Thanks so much to all of the brave souls (vendors & customers) who came out last Saturday in spite of the terrible weather!
One of the things we have come to love the most about the grand space we occupy in the winter is the beautiful and grand Christmas trees placed in three locations in the lobby & atrium. The two story prairie-style building almost seems to have been designed with Christmas in mind.
Of course, shuffling all the vendors around to make room for them is always a challenge, but the spirit they lend to our Holiday Market is well worth it.
This Saturday December 13th, looks like a better weather forecast. We have new vendors coming and others returning, so come on out and join us!
Abundant Harvest Bakery of Hart
Dennise & Elisa are baking up a storm (hmm, maybe I should tell them to stop…) and they will be bringing a great assortment of Christmas Goodies like Gingerbread Scones
Apple Galettes, Quiche, Holiday Pies & Gluten free Apple Cakes. Come sample a Christmas treat!
New Vendor!
Martinus Maple Syrup of West Olive
Making maple syrup or “sugaring off” brings winter to a close and allows spring to begin early at our sugarbush in West Olive off Lakeshore Drive. During the mud season of March, when there is often little to do out-of-doors, our sugar shack and sugarbush is bustling with activity: tapping, setting up equipment, collecting sap, getting firewood, boiling, collecting sap, boiling, tending fire, boiling, and finishing off. Syruping activities are often pleasantly interrupted by visiting small groups; rest home residents, church groups, fourth graders, garden club, cub scouts. . .
We learned the art of sugaring off via apprenticeship from an elderly neighbor, and it was soon in our blood. Our home-operation started in the early 1990s, and moved indoors into our sugar shack in 2001. Yearly, we tap about 80 trees, and with150 taps, produce on average, 25 gallons.
Bill and Shirley Martinus
17300 Beach Ridge Way
West Olive, MI 49460
Steve n’ Sons Grassfields Farm of Coopersville
Back this week! Fait Gras (European cheddar) & Chili Pepper Gouda!
Great Gift Idea! Pound blocks of many varieties.
Certified Organic raw milk cheeses in the Dutch process tradition. Try Gouda, Gouda with Dill, Leyden, Gouda Spice (garlic & onion), Edam, Lamont Cheddar
Earthscape/Full Circle Farm of Hesperia
Bobier Farm-Raised Beef ~ Ground Beef, steaks, roasts (Standing Rib Roasts for Christmas!), stew meat, short ribs, soup bones, heart, tongue and beef liver. Our newest beef is 100% grass-fed; stock your freezers for winter!
Veggies: Red Onions, Celeriac, and Red and Savoy Cabbages ~ from storage in our root cellar.
Great Gift Idea! Organic Olive Oil! These oils are imported from all over the world. Grown, pressed and bottled on small organic farms. Incredible quality! Checkout http://organicoliveoilcompany.com
Now in stock:
Lakelands 250 ml decanter $25
Mansur 250 ml $12; 500 ml $18.
Catalan 250 ml $16; 500 ml $24
Moutere Grove 250 ml $20; 500 ml $35
Creswick Farms of Ravenna
Handcrafted Sausages and Specialty Meats
Back by customer demand: Red Hots Little Links! Smoked sausage with a kick!
Fresh-Aire Pastured Pork.
Hickory Smoked Nitrite-Free Bacon, Boneless Pork Chops, Pork Breakfast sausage in links & bulk.
Pork Sausages include: Garlic Kielbasa and German Thuringer. Also Chicago Style Beef and Pork Hotdogs.
Chicken Sausages include: Apple/Chicken Sausage Links and Chicken with Spinach & Feta Cheese.
Pastured Chicken
New! Smoked Chicken. Also: Whole Broilers, Ground Chicken.
Grass-fed Beef
New items! Rib-Eye Steak and Shitake Mushroom Beef Burgers. Also: Filet Mignon, T-Bone Steak, Chuck Roast, Round Roast and Beef Shank (great cut for the crock pot!), Ground Beef in 1 lb pkg and ¼ lb Beef Burgers 4/pkg
For a complete list of products, please see the website: www.CreswickFarms.com .
Earthly Kneads Bakery of Muskegon
Bakery Hours: Tuesday through Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm. Saturday from 9:00am to 2:00pm. Closed Sunday & Monday. Visit webwsite: http://www.earthlykneads.com/ Store location: 810 Terrace St., Muskegon, MI 49440. Ph: 231 728-6383
For market Saturday, Patrick will bring a selection of breads, cookies & granolas.
Ag and Health Alive of Marne
From Nantucket Bread Company of Grand Rapids: Chilled Whole Wheat Pizza Dough! Sold in single size bags, just roll out on a pizza tin, let rise a bit and then add your favorite toppings! Also: Whole Wheat Raisin Bread, Whole Wheat Bread, Seven-Grain Sourdough bread, Cranberry Walnut bread and Health Muffins. Made of whole grain organic flours.
Customer favorite back this week! Jerusalem Artichokes
Other Veggies & Fruits. Turnips & Daikon Radish. Our own Winter squash, green and red cabbage and Empire, Ida Reds, and Golden Delicious certified organic apples from Evergreen Lane Farm of Fennville.
New this week! Duck Eggs. Fed certified organic feed.
Lamb! Time or order halves & whole lambs for your winter freezer. This week at the market: We have individual cuts of lamb in chops, roasts, ground lamb, stew meat and shanks.
Great gift idea! Give your favorite gardener a gift certificate from Ag & Health garden supplies! Who on your Christmas list wouldn’t appreciate a gift for their garden, or a great gardening or cook book? We are an authorized Fertrell Dealer and have a huge list of available organic garden supplies.
Happy Hill Farm of Hart
Turkey Sausage and Ground Turkey . Breakfast, Italian, Brat & Chorizo. Breakfast & Italian in links/andor bulk. Turkeys were fed certified organic feed.
Holiday Ducks! Young and tender. The drakes weigh about 6 lbs.; the hens are just over 3 lbs.
Pastured turkey: Fed certified organic grain. We will have frozen packaged thighs, drumsticks, breast roast, sliced breast, and tenderloin.
Pastured chicken: Two options: Frozen chicken fed certified organic grains or chicken fed our own 2nd year transition corn. We have all cuts—whole, cut up, bone-in and boneless skinless breast, drumsticks, thighs, leg quarters and wings, soup stock, feet, liver, hearts and gizzards. All of our meats are raised on pasture with daily moves, and are processed on farm: no stressful transporting.
Stewing Hens. Hens retired from laying eggs make the best chicken soup in the world! Simmer these gals for several hours and you have genuine old-fashioned chicken! Or roast on high in the crockpot with no water for 8-12 hours for scrumptious roasted chicken!
Rabbit. Whole, frozen. Raised by David Filbrun on the farm.
Pastured Eggs. Large Eggs from chickens who live on grass.
Olson Farm of Shelby
Sale! Taste of Spring Maple Syrup. All Christmas Themed and Maple Leaf Etched Gift Bottles will be on sale! Making maple syrup from the over 300 trees on the farm has been an Olson tradition for three generations now.
Potatoes. Stock up now for that Thanksgiving feast! Red Norland, Pontiac and Reddale Red potatoes, the Butte White Baking Potato; and Swedish, Russian & Banana fingerling potatoes.
Onions. Red Zeppelin and white keeping onions.
HandCrafteds
Locally made products good for the body and spirit! Great Christmas gift ideas!
Bountiful Increase of Whitehall
Anita is back, for possibly just this week, with a fresh batch of soaps, lotions and massage oils-buy this week while supplies last! She reports: I have a fresh batch of lotion made-wonderfully scented with lemon and lavender I also have beautiful red and green swirl soap, which combines the all-time favorite spearmint soap with the holiday tradition peppermint soap. The result is a very double minty bar! I also have a fresh batch of lemongrass soap and for those who have been waiting, I have shampoo bars. Boo boo sticks and relief sticks will be available this week, along with lotion bars. For the women we have bronze mica lip shimmers, which is our lip balm with a touch of bronze color added. Also this week we have massage oils, including: workaholic oil, migraine oil, childrens cold oil, baby oil and more. We have Goodie Bar soap, with the lovely scent of cinnamon, Rosemary Soap, a zesty herb-sprinkled bar. We have our traditional goatmilk soap with the lovely scent of lavender and lemon. our Kitchen Bar removes odors from your hands, such as onion, garlic and fish. And our Grease-Cutter Soap removes grease and oils from your hands with the aid of pumice and orange oil. Laundry and dish soap will be available this week. We have a beautiful soap dish for sale hand made by the very talented Peter Johnson, this round soap dish compliments our round bar soap wonderfully-only one in stock. MANY of these items are limited in supply and/or only available for Christmas, if you are interested in these items they may not be available after this week. Small gift bags are available.
Under the Pines of Fruitport
Great for group gifts and stocking stuffers!
Back by popular demand handcrafted soaps in the following aromas: Patchouli and Sweet Orange, Lavender & Tea Tree, Lemongrass & Coconut, Lacy Lavender. All of our soaps have 10% shea butter added to help fight that winter “dry” skin.
Gift idea! All of the above soaps have matching body butters for holiday gift giving. Use our wonderful intensive moisturizing body butters on feet, knees, elbows, cuticles and hands.
Try our new handcrafted (made from scratch) soap: Triple Tree. This soap is made with corn mint, spearmint, peppermint and tea tree essential oils. Leaves your skin with that fresh tingly feeling.”
Stop by and see our other assortment of hand crafted bath and body goodies too, for you and the special people on your list.Sale! Washing Soda (laundry soap) special – buy one get one for half price.
Bee and Botanicals of Spring Lake
Crafting under her own name, Julia has great little gifts as well; lavender dryer bags, floral and woodsy sachets, hand crafted gift tags and cards.
New Vendor!
Kathy Lucas Craftworks of Grand Haven
Kathy has been sewing and quilting for over 30 years in her home, making items for family and friends. She is a native of New Jersey, where she was president of the Brownstone Quilt Guild from 1997 to 1999.
Kathy will bring Knitted & Fabric Hats, adults & kids sizes, Cloth Handbags, Quilted Patchwork Lavender Sachets, Felted Coasters and some of her photo-cards.
New Vendor!
LaMaire Handblown Glass Art of Grand Haven
http://www.lamairestudios.com/
Linda LaMaire will be bringing the glasswork of her son Jonathan LaMaire. He has been a glassblower for 10 years, now working out of his studio in Grand Haven. She will bring: handblown glass pendants, bracelets, perfume bottles, marbles, oil lamps and diffuser bottles (including diffuser reeds and essential oils) Jonathan’s glass art is sold in several different galleries and museums throughout the country.
Beech Coast Studio Pottery of West Olive
Susan Hoekema is back with stoneware bowls and mugs and colorful maiolica tiles and serving dishes, influenced by the lakeshore around her studio and her sojourns in Africa.
Aquarian Vibe Art Co of Spring Lake
Special Sale! This week only: $3 off 1 bowl $35 and up, $9 off 2, and $15 off 3 or more.
Sheryl will also be bringing new kilnwork including bowls, sushi plates, draped glass, and flattened bottles. Do your Christmas shopping early to get the best pieces before someone else does. Also: Glass sample sets. Choose your own colors for custom-ordered artwork that can be made in time for Christmas. Custom orders must be requested 2 weeks before needed and require a deposit of half down.
Fiber Creations of Whitehall
As artist/owner Ann Nessa says: “Fiber is good for ya!” She takes recycled wools, handwoven, knit and felt fibers and turns them into beautiful and useful items like purses, scarves, wall hangings and shopping bags. In addition, Ann has now turned her creative eye to pottery and will bring a few a selection of Sushi Bowls and Fired Clay Jewelry Pins.