Wild state of flux!  No Harbor East on Saturday due to the Baltimore Marathon - substitute instead a special stand at the Kennett Square Farmer's Market as they celebrate autumn with their Fermentation Festival.  How's that for timing?  This disruption of my schedule makes for a very "succinct" weekly market update (check out new apple varieties below)!

Schedule

• Friday - Kennett Square Farmer's Market 2-6pm *Fermentation Festival*
• Saturday - Harbor East Farmers Market 8am-12noon (Baltimore Marathon - we'll see you the following week)
  
• Sunday - Headhouse Farmers Market 10am-2pm
• Sunday - Greenbelt Farmers Market 10am-2pm
  
• Tuesday - Kenilworth Farmers Market 3:30-6:30pm
  
• Wednesday - Wakefield Park Farmers Market 2pm-6pm
  

Market Produce

• Honeycrisp! - it's "the cat's pajamas" of eating apples
  
• Old Fashioned "Must Eat" Apple Cider - our award winning cider is finally up to the top of my discerning tastes.  This week, the cider is as good as I've learned to make it!
• Jonagold - Check these out!
  
• Fuji Gap!  the wait lingers on - forecasting next week arrival!
  
• Smokehouse - tartish and yummy
  
• Cortland - If you like Mac - you'll never go back!  Try one!
• Nittany - worthy of it's fine name (maybe I'm biased...) baking and snacking, very firm
• Rome - pie maker no.1!  Pair with Golds and experience the best pie blend ever!
• Mutsu - similarly to Smokehouse fans, the people who like Mutsu really like Mutsu
  
• Gold Delicious - STILL NOT MUSHY!
• Red Delicious - sweet. red. apples
  
• Empire - sought after - featured in Parade magazine!
  
• Jonathan - still the most underrated apple we grow!
  
• Yellow Bartlett Pears - smooth and sweet
  
• Bosc Pears - firm and a little bit of grit to go with the sweetness!
  
• Onions - Only 'Candy' yellow remain
  
• Potatoes - 'Eva' is the white and 'Villetta Rose' is the red.  Very versitile for baked, fried, and mashed!
• Pumpkins - old fashioned Howdens for pies and jack-o-lanterns.  Still working out the logistics of getting these hulking things to market (4-30 lbs/piece)
• Winter Squash - our mini acorns are ready, likewise dumpling and delicata squash.  Still waiting on our butternuts and spaghetti squash!
  

"I Need A Moment to Ferment"

We're pretty pumped about Kennett Square's First-Ever Fermentation Festival and our involvement in it.  Me and my uncle John are homebrew/winemaking enthusiasts, making this festival right up our alley!  Though we're still novices in this realm, we look forward to meeting some brewers and winemakers in Kennett Square in addition to some new customers in this beautiful old town (Mushroom Capital USA, if you weren't aware). 

Because we are asked frequently, I'll pass along that our apple cider is 100% brewer/winemaker approved.  While it's true you need to use unpasteurized cider to make hard cider and wine, UV pasteurized (our sterilization method) does not hinder the cider's capacity for fermentation.  It's the best of both worlds!  So if you're keen to try a batch (it's really simple) or have a friend or relative you know has experimented in the past, we've got you covered!  Additional cider, should you need a lot, can always be ordered from us through this email or by our website in advance of your favorite farmers market.  This goes the same for (nearly) anything we carry that you might require in bulk.  We are here to serve you!

From Our Farm to Your Home,

Farmer Ben

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