Rain or Shine ~ Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market is Here for You! Come Buy Local & Eat Fresh This Wed., Sept. 6, 3-7PM

UPDATE: DUE TO INCREASING CHANCES OF RAIN - especially between 3 and 7 PM - THE MOUNT AIRY MAIN STREET FARMERS' MARKET is CLOSED TODAY, Wednesday, September 6. Look for us next Wednesday, September 13, 3-7 PM, when we know Mother Nature will grant us sunnier weather!

RAIN ~OR~SHINE! May we find that a Beautiful Rainbow Shine on us, and on the end, a Pot o' Gold, the Mount Airy Main Street Farmer's Market this Wednesday, September 6, 2017, 3-7PM. We're in the Mount Airy Municipal Parking Lot, Park Avenue & Cross Street, Mount Airy, MD 21771.

​SEPTEMBER'S HARVEST MOON - Tonight, if the clouds move on ... look up at September's Harvest Moon. It is the first full moon of the fall harvest season. Why is it called a Harvest Moon? The abundance of bright moonlight early in the evening was a traditional aide to farmers and crews harvesting their summer-grown crops, hence the “Harvest” Moon. Now you know! 

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MUSIC AT THE MARKET: 3:30 - 6:00 PM
Local Musician, Garrett Mabe, will be filling the marketplace with his renditions of classic and light rock songs!  Garrett is no stranger to the locals as he performs at a number of local venues, both as a solo artist and with his band, The Garrett Mabe Trio along with other bands, such as The Spokes.  Let's hope we have lots o' sunshine because Garrett Mabe is part of that Pot o' Gold you'll find at the Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market this Wednesday!

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MARYLAND PATRIOT GUARD - WARES FOR WARRIORS
Learn what the Maryland Patriot Guard does to help our military service veterans. They will be collecting  Wares for Warriors,  essentials and more for our recovering military service heroes who are at Walter Reed Medical Center.

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SEPTEMBER HARVEST SEASON: What does September bring? Well, it brings the last four weeks of the 2017 Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market, the last of the Summer Harvest, and beginning of the Fall Crops!  The Fruits of the Season you may see at the market this Wednesday are: Apples, Asian Pears, Blackberries, Cantaloupes, Grapes, Honeydew, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Raspberries and Watermelon. In addition, you'll find a lot of farm-fresh veggies such as: Grean Beans,  Beets, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Chard (Swiss), Collards, Corn, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Herbs, Garlic, Lettuces, Okra, Onions, Peas, Peppers, Radishes, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Spinach, Summer Squash (Zucchini, Yellow) , Winter Squash (Butternut, Acorn), Sweet Potatoes and Tomatoes.

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This Wednesday, September 6, the vendors* slated to be at the market are:

Five Points Farm Market & Greenhouse
Pong's Orchard
​The Meat Shack at Strohmer's Farm
Whispering Breeze Farm Cheese
D & S Microgreens
​​Linganore Winecellars ​

Pizza Llama
The Dough Whisperer
Cannon Apiary
​Bella Valeri’s Spicy Spaghetti Sauce
Emily's Digital Paintings
Grandma Shirley's Afghans

*Please note that  Sugar Thumbs will not be at the market this Wednesday because of the forecast for rain. However, they plan to return next Wednesday, September 13. In addition, the above list is somewhat tentative due to the forecast. But our farmers and producers at the Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market are strong and if there's a will, there's a way they will make it for you, our market patrons!

TODAY'S RECIPE. Today's recipe is Apple-Stuffed French Toast Bake as brought to you by Taste of Home's 52 Sweet and Savory Apple Recipes.   Find some of the locally grown and produced ingredients (including fresh-baked bread) at the market today!  Recipes, Tips and the Harvest Calendar can be found on our Recipes page. ​

Remember to Make it Memorable on Main! Shop. Dine. Tour & Enjoy! 
Find time to visit Main Street, from merchants such as Ben Gue's Collectables and Gifts, Blossom and Basket Boutique, Déjà Vu Boutique or Georgie's Girls, to Moxley's Wooden Bowls & Hand-Crafted Gifts, Fire House Pottery & Arts;  Restaurants ... Laurienzo Brick Oven Cafe, Olde Town Restaurant, Cryin' Johnnies, SuperFoods on Main, Concetta's Main Street Bistro,  and The Upper Deck ... AND SO MUCH MORE! We've got it all!  Check out the FULL DIRECTORY  on the BRICK WALL next to TOWN HALL!

The Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market is a production of the Mount Airy Main Street Association in partnership with the Town of Mount Airy and made possible in part by the generosity of our Sponsors: Health Unlimited, Mt. Airy Children's Dental Associates,  MISCellaneous Distillery and Linganore Winecellars.

The Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market was formed in 2007 and is a production of the Mount Airy Main Street Association in partnership with the Town of Mount Airy.   The 2017 Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market runs on Wednesdays, May 17-September 27, 2017, 3 - 7 p.m. It is located in the historic Town of Mount Airy, Maryland in the Municipal Parking Lot at the corner of Park Avenue and Cross Street, Mount Airy, MD 21771. To learn about the Mount Airy Main Street Farmers' Market, please visit MountAiryMainStreetFarmersMarket.org or follow us on Facebook.

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