Farmer's Market this Friday!

We are having the Farmer's Market again this summer!
We are excited to see all the fresh produce, baked goods, soaps, honey, and other local products.

Instead of the scout house, this year the market will be on Main Street in front of Centre Point Church and Bruhn Coffee house.

Come enjoy a cup of coffee at the Coffee house, and shop local 5:30-7:00 pm this Friday, June 19th.

For more information contact Marietta Graham.

Here is our schedule:

June 19th

July 3rd

July 17th

July 31st

Diaper Derby

I am surprised how many people have never heard of a Diaper Derby.

So let me tell you what it is.

Basically it is a crawling race for infants. That's it! You put the youngster down and whoever crawls to the other side the fastest wins. Usually it's not the fastest crawler that wins, it is whoever needs a nap and wants their momma the most.

So we are going to have a diaper derby the morning of the Fall Festival at the Farmers' Market.

The Farmers' Market will be located on the Swiss Church grounds Saturday, Topeka and Elm, between the main church building and the annex (that house on the corner). It looks like it will be a chilly morning. So we will keep them bundled up till the last minute.

Sign your little one up at 10 am and we should be ready to race at 10:15 am.

The winner gets a large pack of Huggies Diapers size 3.

A few rules do apply, as long as they crawl they are fine, they don't have to stay in their lane, just crawl to the finish line. But if they stand up and walk they will be disqualified. Also the baby has to cross the finish line, moms are not allowed to pull them across.

Depending on how many are there we can do several heats and then a final.

Here are a few tips:

• Have two people for the baby, someone at the start and someone at the finish.
• Bribes are legal, take that pacifier down to the finish line and let junior come get it.

So if you have a crawler 6-18 months come over to the Whitewater Farmers' Market at Swiss Church Saturday, October 5th, at 10 o'clock. Race starts at 10:15 am.

Friday's Market Cancelled

Sorry to cancel the market this Friday, Sept. 20th. But the venders are engaged otherwise.

Please join us for our last Farmers' Market of the season at the Whitewater Fall Festival.

The Farmers' Market will not be meeting at the Scout House like usual, but we will head over to the children's activities and car show on the Swiss church grounds at Topeka and Elm.

The Market will be open at 9 and be open till after the parade.

We have some fun activities planned as well as having veggies from the fall garden.

Hope to see you there, October 5th for the Whitewater Fall Festival!

Zucchini, the Forbidden Vegetable

Zucchini is one of the most popular summer squashes.

But I have only been recently introduced to this versatile vegetable. This year I planted several plants and have enjoyed experimenting with it in our meals.

Growing up, it was forbidden and not allowed in the house and not even an option to grow in the garden. It is the only vegetable that my father hates.
Once upon a time, my father grew it in the garden. My mother prepared it for supper one evening. After one bite, my father without saying a word, stood up from the supper table, went out to the garden and started pulling the zucchini plants out by their roots throwing them over his shoulder. My siblings and I were too small to remember but dad recalls us watching wide eyed out the window. He said "nothing that tastes like that will grow in my garden." There is no use convince him; tell it is good in bread and he will inform you the bread is good without the zucchini.

But now I have a garden of my own and even though it isn't the most favorite vegetable in the garden, I like it and I'd like to share a recipe, from Smitten Kitchen, that my husband has enjoyed this summer.

Zucchini Fritters

1 pound (about 2 medium) zucchini
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon chopped onion
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 large egg, lightly beaten
Freshly ground black pepper

Bacon Grease or another oil of your choice, for frying

Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Have a baking sheet ready.

Grate zucchini and combine with salt, let it sit for 10 minutes. Wring out the zucchini by wrapping it up in a clean dishtowel or cheese cloth and wring.

To the zucchini shreds and a little more salt and add remaining ingredients, except bacon grease, to bowl.

In a large heavy skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of grease over medium-high heat. Drop small bunches of the zucchini batter into the skillet. Cook till fritters are golden, about 3 minutes a side. Place fritter in the oven on baking sheet to keep warm while frying the
remaining batter.

We have had these fritters for breakfast several times this summer. Top them with a sausage patty and an over-easy egg. Very good!


Come join us at the market tonight!

Come to the Market!

Tonight from 5-7 is the Farmers' Market.

The McKinney Sisters will be providing music for us. Their specialty is gospel bluegrass; they play guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin and dobro.

The boy scouts will be grilling hamburgers and hot dogs.

We will have an assortment of vegetables: tomatoes, yellow squash, peppers, acorn squash, butternut squash, and cucumbers. As well as homemade soaps and vanilla.

Also the Centre Point Church is having their coffee house this evening from 7-11.

Here are a couple pictures from last week.

Tonight at the Market

In the garden, the beans and tomatoes are doing well. So are the cucumbers and peppers.

We should also have farm fresh eggs tonight, as well as homemade jellies, soaps, bread and grass feed beef!

Music will be provided by the Jesse Busenitz's Bluegrass group.  I have a bubble activity/craft for the kids.

We are looking forward to a lot of fun tonight at the Whitewater Farmer's Market.

Whitewater Memorial Library

The Whitewater Memorial Library is an asset to our community. Their staff do a wonderful job of investing in the community, not only by bringing us the latest New York Times bestsellers but by helping us connect to each other and connect to the world around us.

The library offers activities for everyone, like an occasionally movie matinée, story time for the kids (and moms), and classes for adults, like the Kindle class this summer.

Jean, the librarian, is a regular vendor at the Farmers' Market. She has been introducing the new media available for check out at the library. Jean has featured the Nook E-reader, Playaway Views, and the Playaway. The Playaway is a self-contained digital audio book that merely requires a set of headphones, but can also be played through a vehicle radio.

Also Jean has had literature, magazines and videos for sale at the market.

Visit their website at whitewaterlib.info.