It’s a point of pride…the Landsdowne Farmers Market pays no never mind to the weather man…and come rain or shine, that cowbell rings at 9:00 on the dot, and shuts down just as noisily at 1:00.  And usually we don’t have to put our market where our mouth is.  Except… If you were there last Saturday, you may have gotten …

Oh boy howdy…wasn’t that some rain last week?  A clear case of be careful what you wish for; but it looks like it did more good than damage.  I know my garden was one happy drunk in the aftermath.  Sometimes in this job, I have to put my money where my mouth is…and sometimes the other way ‘round…and this week …

…and if by band you mean eight little kids armed with violins, plus one intrepid teacher, that’show to kick off the grand re-opening of the Lansdowne Farmers Market Music Tent!  Add in all their proud parents and grandparents, plus any number of shoppers who were drawn in by the cuteness quotient, but stayed because…these kids were there to PLAY!    …

A couple of weeks ago someone posted on social media that they were disappointed that the local supermarket corn on the cob wasn’t as fresh as it should be… Well, of course not, silly.  It was fresh in someplace else…like Florida or California.  It was still fresh when it got on the train headed here.  It was a little less …

The first weekend of the 2023 Lansdowne Farmers Market is now in the history books.  And I’d have to say it was a success!   Seems everybody in town was more than ready to leave winter…and Covid…behind.  By 9 a.m. the tents were up, the wares were loaded, and before we could bang on the official LFM cowbell, the shopping commenced.   …

…and better, baby!  all better!   2023 is the place to be.  It’s been a loooong three years trying to kick Covid to the curb…and now it’s time to take back our lives, and our joie de vivre (that’s French for we got this). As I type this, all our vendors are making their lists, and checking them twice to be …

The Birth of the Blues March 2020…We had everything to look forward to:  That first “Play ball!”, spring flowers, longer lazier days, the whole re-birth thing.  And at the LEDC, preparations for the coming Farmers Market season and those first tastes of fresh greens and strawberries, catching up on the gossip, and shaking off the winter blahs…READY, SET, GOoooo…insert record …

My large family has a problem with saying goodbye…it can take us another whole visit just to make sure we’ve said the last say, hugged the last hugs and kissed the last kisses.  It usually starts in the kitchen, continues into the TV room, across to the front door, down the walk, to the car, and only ends when the …

We knew it would get here eventually…and as always, sooner than we imagined.  I’m not sure what I’m going to do next Saturday…although there ARE a few dust bunnies under the bed, and someone has written my name on the credenza.  (Just joking…I don’t have a credenza.)  Maybe a road trip to do some leaf peeping?  In case you haven’t …

It’s not like we didn’t know it was coming…but every year I find myself sideswiped by October…I guess that means I’ve been having a good time.   Really?  Doing what, exactly?   I mean, what’s so good about getting up each Saturday from May to October to sit under a tent in a patch of macadam for four hours?   That’s like asking …