Mmmmm, mmmm Good!

Hi All!

 

You know I try to fill The Garden of Eatin with as much local and Maine produced products as I can..But did you know that even some of the "exotic" fruits we carry are still locally owned, or at least related to some of our local people?  One of our customer's, a native of Columbia South America, family produces bannanas under sveral labels.  So, most likely if your see bannanas grown in Columbia, their family's cooperative is involved.  And now we have another customer who has been in the fresh fruit industry in California and while visiting their children and grandchildren in Dresden for the summer, they are having real tree ripened fruit shipped out for he and the kids to sell.  They are storing what peaches, plums and nectarines they have left after thier weekend sales in our cooler. 

 

Tonight, just before we closed I tried a peach and nectarine.  WOW!  Nobody has fruit that tastes like that!  It really does taste like it was just picked.  Actually, it has only been off the tree for five days!  This stuff is awesome!  You won't find anything like it in the big stores, guaranteed.  But we will have it all available this week and every week through the summer!  How I'd savor a fresh peach cobbler, right now!

 

This place only gets better and better! 

 

Have a great week! 

 

 

--
Jim Peterson
The Garden of Eatin'
324 Front Street Richmond, ME 04357
http://www.TheGardenOfEatin.me
Ph: 207-737-8880
Fx: 207-737-8881

Wow! It's Friday!

Hello Garden Fans!

 

It felt like Monday all week and now, come to find out, its Friday!  Not any Friday, mind you, but Fresh Fish Friday!  We have cooked lobsters, fresh scallops, fresh cusk and fresh haddock!  And lets not forget our souper seafood chowda!

 

And looking aorund the store, we have a boat load of items such as; organic yukon gold potatoes, Daily Bread's fresh bread and thier new flat breads, organic iced tea (in the cooler) our own home made shortcakes, fresh strawberries from Fair Winds farm in Bowdoinham, pork from A Wee Bit Farm in Orland, maple, vanilla and lemon dream organic yogurt from Smith Farm in Deer Isle, herbs from Sonshine Growers in Dresden, lots of our home made pies and quiches, roasted red pepper flan, chocolate cake with peanutbutter frosting, orange chocolate cake, bunched curly garlic scapes (see note below on uses).  And lots of other fresh veggies such as sweet corn, summer squash, zuccini, cucumbers, kiwi and a lot more!

 

Jyang Lee Kitchens is running a special $1.00 off on all of their frozen chinese food.  Come and take advantage of that!  Their chinese food is the real deal! 

 

Enjoy the sun, enjoy great food and especially enjoy the Garden of Eatin! 

 

Bon Apetite!

 

 

--
Jim Peterson
The Garden of Eatin'
324 Front Street Richmond, ME 04357
http://www.TheGardenOfEatin.me
Ph: 207-737-8880
Fx: 207-737-8881

THE STRAWBERRIES ARE IN THE HOUSE!!

Hi All,

 

Just a quick note to let you know that THE STRAWBERRIES ARE NOW IN!!!!! And go along with them, we are making fresh

shortcakes to sell in a four count bag.  We expect the strawberries to run two and half weeks or so, and wil get them in everyday.

 

Have a great week!

--
Jim Peterson
The Garden of Eatin'
324 Front Street Richmond, ME 04357
http://www.TheGardenOfEatin.me
Ph: 207-737-8880
Fx: 207-737-8881

Strawberry Fields Forever! (Well not quite forever, maybe three or four weeks, though!)

After last weeks' email, I am not going to get into what the weather is going to be.  I thought we were going to have a gorgeous weekend and it rained.  So, if I say it looks like a rainy weekend, maybe the sun will be out? 

 

At any rate, no matter what is going on outside, we have great things going on inside!  Today, for example, we have our award winning fish chowder. Being the official taste tester, I must say the cooks outdid themselves, again!  Our soups and chowders are awesome! We sure have some talented people in the kitchen!   

 

I guess our talent and great fresh foods are groing on people!  Did you know that we do catering?  Our law makers in Augusta have been eating our sandwiches on occasion, the Richmond School Teachers are enjoying our sandwiches today and we will be making pizzas for the summer school program next week!  If you are having a meeting or large gathering, please give us the opportuntiy to share our goodness with your group!

 

We just got restocked on our hot italian, sweet italian and breakfast sausages from Mailhot's in Lewiston, as well as 90% lean ground from Eastern River Cattle Company.  We have all kinds of produce and (hopefully) we will have FRESH STRAWBERRIES tomorrow, from Fair Winds Farm, in Bowdoinham!  We will have fresh homemade shortcakes available, starting tomorrow!  (I love this time of year!)

 

We have new cheeses coming in today, more Daily Bread, Black Crow Bakery bread tomorrow, fresh eggs, and lots more! 

 

Have a great weekend, eat well and be well!  See ya' in The Garden!
--
Jim Peterson
The Garden of Eatin'
324 Front Street Richmond, ME 04357
http://www.TheGardenOfEatin.me
Ph: 207-737-8880
Fx: 207-737-8881

The sun will come out... tomorrow!

Greeting Garden Fans!

 

As the old saying goes; "If you don't like the weather in Maine, just wait a minute". Or my favorite; ' My three favorite things about Maine is July, August and September".   So, this (weather) shall too pass and it's off to the races!  Looks like a great weekend for a barbeque! 

 

And here in The Garden of Eatin', we are ready with lots of fresh products for you!  Today, of course, is Fresh Fish Friday and we have haddock at $5.99 a pound and wild salmon.  To go along with the fish we have a great selection of fresh herbs that include thyme, dill, rosemary, sage, basil and stevia, all grown in my greenhouse in Dresden.  We also have rhubarb, from Bowdionham and Locally Known's herb salad mix and baby spinach greens.  From Wagonwheel Farm we will large leaf spinach and another salad mix, tomorrow.  Starting June 20th we will have fresh strawberries from Fairwinds Farm, also in Bowdionham.   Just like spring and watching the various trees and flowers come to life, it is a joy to return to our local farms for the bounty of our local farmlands.  

 

Jen has made some phenominal strawberry rhubarb pies as well all lots of other fruit pies.  She has made quite a bit of stock for our deli department.  I had one customer ask me to order her an apple pie from our pie vendor and she was amazed ot hear that we make all of our pies in house and use as much of our own prioduce for the filling as possible!  

 

We will have plenty of cheese in stock this weekend as well as a host of other great items.  The cooler is getting more and more packed day by day, with some really great fruit and veggies.  

 

Outside in the plant department, we have refreshed the display, this afternoon and have several new items including pickling cukes and patio tomatoes in large pots.  They are perfect to grow right on your deck or patio.

 

All in all, The Garden of Eatin' is well stocked for the weekend with ALL KINDS of goodies. A little something for everyone!

 

As always, I look forward to seeing you in The Garden!    

--
Jim Peterson
The Garden of Eatin'
324 Front Street Richmond, ME 04357
http://www.TheGardenOfEatin.me
Ph: 207-737-8880
Fx: 207-737-8881

Land of the eternal spring

Hiya Garden Fans!

 

Ten years ago, I went to Chimaltenango, Guatemala for eight days.  It was an eye opening experience, never the less very interesting as Chimaltenango is a mile above sea level and the yearly average temperature is around 72.  Very pleasant weather, indeed.  Nearly everyday, the valleys are full of fog and as the fog burns away the dormant volcanos begin to loom overhead. 

 

No volcanoes here, but a few days of wet and cool weather makes for even greater appreciation of what we have around us.  This weekend's bright and sunny days and cool nights are awesome. The boats are going in the water, across the street.  Flowers are bursting with color and farmers are beginning to plant outdoors.  Ahh, spring in Maine!

 

We've got lots of plants at my farm for your gardens, which you can buy either at The Garden of Eatin or K&G Harware.  If you don't see something that you need, let us know and I'll see if we have it in inventory. At the farm we are smack dab in the middle of our season and I am now planning on what to grow for the rest of the year.  I'm fortunate enough to have an indoor farm, so we will have fresh produce well into the fall.

 

But, now we have loads of fresh produce right in our store!  Locally Known (from Bowdoinham) now has their herb salad mix and baby spinach in The Garden of Eatin'; we have fresh rhubarb and with out going into too much detail, our shelves are well stocked with all kinds of great garden goodies.  New today we have vanilla and chocolate WHOOPIE PIES, fresh from our kitchen!  Also new this past week is our additon to our dried fruits with papaya!  I never liked the "store bought" dried fruits, but this stuff is better than candy and packs a great punch!  I hope that ya'all like it as much as we do!  We have a fresh stock of Mrs. Dunster's doughnuts, cresents and nuggetts.  Our new morning special is buy two large coffees with a bag or cresents or nuggetts for $4.99 and $5.99 respectively.  

 

These past few weekends we have seen an increase in making "special" pizzas with a customer's own ingredients, such as tofu cheese.  If you are interested in doing something like that we are not opposed to it and will accomadate you any way we can.  Special orders do not upset us!

 

Have you tried Thorncroft Farm's naturally raised chicken?  We only stock a couple of birds at a time so if we are out, just ask or call ahead and we'll get it for you.  thorncroft Farm is in Pittston.

 

Later this week we will have steamed hot dogs available!  And every Saturday our own baked beans, served hot!  Pair them up with our own potato salad and a steamed ear of corn!  Mmmmmm, mmm!

 

Well, that's enough food talk for now...enjoy your day and enjoy great foods from The Garden of Eatin!  Don't forget that we are open until 8pm Thursday throgh Sunday!

 

See ya at The Garden!    

--
Jim Peterson
The Garden of Eatin'
324 Front Street Richmond, ME 04357
http://www.TheGardenOfEatin.me
Ph: 207-737-8880
Fx: 207-737-8881