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July 25th - Wacky Watermelon Day, Hooper Troopers
9am MFM's 4th anunual Watermelon Roll
Bring your camera for this one! The kids will have a blast rolling their watermelon, then eating the rewards. Don't miss it! Get Your Hula Hoop On!Join the Hooper Troopers for a fun way to work out. Hooper Troopers are a group of women with the dream of bringing Hooping back in style. All over the country Hooping is picking up momentum as a fun new way to tone and tighten the muscles.
Music This Week 7:00-8:00 Ron McDonald8:00-10:30 Potlikker String Band10:30-1:00 Marissa Lynae
Events & programs at the market
Products Available
What wacky weather we are having... And the watermelons love it! Give those watermelons a nice soaking rain and the payback is luscious juicy fruit. Pick smaller seedless melons when you are on the go; large seeded varieties for afternoons spent on the back deck (spittin' seeds), and yellow meat watermelons for a little something different. The market is bursting with vegetables, fruit and flowers as we are in the height of the growing season right now. Along with watermelons, find other fruit like blueberries, peaches, blackberries (almost done), plums, cantaloupe and even a few green apples. The peas are coming in a bit early too, crowder peas, purple hull peas and lady peas. And, it is so easy blanch and freeze peas so that you can enjoy them throughout the year. The flower bouquets are so colorful and beautiful that you will want to have one in every room of your home. Pick sunflowers, zinnias and gladiolas, but also add in unusual types of flowers that you can only find at a local market. Look for all kinds of tomatoes. If you were lucky enough to sample several varieties at last week's tomato tasting, you now know your favorite and you can try some others too. There are plenty of different varieties at the MFM to choose from like traditional slicers to funky heirlooms. Find big gorgeous bell peppers, banana peppers and hot peppers. Look for Japanese eggplant (white, green and purple), green beans, pole beans, cucumbers, zucchini, patty pan squash and yellow summer squash. Get your "goat fix" with cheese and soap this week and don't miss out on all the wonderful baked goods from freshly baked breads to yummy cakes and pies.
Products you'll find at the market
Featured Vendor
Richardson Vegetable Farm
Steve Richardson planted an acre of cucumbers when he was 13 years old, and got hooked on growing vegetables. He retired from his job as a Mississippi County Extension agent a few years ago, and now grows a lot more than cucumbers on his 60 acre farm in Tyro, Mississippi.Steve's beautiful cantelopes will be plentiful at Saturday's market. Ask about a super sweet variety called 'Aprhodite', & check out his watermelons. Steve is growing 8 different varieties, and all are sweet and wonderful. 'Stars N Stripes', 'Sangria', 'Allsweet' are traditional juicy watermelons. 'Goldstrike' has an orange flesh, 'Sugarheart' and 'Wonder' are seedless, and 'Tasty Gold' and 'Yellow Crimson' are beautiful yellow fleshed. See Steve and Richardson Vegetable Farm at the market this Saturday, and take home one of each for a taste test of watermelons! Visit Richardson Vegetable Farm this Saturday July 25th!
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2009 Summer Dinner Tour
Sunday, August 9 Restaurant Iris
2146 Monroe Avenue
SOLD OUT
Check the upcoming dinner tour schedule
Popular local chefs take on the challenge of creating locally sourced meals featuring ingredients from the farmers market. We invite you to attend the dinners to dine on delicious fresh and locally grown produce and meats and support the market. Make your reservations early as these dinner tours are selling out fast! The Dinner Tour is a fundraiser for the Memphis Farmers Market with 30% of the evening's proceeds donated to the market. The Dinner Tour is a tasty way to share the bounty of the market with friends and encourage the use of local produce in inventive and delicious ways.
1044 S. Yates Road
Reservations 901-763-3700
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