Oconee County, GA Politics

Go buy some fresh produce this weekend in front of the Oconee County Courthouse Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 11:36:04 -0400 Subject: The Pastures of Rose Creek: This Weeks Harvest From: pastures1051@gmail.com To: Hello everyone!  Less than 24 hours until the start of the farmers market season.  You'll find us this Saturday 8 am - 1 pm downtown Watkinsville, on Main St - right in front of the courthouse.  Can't miss us!  We'll be there with about 30 other vendors - selling everything from veggies to baked goods to artisan crafts.  Early birds who stop by our table may even get a little bonus surprise... Read on to discover just what we'll have, a yummy recipe and an introduction to some new faces (...reverse that order). new faces.... By now, many of you already know our farm manager Will Powers...aka Willy P., Chilly Willy, or just plain "Wheel" - the jovial farmer who often is mistaken for Brad Pi...

From: Oconee Farmers Market oconeefm@yahoo.com To: Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 10:02 AM Subject: Fw: this week's market is all day Market Manager oconeefm@yahoo.com www.oconeefarmersmarket.org  (currently being updated)  --- On Fri, 10/19/12, Oconee Farmers Market oconeefm@yahoo.com wrote: From: Oconee Farmers Market oconeefm@yahoo.com Subject: this week's market is all day To: "Oconee Farmers Market" oconeefm@yahoo.com Date: Friday, October 19, 2012, 9:40 AM Fall Greetings All- Please join us this Saturday for another great day at the Oconee Farmers Market in Historic Downtown Watkinsville. This Saturday is the 39th Annual Oconee Chamber Fall Festival and OFM will have vendors and music all day. This week our vendors will have Organic Silver Queen Corn, peppers, beets, turnips, icicle radishes, mixed greens, arugula, tomatoes, okra, peas, eggplant, kale, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, onions, fresh, dried and dehydr...

Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 06:41:36 -0700 From: oconeefm@yahoo.com Market Manager oconeefm@yahoo.com www.oconeefarmersmarket.org  (currently being updated)  --- On Fri, 10/12/12, Oconee Farmers Market <oconeefm@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Oconee Farmers Market oconeefm@yahoo.com Subject: this week's market To: "Oconee Farmers Market" oconeefm@yahoo.com Date: Friday, October 12, 2012, 9:08 AM Greetings, Please join us this week for the Oconee Farmers Market in downtown Watkinsville. This week our vendors will be bringing okra, peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, squash and zucchini, fresh, dried and dehydrated Shiitake mushrooms, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, jams, jellies, local wildflower honey, sourwood honey, honey butter, pecan honey butter, iced, plain and pumpkin poundcakes, vegetable quiche, Asian cookies and teas, Indian inspired foods, empanadas, lemonade, boiled and fried peanuts,...

Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 06:53:52 -0700 From: oconeefm@yahoo.com Subject: Fw: this week's market Market Manager oconeefm@yahoo.com www.oconeefarmersmarket.org  (currently being updated)  --- On Fri, 10/5/12, Oconee Farmers Market oconeefm@yahoo.com wrote: From: Oconee Farmers Market oconeefm@yahoo.com Subject: this week's market To: "Oconee Farmers Market" oconeefm@yahoo.com Date: Friday, October 5, 2012, 9:43 AM Greetings- Please join us Saturday at the Oconee Farmers Market for great Fall fare! This week our vendors will be bringing a variety of items including tomatoes, squash, zucchini, cucumbers, beans, pumpkins, a variety of peppers, radishes, greens, sweet potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, fresh, dried and dehydrated Shiitake mushrooms, free range eggs, local wildflower honey, sourwood honey, fresh breads, cakes, vegetable quiche, boiled and fried peanuts, beef jerk...

Get you some fresh farm food Saturday morning in front of the Courthouse Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:40:38 -0700 From: oconeefm@yahoo.com Subject: Fw: this week's market Market Manager oconeefm@yahoo.com www.oconeefarmersmarket.org  (currently being updated)  --- On Fri, 9/21/12, Oconee Farmers Market <oconeefm@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Oconee Farmers Market <oconeefm@yahoo.com> Subject: this week's market To: "Oconee Farmers Market" <oconeefm@yahoo.com> Date: Friday, September 21, 2012, 7:30 AM Greetings- Please join us Saturday, the first day of Fall, for the Oconee Farmers Market in downtown Watkinsville. This week our vendors will be bringing pumpkins, tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, zucchini, sweet and hot peppers, eggplant, peas, pears, fresh, dried and dehydrated Shiitake mushrooms, jams, jellies, iced and plain poundcakes, cupcakes and other sweet treats, vege. quic...

Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 8:50 AM Subject: Fw: this week's market We will also have goat cheese! Market Manager oconeefm@yahoo.com www.oconeefarmersmarket.org  (currently being updated)  --- On Fri, 9/14/12, Oconee Farmers Market oconeefm@yahoo.com wrote: From: Oconee Farmers Market oconeefm@yahoo.com Subject: this week's market To: "Oconee Farmers Market" oconeefm@yahoo.com Date: Friday, September 14, 2012, 8:28 AM Greetings- Please join us on Saturday for the Oconee Farmers Market in downtown Watkinsville. This week our vendors will be bringing plenty of produce and other wonderful items including okra, tomatoes, butter beans, green beans, squash, peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, potatoes, dried shiitakes, scupperrnongs, watermelons, free range eggs, local wild flower and sourwood honey, GA pecan honey butter, melon-ginger and other jams and jellies. There will also be lamb, grass fed beef including beef stew samp...

Sorry I did not get this up before the farmers market Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 14:27:52 -0400 Subject: Pastures of Rose Creek: This Week's Harvest From: pastures1051@gmail.com ! Well, we are kicking off this week's farmer's market with a VEGGIE OF THE WEEK!  And this week our fave veggie is the NEW MEXICAN GREEN CHILE .    Not only delicious and EXCELLENT roasted, served on a yummy grass-fed burger - it also holds a very special place in our hearts.  Taos, New Mexico is the memorable place where I met my husband, John - and where we met that spirited and fun-loving farmer, Will Powers (aka Willy P.), who planted the grass fed beef seed in us and brought us out to the farm in Watkinsville.  And there buried within all of our wonderful "Nuevo" (New Mexico, that is) memories - is the taste and smell of a New Mexico Green Chile.  So, come on out to the farmer's market this Saturday and bring a little...

Go to the Courthouse Saturday morning for these treats Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 04:50:20 -0700 From: oconeefm@yahoo.com Subject: Fw: this week's market Market Manager oconeefm@yahoo.com www.oconeefarmersmarket.org  (currently being updated)  --- On Fri, 9/7/12, Oconee Farmers Market oconeefm@yahoo.com wrote: From: Oconee Farmers Market <oconeefm@yahoo.com> Subject: this week's market To: "Oconee Farmers Market" <oconeefm@yahoo.com> Date: Friday, September 7, 2012, 7:42 AM Greetings- Please join us this week for the Oconee Farmers Market. Our vendors will be bringing - scuppernongs and pears okra, eggplant, sweet potatoes, sweet and hot peppers, squash, tomatoes, shiitakes local wildflower and sourwood honey free range eggs 100% grass fed beef with rump roast samples lamb, chicken-whole and pieces and pork including a variety of sausages jams and jell...

from the kitchen of Dana Bradford… All baked goods are made with the freshest ingredients possible…handpicked right off the farm when available…no preservatives…no additives …100% handcrafted… in a nut shell… Baked goods that are good for you. Put in your order today to be picked up next Saturday! PIES Individual…..$5 Whole……...$20 (5 individual pies = 1 whole pie) Double Crust Apple Blueberry Crumble Lattice Top Blackberry Banana Cream Lemon Meringue    **Handpicked Peach ** **Peaches handpicked at the Pastures of Rose Creek**    COOKIES Cranberry-Almond Biscotti (20 cookies = $18) Grandma Doris’ Chocolate Chip (20 cookies = $15) Old-Fashioned Oatmeal (20 cookies = $18)     Raspberry Jam Sandwich Hearts **(15 cookies = $15) TARTS Individual…..$5 Whole……...$20 (5 individual tarts = 1 whole tart) Ginger Pear ...

Even though I am not running for office this time, it is very entertaining for me to be on the other side of the political process, i.e. getting asked by candidates to vote for them. Qualifying is this week at the Oconee County Board of Elections and Registration in Watkinsville. This morning the Oconee County Democratic Committee manned (and woman-ed) a table to register voters. We did not have signs indicating such but were successful in having a presence there to let people know that the Democratic Party is alive and well in Georgia, and we are registering new voters. Oconee County is unusually well registered as a county populace, where something like 90% of those eligible to register have already. So a large portion of the people we handed registration forms to today were people who needed to change an address because of moving back into the county or whatever. We do not attempt to proselytize, persuade or otherwise engage in blanket recruitment tactics. We just want to increa...

Check it out and bring some cash. Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 04:54:56 -0700 From: oconeefm@yahoo.com Subject: Fw: this week's market Saturday, MAY 12TH! Market Manager oconeefm@yahoo.com www.oconeefarmersmarket.org  (currently being updated)  From: Oconee Farmers Market oconeefm@yahoo.com Subject: this week's market To: "Oconee Farmers Market" oconeefm@yahoo.com Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012, 10:14 PM Greetings- Please join us at the Oconee Farmers Market this Saturday, May 12th, in front of the Oconee County Courthouse. This week our vendors will be bringing a variety of items including broccoli, kale, chard, lettuce, onions, cabbage, zucchini, squash and 4 kinds of fresh-dug potatoes. There will also be local wildflower honey, jams and jellies, all cuts of grassfed beef including ground beef, herbs and plenty of sweet treats as well. Bagels, muffins, cinnamon rolls and sticky buns, cakes, pies...

From: Oconee Farmers Market < oconeefm@yahoo.com > Date: April 19, 2012 8:37:28 PM EDT this weeks market Market Manager oconeefm@yahoo.com www.oconeefarmersmarket.org  (currently being updated)  --- On Thu, 4/19/12, Oconee Farmers Market oconeefm@yahoo.com wrote: From: Oconee Farmers Market oconeefm@yahoo.com Subject: this weeks market To: "Oconee Farmers Market" oconeefm@yahoo.com Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 8:26 PM Greetings- Please join us at the Oconee Farmers Market this Saturday morning, April 21st, in front of the Oconee County Courthouse. Our vendors will be bringing a variety of items including Animal Welfare approved and certified beef, bagels, breads, english muffins, cinnamon raisin swirl, challah, cinnamon rolls, sticky buns, granola, Blueberry Cream Cheese and Caramel Cake, Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie, Chocolate Chess and Lemon Chess Pie, fried pies, muffins, cookies and dog biscuits. We will also have...

From: Oconee Farmers Market To: Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 10:38 AM Subject: this week's market Hi everyone! Please come share the first crisp, gorgeous morning of October with us at the Oconee Farmers' Market, behind the Eagle Tavern. Our vendors will be bringing eggplant, tomatoes, peppers, cut flower bouquets, fresh herbs, grass-fed Black Angus cross beef, baked goods, local wildflower and sourwood honey, honey-walnut butter, lip balms, handmade pottery, natural soaps, and much more! Market Manager oconeefm@yahoo.com www.oconeefarmersmarket.org  (currently being updated) 

Go get some fresh local food behind Eagle Tavern this Saturday morning Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 07:56:11 -0700 From: oconeefm@yahoo.com Subject: this week's market To: Please come join us this Saturday morning at the Oconee Farmers Market behind the Eagle Tavern. This is week two of scuppernong season. Not only can you buy them fresh, but you can get them in the form of scuppernong pie! It's also the middle of Georgia's pear season. Try a sample of pear butter! Fall may be coming, but there are lots of late summer vegetables: tomatoes, sweet corn, peppers, okra and squash, to name a few. Our vendors will also be bringing grass-fed Senepol beef, pound cakes, pies (pecan, peach, sweet potato, apple, chess, pear, and the aforementioned scuppernong), muffins, banana bread, cakes, cookies, dog biscuits, boiled and fried peanuts, pork skins, beef jerky, jam, local wildflower and sourwood honey, lip balms, and shea butter products. Market Manag...

Subject: Oconee Farmers Market This week t here will be homemade cakes . Amy Shane will have a wide variety of pie selections, some old, some new, including chocolate, fresh peach, fresh cherry and apple-pecan muffins. We will have fresh locally grown herbs, eggplant, cucumbers,  fresh corn, okra, peaches , melons, potatoes, purple hull peas, bell peppers , jalapeno peppers , various sweet and hot peppers, figs, sprouts, basil and green onions . Fresh made jams and jellies. Don't forget about our farm fresh eggs and Johnson Dairy Milk and Greek Yogurt. We will have ornamental plants , transplant-able vegetables, blooming perennials and annuals ,  potted flowers  and fresh cut flowers . Head of the Meadow Farms will be selling grass fed beef. So come on out and pick up some locally grown, fresh goodness. Don't forget to tell a friend or neighbor. Karl Berg 706-215-7385 www.oconeefarmersmarket.org  and http://www.apvoc.com/