Last weekend, we went to the Manotick Farmers Market. Manotick is pretty close to where we are, so we thought we would check it out. This is the first year that this area has had a market. It is located right across from Watson's Mill, a gorgeous location.
Manotick is a smallish town, known for it's great interdependent shops and boutiques.
They had a nice variety of vendors, which was great for a small market.
Everything from apples and apple products,eggs, meats, goat cheese and oats. The producers are all from Manotick, or the towns nearby, I love local food. I love that the local farmers got together to make this market.
We bought some vegetables from Roots and Shoots Farm, they are a certified organic farm, with come interesting vegetables. We got pears, apples, zucchini and tomatoes.
I especially loved the Zebra tomatoes, they were green when you cut into them too! They tasted delicious.
The thing I was noticing as I walked around the market, was I could make soap out of a lot of the products people were selling. I could make oatmeal soap using the oatmeal from the grain vendor, and goat milk from the goat cheese vendor. I took a class at the last HMSG conference in May about using alternatives to water in soap, so I would like to try it with the local apple cider. I am looking for ways to make my soap more unique, I love the idea of using local organic ingredients. If only someone local would start growing olives and coconuts.
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