When it gets cold out here in the Northeast, things slow down a bit. The days are shorter, the sun doesn’t shine as much and it feels like just about the only thing left worth picking in the farm fields are some remaining bunches of kale still holding on from the time they were planted in the Spring. Fortunately, a field full of dead vines and slumped over stems doesn’t mean that there isn’t still plenty more fresh farm food available. And although we’re used to being outdoors for farmers markets, we’re excited to take our act indoors for a few months. So this past fall a meeting was held and a winter market was planned. The location would be the newly renovated and nearly completed Cooperage located at 1030 Main Street in Honesdale, PA.

Every Saturday from 11am-1pm, the Cooperage opens it’s doors to the community and folks file in to get their goodies for the week. You’ll find anything from Hardler’s Raw Milk to Treeline Farm’s sprouts and homemade apple cider. There are baked goods, alpaca products, maple syrup products, bread, mushrooms, cheese, meats and veggies too! Everything you’ll need to keep eating locally throughout the cold months.

Here at Anthill, we’re featuring a host of staple storage crops including garlic, potatoes, onions, leeks, radishes and rutabagas. Then there’s our value added products; pestos, black bean spread, and pickled garlic scapes.  The main attraction at our table, however, are all of the fresh greens that we’re growing in our 2 newly constructed 90′X40′ high tunnels.  Right now they are fully loaded with arugula, spinach, tatsoi, gourmet lettuce mix, mesclun mix, swiss chard and kale; and we’ll be harvesting a few pounds each week to keep you stocked up.

The building’s owners/operators, Pennell and Edward have been tirelessly working out all of the kinks necessary to get the building rebuilt and ready to fully open by Spring 2012. We’re so grateful to have made use of the building already- It’s wonderful to have a place to meet up, see friends and neighbors and share in the season with good food. The Cooperage will be a mixed-use facility playing host to the market (primarily at first) as well as a performing arts center, a commercially licensed kitchen and a second floor space that can be used for various community functions.  As things continue to roll along, we’ll be looking to add musical entertainment to serenade you while you shop at the market.  So stay tuned for details on that; until then, we’ll see y0u at the Cooperage!