[RP TownTalk] Riverdale Park Farmers Market Weekly Highlights

[Jim Coleman]

Riverdale Park's Farmers Market

*Tomorrow : May 7, 2015  3 - 7PM*

*@: 6204 Rhode Island Avenue, Riverdale Park, MD (next to Riverdale MARC
station)*

Get your spring mix, collards, mustard, baby kale, head lettuce, radishes,
pac choi, spicy mix, arugula, mini head lettuce, dandelion greens, and
microgreens, goat products, fruit preserves, apples, pastured meats, free
range hen eggs, fresh small batch roasted coffees, Viburnum, Lily of the
Valley, mixed bouquets, some tulips while we enjoy mid Spring. Don't miss
it!  Evening hours are fun at the market!   We look forward to seeing you
Thursdays from 3 to 7pm at the Riverdale Park Town Center, rain or shine.



*WEATHER: 80 degrees and partly cloudy, awesome for this week.*

*Feature Farmer: We welcome back Blades Orchard and Boxer's Rest Organic to
the market.*


*Feature News: *

This week, we welcome back Blades Orchard , a small farm out of Preston,
MD. We also expect Peachy Family Dairy back this week with their delicious
goat products.


Through the generous contributions from the Riverdale Park Town Council and
the facilitation of the Maryland State Farmers Market Association, the
Maryland Market Money program is up and running again. Our new match amount
for the Outdoor season is up to $7 for each $7 spent at the market.


You won't see at market this week: Boxer's Rest Farm comes back on
5/14(delayed by the weather), Simple Pleasures Ice Cafe
<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Simple-Pleasures-Ice-Cafe/140092469358114>
 (??? hopefully by May 7).


Feature Recipes: Asparagus is here!


*Growers:* Groff's Content Farm - Pastured meats & eggs, ECO City Farm(spring
mix, collards, mustard, baby kale, head lettuce, radishes, pac choi, spicy
mix, arugula, mini head lettuce, dandelion greens, and microgreens),
Musachio Produce (spinach, blueberries, strawberries?, asparagus, rhubarb,
flowers & garlic); Peachy Family Dairy (Fresh cheese. Gelato ground goat,
cheese curds), Blades Orchard (apples, canned peaches, preserves maybe a
few early berries (can't promise that though still a little early) and
Apple butter, and Jack Creek Plants (A trio of basils available this
week:  sweet,
cinnamon and dwarf! Lots of tomato plants, too!)


*Tasty Treats:* Geppetto Catering BBQ, El Taco Loco, The Verandah (Indian
food), Roy & RT's Garden, Migue's Magnificent Mini Donuts, Stone Hearth
Bakery.

*Speciality: Alaskawild Seafood's wild caught salmon, Mystic Water Soap,
Liza Linder (glass mosaics), Shahla Abdi Antique Trading Bead Jewelry.*


*Entertainer: Miles Spicer, great blues musician & RP resident @ 5 PM.*


*Kid fun:* Good old sidewalk chalk!

*Important Notices:*

Food safety notice: Due to a preponderance of evidence and our county's
health department regulations, dogs are no longer welcome at
the farmers market. We regret the loss but hope that our dog owning
customers will forgive us for this change.

Important note about parking: only parallel parking is allowed on Maryland
Ave (the road that passes under East-West Highway) -- please do not park in
any other manner.
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