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Journal #12

June 27, 2008

            Thursday, July 3, 2008   will be a star day for us on our calendar in Twinsburg, Ohio. The stage is set for the opening of the Twinsburg Farmers’ Market for 2008. This will be the fourth year for the market. Many of the Twinsburg, Ohio local farmers, gardeners and artisans will showcase their produce and goods each Thursday from July through late September. The Farmers’ Market is of great importance to all of the area residents wishing to shop for fresh produce right in their own backyard. The vendors set up their wares right downtown on the square. Traffic on the square is diverted from the town square at 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. each Thursday to accommodate the market’s vendors and many shoppers. The atmosphere is as colorful as all of the multitudes of fresh items being pinched, prodded and scrutinized by savvy shoppers as they make their way from one end of the closed off street to the other end .The smell of freshly picked sweet corn, fruits such as melons and apples are all a part of aromas that urge you on throughout the open market to choose just the right produce for your family’s meal. There are homemade breads, honey and jellies from Mom’s own kitchen and there are stories told of how the family recipe has a special secret ingredient that makes that bread or honey extra special. It is also a trip down memory lane of how your parents took you as a child to an open market to shop in the good old days.

            Many of Ohio’s local communities now have these wonderful Farmers ’Markets for the local residents to shop for their fresh produce. The advantages to these markets are really fresh produce that is picked and brought to market quickly. Some of the produce varieties are heirloom. Local produce grown in your area’s temporal zone almost always grows to perfection .Having produce shipped in from across the country and even from other countries is not cost effective and the cost is always passed to the consumer.

            Ohio is a big agriculture state. We are fortunate to be able to get the cream of the crop, so to speak. Our little city of Twinsburg can boast of our big interest in gardening. We have many farms in and around Twinsburg. We have a large community garden with lots of plots for local gardeners to grow their own vegetables. It is the best of both worlds city and farm together side by side.

            I have enjoyed coming down to our Farmers’ Market over the past three years. I so look forward to visiting the market again this year. I think of the Farmers’ Market as one of my networks of gardeners. I talk to the famers and gardeners and get ideas and try to grasp new concepts about gardening. I have even given some of the farmers some of my heirloom seeds to grow at their farms. I am always tickled pink when I see the produce at a vendor’s stand at the market that came from seeds that I gave them to grow. Of course, all of my seeds are heirloom varieties. Most shoppers who have never seen a certain variety of tomato, or pepper are totally amazed and willing to try out the”new” vegetable.

             This year I would like to present a program about Ohio heirloom gardening at our Farmers’ Market .Ohio’s agriculture history is amazing.

            Check our Farmers’ Market out at: www.twinsburgfarmersmarket.com See what we have to offer!