Love those ugly tomatoes!A midweek customer asked a vendor about the tomatoes – are they ripe? What happened to them? He was talking about the delicate though not dainty Cherokee Purple heritage tomato. There’s a reason you’ve never seen them in the store – they are too fragile to be shipped and have a short.. read more →

Lincolnton Market – Incredible Edible Diversity! Ms Vu brought incredible wax beans, purple beans, squash flowers and Chinese zucchini to market on Tuesday. With lettuce from Loyd Lewis, carrots from Charles Lingerfelt and the first peaches of the year with the Averys – - – it was a wonderful day. Loyd Lewis did suffer some.. read more →

My local plate! It was my first mainly local meal of the season with fresh veggies from the farmers market. Steamed cabbage, zucchini roasted, pickled beets, sliced tomato, and a salmon patty made with local eggs and spring onions. NO – there’s no local salmon in these parts – but going local doesn’t need to.. read more →

Finally – the First Tomato Mr. Cody brought the first tomatoes to Lincolnton’s market on Tuesday. Things are just getting good!! This Saturday, June 6th, in Denver: a cooking demo by Blake Dewey from Pomodoro’s Presto dial guage canner testing with Melinda Houser, Cooperative Extension Fire ant control strategies with Libby Yarber, Cooperative Extension In.. read more →