Food
Sweet Potatoes, Books and Buckeyes
Here are the highlights of this Saturday’s Pawtuxet Farmers’ Market from the Friends of the Pawtuxet.
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Market Variety
Chang Xiong of Pak Express will have interesting sweet potato varieties from available for sale Saturday at market. Michelle Kozloski of Zephyr Farm will have fresh fennel Saturday. If you would like to make some holiday purchases, Sandy Agronick of Surfside Soaps will only be at the market the first three Saturdays of October ending with the Pumpkin & Paw Paw Festival on October 18.Book Sale Planning Meeting
A planning meeting for the Big Green Used Book Sale will be held Monday September 29 at 5 PM at the William Hall Library. Anyone wishing to help with the sale is welcome. We will set prices for the Oct 4 sale and decide what to do with leftover books. Book donations are still needed and can be dropped on the porches of 25 Berwick Lane , 10 & 18 Williams Avenue and 37 Ferncrest Avenue in Cranston.Apple Orchard Talk
Pawtuxet Village’s own Michael Bell will present a talk on Rhode Island apple orchards at the Pawtuxet Village Association’s general meeting, Wednesday October 1 at 7 PM at the Aspray Boathouse in Warwick’s Pawtuxet Park. All welcome and cider will be served.Brook Meeting
The RI Department of Environmental Management will hold a public meeting to discuss the water quality restoration of Warwick’s Buckeye Brook, Thursday October 2 at 7 PM in Room 100 of the Warwick Public Library on Sandy Lane. The brook has one of Rhode Island ’s last herring runs, but suffers from pollution from the Green Airport .See you Saturday, rain or shine.
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Thursday October 20, 2011
Dirt, Geese and Jazz
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Friday June 10, 2011
Market Moves, ExploreCranston & Dam
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Thursday November 4, 2010
Three Markets Left
Friends of the Pawtuxet sent a note to remind everyone that there are still three farmers’ markets remaining in the 2010 season: Bake, Baby, Bake The Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market will have plenty of good food left this Saturday, Saturday November 13 and at our big final Thanksgiving market Saturday November... more
Thursday October 14, 2010
Pumpkins, Paw Paws, Urban Greens and Later, Books
Only six more farmer’s markets remain in the season. Here are some notes from the Friends about the season’s big event, the Pumpkin and Paw Paw Festival: This Saturday October 16 is the Pumpkin & Paw Paw Festival at the Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market from 9AM to 12 PM featuring hay... more
Tuesday September 28, 2010
The Paws Paws are Ripening Early
Betty Garrison of Rocky Point Farm reported today that their paw paws are ahead of schedule and are available now. It’s been a big year for paw paws, thanks to the heat and just the right amount of rain. The Garrisons expect to harvest them for the next 3 weeks. Paw... more