your vehicle and set up when you return.

Click here for driving directions.

You can use (and tell your new customers to use) 2 High Street Mount Holly NJ
as a destination for mapping programs.

Contracts and Fees

Those of you who have not submitted your Application/Contract paperwork need to comply to remain active at the Market and to take advantage of the Fee Rebate Program.

Download the Application from the Mount Holly Contracts link at the top of this website. Complete the app in Word, in PDF, or on paper, and send it to Sean Kennedy, whose name and address are on the first page of the contract package.

FEE REBATE PROGRAM

Prepay your dates to qualify for Fee Rebates. Earn a full 100% rebate for table fees for every Market you attend. Prepay for 10 dates (for example), attend those 10 dates, and you’ll be refunded 100% of your fees at the end of the season.

DAY PAY VENDORS

Afraid of commitment? You can pay on Market day. The Market Director will have receipts for day-pay vendors who prefer the flexibility of paying when they attend, but no rebates can be earned without prepaid dates.

Facebook Promotion

We were very visible on Facebook last week. Not so much this week. If anybody wants to help keep us in front of the local shopping public, let David know you want to lend a hand. Click the link to see what we’ve been up to.

Website

The Township  produced a sharp-looking website for our shoppers who think facebook is evil.

http://www.MountHollyNJFarmersMarket.com 

Let David know if you want to be on the Featured Vendors’ list for THU JUL 18. We welcome all our vendors to provide us with information about their farms and foods. Shoppers appreciate knowing more about you.

Future Updates

Check back in to this space often. You don’t need to follow a link. Just navigate to http://www.FarmMarketeer.com 

Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.

THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653

mthollymarket@davidhodges.com

Forecast for SAT JUL 27

More glorious summer weather. Temps in the mid 80’s, low humidity, no chance of rain, very little wind, sunny from load in to break down. Let’s move some food!

Collingswood Section. To emphasize our own community’s food economy, at the west end of the Market, Collingswood food businesses have their own section to promote their contributions to the Borough’s vibrant food scene.

EMPANADAS FROM EL SITIO

Revolution Roasters handles the fresh-roasted beverages, while El Sitio provides fantastic Ecuadoran specialties including empanadas and Pan de Yuca (cassava cheese bread treats). Villa Barone features familiar favorite sauces, tasty zeppolis, sometimes their own fresh mozzarella. Sara’s Produce by special arrangement is the one source for produce NOT grown in New Jersey. Lost Bread Co. of Philadelphia has taken up the familiar bakery space. Because it’s the last Saturday of the month, look for Neil’s Sharpening Service to set up his van in the BID section too.

Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT JUL 27

SEW BEE IT BEESWAX FOOD WRAPS

Start your Shopping List!

• Indogrow Microgreens
  —Microgreens are all they do, much to the delight of local chefs and foodies. These tiny green powerhouses pack a nutritional and tasteful wallop.
• Red Oak Permaculture
  —In addition to bringing compost, and compost worms!, plus sustainability plans and advice, the guys of Red Oak are the go-to place to lay hands on a compost bin or rain barrel. Costs are subsidized by the Borough for Collingswood residents.
• Green Aisle Grocery.
  —Andrew Erace, of WHYY’s Movers and Makers, brings an eclectic variety of specialty foods (nut butters, pickles, shrubs, syrups, cocktail mixers, etc) all featuring local produce and ingredients.
• Cheese Etc and Gourmet Gifts.
  —We can always tell what’s in season by examining the Cheese Etc table. Ken and Gina pack their spreads and other delectables with Jersey Fresh produce, even local wine, beer, and coffee.
• Sew Bee It.
  —Check out these beautiful and super-functional, reusable, handmade beeswax food wraps.

Official Market Bloggers

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs)
Meat and Potatoes!

Denine Gorniak (the bicycle-chef). The Scoop on the Salsa Contest! We’ve come to depend on Denine’s thorough and loving rundowns of our annual food contests. As always, she gives us the scoop on the SAT JUL 20 showdown complete with photos, commentary, and the names of the winners in three Salsa Categories. PLUS!: A recipe for Morgan Robinson’s winning Peach Salsa!

http://www.thebicycle-chef.com/2019/07/hot-hot-hot-salsa-contest-2019.html 

For the Animal Lovers
AAC the Animal Adoption Center

ADORABLE ADOPTABLE JAY

IN THE DOG TENT

Live Music on Two Stages!
SAT JUL 27

LIVE MUSIC ON TWO STAGES FROM 9AM

MATINEE RELICS on the west stage. Copy to come

THE INCOMPARABLE DAVE KELLY in the Collingswood Music tent. Copy to come.

For the Art Lovers SAT JUL 27

FEATURED ARTIST. Joan Prato  Joan of Art Design. Some of her jewelry is subtle and elegant; some is wild and eclectic. It’s all superbly crafted and affordable. Come see for yourself at the Featured Artist tent, Space 24.

https://www.facebook.com/Joan.of.Art.Designs/

Bag Reduction Program

Small Bills 

Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day.

VENDOR PARKING PERMITS

It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.

THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653

Forecast for SAT JUL 20

Sunny again. And hot. And humid. July in New Jersey. ‘Nuff said.

Collingswood Section. To emphasize our own community’s food economy, at the west end of the Market, Collingswood food businesses have their own section to promote their contributions to the Borough’s vibrant food scene.

EMPANADAS FROM EL SITIO

Revolution Roasters handles the fresh-roasted beverages, while El Sitio provides fantastic Ecuadoran specialties including empanadas and Pan de Yuca (cassava cheese bread treats). Villa Barone features familiar favorite sauces, tasty zeppolis, sometimes their own fresh mozzarella. Sara’s Produce by special arrangement is the one source for produce NOT grown in New Jersey. Lost Bread Co. of Philadelphia has taken up the familiar bakery space.

Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT JUL 20

SUNFLOWERS FROM SIKKING FARM

Start your Shopping List!

• Sikking Flowers.
  —Linda brings cut flowers from her farm every week, but this Saturday she’ll be at a wedding. Go to the Flaim Farm tables to find her beautiful stems and blooms.
• Evergreen Valley Acres Microgreens
  —Though it’s a small part of what they grow, the microgreens from Evergreen Valley Acres pack a nutritional and tasteful wallop.
• Red Oak Permaculture
  —In addition to bringing compost, and compost worms!, plus sustainability plans and advice, the guys of Red Oak are the go-to place to lay hands on a compost bin or rain barrel. Costs are subsidized by the Borough for Collingswood residents.
• Crisp & Co.
  —Tom and his company choose the best of the local produce and pickle it to perfection so you don’t have to. Plenty of samples at the table.
• Headquarters Farm Lamb
  —Roger Byrom (from England’s Lake District) raises lambs on his farm just up the road in Stockton and brings the best cuts to Market. Catch him every 1st and 3rd Saturday.

Official Market Bloggers

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs)
Meat and Potatoes!

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Meat and Potatoes! Susan has subscribed to the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) from A. T. Buzby Farm of Woodstown. This week, she paired their vegetables with a Beef Roast from Hillacres Pride and gave her grill a rest. She picks up her CSA box from the Buzby table, so everything for her recipe this week came from last week’s trip to the Market.

https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2019/07/16/meat-and-potatoes/

Stef Perna (treatbelly)
Basil Pesto and Squash Blossoms

BASIL PESTO AND SQUASH BLOSSOMS

Stef Perna (treatbelly). Basil Pesto and Squash Blossoms. If you’re an exceptional talent like Stef, you can probably relate to this little anecdote: “I was inspired to make basil pesto and stuffed squash blossoms this past weekend using ingredients from the Collingswood Farmers’ Market. Basil bouquets and squash blossoms are available from Flaim Farms.” For the rest of us, to whom these inspirations do not occur, there are recipes, and beautiful photos, at Stef’s blog.

http://www.treatbelly.com/treatbelly/2019/7/15/basil-pesto-amp-squash-blossoms 

For the Animal Lovers
AWANJ Animal Welfare Association NJ

LOVABLE ADOPTABLE TROOPER

IN THE DOG TENT

Live Music on Two Stages!
SAT JUL 20

LIVE MUSIC ON TWO STAGES FROM 9AM

“NO RELATION BAND” FEATURING SAM AND JACQUIE on the west stage. Live acoustic music old and new rock, pop, blues, and soul from two Market favorites.

LONESOME TURNPIKE RAMBLERS in the Collingswood Music tent. Bluegrass, you bet! But also bluegrass versions of other music styles, including country, western swing, and 60s rock & roll! (I promise we’ll get a picture of them this week inside the Music tent.)

For the Art Lovers SAT JUL 13

FEATURED ARTIST. Maria Cartwright  222 Creations. Jewelry.

Copper Enamel jewelry, flame painted copper jewelry. Words don’t begin to describe the vibrancy and richness of the colors in these stylish pieces. Come see for yourself at the Featured Artist tent, Space 24.

etsy.com/222creations 

Bag Reduction Program

Small Bills 

Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day.

VENDOR PARKING PERMITS

It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.

THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653

Forecast for SAT JUL 13

Sun seems likely.

Collingswood Section. To emphasize our own community’s food economy, at the west end of the Market, Collingswood food businesses have their own section to promote their contributions to the Borough’s vibrant food scene.

LOST BREAD’S GENEROUS SAMPLING TECHNIQUE

Revolution Roasters handles the fresh-roasted beverages, while El Sitio provides fantastic Ecuadoran specialties including empanadas and Pan de Yuca (cassava cheese bread treats). Villa Barone features familiar favorite sauces, tasty zeppolis, sometimes their own fresh mozzarella. Sara’s Produce by special arrangement is the one source for produce NOT grown in New Jersey. Lost Bread Co. of Philadelphia has taken up the familiar bakery space.

Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT JUL 13

REUSABLE BEESWAX FOOD WRAPS

Start your Shopping List!

• SEW BEE IT
  —Julie and Pam make these delightful, attractive, super-functional reusable food wraps from beeswax. A wonderfully sustainable alternative to plastic wrap.
• Knowhere Farm
  —They raise goats, use the milk to make and bring their goats milk soap to the Market, and bring the goats to Market as well, to the delight of every kid and kid-within-us.
• Evergreen Valley Acres Microgreens
  —Though it’s a small part of what they grow, the microgreens from Evergreen Valley Acres pack a nutritional and tasteful wallop.
• Brookeberry Farms Organic Berries
  —It’s time for the familiar red-and-white berry wagon we see for just a few weeks every spring. Line up for your organic blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries.
• Green Aisle Grocery
  —Always seasonal, always locally-sourced (except for the nut butters of course) preserves, pickles, spreads, syrups, cocktail mixers, you name it.
• A G Ammon Nursery
  —They’ve had some tough weather that limited their crop the first two weeks at Market, but find them at the Perkins end for their own-grown plump and delicious heirloom variety blueberries.
• Indogrow Microgreens
  —Through a quirk of scheduling, we’re blessed with an abundance of microgreens this week, including these beauties that have local chefs asking for MORE.

Official Market Bloggers

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs)
Butter Cream Icing

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Butter Cream Icing! You’re going to need butter. Susan gets hers from our only Market dairy vendor, Hillacres Pride. Other than that, confectioner’s sugar, milk, and a lot of technique, which Susan provides. (For good measure, she’s also included a recipe for a lovely banana cake!)

https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2019/07/08/butter-cream-icing/

For the Animal Lovers
4Paws Animal Rescue NJ

IN THE DOG TENT

Live Music on Two Stages!
SAT JUL 13

LIVE MUSIC ON TWO STAGES FROM 9AM

THE INCOMPARABLE DAVE KELLY will coax music from a variety of stringed things including, perhaps, a mandolin and a lap steel guitar. He’s a master of whatever he puts his hand to.

JOHN ROSSI in the Collingswood Music tent. Everybody’s favorite (or at least everybody’s second favorite) guitarist/singer comes back to the Music Tent this week with his charming blend of popular songs you’re sure to recognize and love.

For the Art Lovers SAT JUL 13

FEATURED ARTIST. Sophy Di Pinto  Book-grrl. Bookbinder.

Yep. She binds books. Fine bookbinding, notebooks, journals, boxes, and electronic device covers made with recycled and vintage materials.

http://www.book-grrl.com/gallery/

Bag Reduction Program

Small Bills 

Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day.

VENDOR PARKING PERMITS

It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.

THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653

Forecast for SAT JUL 06

There’s a chance we’ll see our first wet Market of the 2019 season, but so far we’ve been lucky to “beat the forecast” for anything less than 50% likelihood of precipitation.

Collingswood Section. To emphasize our own community’s food economy, at the west end of the Market, Collingswood food businesses have their own section to promote their contributions to the Borough’s vibrant food scene.

LOST BREAD’S GENEROUS SAMPLING TECHNIQUE

Revolution Roasters handles the fresh-roasted beverages, while El Sitio provides fantastic Ecuadoran specialties including empanadas and Pan de Yuca (cassava cheese bread treats). Villa Barone features familiar favorite sauces, tasty zeppolis, sometimes their own fresh mozzarella. Sara’s Produce by special arrangement is the one source for produce NOT grown in New Jersey. Lost Bread Co. of Philadelphia has taken up the familiar bakery space.

Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT JUL 06

SALINOVA LETTUCE STARTS

Start a shopping list!

• Evergreen Valley Acres Microgreens
  —Though it’s a small part of what they grow, the microgreens from Evergreen Valley Acres pack a nutritional and tasteful wallop.
• Brookeberry Farms Organic Berries
  —It’s time for the familiar red-and-white berry wagon we see for just a few weeks every spring. Line up for your organic blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries.
• Crisp & Co.
  —Tom and his company pickle the best of local produce so you don’t have to. They sample at the table.
• A G Ammon Nursery
  —We met them and their berry bushes at Mayfair. This week they’re back with the berries. Find them at the Perkins end of the Market.
• “The Corn Truck”
  —Not technically a Guest Vendor, the Eckert Farm wagon will be parked at the west end of the Market for everyone who likes to sort through piles in search of perfect ears.
• Headquarters Lamb
  —Roger’s back this week to re-establish his Every-First-and-Third-Saturday schedule for the rest of the season.

Official Market Bloggers

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs)
Moomin’s Vegetable Patch Summer Soup

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Moomin’s Vegetable Patch Summer Soup! In this installment of her “Cooking with Kids” collection, Susan takes the grands to the Collingswood Market to reproduce a vegetable soup from their favorite illustrated book series. Specifically, they buy and use Cauliflower and fresh dill from Muth Family Organic Farm, Peas from Springdale Farm (or Viereck), Carrots from her AT Buzby CSA share, Potatoes from Savoie Organic Farm, Spring onion from Formisano Farm, and Fresh herbs from Flaim Farm.

https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2019/07/01/moomins-vegetable-patch-summer-soup/

For the Animal Lovers
Saint Francis Peaceful Pause

KITTENS FROM SAINT FRANCIS PEACEFUL PAUSE

IN THE DOG TENT

Live Music on Two Stages!
SAT JUL 06

LIVE MUSIC ON TWO STAGES FROM 9AM

BARRY HOLLANDER self-described jive turkey (to us he’s just a guitar phenomenon) Barry Hollander will pick and strum his way through an eclectic repertoire, perhaps with a guest on bass, on the west stage starting at 9am.

SHANNON MAGILL in the Collingswood Music tent. Shannon’s sultry contralto is just as compelling on an Amy Winehouse torch song as it is honoring popular tunes from the 40s and 50s.

For the Art Lovers SAT JUL 06

FEATURED ARTIST. Carolyn Jones Sleepy Cat Jewelry.

Carolyn makes metal and wire jewelry, handcrafted and inspired by nature.

www.sleepycatjewelry.com

www.facebook.com/sleepycatjewelry

http://sleepycatjewelry.etsy.com 

Bag Reduction Program

Small Bills 

Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day.

VENDOR PARKING PERMITS

It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.

THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653

Week 4 of the 2019 Season

THU JUL 04

The cows are celebrating America this week! Looks like typical summer weather for South Jersey. Hot and humid with a thunderstorm somewhere in the distance. (As long as they stay at a distance! 🙂 )

SITE PLAN THU JUL 04

FOR THU JUL 04.  A few changes to last week’s siteplan.

• The wonderful Barn and Stone House Soap will join us this week with their handmade artisan soaps, personal grooming and cleaning products.
• Muth Family Organic Farm of Williamstown is off this week (back on THU JUL 11) so we’ve moved Stellitano’s Farm into their slot for tomorrow.
• Stellitano’s Farm will expand their presence to a two-tent operation this week and will be able to park their truck in the Market space.
• Robin’s Nest the restaurant has been closed for a few days and will take off tomorrow’s Market as well. They’ll return on THU JUL 11.
• We have a new artist this week and a new musician in the Music Tent.
• Big Catch will be adding Super Lump fresh crabmeat to its menu for the Independence Day holiday.

Load In

ARRIVE NO LATER THAN 2PM. THE ONLY ENTRANCE IS FROM HIGH STREET.
15 MINUTE TIME LIMIT FOR UNLOADING IN THE MARKET.

As you can see, the space is tight for the number of vendors, and getting in and out of our spaces will require planning and patience. Unless you have permission to park a vehicle inside the Market, you’ll have to drive carefully to your spot, unload VERY QUICKLY, then EXIT THE MARKET with your vehicle and set up when you return.

Click here for driving directions.

The directions will bring you to the Rowan College campus just across the street from the entrance to the Market.

Contracts and Fees

Those of you who have not submitted your Application/Contract paperwork need to comply to remain active at the Market and to take advantage of the Fee Rebate Program.

Download the Application from the Mount Holly Contracts link at the top of this website. Complete the app in Word, in PDF, or on paper, and send it to Sean Kennedy, whose name and address are on the first page of the contract package.

FEE REBATE PROGRAM

Prepay your dates to qualify for Fee Rebates. Earn a full 100% rebate for table fees for every Market you attend. Prepay for 10 dates (for example), attend those 10 dates, and you’ll be refunded 100% of your fees at the end of the season.

DAY PAY VENDORS

Afraid of commitment? You can pay on Market day. The Market Director will have receipts for day-pay vendors who prefer the flexibility of paying when they attend, but no rebates can be earned without prepaid dates.

Facebook Promotion

We were very visible on Facebook last week. Not so much this week. If anybody wants to help keep us in front of the local shopping public, let David know you want to lend a hand. Click the link to see what we’ve been up to.

New Website

The Township  produced a sharp-looking website for our shoppers who think facebook is evil.

http://www.MountHollyNJFarmersMarket.com 

Let David know if you want to be on the Featured Vendors’ list for THU JUL 11. We welcome all our vendors to provide us with information about their farms and foods. Shoppers appreciate knowing more about you.

Future Updates

Check back in to this space often. You don’t need to follow a link. Just navigate to http://www.FarmMarketeer.com 

Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.

THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653

mthollymarket@davidhodges.com

Forecast for SAT JUN 29

Glorious weather for a Market. Sunny most of the way with declining humidity. We’ll get a thunderstorm in the late afternoon, but not until after breakdown.

Collingswood Section. To emphasize our own community’s food economy, at the west end of the Market, Collingswood food businesses have their own section to promote their contributions to the Borough’s vibrant food scene.

LOST BREAD’S GENEROUS SAMPLING TECHNIQUE

Revolution Roasters handles the fresh-roasted beverages, while El Sitio provides fantastic Ecuadoran specialties including empanadas and Pan de Yuca (cassava cheese bread treats). Villa Barone features familiar favorite sauces, tasty zeppolis, sometimes their own fresh mozzarella. Sara’s Produce by special arrangement is the one source for produce NOT grown in New Jersey. Lost Bread Co. of Philadelphia has taken up the familiar bakery space.

Not a member of BID, just setting up in the general area, is Neil’s Sharpening Service, who visits the Market monthly on the last Saturday of the month.

Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT JUN 29

Start a shopping list!

• Henna by Ash
  —Hands, feet, ankles, shoulder? What part of your body would you like to enhance with an artistic design?
• Indogrow Farm Microgreens
  —These spicy, super-flavorful super-nutritious little powerhouses are the favorites of Market shoppers and local chefs.
• Brookeberry Farms Organic Berries
  —It’s time for the familiar red-and-white berry wagon we see for just a few weeks every spring. Line up for your organic blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries.
• Green Aisle Grocery.
  —They support dozens of farms from their Passyunk Avenue store and at several Markets. Pickles and preserves, shrubs and syrups, and more.
• Neil’s Sharpening Service
  —He brings his stone the last Saturday of every month. Like puns? He’s been sharpening his wit for years.
• A G Ammon Nursery
  —We met them and their berry bushes at Mayfair. This week they’re back with the berries. Find them at the Perkins end of the Market.
• Blueberry Fields Soap. Carol Steinhauser is back with her artistic bars.

Official Market Bloggers

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs)
Crazy Tomato Cracker Salad!

CRAZY TOMATO CRACKER SALAD

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Crazy Tomato Cracker Salad! Delicious doesn’t have to be difficult. Pick up some of the magnificent Jersey Fresh tomatoes from AT Buzby Farm, Springdale Farm, Viereck Farm . . . or your other favorite vendor, and mix with mayo and crumbled crackers. Yes. It’s that simple. Click the link to see this and other wonderful ways to make simple side dishes.

https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2019/06/26/crazy-tomato-cracker-salad/ 

Sarah Licata (Salt Jar)
Figs with Goat Cheese

FIGS WITH GOAT CHEESE

Sarah Licata (Salt Jar). Figs with Goat Cheese. Even more evidence that delicious and elegant can be very simple. Choose the right figs (Sarah tells you how) from the Sara’s Produce table, top with goat cheese, drizzle with honey (we can recommend Fruitwood, Woods Edge, and Springdale Farm for the best local stuff), pinch of salt and serve. Follow the link for the lowdown on figs.

https://saltjar.com/figs-with-goat-cheese/ 

For the Animal Lovers
AWANJ Animal Welfare Association NJ

LOVABLE ADOPTABLE TROOPER

IN THE DOG TENT

Live Music on Two Stages!
SAT JUN 29

LIVE MUSIC ON TWO STAGES FROM 9AM

JIMMY MANNIX AND ZUFF

SAM CARUSO (or his good friends) under the Music Tent / JIMMY MANNIX and ZUFF DUO on the West Stage. To be honest, we’re a little uncertain who will hit the Music Tent stage this week, but we have only winners on our roster, so settle in at 9am and enjoy whoever’s playing. To the west, it’s the rock goodness of Jimmy Mannix and Zuff. Can’t get enough of these guys. Music is live every Saturday 9am to noon, rain or shine.

For the Art Lovers SAT JUN 29

1920s Chinese Stencil “Flapper Girl” earrings

FEATURED ARTIST. Selena Braunstein Creatively Obsessed. You truly will not find Selena’s products from anyone else. She specializes in artfully upcycled treasures featuring vintage buttons. This jewelry is wearable history.  All pieces are handmade, beautiful and affordable.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/creativelyobsessed 

Bag Reduction Program

Small Bills 

Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day.

VENDOR PARKING PERMITS

It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.

THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653

Forecast for SAT JUN 22

Such good weather the cows are dancing.  Click to animate.

Collingswood Section. To emphasize our own community’s food economy, at the west end of the Market, Collingswood food businesses have their own section to promote their contributions to the Borough’s vibrant food scene.

ELEGANT GIFTABLE SOAPS FROM BID MEMBER CYNPLICITY

Revolution Roasters handles the fresh-roasted beverages, while El Sitio provides fantastic Ecuadoran specialties including empanadas and Pan de Yuca (cassava cheese bread treats). Villa Barone features familiar favorite sauces, tasty zeppolis, sometimes their own fresh mozzarella. Sara’s Produce by special arrangement is the one source for produce NOT grown in New Jersey. Lost Bread Co. of Philadelphia has taken up the familiar bakery space. A new BID member, CYNPLICITY Artisan Soaps, will join us for the first time in the BID section.

Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT JUN 22

Start a shopping list!

• Pooch and Pawsome
  —The wonderful human-grade dog biscuits (and the company) have a new name! Welcome back Melanie Moore with her new branding.
• Evergreen Valley Farms Microgreens
  —Although they’re just a small part of what this farm grows, the microgreens they’ve been bringing to the Market are making a big name for themselves.
• Brookeberry Farms Organic Berries
  —We saw that first raspberries in the Market last week. That means it’s time for the familiar red-and-white berry wagon we see for just a few weeks every spring. Line up for your organic raspberries and blackberries.
• Wild Roots.
  —Things your garden might need without knowing it. Tim and Lindsay Ifill of Collingswood are bringing native species to the Market including butterfly and purple milkweeds, coneflowers, blazing star, coral bells, and hairgrass. Honestly, you just need to stop by and put names to these plants.
• Red Oak Permaculture
  —In addition to bringing compost, and compost worms!, plus sustainability plans and advice, the guys of Red Oak are the go-to place to lay hands on a compost bin or rain barrel. Costs are subsidized by the Borough for Collingswood residents.

Official Market Bloggers

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs)
New Recipe to Come!

CRUSTLESS BLUEBERRY PIE

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Crustless Blueberry Pie!. Don’t worry. The cinnamon, sugar, flour, butter, and eggs that make a crust so wonderful are all still in there: they’re just blended with the blueberries, which are all over the Market this week, at AT Buzby, Muth Family Organic Farm, and Springdale Farms among others. Follow the link to Susan’s blog for the step-by-steps and more drooly photos.

https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2019/06/17/crustless-blueberry-pie/

Stef Perna (treatbelly)
Cauliflower Almond Pesto

CAULIFLOWER ALMOND PESTO

Stef Perna (treatbelly). Cauliflower Almond Pesto.

Nutty buttery cauliflower is abundant at the Market right now and so are the many ways of bringing it to the table. Stef Perna got hers at Muth Family Organic Farms and paired it with almonds to create a pesto you can finish with capers, sundried tomatoes, or garlic scapes from Savoie Organic (they have plenty!) and use to grace your favorite pasta hot or cold.

http://www.treatbelly.com/treatbelly/2019/6/16/cauliflower-amp-almond-pesto

For the Animal Lovers
4 Paws Animal Rescue NJ

IN THE DOG TENT

Live Music on Two Stages!
SAT JUN 22

LIVE MUSIC ON TWO STAGES FROM 9AM

TRIO NOVA DUO under the Music Tent / MARC SENGIN on the West Stage. You can’t go wrong for music this week at the Market. Marc Sengin sings your sing-along favorites from the 60s and 70s (mostly), and the Duo that sounds like a Trio brings the nova to the bossa. Music on both stages starts at 9am. Grab a treat, take a seat.

For the Art Lovers SAT JUN 22

FEATURED ARTIST. Michele Cole Designz.

Tintype and Mixed Metal Jewelry. Michele is content to let her work speak for itself, so we will too. Tintype and mixed metal jewelry. Need a quick refresher on how tintypes are made? You know where to go. Art Space, Number 24, middle of the Market.

http://www.mcoledesignz.com/

Bag Reduction Program

Small Bills 

Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day.

VENDOR PARKING PERMITS

It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.

THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653

Mostly Sunny Cows for SAT JUN 15

Weather just keeps getting better! Temps in the 60s to open (bit humid), rising to 80 by breakdown as humidity decreases, all under mostly sunny skies.

Even for someone who doesn’t believe in forecasts, that one’s pretty hard to resist.

Collingswood Section. To emphasize our own community’s food economy, at the west end of the Market, Collingswood food businesses have their own section to promote their contributions to the Borough’s vibrant food scene.

Revolution Roasters handles the fresh-roasted beverages, while El Sitio provides fantastic Ecuadoran specialties including empanadas and Pan de Yuca (cassava cheese bread treats). Villa Barone features familiar favorite sauces, tasty zeppolis, sometimes their own fresh mozzarella. Sara’s Produce by special arrangement is the one source for produce NOT grown in New Jersey. Lost Bread Co. of Philadelphia has taken up the familiar bakery space. A new BID member, CYNPLICITY Artisan Soaps, will join us for the first time in the BID section.

Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT JUN 15

Start a shopping list!

• Pooch and Pawsome
  —The wonderful human-grade dog biscuits (and the company) have a new name! Welcome back Melanie Moore with her new branding.
• Indogrow Microgreens
  —Favored by food aficianados and upscale local restaurants, the zesty, amazingly flavorful tiny greens from Indogrow are back.
• Brookeberry Farms Organic Berries
  —We saw that first raspberries in the Market last week. That means it’s time for the familiar red-and-white berry wagon we see for just a few weeks every spring. Line up for your organic raspberries and blackberries.
• MECHA Artisan Chocolates
  —Wondering what Did might want for Fathers Day? MECHA to the rescue!
• Cheese, Etc. & Gourmet Gifts
  —Always finding new ways to incorporate local ingredients, Cheese Etc is back in their familiar spot with hand-crafted spreads.
• Green Aisle Grocery
  —Pickles, preserves, cocktail mixers, other wonderful concoctions that support dozens of local farms.

Official Market Bloggers

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs)
Steak Dinner for Dad!

STEAK DINNER FOR DAD

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Steak Dinner for Dad. Susan’s husband used a “cold grate reverse sear” technique to cook the Bison rib eye steak she brought home for Buck Wild Bison, but simpler techniques work too! To round out the meal, she bought cheese and butter from Hillacres Pride, Cauliflower from Muth Family Organic, garlic scapes from Savoie, a spread from Cheese, Etc., salad vegetables from AT Buzby, sugar snaps from Viereck, spring onions from Formisano, and mushrooms from Davidsons. Nobody uses the Market (and tells us all about it!) like Susan.

https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2019/06/12/steak-dinner-for-dad/

For the Animal Lovers
The Animal Adoption Center

IN THE DOG TENT

Live Music on Two Stages!
SAT JUN 15

LIVE MUSIC ON TWO STAGES FROM 9AM

Dave Kelly plays the Collingswood Music Music Tent this week, beguiling tunes from a variety of stringed things. At the same time, on the west stage, we introduce a new act, JT and the Stardusters. The band has played several community events and stages in recent weeks. Their upbeat Nashville sound will have you tapping your toes.

For the Art Lovers SAT JUN 15

FEATURED ARTIST. Betsy Cook (National Picnic) 

Locally-designed, Locally-sewn clothing. Before she started her own clothing line, Betsy was the Director of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market for several years. She established the annual pie contests and ran voting drives that helped us gain recognition as one of America’s Favorite Farmers’ Markets. She’ll be here this week with garments sewn right here in Camden County (and a changing room where you can try them on)! .

https://www.nationalpicnic.com/

Bag Reduction Program

Small Bills 

Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day.

VENDOR PARKING PERMITS

It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.

THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653