The Best Local Produce (apples, pumpkins, squash, turnips, greens, leeks, you-name-it)
The fall harvest is one of the most exciting time of year for farmers! The Tamworth Farmers’ Market is blessed with a bountiful, wide-variety of organically grown vegetables. Visit Waxing Moon Gardens and Mountain Heartbeet for the widest variety of fruits and vegetables. Stop in at Again & Again Farmstead’s booth and find some unique, specialty vegetables and microgreens. Checkout the NH Mushroom Company for tasty, healthy mushrooms. Hollow Hill Farm is selling delicious apples from their sustainably managed orchard just a stone’s throw from the market.
Seasonal Baking Ingredients (spices, maple syrup, maple sugar, honey)
Few things say fall like baking does. Harvest time is when you shake the dust off your baking pans and stock up on all the sweet calories which can cheer you up through the winter. Stop in at Mac Hill Maple to get your maple syrup and maple sugar. Maple sugar makes an outstanding sustainable alternative to imported cane sugar. Athena’s Bees and Stonehedge farm are selling honey this time of year. Athena’s Bees offers delicious honey, some with additional exotic flavors; and Stonehedge is offering a rich dark honey. You can find herbs at Mountain Heartbeet and Again & Again Farmstead.
Garden Supplies (biochar, wool pellet fertilizer)
Fall is the time to put your garden beds to rest and bring your pet plants back inside. While you can certainly tuck in your garden with a blanket of neglect, fall also presents an opportunity to juice up your garden so it can experience strong growth in the spring. We recommend applying sea kelp meal, biochar, wool pellet fertilizer, compost, and then at least four inches of mulch so your garden biology can continue to thrive throughout the winter under the ice and snow. Stop by Again & Again Farmstead to purchase biochar and wool pellet fertilizer.
Baked Goods (gluten free, gluten plenty)
Getting ready to send the kids back to school and have no time for baking your own goods? No problem, the Tamworth Farmer’s Market has you covered. Sunnyfield Bakery has nutritious, stone-fired sourdough bread. You can find pastries, mexican cornbread, maple pecan bread and Pumpkin bread at Stonehedge Farm. Find pies at the Garden of Freedom. Meriki Baked Goods offers delectable pastries and breads including gluten-free options.
Last, but not least, for the all the good dogs visiting the market there is something for them too. Black Snout Dog biscuits offers homemade biscuits!
Sheep’s Wool (Skeins, Heritage Washed & Picked, Batts, Roving)
Tamworth has an impressive sheep farm scene making it a destination for fiber artists of all kinds. Chinook Trail Farm in Wonalancet raises Border Leicesters and offers yarn skeins. Stonehedge Farm raises Navajo Churros and offers yarn skeins, washed fleece, and a variety of sheep pelts. Again & Again Farmstead has a large flock of Clun Forest and Finnsheep and also trades wool from small holders across New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. They sell washed & picked heritage wool, wool batts, roving, and sometimes yarn skeins. You can find a variety of wool at the Tamworth Farmers’ Market for any fiber project.
Freshly Pressed Apple Cider (A blend of multiple varieties)
Hollow Hill farm produces fresh apple cider from a blend of their choice apples trees. They sell unpasteurized cider squeezed in an 80 liter hydro press right there on their farm. The press produces 10 to 12 gallons of cider each pressing. You can use the cider for mulling, for baking, for whisky-souring, and for making a cider reduction you can use on your ice cream sundaes or oatmeal.
Homemade Jams & Jellies in Fall Flavors (Pear, Berry, Apple)
The farmers market is rich in Jams, Jellies, Chutneys, and Preserves of all flavors and types. All of them are made from locally sourced fruit and ingredients harvested throughout the season. Now that fall has arrived, Apple and Pear are beginning to show up. Stonehedge farm offers jellies, jams and chutneys. Again & Again Farmstead sells jellies and jams on behalf Altrusa’s Carroll County District, a non-profit women’s organization with a long history of community philanthropy. There’s nothing like a hot cup of tea with some jam and toast on brisk fall morning!
Live Music
The Tamworth Farmers’ Market is spoiled with all the musical talent in the area. Folk, Rock, Pop, Traditional, and Bluegrass music have all been performed at the farmers’ market. The fall markets wrap up the musical guest season at the market before we switch to a much less fancy winter market. What is more fun than loading up your groceries and gifts while listening to live music? Let our farmers feed your body and our musicians feed your soul.
Community Support (buy directly from farmers & makers)
When you support local farmers, not only do you get fresh, flavorsome food of the highest quality, but you learn where your food comes from and where your money ends up. You don’t get foods full of additives and preservatives, or foods with a huge carbon footprint attached. Instead you get food harvested at it’s peak flavor, just a few miles away.
When you support local craftsmen, you benefit from unique, durable goods which make gifts that come with a story. You get to meet the maker of the products, and have opportunity to learn the complex ways their crafts are made.
The connections you can make when buying local can last a lifetime. It’s good to keep traditions alive and help small economies thrive, so we can lessen our environmental footprints and ensure a future full of riches for the next generation.
The Vibe: Crisp air, colorful leaves, and a welcoming atmosphere
Tamworth, New Hampshire is beautiful this time of year. Fall colors, lakes, hills, and mountains combine to offer a nice relaxing time in nature. Living amongst the nature beauty is a small, tight-knit community with big talent. Farmers are harvesting their bounty, shepherds are moving their sheep, homesteaders are canning and preserving their food, hunters are getting ready for the season, and all are preparing for the winter.
Craftsmen are busy making their artisanal goods, putting their finishing touches on their fall-batch beer, wine and spirits. Soap-makers, knitters, wood workers, and quilters are getting to work on their crafts indoors. Music fills the cafes, the market, all the fall events.
All this makes Tamworth an exciting day trip option. Unplug and visit us at the farmers’s market this weekend. Enjoy the fall festivities, eat delicious food, and take in all the natural beauty!