Sweet Relief Farm

Newsletter July 27. We’re at Steep Falls Farmers Market for Chocolate Berry Day, with Raspberry Tea. Lots of chocolate & berries in the baked goods. Puckerbrush performs.

Read more: In light of the Berry Day theme at the market, we are making a new Raspberry Fruity Tea with Lemon Balm, Anise Hyssop, and Pineapple Mint.
- https://mailchi.mp/d2a7673adb4b/sweet-relief-farm-newsletter-july27

Herbal Teas and Herbal Seasoning Mixes at the market Saturday for Herbal Day. Get them at Sweet Relief Farm booth and sample some Honeybee Tea and Asian Seasoned Summer Squash. Handouts on ways to make herbal teas, too.

Learn about Wild Foraging Herbs with Quinn Essentials Herbs. 10 am - noon. This Saturday for Herbal Day.

THIS Saturday from 9am - 1pm is Herb Day!
🌿 Want to learn more about foraging wild herbs? Join us at 10am to noon with Quinn Essentials
🌿 Vibrational Trance Therapy with Priestess Pathways, from noon - 1 pm.
🌿 Plantain, Comfrey, and Mullein Salves at Mini-Hooves Farm , as well as their soaps with herbs.
🌿 Herb Smudge Sticks, Herbal Dream Pillows, Herb Seasonings & Herb Teas with samples at Sweet Relief Farm
🌿 Rosemary Olive Bread at John’s Cocoa Blasts.
🌿 Lavender Lotion at Daily Botanical’s stand.
🌿 Fresh Herbs too!

Newsletter July 20. We’re at Steep Falls Farmers Market for Herbal Day. Wild Herbs Talk, Vibrational Therapy demo, Johnny Folksinger performs.

Read more: Saturday is Herbal Day at the market. We will sample Honey Bee ice tea at the farmers market. Come see the neat color it makes. - https://mailchi.mp/ea3bf08988c7/sweet-relief-farm-newsletter-july20

Newsletter July 13. We’re at Wells Craft Fair. Steep Falls Farmers Market: Natural Skin Care Day, Puckerbrush performs.

Read more: Marshmallow starting to Bloom We got some into the dehydrator for the S’More and Cough and Cold teas.

- https://mailchi.mp/ed455d09c79c/sweet-relief-farm-newsletter-july13

Newsletter July 6. Mandala planted. At Steep Falls Farmers Market with crafts, herbs, and a few select plants. Johnny Folksinger performs. Crafters Day.

Read more about: Our Herb Mandala is planted, thanks to the wonderful crew who participated in the Opening Ceremony, which was an uplifting experience.

- https://mailchi.mp/c00f44e92094/sweet-relief-farm-newsletter-july6

Newsletter June 29. New teas made. At Richville Founders Day Event with crafts and herbs. Puckerbrush performs and Strawberry Rhubarb Day at SFFM.

Read more: White Yarrow is a Maine native, and some times you’ll find a rare different color, our picture shows many colors…
- https://mailchi.mp/ec034ab35b17/sweet-relief-farm-newsletter-june29

Newsletter June 22. Zinnia Sale. At Steep Falls Farmers Market-Red Bird Duo perform. Mandala opening ceremony June 27.

Read more: Today plants are going to the Standish Food Pantry and Steep Falls Country Church soup kitchen. Tomorrow to …
- https://mailchi.mp/032ea4919daf/sweet-relief-farm-newsletter-june22

We’re holding over the sale for this weekend. It’s kinda bright and fun. And we still have sunflower seedlings to give away!

It’s Buy One Get One Free on Sunflowers, Nasturtiums, and Squash single pots. And $1.00 off on packs with gold plants like marigolds, impatiens, calendula, gold chard, golden acre cabbage, gold frills mustard, and gold tomatoes. See what you can find, to add to your garden.

Newsletter June 15. Sunny Gold Sale Part 2. At Steep Falls Farmers Market-Pond Lillies perform. Lots of herb pictures.

Read more: We are lucky to have raspberry and blackberry growing on our property. It is a wonderful medicinal plant and a basis for many teas. - https://mailchi.mp/f9496f2eba9e/sweet-relief-farm-newsletter-june15

Look at who else will be visiting with us for founders day! So many things to see and do. Hope to see you there, to celebrate 100 years of Community togetherness!

Aha.

Happy National Gardening Exercise Day! Resharing this meme. Not sure where it originated - anyone?

Pulled these from a Webmd.com archive:

❇️ Shoveling snow: 400-600 calories per hour
❇️Heavy yard work (landscaping, moving rocks, hauling dirt): 400-600 calories per hour
❇️Raking and bagging leaves: 350-450 calories per hour
❇️Gardening: pulling weeds, planting flowers, etc.: 200-400 calories per hour
❇️Mowing the lawn: 250-350 calories per hour

This sounds great and last night I heard there will be a bus tour of the local history! We’ll also be their with our craft tent!

We are very happy to have community organizations joining us for Founders’ Day. Making this a well rounded event! See you on the 29th!

Just because it’s June doesn’t mean we can’t still celebrate MAPLE! November’s Harvest will be this Saturday June 8th from 9-1. We’ll have our maple syrup available for purchase and will offer a maple demo at noon!

Newsletter June 8. Sunny Gold Sale. Farmers Market - featuring Maple Syrup Day and new vendor Rocky Elle Farm. Maine C**n Cats perform.

Read more - Creativity some times gets the best of us and this week was getting the brainstorm about the Sunny Gold Sale.
- https://mailchi.mp/90402cfcbfa1/sweet-relief-farm-newsletter-june8

Newsletter June 1. Greenhouse Stocked Full. Farmers Market - featuring Crafters Day. Vanessa Jones performs. Read more: we had our annual visit of a porcupine getting on top of our seedlings and enjoying their supper, even though they were covered in cloth.- https://mailchi.mp/533e847fbaea/sweet-relief-farm-newsletter-june1

This drawing is by Anja Rozen, a 13-year-old primary school student in Slovenia. She was chosen from 600,000 children around the world to create a piece of art to show what peace looks like.

She is the winner of the international Plakat Miru competition.
"My drawing represents the land that binds us and unites us."

"Humans are woven together. If someone gives up, others fall. We are all connected to our planet and to each other, but unfortunately we are little aware of it. We are woven together. Other people weave alongside me my own story; and I weave theirs," said the young designer.

Not actually related to our farm business of seedlings, herbs, and mushrooms, but this is our other profession, and hey we use sustainable and most often organic raw materials and help the environment - use cloth napkins!

Upload the 2024 Application for Farmers and other information:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-KpeJbSaqonaJsywJM0AL7xFGSy7_g4v?usp=sharing

Look, we all know the best food in the world is available right here in Maine. Our farmers’ market vendors provide the freshest, most carefully-grown and hard-won vegetables, increasingly famous cheeses, plump and exquisitely ripe fruit, meats full of the goodness of Maine’s woods and pastures, vibrant seafood from our precious gulf, and all kinds of other specialty foods produced here by people you know. It’s a huge privilege to have access to it. But shouldn’t everybody?
That’s where Maine Harvest Bucks comes in! It supports people of all backgrounds to shop at farmers’ markets by providing nutrition incentives that stretch SNAP benefits. Maine nutrition incentives like Maine Harvest Bucks and Farm Fresh Rewards are a win-win-win:
🥕support rural economies and small farm livelihoods by directing federal SNAP dollars to local farms. $1 in federal money turns into $1.70 in local economic growth!
🥕support positive health outcomes and behaviors by encouraging people to eat local, nutritious whole foods found at farmers’ markets and farm stands.
🥕support food security among vulnerable Mainers, including many children.

Sustained state funding is critical for nutrition incentives programs, and federal grants match on a 1:1 basis. The more we can leverage from the state, the more we can request from the USDA’s pool of funding set aside for this purpose.
The state bill LD-2093 will double the total amount available for nutrition incentives from $600,000 to $1,200,000. This will help Maine Harvest Bucks reach more farmers’ markets throughout all areas of the state. Up until now, that funding has always been temporary. This bill would make it ongoing! So let’s do something good together!
Help us advocate for this bill by testifying in Augusta on Monday, probably around 1pm. You can also testify via zoom or submit it in writing. (“Testifying” just means reading a paragraph or two in front of a room of 14 nice people. We can help you decide what to write!) DM us for more info and we’ll send you links.

Winter Market Co-Op at November's Harvest Welcome to the Winter Market Co-Op order Form! Our Winter Market Co-Op is a self-serve market at November's Harvest Farm. Pickup is on the First and Third Saturdays of the month November through March, 10am-1pm. We partner with many of the vendors from our local Steep Falls Farmer's Market to provid...

Jan. Newsletter #2. Seedling Shares. Herbs and Valentine Gifts at the Co-op. Read more in this issue: Yes, we will have Seedling Shares this year, so count that in when you start your garden planning and seed ordering. - https://mailchi.mp/94fa612c6a0b/sweet-relief-farm-newsletter-january-2

Attention Backyard Gardeners, too.

Do you know a farmer? You don’t have to be established, you could be a hobby farmer or plan to start this spring — we’re looking for veggie, meat, dairy farmers, seedling sellers, bread makers, bath & body products, crafters who hand-make their items + so much more!

We welcome you to keep an eye on our page as the new season approaches. 2024 applications available by emailing [email protected]. Or leave us a message here. Please, SHARE this post to your friends and family who have gardens or farms to let them know they have a local outlet to sell their products and get their name out to the community!