The Bewitching Hour

Actually, you are down to the last bewitching HALF hour!!

Get your orders in so you don’t miss the ease, the fun, and the satisfaction of keeping it all local!!

See you at 10pm…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

About Last Saturday...

This past Saturday found us, on the road, out to Fletcher, to the farm tour and sorghum making event at, End Of The Road Farms!

It’s always a great time at one of their tours, fun to visit with the family, fun to see just how very, very, very hard that little family really works.

We got see Lee, and Tony, the horse, show us how they make the sorghum that is listed at this market. We got to see their fields, tunnels for growing, barns, pigs, and their chickens. It felt like a mini little get-away, once you begin the drive down their lane.

Jennifer had baked goods, and sorghum friend apples for sampling.

We also got to chat with them about their ongoing help with the soon to be Miami County virtual market!!! Exciting stuff!!! Our market managers have been helping them, and the powers of Miami County, with information, tips, advice, how we run, who we are, our triumphs, and our learning experiences. We wish them well with this new market!!

A huge thank you to the Ruff family for inviting us out to their farm, once again!

And, just a note…our market loves conducting farm tours. We encourage the vendors to open up their farms, their businesses, just so you, the customers, can see where your local food is coming from!! We love you, we love our vendors, and we love being part of this little local fabric.

Remember…it is Tuesday. The market will close, this evening, at 10pm! Get your orders in!!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Star Dancer Creamery

Star Dancer is sending an invitation to all market customers and vendors for their Open Farm Tour, THIS coming Saturday, October 17, from 2pm-5pm!!

You will be able to see their farm, pet the cows, tour the facilities, enjoy some country cooking!

There will be local vendors, on site, offering products!

Make sure to plan your Saturday fun around this fun event!

Located at 629 Old Mill Road
Springfield, Ohio 45506

Saturday, At The Farm!!

We would like to invite the virtual market vendors and customers to join us out on our farm Saturday October 10th at 2pm for a sorghum-making demonstration and a guided tour! Our draft horse, Tony, will help us squeeze the juice out of the sorghum cane, and we’ll be cooking it down to make sweet syrup – an interesting process if you’ve never seen it in person. End of the Road Farm may be a work in progress, but we, along with our three young children, have a lot of fun and enjoy working full-time on our homestead. There will be several samples of sorghum goodies to try – we’d love to meet you if you’re able to come!

Lee and Jennifer Ruff

If you want a fun day, full of farm love, and just a real good time…plan on attending this farm tour!! It was great fun, last year, and you don’t want to miss the fun!!
Directions – Take state route 36 West out of Urbana about 20 miles to Fletcher… you’ll go through St. Paris and Lena, and it’s the first “town” after 235.

Turn left at the first stop light, onto 589.

Turn right at the first street (no street sign) – that’s first street which becomes our driveway! Go past the yield and dead end signs, through the gate, and come all the way up to the house – we’ll show you where to park!

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Don’t forget…tomorrow is Farm Tour Day out at End Of The Road Farms!!!

Here are the directions, it’s going to be a beautiful day, and a perfect day for the short drive to visit their very interesting farm!!!

See you there…

Directions – Take state route 36 West out of Urbana about 20 miles to Fletcher… you’ll go through St. Paris and Lena, and it’s the first “town” after 235.

Turn left at the first stop light, onto 589.

Turn right at the first street (no street sign) – that’s first street which becomes our driveway! Go past the yield and dead end signs, through the gate, and come all the way up to the house – we’ll show you where to park!

Bad Moon Rising

Don’t go around tonight…
Well, it’s bound to take your life…
There’s a bad moon on the rise…
(Bad Moon Rising-Creedence Clearwater Revival)

It’s been a crazy week, little local market of love customers!! It’s been busy, it’s been filled with activity, it’s been tiring, but it’s all been good, if not just a little bit off…

You know those kinds of days or weeks? You can’t put your finger on what exactly is off but everything seems just a tiny bit odd.

I like to always think that the moon is what drives us. Changes things up in our system, makes us crazy, makes us cranky, or makes us happy.

This week, as I get up, make coffee, gather baking supplies…I have taken my coffee outside, before dawn, and watched the most amazing scenes with the crescent moon, and most vibrant star patterns. It takes my breath away! After a while, I return to my kitchen to begin the baking for the day.

I love feeling part of something so large. I love starting my day out with the moon, while most people miss those early hours. It’s the magic hour…

But, this week was also met with a bit of an off feeling, oddly a bit tired, oddly in a bit of a mood. I couldn’t figure it all out but then more and more vendors and customers were arriving, tonight, with the same feelings. I could only sum it up by blaming it on the moon, la luna, the big crescent in the sky…

So, moving on, moving forward, let’s enjoy the moon but break the off feeling…let’s pick up the pieces and get this market started!! Nothing makes you feel better than to get back on track.

So, on that note…let’s open the market, think about the coming week, and make it all easy on you.

Fresh, local, inexpensive, nutrition…make this YOUR bad moon rising!! Make this your local connection week…let us lead the way…all the way to the moon!

Thank you for always supporting this market!! Because of you, we grow, each week, and we are strong, vibrant, and glowing…just like the moon!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Be A Part Of It!!

Be a part of it? A part of what?

A part of this little local market of love. A part of this community. A part of the local scene. A part of supporting the local farmers, producers, growers…A part of this vibrant spirit that we call Champaign County!!

Try just one order if you have never placed an order! Place your order if you are a weekly/monthly customer, and come back for another order if it’s been awhile since you ordered!

We are doing great things, making it all happen, and we are doing it all…locally!

You have one hour to complete your orders for the week!!

Let’s see that love…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Honey, Ah Sugar, Sugar!

Honey, ah sugar sugar…
You are my candy girl…
And you’ve got me wanting you…
(Sugar, Sugar-The Archies)

Go ahead, crank up your pop radio favorite…you know you want to sing and be all groovy playing the tambourine! Oh, wait, that’s just me….lol

ANYWAY…you really are going to want to sing, be groovy, and dance because guess what??

We now have local honey, again!!

Back for the season is Honey Boy Honey!!

Yes!! Go, order, be groovy, thank us, always…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

End Of The Road Farm Tour!!!

We would like to invite the virtual market vendors and customers to join us out on our farm Saturday October 10th at 2pm for a sorghum-making demonstration and a guided tour! Our draft horse, Tony, will help us squeeze the juice out of the sorghum cane, and we’ll be cooking it down to make sweet syrup – an interesting process if you’ve never seen it in person. End of the Road Farm may be a work in progress, but we, along with our three young children, have a lot of fun and enjoy working full-time on our homestead. There will be several samples of sorghum goodies to try – we’d love to meet you if you’re able to come!

Lee and Jennifer Ruff

If you want a fun day, full of farm love, and just a real good time…plan on attending this farm tour!! It was great fun, last year, and you don’t want to miss the fun!!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Thank You!!

As always, we thank you for your continued support in this market! Thank you for putting your trust in our little local market of love, AND, for keeping your hard earned money in the local community.

Without you, the customers, we would not have this market. We appreciate you, we love you, and we look forward to your continued orders!!

I am opening the market, tonight, and hope that you take full advantage of all that we have to offer…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam