At Red Fire Farm, I picked up  freshly laid eggs, carrots, beets, garlic, onions, celery root, sweet potato and rainbow chard. From El Jardin, some loaves of country french and a festive cranberry pecan bread. I checked out a new-to-me cheesemaker called Robinson Farm, and selected a nice, creamy, mild cheese called ABarndance.  On a whim, because I always seem to need it when I don’t have it, I bought a bag of whole wheat pastry flour from Four Star Grains. On my way out, I grabbed a quick breakfast of maple walnut scone and a cup of coffee from Black Sheep bakery, along with a stollen as a treat for the toddler I left behind this morning, much to her dismay.

I look forward to supporting our local farmers through the winter, and am so glad to have the opportunity to do so.

Despite (or in spite of) the rain today, the show went on as planned.

I wish I had more photos to show you but alas, between the rain and having our hands full with the kids, these were all we could manage.

Afterwards, we headed over to the farm store and picked up some Uppinngil cheese and flour, and a carton of Diemand Farm eggs. The farm also sells their own grass-fed beef, and holds cheesemaking classes. Check out their website. http://www.upinngil.com/

Everyone was out and about in the beautiful weather, and we saw many of our new friends, who got to meet  2 week old Stella for the first time.  All in all, a great opening to the market season!