Locavore odds and ends: Stalled gardens and peaches, peaches & more peaches
2010 August 5
Is anyone else’s garden stalled? In the past two weeks I’ve gotten very little. Lots of green tomatoes that aren’t turning. I feel like it’s the end of June again. Kind of frustrating.
I’m taking a little time off next week. I may be back next Friday with more odds and ends, but you won’t hear anything else during the week.
- The New York Times’ Tammy La Gorce headed to South Jersey to attend a dinner on the farm meal at Muth Family Farm in Gloucester County. I love it when the NYT remembers there is a South part of NJ.
- The Great Pennsylvania Wine Toast will take place on August 14. Wineries all across the state will try to break the Guinness World Record for largest wine tasting and raise money for a good cause at the same time. If you’re in PA, stop by one of the wineries on that day and have a glass of wine.
- According to the South Jersey Hot Chefs website, it looks like there is going to be a Feast in the Fields event at Duffields Farm in Sewell on August 14th, but there isn’t any specific info on the website or on Duffield’s website. If I can get more info, I’ll pass it along. Duffields isn’t all that far from Heritage Vineyards where the Jersey Fresh Food & Wine Festival is being held on the 14th and 15th, and I’m thinking that a really fabulous day would be to go to the festival during the day and end the day with a feast in the fields.
- Looks like NJ has five markets in the running to win Americas Favorite Farmers Market. In the small market category, Collingswood is currently at #3, Flemington is at #18, and Burlington County is at #19. In the boutique category, Medford Lakes is currently at #5 and Ringwood is at #19. It’s not too late to vote for your favorite market. Voting continues until August 31.
- Speaking of the Collingswood Farmers Market, this Saturday is Peach Party at the market. Vendors will have special peach items, there will be a drawing for free basket of peaches, and our good friend Chef Mark Smith of The Tortilla Press will host a peach cooking demo with several chefs giving demos throughout the day.
- And if you don’t get enough peaches at the farmers market, you can join Chef Mark at either of his Collingswood or Pennsauken restaurant for Just Peachy – 3 courses that feature dishes made with peaches for just $25 from the 10th-12th.
- I posted about Five ways to preserve the herbs from your garden over at Celebrate Green this week. I know I need to start preserving some of the herbs in in my garden. They’re the only thing producing.
Enjoy your weekend!
Hi Robin,
I have the background information on the SJ HOTChefs Feast in the Fields. I handle their public relations. Is there an direct email address for you?
Thanks,
Lara Barrett
Lara,
You can e-mail me at robin at shreeves dot net. Feel free to put me on a press release or announcement list if you have one.