July 13: What you’ll discover at the Wednesday Bushel Basket Farmers Market

The Wednesday Bushel Basket Farmers Market offers folks a mid-week opportunity to shop for fresh and local products at the Palmer parking lot from 2-6 p.m.

Here’s a feature on Golden Fleece Farm.

Practitioner and retired teacher, Brett and Barb Seabury, are owners of the Golden Fleece Farm. For seven years as full-time farmers, they grow cattle, lamb, and chickens, while selling at the Bushel Basket Farmers Market every Wednesday.

Their biggest challenge is working through the winter, going outdoors in the windchill and dealing with temperatures below zero degrees to feed and take care of the animals. Despite struggling through the winter season, their goal is to raise the importance of good quality food in order to help sustain the community.

They were not born into farm families, however they had a love and passion to be outside working with animals. At first, farming was only a part-time activity they wanted their children to experience. Yet, they ended up raising turkeys, sheep, goats, geese, ducks and even a Suri llama.

Settling at Sharon Short Hills, their 155-acre farm is what keeps them moving. Brett clarifies, “it’s not a job, it’s an allocation.”

While working on a farm best fitted for pasture, they are open for visitors to stop by and check out the animals. They enjoy managing their cow-calf herd while people who come by, enjoy their company. “You should come out and we’ll take you out to the herd …. sometimes they come up and lick you,” Brett confesses.

Overall, the Seabury’s love farming and talking to people, and they always do it with a heart of gold.

Please keep in mind that sometimes the vendors are unable to make the market or the products they plan to have are not available.

Pregitzer Farm Market. Veggie starts, herbs, lilies, annuals, combination planters, hanging baskets.

Family Circle Centennial Farm: honey, microgreens, herbs-basil, rosemary and thyme, gift certificates, T-shirts and bags, carrots, radishes, maybe snap and snow peas, (maybe) beets, lettuce mix, maybe summer squash, maybe tomatoes.

Needle Lane Farm: kale, chard, lettuce, herbs, beets, cucumbers, kohlrabi, green onions, zucchini, peas, carrots, broccoli, basil, sweet peppers, Chinese cabbage, tomatoes, herb and veggie plants, honey, flower bouquets, pole beans, yellow squash, fennel.

Golden Fleece Farm: Grass fed beef, patties, ground round, beef patties, beef bones, beef brats, Italian sweet sausage, eggs, short ribs, beef stew.

Mark’s Farm: beefalo meat, cabbage, kale, Swiss Chard, Bok choi, kohlrabi, green onions, broccoli, beets, Napa Chinese cabbage, peas, beets, sweet onions, cauliflower, shallots, garlic, succulents and succulent arrangements, there might be a few veggie and herb starts at special prices, maple syrup.

Lutchka Angus: eggs, honey, kale, herbs, beets, cabbage, zucchini, summer squash, sweet onions, broccoli.

Bordine Farms: gladiola bulbs and dahlia tubers, cut flowers

Kapnick Orchards: Baked goods, produce, fudge, nut butters, bread, donuts, sweet cherries, maybe tart cherries, snap peas, raspberries, blueberries, peaches.

Stone Hearth Bakery: assorted artisan breads all baked from scratch with no preservatives, hot dog buns, cookies – check out the new sugar cookies, triple chocolate chunk brownies, fruit breads, including red raspberry, strawberry, wild blueberry, apple, cinnamon raison, 4-cheese pepperoni rolls, 4-cheese habanero pepperoni rolls (both two to a pack).

Janet’s LLC: cards, jams, nuts, pretzels, dolls, sweets, dried fruit and nuts, Dammit dolls, caramel corn, lemon eucalyptus lotion, herb rub.

HumusFalafil: hummus, falafel and baklava

Country Home Bakery: assorted fruit pies, breads, specialty breads, assorted cookies, cinnamon rolls, fruit coffee cake, jam, crafts, strawberry cobbler, garden signs, muffins (stop by and discover the flavor of the week).