August is Pickled Green month at the Farmers & Artisans Market! Buy a ticket for a chance to win our Pickled Green Raffle; the prize includes: Nantucket Grown shopping bag; Discovery Kit; canning basics book; and cucumbers for your own pickling projects. We’ll also be handing out a free beginners’ guide to canning and other goodies. The raffle drawing will be held Saturday, August 27th at the end of the Market day.
Demonstrations for August include:
August 13th - Making Pickles
*UPDATE: We Have a Winner!
The winner of our 2011 Tomato Tomato Raffle drawing was Lois Bedsaul of Galax, VA!
She received her winning ticket after purchasing a mug. Her mug is receiving a lot of comments at work and she just loves it!!
Lois’s Tomato Tomato prize includes:
5 lbs of Bartlett’s Farm tomatoes
Ball’s Discovery Canning kit
Ball’s blue book guide to preserving
Ball Brand Fiesta salsa Mix
And a Nantucket Grown™ Market Bag
Congratulations Lois, and thanks for supporting Sustainable Nantucket and our Farmers & Artisans Market!
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July is Tomato Tomato month at the Farmers & Artisans Market! This month’s demonstrations include:
July 23: Making Salsa
Throughout the month you can enter to win our Tomato Tomato raffle; the prize includes a Nantucket Grown bag, Discovery Kit, canning book, 3 salsa spices, stickers, and tomatoes to use in your own canning projects. We’ll also be handing out samples, free canning information and more – all aimed at getting you on your way to canning the bounty of fresh fruits and veggies available on our island.
Greetings all,
Summer is HERE! The weather is gorgeous and we sure hope you are here on island to enjoy it with us. There’s a lot going on this weekend, and we hope you will include the Farmers & Artisans Market on your list. We will be at our temporary location THIS WEEK ONLY on East Chestnut Street from 9AM – 1PM (next week we’ll be back on North Union and Cambridge St).
Don’t miss Story Time at 10AM with SkippyJon Jones. Provided by Nantucket Bookworks.
Also, get your tickets for our Tomato Tomato raffle and a chance to win a Nantucket Grown™ bag, Discovery Kit, canning book, 3 salsa spices, stickers and tomatoes to use in your own canning projects. We’ll also be giving away samples, free canning info and more!
Have a happy and safe 4th, and we hope to see you at the market!
Growers
1. Hummock Pond Farm
2. Bartlett’s Farm
3. Gourmet Gardens
4. Moor’s End Farm
5. Pumpkin Pond Farm
6. Rosewood Gardeners
Food Producers
1. Crème Drops
2. Nantucket Coffee
3. Supernatural
4. Tedy’s Mix
Artisans
1. Angel’s StudioÂ
2. Clay Art Studio
3. Chris Bourbeau, Paintings
4. Sconset Flair
5. Nantucket Woodworking
6. David Lazarus
7. Keep it Native
8. Island Quilts
9. SeaweaverÂ
10. Drift Away Soap
11. Keely Smith Designs
12. Â Nantucket Mermaid
13. Â Miki Lovette Textile and Print Art
14. Â Tanglz
15.  Patty Clinton’s Country Baskets
16. Â Designs by Priscilla
17. Â Grey Lady Apothocary
18. Â Nantucket Needlework Designs
19. Â Skar Jewlery
20. Â Wayne Larocque Photography
MIXED
1. Alana Cullen- Island Organics
Non-Profit Tables: Rays for Restaveks, Marina Palumbo;Â Visitors Services
Here’s the list of vendors for Saturday, June 25th. Market hours are 9AM – 1PM on North Union and Cambridge Streets (weather permitting). Hope to see you at the Market!
Growers
1. Bartlett’s Farm
2. Hummock Pond Farm
3. Pumpkin Pond Farm
4. Rosewood Gardens
5. Gourmet Gardens
Food Producers
1. Â Nantucket Coffee Roasters
2.  Crème Drops
3.  Tedy’s Mix
Artisans
1. Â The Weaving Room
2.  Angel’s Studio
3. Â Clay Art Studios
4. Â Seaweaver
5. Chris Bourbeau- Paintings
6. Â Drift Away Soap
7. Â David Lazarus
8. Â Nantucket Woodworking
9. Â Â Keep it Native
10. Â Island Quilts
11. Â Nantucket Mermaid
12. Â Island Weaves
13. Â Van Vorst Tile
14. Â Country Baskets
15. Â Skar Jewelry
16. Â Nantucket Needlework Designs
MIXED
1. Island Organics
Non-Profits:
Maria Mitchell
Nantucket Visitors Services
Big Brothers, Big Sisters
Children’s Theater of Nantucket
Demo: Canning with Jennifer Karberg and Mary Wawro. Learn about making strawberry jam and bring home some free materials. Enter to win our Strawberry Fields raffle and bring home canning supplies and a new Nantucket Grown™ Market bag! Demos at 10AM, 11AM and 12PM.
Join us at the Farmers & Artisans Market on June 25 at 10AM, 11AM and 12PM for canning demos with Mary Wawro and Jen Karberg. Mary and Jen will demonstrate how to make strawberry jam and will be giving away free canning booklets, recipes,  and  samples of pectin. Growers will be on hand to sell local strawberries. Enter our raffle to win our Strawberry Fields Prize which includes canning supplies, local berries,  and the new Nantucket Grown Market Bag. The raffle winner will be announced at the end of the day.
Tara draws the winning ticket!
Congratulations to our 2011 Victory Garden Raffle winner Nat Davidson! The winning ticket was drawn at the Sustainable Nantucket office on Wednesday morning and Nat’s prize includes the design and installation of a 10′ x 10′ raised bed garden, all the tools and materials needed for this process, and a handcrafted birdhouse by Matt Oates! Our sincere thanks to all who purchased raffle tickets, the funds raised will help support our Programs, initiatives and outreach, all of which are aimed at cultivating a healthy Nantucket.
Special thanks to all those who are volunteering their time and resources, and to those who have donated materials for this project: Nantucket Edible Landscapes, Champoux Landscaping, Island Lumber, Mitch Blake Fine Carpentry and Matt Oates.
We had a tremendous response to our 2009/2010 Locally Grown Victory Garden Raffle, so much so that we decided to hold the raffle again for 2010/2011.
We checked in recently with Mary Marshall, winner of our 2009/2010 Locally Grown Victory Garden Raffle, to see what her experience had been with her first vegetable garden. We were delighted to learn that Mary enjoyed fresh veggies all season, and even had enough to share with neighbors. Here are Mary’s words:
“Thank you Sustainable Nantucket for the beautiful Victory Garden you installed. I am a first time gardener who managed to grow tomatoes, peppers, lettuces and greens, basil and cilantro- and I look forward to trying other vegetables next year.
Mary M.”
It’s great to hear of Mary’s success as a first-time gardener, and we hope the garden continues to bring her enjoyment for many years to come.
If you have been thinking about starting a garden at your Nantucket home, entering our Victory Garden Raffle is a great way to get started – you too could be the lucky winner, and you’ll be supporting Sustainable Nantucket and all of our Programs and Initiatives at the same time.
For more information on the Raffle, including the prize details and where to buy tickets, click here.
