I will be back at the market this week with tomatoes, carrots, rosemary, and basil (mmm, pesto), as well as the usual handmade items: market and water bottle bags, dish cloths, and skillet handle covers.

The Broadway Community Market has had a back-to-school theme the past couple weeks, with one final day of the theme tomorrow. Coloring pages and crayons will be available on the picnic tables, so bring your kids for a fun morning at the market! The vendor New Moon Creations will be collecting donations of school supplies for John C. Myers Elementary School, and everyone who drops off items during the market tomorrow will be entered to win a free plant from her. Supplies needed:

• Markers (Ex: Crayola Washable)
• Pencil Boxes or Pouches
• Wire Earbuds or Wire Headphones
• Highlighters
• Large Ziploc Bags
• Small Ziploc Bags
• Dry Erase Markers
• Baby Wipes
• Glue Sticks
• Scotch Tape
• Scissors
• Paper Clips
• Pens
• Post-It notes
• Deodorant
• Dry Shampoo
• Hair Detangler
• Books – gently used for the book cart
• (monetary donations are also accepted and will be used to purchase supplies on this list)

See you at the market!

Just a quick note this week to let you all know that I will not be at the Broadway Community Market tomorrow. I’ve decided to take a break from the market this Saturday to focus on a Big Life Thing (announcement coming soon!) that is taking precedence over everything else right now. It’s a good Thing, but time-consuming.

In the garden, I’m attempting to weather devastating pest damage while looking forward to my Aunt Glee’s Big Pink Tomatoes (pictured above) and finally harvesting the new pepper varieties I grew this year.

Please reach out if you would like some tomatoes, carrots, perpetual spinach, rosemary, or chocolate mint this weekend for pickup on the farm or in Broadway. And please do visit the other vendors at the market tomorrow – they have some great stuff for you!

The grass was wet and soft this morning, a glorious change from the crispiness of last week. Yesterday, the rain startled me, pattering on the metal roof as I worked at my computer. I ran outside, palms out, to confirm that I heard actual raindrops and not the rattling of dry leaves. It rained until puddles formed, and then it kept raining all afternoon. Somehow rain nourishes the garden like water from a hose never can.

I worried that the ripening tomatoes would split, literally bursting as they do when they take in more water than their skins can stretch to hold, but they haven’t. And the peppers grow bigger by the day. I take back up my chant from the spring: soon, soon.

Tomorrow, you can expect to find perpetual spinach, rosemary, and carrots on my market table. I have recipes for you, too! Pick up the simple instructions for making perpetual spinach quiche and rosemary scones as well as the main ingredients – including eggs from Good Plains Farm at the table next to me. Saturday dinner: check!

The weather looks beautiful for the Broadway Community Market tomorrow, and we have a great lineup of about a dozen vendors. Come enjoy coffee and breakfast in the cool, low-humidity morning and see what everyone has to offer this week.

See you at the market!