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Farmers’ Market returns to There is something at the the River Garden in down- market for everyone. town Brattleboro for the The Brattleboro Winter ninth season of the longest Farmers’ Market welcomes running diverse indoor win- EBT and Debit cards. EBT ter farmers’ market in south- customers can turn $10 into ern Vermont. $20 each week with our Mar- Fans of the famous outdoor ket Match Coupons. summer farmer’s market in The market is sponsored West Brattleboro, can simply by Post Oil Solutions, a non- follow many of their favor- profi t sustainability organiza- ite vendors indoors for the tion actively working to build winter, starting on Saturday, a viable community-based November 1 from 10 a.m. food system. to 2 p.m. Open every Saturday from Visitors to the Brattleboro November 1, 2014 through Winter Farmers’ Market will March 28, 2015 from 10 fi nd more local produce than a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be ever before. Each week the extended hours for holiday beautiful River Garden is shopping from 10 a.m. to transformed into a warm wel- 3 p.m. on December 6, 13 coming indoor marketplace & 20. with over 30 vendors includ- Come and dazzle your Elizabeth Wood, farmer at New Leaf CSA, shows off her greens at the Brattleboro Winter Farmers Market. ing many favorites from past senses at the ninth season of seasons as new faces, too. the Winter Farmers’ Market! November Journal Along with all your fresh produce, maple syrup, local The Brattleboro Winter Promises meats, eggs and other farm Farmers Market is located products, you’ll fi nd yummy at the Robert H. Gibson by Bill Felker sweets or savory baked treats, River Garden, 153 Main St. In spite of a spiritual im- committed to solstice and to There is a faith in its roots, a the starlings, staying here great lunch offerings, deli- in downtown Brattleboro, VT. perative, articulated in the the next quarter into equinox. knowledge I can use against within reach of my safe feed- cious pies, preserves and For more information call call of the geese and the rob- After the nostalgia that my suspicion that the end of er, swing in the back trees. beautiful handmade gifts. (802) 869-2141 or e-mail ins, to abandon the cold, I am accompanies migration and the year mirrors too closely Window parsley is grow- Come for the great shopping farmersmarket@postoilsolu spending winter in the north the sadness of leaf fall, my the end of human existence. ing new leaves. I go out and stay for a tasty lunch in tions.org. Visit www.postoil again. I’ve done my raking brain receives new signals, Far wiser things than I have collecting second spring our seating area, live mu- solutions.org. for the year. The strawber- defi ance and a call to survive. absolute faith. They give foliage from sweet Cicely, ries are covered with straw. I am already counting days, promises the sun has and will chickweed, sweet rockets, The pumpkins are aging, and attempting to demystify the come back again. waterleaf, cinquefoil, vio- Teacher Treasures the apple cider is made. The time ahead. Thirty-fi ve days Storms and the snows ar- let cress, hemlock, parsnip, A Teacher Resource Store & More! garden is fi lled with manure. to solstice, 65 to the center of rive to test the woodpile and avens and next September’s Scrapbooking Materials & Gently Sweet Williams, spinach winter, 100 to the fi rst hours the fantasy of self-suffi cien- zig-zag goldenrod. Used Books/Lending Library and onions are planted and of early spring. cy. The corner is turned. The There are days when it covered for April. A finite, divided winter grieving for summer and fall could be March, hazy skies, “A Hands-On Store” With summer scattered is already mastered. Soon are over quickly. In a few cardinals singing, tempera- School Year Hours: and withered, I count each it will seem too short, I tell weeks, it is no surprise to tures in the warm fi fties. I 2–5 pm Wed–Fri and 10–5 on Sat of my allies, from my wife myself, the hibernation not see bare branches. I look for walk the swamp and find (802) 365-4811 • (802) 365-4426 fax and daughters to the birds at long enough. what is there instead of what Thoreau’s “brave spears of Cynthia W. Nau • [email protected] the sunfl owers. The tropical Garlic mustard is already is gone. the skunk cabbage, buds plants I have inside the green- waiting all across the wood- Christmas cactus blossoms already advanced toward a Right on Rt. 30—just north of Newfane Village house are budding, needing land fl oor. It sprouted four- and aloe spikes rise to bloom new year.” care and reminding me of teen months ago and has per- in early December. Paper- “They see over the brown choices I have made. severed with only a cluster of whites send up their foliage. of winter’s hill,” Henry Da- It is too late to run, to basal leaves all summer. The My violet hibiscus blossoms, vid promises my last doubts. merge into the fl yway corri- worst freeze will not kill it. It remembering some tropical “They see another summer KLICK’S dor away from January. I am is ready for the end of May. dictate, faithful here, fi nding ahead.” ANTIQUES & CRAFTS just the right amount of light Bought & Sold to make its seeds. In the sun, SPECIALIZING IN RAG RUGS, Vermont Country Sampler COUNTRY ANTIQUES, FOLK ART. November 2014, Vol. XXX Watch rag rugs & placemats being made Open Mon–Fri 10–5 or by appointment The Vermont Country Sampler is distributed free over-the- 29 Westminster St • Bellows Falls, VT counter in and out of Vermont. Subscriptions $24/year. Just south of the square • (802) 463-9656 Vermont Country Sampler • Charles Sutton PO Box 197, N. Clarendon, VT 05759 • (802) 772-7463 www.vermontcountrysampler.com aylor F it T ar ~ Homemade Pies ~ is m 24 Delicious Assorted Varieties! V Fresh Baked or Oven Ready ANDM Take One Home Today! R A Apple • Apple Crumb • Pecan • Maple-Walnut G pies pastries Pumpkin • Cream • Strawberry-Rhubarb • Cherry M Blueberry • Summer Berry • Raspberry-Peach SINCE 1994 “Have a cup I ' S 29+ Varieties of Homemade Pies! L L E R of coffee or tea and a Pies also available at: All Made From Scratch! pastry in Winhall Market Bondville, VT Quiche, Soup and Other Dinner Specialties our cafe area River Valley Market Chicken Pot Pie & Shepard’s Pie. and enjoy A New Vermont Tradition! Wilmington, VT Coffee Cake, Sticky Buns, Cookies, and Breads. the view!” Visit our Farm Store for Vermont Wayside Country Store in West Arlington, VT Special Orders Welcome (802) 824-4032. cheeses, raw milk, baked goods, H.N. Williams Store honey, syrup and more. in Dorset, VT Come Visit Our Retail Store Horse-Drawn Wagon Rides! The Market Wagon At Hearthstone Village, Rt. 100, 2 mi. S. of Londonderry, VT David Nunnikoven in N. Bennington, VT Open Monday–Saturday, 8 am – 5:30 pm Baker & Owner 825 Rt. 11 West, Londonderry, VT (20 min. from Manchester or Stratton) (802) 824-5690 • www.taylorfarmvermont.com Page 2 Vermont Country Sampler, November 2014 Visitors enjoy a horse-drawn wagon ride around the farm at Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock, VT. photo by Billings Farm & Museum Woodstock, VT Celebrate November at Billings Farm & Museum Billings Farm & Museum, a gateway to Vermont’s rural and what to do with the leftover dough. Help peel apples ties are included in the entrance fee. Admission: adults $14; heritage, is celebrating it’s 31st anniversary this year. Over for drying, which can be used later to make dried apple pie. 62 & over $13; children 5-15 $8; 3-4 $4; 2 & under, free. one million visitors—hailing from every state in the U.S. and Enjoy a cup of hot cider before touring the farm and Open daily May 1 through October 31, 10 a.m. to 5 over 40 foreign countries—have made the farm and museum boarding the wagon pulled by a team of draft horses for a p.m., weekends November – February, and Christmas & an important part of their visit to Vermont. ride around the farm. Presidents’ weeks, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Farm & Museum Billings Farm is an operating Jersey dairy farm that contin- 5th Annual Woodstock Vermont Film Series is located one-half mile north of the Woodstock village green ues a 143-year tradition of agricultural excellence and offers on VT Rt.