Fresh Picks

1 October 2012 / V2N9

Wednesdays 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. through the end of the growing season AND Saturdays 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. through the end of October 720 North Lewis Street Glenville, West Virginia Market Information Mary Lee: 304-853-2440 304-462-7039 John: 304-871-3198 Larry: 304-462-5631 Thank You to Our 2012 Newsletter Sponsor

Ah, October
October is the year at rich maturity, a happy woman in festival dress. It is a brisk wind in the treetops, a whisper among crisp leaves, a breath of cider, a gleam from a jack-o-lantern, the echo of laughter under a full moon. October has the high excitement of a hunting dogs voice on the trail, the night call of the owl and the bark of a courting fox. Geese honk high, in October, and ducks take off from the river in a shower of diamond drops, southward bound. October is the year come to harvest, in the barn, in the mow, in the root cellar, in the jam closet, the cold pantry. It is the long evening and the book beside the fire; it is the blanket-covered night. It is the woodchuck fattening for a long nap, the fat partridge in the hemlock thicket, the deer eating windfalls in the orchard. October is the power and the glory, to touch, to taste, to hear and to see.
excerpt from Hal Borlands Sundial of the Seasons (1964)

Newsletter Editors Melissa Gish & Ashley Gish 575-302-1732 Glenville.Market@gmail.com Visit our Web site: Glenvillemarket.blogspot.com

COOK-OFF SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 20

The West Virginia State Folk Festival and the Gilmer County Farmers Market will host a competitive cook-off on Saturday, October 20, at the market site on Lewis Street. See Cliff Thrasher for information on this exciting fall event.

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Its All About the Cookies

by Ashley Gish Whether its a simple yet delicious sandwich cookie or an elegant red velvet cake youre looking for, Glenda Schimmel is the baker to talk to. Glenda is a semiregular at the Gilmer County Farmers Market, yet she consistently sells out of her baked goods each week she makes an appearance. One weekend, I tried one of her chocolate chip with Reeses cupcakesit was phenomenal! The next week, I asked if she could make an entire cake of that same flavor in time for my birthday; I was very happy when she said she could. After receiving and enjoying the cake she made for my birthday, my mom asked Glenda to make another cakethis time, for the Glenville State College Science Fiction and Fantasy Guild. For several weeks, weve been buying up and freezing a lot of Glendas treats so we can enjoy them during the Markets off-season. Her red velvet cupcakes are incredible topped with her lovely swirls of cream cheese frosting, and her chocolate chip sandwich cookies filled with fluffy white frosting are sinfully delicious. Id recommend Glendas goodies to anyone looking for a tasty snack for him/herself or an eye-catching treat to share with friends or family at their next gathering.

Melon Madness
The season has hit its peak, and were on the downward turn, but we all know it aint over til the fat melon swings (from the vine, that is). But its not really over even though Reta and Garry Kight pulled this monster 20-inch melon from their garden recently. We didn't even know it was growing until Sunday [Sep. 16], said Reta. What a surprise we got.

Butterfly Corner
The Gilmer County Master Gardeners Butterfly Garden enjoyed its first season of blooms this year, and what a terrific first season it was for the gardeners, market visitors, passersby on County Road 5, and, of course, the butterflies! The plan is to add more plants in the spring for an even fuller garden. A number butterfly species were spotted in the garden this year. Lets hope it becomes a regular summer haven for West Virginias winged jewels.

Indulgent chocolate chip peanut butter cup cake

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Orange Jack-o-Lanterns
Heres a healthy holiday snack thats super fun to make.

Mark Your Calendar!

October 20
Country Cook-Off at the Gilmer County Farmers Market See Cliff Thrasher for more info

December 1
Christmas at the Holt House Ingredients
8 small navel oranges 1 small apple, chopped 1/2 cup halved seedless red grapes Slivered almonds and whole cloves

Show & Sale Featuring Local Artisans See Melissa Gish or Dot Frey for more info

Directions
Choose which side of each orange will be the jack-o'-lantern's face; cut a thin slice from the bottom of each so that it rests flat. Cut another small slice from the top. Spoon out pulp. Chop pulp and combine with apple and grapes; set aside. Cut faces as desired; decorate with cloves and almonds. Spoon fruit mixture into jack-o'-lanterns. Yield: 8 servings.

December 8
Special Holiday Sale at the Gilmer County Farmers Market See Mary Lee, Larry, or John for more info (numbers on page 1)

May 2013
See you at the 2013 Gilmer County Farmers Market!

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Theme in Yellow
by Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
I spot the hills With yellow balls in autumn. I light the prairie cornfields Orange and tawny gold clusters And I am called pumpkins. On the last of October When dusk is fallen Children join hands And circle round me Singing ghost songs And love to the harvest moon; I am a jack-o'-lantern With terrible teeth And the children know I am fooling.

The indian corn planter

by Emily Pauline Johnson (1861-1913)
He needs must leave the trapping and the chase, For mating game his arrows ne'er despoil, And from the hunter's heaven turn his face, To wring some promise from the dormant soil. He needs must leave the lodge that wintered him, The enervating fires, the blanket bed-The women's dulcet voices, for the grim Realities of labouring for bread. So goes he forth beneath the planter's moon With sack of seed that pledges large increase, His simple pagan faith knows night and noon, Heat, cold, seedtime and harvest shall not cease. And yielding to his needs, this honest sod, Brown as the hand that tills it, moist with rain, Teeming with ripe fulfillment, true as God, With fostering richness, mothers every grain.

Indian Corn Necklace

Looking for a fall activity to do with kids? This one is fun and simple.
1. Get some lovely corn from the Farmers Market. 2. Take off the individual kernels. This part is fun for little hands! 3. Soak the kernels in warm water for a few hours until they are soft enough to push a needle through. 4. Thread a needle and start stringing the corn. The white part of the kernel is usually the easiest part to push the needle through. 5. When you reach the desired length tie the two ends together and there you have it!