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MORNINGS ARE COOL AND SO ARE YOU!

Who says these are the "dog days of summer?" The history books say the most sultry time of the summer from about early July to late August are called the "dog days" for a reason.

When it's too hot to be out and about in the afternoon and there seems to be no easy relief from these sweltering days, you are experiencing the "dog days of summer."  Do you feel lazy and lethargic?  Are you constantly imagining yourself by a cool body of water?  How about getting into your car after it sat in the sun for hours--do you lean your face over the AC vent?  Yep, those are all symptoms of your summer going to the dogs.

Before there were clocks and calenders as we know them today, the passing of time was measured by the movement of the sun, moon and stars.  In ancient times the stars in the sky were very visible and during the hottest time of the the year in the north, July through August, the star Sirius was the biggest and brightest in the night sky.  Sirius is also known as the "big dog star" or Canis Major because it and the other stars around it look like the shape of a dog.

Another way to handle these "dog days" is to get outside in the morning.  Recently the temps began dropping at night leaving us with fairly cool mornings-at least compared to the rest of the day.  These cooler nights are also helping to relieve the stress the heat and drought placed on our farmers' vegetable and fruit plants, so produce at the Clayton Farmer's Market is beginning to perk up and look more lively--just like us. 

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Whether you want relief from the heat or you want to celebrate the "big dog star's" move to the southern sky, get out early in the day and join your friends for a while at the farmers market.

Here's what we have going on this week at the Clayton Farmer's Market:

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MUSIC TENT10:00am-12noon The Mound City Slickers are old-time fiddlers, banjo pickers, uke strummers and guitarists who are having the best times of their lives playing old-time music and dance tunes.  They love to tickle folks pink with their music! 

CULINARY TENT Chef Matthew Borchardt of 9:00am-11:00am Chef Matthew will demonstrate how to make a delicious dish with fresh Market ingredients.  Stop by to get a sample of his culinary creation. 

 

CONGRATULATIONS:  Baetje Farms won top honors on August 5, 2011 in Montreal Quebec at the American Cheese Society’s annual competition! They won five times including 3 First Place Awards.

 

CHILDRENS ACTIVITY TENT 8:30am-12:30pm Independent Market Play

COMMUNITY SERVICE Free Blood Pressure Readings

FREE TAI CHI 8:30am Join Shelley Shray of the St. Louis T’ai Chi Chuan Association.

CHAIR MASSAGE: Available all morning by The Healing Place

 

DINE AT THE MARKET Smoked BBQ & Waffle-licious Sugar Waffles, , Jessie Pearl Desserts and Eilerman Pies by the Slice

 FEATURE THE BEST MIDWEST PRODUCE AND FARM PRODUCTS

PEACHES AND TOMATOES ARE LUSCIOUS! 

Peaches, Raspberries, Blackberries, Watermelons, Cantaloupes, Small Yellow & Red Tomatoes, Heirloom Tomatoes, Plum Tomatoes & Slicing Tomatoes, Salad and Pickling

 

Cucumbers, Sweet Corn, New Potatoes, Green Beans, Carrots, Yellow Squash & Zucchini, Baby Squash, Red Beets, Eggplant Varieties, Sweet Onions, Scallions & Garlic

 

 Cabbage, Wheat Grass Trays, Baby Arugula & Mixed Salad Greens, Sunflower Sprouts

Fresh Cut Flowers, Mint & Basil, and other Herbs, Fresh Farm Eggs, Award-Winning

 

Goat Cheese, Local Honey, Granola, Naturally Cured& Smoked Meats, Piedmontese Beef, Fresh-Made Pasta, Fresh-Baked Breads, Delicious Pies & Desserts, Organic Olives & Olive Oil, Cuban Black Beans

 

        Beautiful, Hand-Crafted Works of Useable Art---Jewelry, Soap and More! 

www.claytonfarmersmarket.com  

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