Loudoun Valley HomeGrown Markets

Rain again! Enough already!! At least Karen Gaylord of Winding Woods Farm can demonstrate how well her Goat's Milk Soap lathers.

Welcome to new vendor Mark representing Joe Orlando's St Ambrose Apiary from Front Royal, VA--sorry for such a soggy initiation. Mark did another Farmers Market in Manassas this morning so he was already wet. Local honey is very popular now for allergy sufferers--St Ambrose's Wildflower is one of their best sellers due to that fact. They also have 7 other varieties--stop by for a sample!

Chester Hess returned to P'ville today--his family has participated in Markets in Purcellville for many, many years! His West Virginia Chandler strawberries are great. Chester has also been experimenting with growing under plastic in the fields--the result is the early summer squash on his table! Our Southern VA growers used the same technique to bring squash to the markets 4 weeks ago.

Chris and Evie Lotze from Roxley Farms in WV now have pure grass fed beef available. Grass fed produces a leaner beef with more Omega 3s--a bit of a different taste from grain finished.

Hopefully next week will give us a break from the rain, at least on Thursday!

--Judy Stroske, LVHMA Market Coordinator