What's Fresh- January 28

Produce to expect:  Pretty winter crops  – Swiss Chard, kale, other winter greens, beets, turnips, lettuces, pecans, hot house tomatoes and a little more of this and that.       Other favorites of market goers:  Several vendors bring eggs from pastured chickens. Ranchers bring beef, pork and chicken from naturally raised critters. Find seafood from the Gulf and wild-caught Alaska salmon. Artisan food producers take center stage during the winter 

What Grows Here by CarolAnn

When I was growing up in Fort Worth, my house was on sandy soil. When I moved to Lewisville, I bought a house and discovered that my yard was clay – clay so thick and sticky that I could throw pottery from it. The houses are a whopping 20 miles apart.  Food is supposed to grow on rich, loamy, volcanic soil. In all the books I grew up reading, farms are supposed to be places where you can just toss out seeds, sit back and watch them sprout. Sand and clay don't seem to figure in to the story. If that's the case, how are there so many people producing so much goodness in North Texas?   

Winter Market Schedule

    WINTER MARKET - 8am to Noon Jan.  14 and 28;  Feb.  11 and 25;  Mar. 10 and 24. New location:  793 S. Coppell Road (one block south of Bethel Road location)     Winter markets are held rain or shine.  In the case of ice, check Facebook or Twitter to be sure we’re open.