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Summertime means fresh veggies... even if you don't have a garden

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 GREC# 169695

I "container" garden on my deck in the summer.  I grow fresh lettuce, herbs, tomatoes and this summer and trying to grow some cucumbers too.  My parents garden and I get some fresh veggies from them too, but their gardens are much smaller these days than in years past when they were younger.  But if you don't have the space or time to garden this is still a solution for you to get fresh veggies.

 

Tuesdays:

 

Milledgeville Marketplace
Apr 02, 2013 - Oct 29, 2013

 

Times: 3pm-6pm
Location: 222 E. Hancock St
Phone: 478-414-4014
Admission: Free

 

First Fridays of the Month:

 

 

 

Fall Line Farmers Market
Apr 05, 2013 - Nov 01, 2013

 

Times: 6pm-9pm
Location: Historic Downtown Milledgeville
Phone: 478-414-6433

 

Saturdays:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greenway Farmers Market
Apr 06, 2013 - Sep 28, 2013    

 

Times: 9am-12pm
Location: Oconee River Greenway

 

 

 

These aren't "shipped" in vegetables and products like you find at the supermarket or even at some road side stands.  They are from local farmers.  They are grown locally, have great flavor and support our local economy when you shop there.  Tomorrow I plan to check out the Greenway Farmers Market.  I'm so excited because my tomatoes aren't ripe yet and I really don't have many green ones yet and my cucumbers are just about an inch and half long.  So I can't wait to go over and check out the selection this year. 

 

We also shop for local honey there each year.  My Donald loves honey and we're very happy that a local bee keeper sells honey at the farmers market and we stock up each year.  Warm honey biscuits are really awesome.   We love we can buy artisan hearth baked breads, hormone free dairy products, fresh eggs, pasture raised beef and lamb.  We have a large freezer and a food saver for freezing where it will last us all winter long when the local farmer's markets close down for the winter months. 

 

 

So while I wait on my tiny vegetables to grow and for all those things I don't grow.... I'll be checking out the farmers markets around town.  See what they offer here and go and visit for yourself.  Maybe I'll see you there.

 

 

 

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Comments (7)

Chris and Dick Dovorany
Homes for Sale in Naples, Bonita Springs and Estero, Florida - Naples, FL
Broker/Associate at Premiere Plus Realty

Tammy, there is nothing that tastes better than a warm freshly picked tomato with a touch of sea salt.  We're too hot for gardens.  I tried the container ones a few years ago and they just get so dried out very fast.

May 24, 2013 11:13 PM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

We hope to have good success with our tomatoes this year. My wife, Dolores, also loves to visit the local farmers' markets.

Have a very special Memorial Day weekend.

May 25, 2013 03:18 AM
Jerrill Ewing
N & J Lake Properties, LLC - Eatonton, GA
Builder

so what's for dinner now that you have been to the market today?

May 25, 2013 04:56 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

Will be having fresh Kale and carrots tomorrow.  I can't wait.  Speaking of not waiting, I could hardly wait until I got home to get into the rye bread.

May 25, 2013 01:19 PM
Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED
RETIRED / State License is Inactive - Portland, OR

It's so much fun to eat from our own gardens.  I don't have one :-( but know exactly where I want one to be placed -- someday.

May 25, 2013 03:37 PM
Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

Container gardening is a great alternative to having a garden in the ground. We do a large garden every year. Today is going to be planting day. The winds have died down and the weather is warm enough.

May 26, 2013 02:38 AM
Laura Allen, Lake Tahoe - Truckee Real Estate for Sale TahoeLauraRealEstate.com
Coldwell Banker Realty, Tahoe City, CA (530) 414-1260 - Tahoe City, CA
Tahoe Real Estate Agent Helping Buyers and Sellers

Tammy - A great alternative to having your own garden is to hit the local Farmers' Markets.  You've done a great job in letting everyone know where they can go for fresh veggies and fruits!

May 28, 2013 04:25 AM