From email:

Saturday’s Byrd House Farmlet work day happened with the assistance of Patty, Kerry & the Boy Scouts from Fifth Baptist Church, Marlene & Two Grown Men and they really made a dent in the remaining compost, watered copiously and planted along the bamboo trellis/barrier – then they ate pizza and slid home. Check out the slideshow – Patty’s pictures make you feel like you were there!

Cooking with a Turkish Man – Our own Evrim Dogu (silent G) spends summers in his family’s native southeastern region of Turkey and brings a real love for people and food to a kitchen. We made bread with a pillow and hot tiles and a spread of savory littles dishes to feed a small regiment of starving foodies. Many of his ingredients came from our own farmers including fresh fava beans from CityGarden and EVERYTHING was incredibly delicious. Encore Evrim, please, Encore!

Last week our Early Childhood kids made picture labels for the children’s gardens and beds are being made for the 3 Sisters and Straw-bale gardens… And we checked on the worms – those that didn’t run off to join the circus are writhing and thriving under the cool, broad shade of Richmond’s most beautiful Mulberry tree.

This Tuesday we’re all back at Byrd House Market – vendors, shoppers, manager, librarian, volunteers, staff, truck drivers and passersby … After several days of bright, clear weather we can once again expect a tenuous Tuesday – possible thunderstorms. So hopefully they’ll frame our market day rather than fill it. Singer/guitar-player Micah returns from performances last season to sing and play for us again, Krissey Dorwin takes over as L’Artiste de Peintre des Visages (Face Painting Artist). Bid many thanks to Nandi Shabazz for stepping in to face paint last week and cheer her so she returns in the fall (yeay yeay yeay).

And as always, visit byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com for up to date information about our vendors’ offering each week and all the goings-on at William Byrd Community House.

Staying tuned… Ana
Byrd House Market Manager

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Byrd House Market
William Byrd Community House
224 South Cherry St. Richmond, VA 23220
ByrdHouseMarket at gmail.com
(804) 643-2717
byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com

From press release:

Join us at Byrd House Market this Tuesday, May 4th, our 2010 OPENING DAY, 3:30 – 7:00 pm, to EAT GOOD and jumpstart your GROWing season with GREATness!

That’s our theme this year: “EAT GOOD GROW GREAT” and it applies to so many aspects of the market experience and the WBCH mission to transform the lives of Richmond’s families.

Admire and buy some of the freshest locally grown and produced foods our Central Virginia area has to offer. Fresh and local means the nutritional quality is at its highest and the costs are often lower (especially if eating better means you don’t have to eat as much!!). Eating fresh, local and delicious foods means your body is getting what it wants and needs, which allows your body to grow and maintain what makes it great. Can you imagine eating food that doesn’t interfere with your health and well-being? Pretty nice!

As a Market with a Mission, BHM is really pleased to show off the new Byrd House Farmlet – a small production farm that has been cultivated to provide each of our Early Childhood Summer Program families with a sackful of farmlet fresh produce every week for eight weeks. The Grace Arents Community Garden taps into a hundred-year history of learning by doing and our community will be learning so much from the Kid’s Pizza Garden, Keyhole Garden, Three Sisters Garden (coming soon) and Straw Bale Container Garden (also coming soon).
LIVE MUSIC
Lyle from Indiana (3:30-5 pm) Richmond Original Harry Gore (5:00-7 pm)

Visit: byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com for Happenings, Vendor Lists, Photos and more