A new and exciting event is coming to Clover Valley Farmers’ Market tomorrow (June 5)!
For the first time, the market will be hosting an auction. Starting at 10 a.m., a consignment auction will be launched by Karl VanHeyst Auctions.
Nearly 300 items are consigned, most by members of the Fort Frances High School band who are diligently fundraising for their trip to London and Paris next March.
Auction items are listed on the pink “auction sale” posters posted in your community, and include everything from a Rainy Lake fishing trip for two to rocking chairs to cut-to-order firewood.
Sought-after antiques such as a Swede saw, glassware, milk cans, and a platform scale also will be for sale! Great finds for kids like roller-blades and skates, toys like transformers, books, and stereo systems.
If you are an outdoor buff, check out the boats included in the auction, as well as garden furniture, watering cans, and bicycles.
If you have items you want to sell, it’s not too late to consign to this auction. Other consignors are being accepted.
You will easily make more money selling in an auction than in a yard sale. Call Karl VanHeyst for auction details at 487-2469.
These great kids are working hard planning a great trip. About 68 members of the Fort Frances High School band (plus chaperones) will be travelling to London, England, Paris, and Nice, France during the winter break of March, 2005.
Fundraising for the trip has been underway since September, and they already have raised $50,000. But they need to reach a total of $130,000.
So in this final nine months before departure, the fundraising push has started. Many other fundraising events are planned, including a draw for a brand new pickup truck!
Also at the farmers’ market this Saturday, Lowey’s Greenhouse and Northwest Nursery still have a terrific variety of quality plants available, including tomato plants.
They always are willing to answer any gardening question you have. They can make suggestions about the best plants to try for either sun or shade.
Local produce is available at the market if you arrive early! Look for greenhouse-grown yellow and green beans, buttercrunch and romaine lettuce, and new red beets.
And that famous pie fruit can be found early in the season—rhubarb.
Here is a recipe for a delicious Rhubarb Crisp that is easy to make:
Rhubarb Crisp
5 cups rhubarb, coarsely chopped
3/4 cup granulated sugar
Toss together and arrange in an 8-inch glass baking dish.
Topping:
1/3 cup walnut pieces
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 cup softened butter
Toast walnuts in a 375° oven for five minutes. Let cool and chop finely. Combine the walnuts, flour, oats, sugars and spices. Work in butter until crumbly.
Sprinkle the rhubarb mixture with the topping and bake in a 375° oven for 35-40 minutes. Makes six servings.
Lunch is always available at the market. Hot coffee and chocolate, pop, burgers, hotdogs, and, for this Saturday, a chili dog special.
