For those of you who aren’t on our mailing list, here’s the newsletter I just sent out:
I’ve recently been selected to serve on a subcommittee of the newly formed Franklin County Local Food Council, and our first meeting is this Thursday at the same time as the Easton Farmers Market. I don’t have anyone to work the stand for me, so I’m going to have to miss the market this week. I’ll be back next week, though, and the week after that…and then Easton is done for the year!
At least outside, that is. In the former Harry and David Store, from October 1 to January 31, Easton will have a new store open called Celebrate Local. It will feature high quality homegrown, prepared, and handmade items with a focus on sustainable and local agriculture. It’s sort of a consignment store for farmers market vendors.
I’m not sure that I’ll really have enough chicken or eggs to keep them stocked through January, but I’m looking into the possibility of selling rustic furniture through Celebrate Local. I don’t presently have any pieces in inventory, but I’m about to start building them. They’re built from green wood with mortise-and-tenon joinery. This means that the joints should grow tighter over time as the wood dries. If you’d like to see an example of my work, here’s a picture of a chair I built for my mother last year done in the same style as the ones I’m going to make:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maydaohio/6137847457/in/photostream
If, for some reason, I’m not able to sell this furniture through Celebrate Local, you’ll be able to buy from me directly. I’ll have photos of each piece up on our website.
Good news for those of you who’ve been waiting for leg quarters, whole birds, livers, or hearts! I’m taking a flock to the processor tomorrow. As I said above, I won’t have any of it at Easton this week, but I’ll have it at Clintonville this weekend. I’ll also have kale, collards, and mustard greens at Clintonville this Saturday. There may be turnips, if they’ve grown enough by then, but I think they need another couple of weeks. I’m still waiting to see if the chard recovers from the deer feasting on it last week.
See you at the market!
Wayne Shingler
Frijolito Farm
