It’s not complete without fresh goat cheeses!

This past Sunday we had the honor of supplying a friend’s wedding with some of our goat cheeses!  We often barter with our friends for fresh veggies and salad greens (nothing like greenhouse-grown bok choy in January!), so we were thrilled when they asked us to supply cheese for their wedding!  All the food offered [...]

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Cooking With Goat Cheese: Sausage, Chard, and Chevre Quiche

I hope you enjoy the first of what I hope will become a regular series of posts.  In the words of my favorite lady, Bon Appetite! -Danielle After a hot, busy Saturday we wanted something easy and fresh for dinner.  We pondered the contents of our fridge, reviewing the fresh fruits and veggies we picked [...]

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Let it rain … into my barrel

I had Wednesday off so HB suggested I head over to the market for Green Market Wednesday and the afternoon’s scheduled rain barrel workshop.  So I did. The first part of the workshop presented a lecture on rain gardens.  Rain gardens are planned depressions in the ground that allow storm water to runoff and collect [...]

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, the Library of Congress has uploaded to their Flickr account numerous photochroms of Ireland from the 1890s-1900s. The first picture is the LOC’s photochrom.  The second is from my second visit to Ireland.  The Cliffs of Moher is my absolute favorite place on earth.  I would have married there [...]

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Keeping it Local on Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching and in case you need a few ideas of thing to do or places to eat this weekend in the Lynchburg area, I thought I would share my favorites. Events Saturday, the Lynchburg Community Market is host to the 3rd Annual Chocolate Challenge.  I blogged about this earlier in the [...]

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Coming to Lynchburg: Chocolate Challenge at the Market!

Have plans for Valentines Day? Love chocolate? For the third year, the Lynchburg Market is hosting the Chocolate Challenge on the Saturday closest to Valentines Day.  You have three options: look, taste, bake! Look:  Head to the market on Feb. 13th and look at all the amazing chocolate concoctions. Taste:  Go to the Community Market [...]

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Coming to Lynchburg: Bird Lover’s Day at the Market!

Love birds? Want to learn how to attract them to your yard? Then on Saturday, February 6th, you need to point your car towards downtown Lynchburg and join the festivities at the Lynchburg Community Market! *Please note, the date on the flier is for January 30th, but due to snow the event has been postponed [...]

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