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Sunday Means It's Time to Order
Good afternoon!
The Wednesday Market is open for orders. Please place your order by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up Wednesday between 3 and 6 p.m. Please check the website for all of this week’s listings. Here is the link: https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
Is it hot enough for you? Goodness gracious!
Last weekend, Joe and the boys and I made our annual pilgrimage to the mountains for the long Fourth of July weekend. We spent it with my Aunt Sharon and Uncle Steve in Peachtree, North Carolina (near Murphy). The temperatures were comfortably cool there, and in fact, when the sun went down, I needed a light jacket. It rained on and off all weekend, but we were fortunate enough to have a break in the weather to see the fireworks over Lake Chatuge at Hiawassee.
The warmth of visiting our extended family amid the coolness of the mountains was blessed relief to our hectic life.
We had a big family cookout with hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, coleslaw, chili, sliced heirloom tomatoes, watermelon, and all the rest of the typical fixings. For dessert, I made blueberry pies. You notice I said “pies”, with an “s”. We were cooking for about 15 people!
Anyway, here is the recipe for a simple, but incredibly delicious Blueberry Pie:
1 9-inch pie shell, unbaked
4 cups fresh blueberries, rinsed and patted dry
1 cup of sugar
1 8 oz. carton of sour cream
3 tablespoons of flour
2 tablespoons of melted butter
1/4 cup of plain bread crumbs
2 tablespoons of sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put the blueberries into the pie shell.
Mix together the cup of sugar, sour cream and flour and pour over the top of the blueberries. Combine the melted butter, bread crumbs and 2 tablespoons of sugar and mix well. Sprinkle over the top of the sour cream mixture. Place the pie on a foil covered cookie sheet (in case the pie boils over!) and bake until the center is firm and the crumb topping has browned, about 45 to 50 minutes. Let the pie cool to room temperature before serving. This pie is really scrumptious served with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. Enjoy!
And, now here we are, back home and to the heat wave of central Georgia! We’ll see you Wednesday at The Market.
Thanks,
Beverly
In Case You Missed It....The Market is Open!
Good morning, y’all!
We hope everyone had a safe and happy Fourth of July weekend. Many people were traveling, or maybe you are on the way home today. We just wanted to remind everyone that the Market is open for orders, and you have until 10 p.m. tonight to get your orders in. Here is the link: http://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
Have a great day, and we’ll see you on Wednesday.
Thanks,
Beverly
Order Now
Good afternoon!
The Wednesday Market is open. Please place your orders by 10 p.m. on Monday. Orders are ready for pick up between 3 and 6 p.m. Wednesday. Check the website for all of this week’s offerings. Here is the link: https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
Enjoy what remains of the weekend, and we’ll see you at the Market!
Thanks,
Beverly
Order Summer Veggies from The Wednesday Market!
Good evening!
Summer is in full swing, and that means our farmers have an abundance of summertime produce. It’s time order, as The Wednesday Market is now open. Please place your order by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready to pick up on Wednesday between 3 and 6 p.m. Be sure to check the website for all of this week’s delectable items. Here is the link: https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
The ladies at Concord Street Sweets are off this week. If you are looking for one of your favorite vendors, but don’t see any of their products listed, chances are they have put their items in “vacation mode.” Even farmers and bakers need time off!
Thank you for supporting The Wednesday Market! We’ll see you on Wednesday.
Thanks,
Beverly
Happy Father's Day from The Wednesday Market!
Good afternoon, and Happy Father’s Day to all of you Dads within The Wednesday Market community.
The Market is open. Please place your order by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up between 3 and 6 p.m. Wednesday. Be sure to check the website for all of this week’s offerings. Here is the link: http://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
Thank you for your support of locally grown agriculture and for choosing to purchase locally. We have the best producers and the best customers!
Thanks,
Beverly
Here is Your Friendly Reminder to Order!
Good afternoon!
The Wednesday Market is open for ordering. Please place your order by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up between 3 and 6 p.m. Wednesday. We have lots of nice summer items this week, including delicious herbs, blueberries, cucumbers, squash, zucchini and onions. Be sure to check the website for all of this week’s offerings. Here is the link: http://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
Anna Evans is reminding our customers that anyone bringing and using reusable shopping bags for the month of June will receive free sprigs of fresh rosemary while they last. First come, first served.
We hope everyone has a great Sunday afternoon, and we’ll see you at the Market!
Thanks,
Beverly
It's Sunday and It's Time to Order!
Good afternoon.
The Wednesday Market is open for orders. Please place your orders by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up between 3 and 6 p.m. Wednesday, at our NEW location, 139 Adams Street, Zebulon. Check the website for all of this week’s product listings. We have a lot of summer items now! Here is the link: http://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
Concord Street Sweets is taking the week off from the Market, but will be back again soon.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend, and we’ll see you on Wednesday.
Thanks,
Beverly
It's Summer! Time to Order
Good afternoon on this fine Sunday! The sun is shining for now on this last day of May. I hope you all have a chance to get out and enjoy it before the rain begins.
The Wednesday Market is open for orders. Please place your orders by Monday at 10 p.m. Orders are ready for pick up between 3 and 6 p.m. on Wednesday, in our NEW location on Adams Street. Be sure to check the website for all of this week’s product offerings. Here is the link: http://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
All the kids are out of school, and summer is officially here. Ah, summertime – when the days are longer and the living is easy! This is my favorite time of the year, and I love the cobalt blue skies and fluffy white clouds, bees buzzing, and flowers blooming. Summer produces some of my favorite edibles, too – tomatoes, watermelon, peaches, cucumbers, summer squash and basil, to name a few.
Here is a sandwich idea to try this summer. Take a pita bread and slice it in half so you get two pockets. Lightly apply mayo, mustard, or condiment of your choice to the inside of each bread pocket. Lightly sauté half of a chopped onion and half of a bell pepper in a bit of butter or olive oil. Once the vegetables have softened, fill each pocket with some of the mixture. Sprinkle with a little dried basil, oregano, or freshly ground black pepper and add a slice or two of mozzarella. Heat underneath a broiler, just until the bread crisps and the cheese melts. It doesn’t take long; be careful that you don’t burn the bread. This makes enough for two sandwiches. Enjoy!
For those of you who haven’t yet been to our new location, here are some directions, from our original location on Concord Street (Highway 18). Turn right onto Adams Street across from the Zebulon First Baptist Church, go past the Board of Education on the right, and past the old Zebulon Elementary school and bus garage on the left. The new location is the next driveway on the left, a little bungalow style house (it’s the only house on that side of Adams Street). If you are coming from Griffin, you can turn right on Dunn Street, just past the main branch of United Bank. When Dunn Street ends, turn left, and the Market is on the right.
Thank you for supporting locally grown agriculture and for choosing to purchase locally. Have a great day, and we’ll see you at the Market on Wednesday!
Thanks,
Beverly
The Wednesday Market has moved!
Good evening. We hope all is well with everyone throughout this Memorial Day weekend.
The Wednesday Market is open for orders. Please place your order by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up between 3 and 6 p.m. Wednesday. Check the website for all of this week’s offerings. Here is the link: http://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
Now some exciting news: The Wednesday Market is now in its NEW location!
To get there, from our previous location, turn onto Adams Street (across the street from Zebulon First Baptist Church), drive past the old Zebulon Elementary School and Pike County Schools bus garage, and we are the next building on the left going toward the cemetery. Actually we are the ONLY house on the west side of the street facing Adams Street.
Customers coming from Griffin may want to avoid going all the way through the Courthouse Square by turning right onto Dunn Street (just past United Bank). At the end of Dunn Street, turn left, and the Market is on the right side of Adams Street. Look for a little yellow bungalow-style house in the pecan orchard.
We are looking forward to serving our customers from this new location. We have lots more space for products, customers, parking, and vendors!
Thank you to everyone who helped in preparing the new building and for those who volunteered their time moving everything. We couldn’t have done it without all of your generous help!
See you Wednesday at the Market on Adams Street.
Thanks,
Beverly
Time to Order
Good evening.
The Wednesday Market is open. Please place your orders by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up Wednesday between 3 and 6 p.m. Check the website for all of this week’s product listings. Here is the link: http://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
The end of the school year is nigh. It’s going to be quite a week full of special activities for my children, with parties, honors programs, and soccer tournaments. These endings are bittersweet. We celebrate the achievements and look forward to new opportunities and experiences, but look back fondly at the time spent with those special people who touched our lives this year.
I am deeply saddened at the passing of my friend Don Collins, who died on Thursday. There just aren’t enough positive adjectives to describe the loving, giving spirit of this man. A statesman and a gentleman he was! He worked tirelessly for many worthy causes in Pike County, and I had the privilege of serving alongside him for several years on the Zebulon Downtown Development Authority and the SlowExposures Photography show. Don, you will be greatly missed!
To our customers and farmers, as always, we thank you for supporting locally grown agriculture.
May all of you have a good week, and we’ll see you on Wednesday.
Thanks,
Beverly