Vegetables

Fire From The Mountain

Fire from the mountain — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:27:15 -0600

We sell Hot Sauces, Salsa, and BBQ Sauce made from our home grown peppers, we also sell eggs, vegetables, herbs and blueberries.
Visit the Fire From The Mountain website.

Zydeco Moon Farm

Karen — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:27:38 -0600

Zydeco Moon Farm is fully certified organic and owners Sally Thiel and Joe Martin raise a variety of vegetables including tomatoes, lettuce, sugar snap peas, peppers, snow peas, and squash.

Fog Likely Farm

Fog Likely Farm — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:12:24 -0600

Fog Likely Farm

James Wilkes

Karen — Mon, 08 May 2006 18:08:57 -0600

James Wilkes owns Faith Mountain Farm in Creston, NC.

He can be reached at:

489 Big Laurel Road

Creston, NC, 28615

336-385-3510

David, Kathy, Anna and Autumn Blackburn

Karen — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:41:51 -0600

David, Kathy, Anna and Autumn Blackburn live in Ashe County in North Carolina and can be found at Watauga County Farmers' Market with their fresh Kandy Korn and a variety of heirloom vegetables. David grows the plants from seed that he saves from the best selections of the previous year's crop, enabeling customers to enjoy the full flavors of time-honored favorites.

David also grows flowering trees and shrubs and wholesales them to nurseries. He plans to bring flowering shrubs to the market nest year, including his specialty, Wigelia. Look for cut flowers next year, too.

Much of David's farming efforts are directed toward growing Fraser firs for sales as Christmas trees. He is able to ship the trees individually in sizes from table top up to six feet in height. Customers can also mail order Fraser fir wreathes, these are shipped one per box and are available either decorated or undecorated and make excellent gifts. The deadline for orders of trees and wreathes is November 10.

David uses various techniques for growing vegetables in our sometimes difficult climate. He avoids blossom-end rot in tomatoes by adding calcium to the soil around the plants. Beans are grown on wire supports to improve air circulation, and also to speed up picking.

Some of the heirloom varieties that David has success with and brings to the market are:

Tomatoes

Brandywine
German Johnson
Mortgage Lifter

Snap Beans

Frost Beans
Doubleback Beans
Big Red
Greasyback
Pink Tips
Half-runners

Contact the Blackburns at (336) 846-5249 or send an e-mail.

Mildred and Gene Greene

Karen — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:33:16 -0600

The Greenes have been a special part of the Watauga County Farmers' Market since 1995. Each week they present an abundant display of fresh produce, garden plants, and domestic items. Shoppers are quick to buy up their supply of fresh farm eggs each week, knowing the unrivaled quality of fresh farm eggs.

Gene's boundless garden yields a variety of vegetables throughout the growing season. Lettuce and other greens, strawberries, and broccoli usher in the season. An amazing variety of beans follow, Tenderette, White Half Runner, Pink Tip, Peanut, and October Bean are some of the choices.

Mid-July is the time to anticipate the sweet corn harvest, and home grown popcorn will also be available. Tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, blueberries, potatoes and sweet potatoes, and other staples are popular in season. Ultimately, pumpkins steal the show, and the Greenes have a large selection.

Reba and Fred Greene

Karen — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:32:52 -0600

Reba and Fred Greene have been coming to Watauga County Farmers' Market since 1975, the second year the market was open. Daughter Cindy grows many of the watermelons, pumpkins, tomatoes and cucumbers for the Greenes, and granddaughter Ashley grows flowers for cutting.

The Greene's have a vegetable garden of around 2 acres. Because different corn varieties will cross-pollinate if grown too closely together, the field corn is grown at Reba's dad's house, about 3 miles away. The Indian corn is grown in yet another field. Early sweet corn is very popular at Watauga County Farmers' Market and the Greenes often sell between 50 and 60 dozen ears before 9AM.

Reba prefers to grow white sweet potatoes because of their different texture. She and Fred regularly fix them for breakfast, with gravy. The Greenes also grow 8 varieties of blueberries, which in a year with normal rainfall will provide fresh blueberries from June to October.

Other vegetables to look for in season are okra, squash, beans, greens, and rhubarb that tastes like apples. Ask a week in advance and the Greenes will bring you a 50 pound bag of potatoes for storage. They also have field corn to feed to the squirrels over the winter.

Jerry Harvey

Karen — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:29:10 -0600

Jerry Harvey has been farming ever since he gave up the baby bottle. He spent his summers selling flowers for his parents and grandparents at the farmers' market in Tuskaloosa, Alabama. He sold his vegetables at another market in the mid seventies, and has been a vendor at Watauga County Farmers' Market for two years.

Jerry has five acres in vegetables and right now his crops are all scheduled to ripen when the sweet corn is ready to harvest. Jerry staggers the harvest by planting varieties that mature at different times. He plans to branch out into spring crops as soon as he can build fences to keep out bear, deer, woodchucks, and a host of other animals.

Kim and Trudy Kittle

Karen — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:22:19 -0600

Kim and Trudy Kittle have been with Watauga County Farmers' Market since 1999. They are the owners of Mountain City Farms, and have an obvious commitment to producing high quality foods.

Trudy is famous for her homemade baked goods, such as muffins and Angel Food cake. Customers can sample homemade bread with almond butter, which is similar to peanut butter. Samples of the Kittle's jams and jellies are also available. The fruits in the jams and jellies are grown organically at Mountain City Farms.

Other popular items include homemade barbecue sauce, natural granola, and honey from Kim's own bees. Produce is available in season, notably peppers, potatoes and eggplant. Look for Yukon Gold potatoes, which appear pre-buttered after cooking.

e-mail the Kittles

Maverick Farms

Karen — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:19:41 -0600

Maverick Farms is a sustainable agriculture project with space in Valle Crucis and Ashe County. Tom Philpott, Leo Gaev and Hillary Wilson grow lots of vegetables and use many of them in their gourmet recipies. Cooking is the main focus of their stand at the farmers' market, and they use only organic ingredients and no refined sugars.

Fresh carrot juice is the newest addition to the menu. Soon they will be bringing out fresh scallions and sweet peas, with sarvis berries and raspberries to follow. Tom, Hillary and Leo are also available for personalized in-home cooking for dinner parties or any time you would like a special gourmet meal.

Folks interested in agrotourism can rent a room at the Maverick Farm farmhouse, or enjoy one of their monthly farm dinners prepared with locally or regionally procured ingredients. For more information and directions to the farm, visit MaverickFarms.com, send an e-mail, or call (828) 963-4656.

Read about the goings-on at Maverick Farms and get recipe ideas at Maverick Eats