The Chelsea Farmers Market takes place each Saturday at the Palmer parking lot from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
Chelsea Update is profiling vendors at the Chelsea Farmers Market and this week it’s Heim Gardens.
Heim Gardens has been at the Chelsea Farmers Market for 15 years. The family farm, located in Sylvan Township, has been around for 145 years.
It’s owned by Glenn and Mary Heim, and their son, Kevin, with help from wife, Stephanie. Kevin and Stephanie are the folks you see at the market each week as vendors.
“It’s a vegetable farm with five greenhouses,” said Kevin Heim.
They grow a huge variety of vegetables including tomatoes, green beans, radishes, onions, cabbage and gourds. This week they expect to offer leeks, tomatoes, eggplant, beets, potatoes, onions, cabbage, peppers, carrots, zucchini, kohlrabi, green and yellow beans.
In addition, they offer a wide variety of fresh flowers including annuals, perennials, and hanging baskets.
Below is the list of vendors who are expected to be there. Please keep in mind that sometimes the vendors aren’t able to attend the market and that planned products are not available.
- Kapnick Orchards: 10 varieties of apples, unpasteurized cider
- Affeathermations: Natural media crafts for ceremony and celebration. Bark art, wall hangings, medicine wheels, heal-the-earth wreaths, fans, rattles, and owls.
- (maybe) Chandra June: jewelry
- Debbie’s Bead Design: jewelry
- Goetz: parsnips, sweet potatoes, corn, pie pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn, Brussle sprouts, broccoli, edamame, leeks, kale, eggplant, basil, free range eggs, beets, beans, tomatoes, corn, peppers, onions, garlic, cucumbers, zucchini, potatoes
- Frog Hollar: tomatoes, apples
- Stone hearth: bread, cookies, brownies
- Heim: leeks, tomatoes, peaches, eggplant, beets, potatoes, onions, cabbage, peppers, carrots, zucchini, kohlrabi, green and yellow beans
- Two Tracks: breakfast sausage, Italian sausage, chorizo, pork chops, ribs, polish sausage, pork roasts, ground pork, chicken
- Tantre: potatoes kale, arugula, green, yellow, and purple beans, lettuce, collards, carrots, Swiss chard, broccoli, tomatoes, poblano peppers, celery winter squash, cabbage, heirloom, tomatoes, fresh garlic, peppers, sweet corn, eggplant, hot peppers, flowers
- Lands of Bru-Garick: potatoes, eggs, hand-crafted goods
- (maybe) H & H: maple syrup
- Dave’s Honey: honey
- Fresh: fresh roasted coffee
- LA Baguette: baked goods, baguettes
- Bean Creek Cookie Co: old fashioned cookies made from scratch, caramel corn
- Thistle Blossom Herbals: Salve, infused herbal medicine oils, moisturizer oils and lotion bars and our famous lavender linen spray
- Bordine: cut flowers
- Brieland Schoultz: pumpkins, tomatoes, potatoes, yellow squash, Swiss chard, eggs
- Elysium Soap: soap, lotions, lip balm
- Robin Hills: mushrooms, fresh ginger, salad mix, celery sweet peppers, last tomatoes of the season
- Fluffy Bottom: sheep’s milk cheeses and yogurt
- The Barn: rustic benches from reclaimed barn wood
- HummusFilafil: hummus and falafel
- Gerry Gasche: raspberries
- Shiela Wireman: specialty gourds
- Pastry Garden: pastries including cakes, tarts, cookies, scones, cupcakes
- Activity: MOPS – dress up photo op
