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Mariano Garay and Ellie Burck took a snack break from working at Clotsfoot Valley Farm.
Riley Klein
A couple of early birds scored first pick of strawberries from Ridgway Farm Stand. Mariano Garay and Ellie Burck, of New York City, were first in line.
The pair walked over to the market during a break from working as farmhands at Clotsfoot Valley Farm helping Tommy Eucalitto make cheese. They were pleased with the “delicious, juicy and sweet” fruit and, having been up since 4 a.m. on the farm, said they would be back when Cornwall Bridge Coffee’s stand was up and running.
Gordon Ridgway, farmer and first selectman, hands strawberries to the Hall family. Riley Klein
Gordon Ridgway, first selectman of Cornwall and owner of Ridgway Farm, handed out strawberry samples to the Hall family. The Halls moved to Sharon within the last year and were visiting the Cornwall Village farmer’s market for the first time.
Emily Hall said, “So far it’s nice. Everyone is so friendly, we love that.”
John Zeiser brews a batch of Cornwall Bridge Coffee.Riley Klein
John Zeiser of Cornwall Bridge Coffee was brewing locally roasted beans by 10 a.m. His coffee is also served at Cornwall Market, which is conveniently located across the street from his roasting facility.
“Delivery involves me putting coffee in a tote bag and carrying it over,” he said. “I think they appreciate the convenience. If they ever run out, they just text me.”
This season will be Zeiser’s first full summer as a weekly vendor at the Village market.
Nick “The Knife” Jacobs inspects a recently sharpened blade at the West Cornwall farmer’s market June 21.
Riley Klein
Tools include, “clippers, loppers, snippers, shears and sides. Everything except saws,” Jacobs said. “When I’m done, they’re pretty much razor sharp.”
Jacobs offers his service weekly at the West Cornwall farmer’s market and he also makes house calls 860-672-6075.
Jiwon Lee of Pebbles Bakery presents an assortment of locally made baked goods. Riley Klein
Jiwon Lee of Pebbles Bakery was serving up handmade baked goods and fermented vegetables. “I’m the local French, Korean baker,” she said. Lee uses “principally local, organic and seasonal ingredients.”
Made in Cornwall, her products “cater to the local taste,” she explained, and are “made with health in mind, low sugar, low flour.”
Mother Tree Remedies by Treasa Pattison had herbal goods “made with plants grown and foraged here in Cornwall,” she said. Options included natural pain relievers with medicinal plants for arthritis, sore muscles, skin and lips. She also had organic bug spray, magnesium spray for leg cramps and a selection of teas.
Treasa Pattison of Mother Tree Remedies offers herbal products.Riley Klein
Author Steven Gleason, of Kent, was selling and signing copies of his latest book, “The Seasons of the Flynns.”
He described the novel about a 1960s family that moves to the suburbs. The wife, an aspiring actress, ends up living “not such a calm life” with complications and a husband prone to “temptations,” political and otherwise.
Author Steven Gleason was signing copies of his new book “The Seasons of the Flynns” June 21.Riley Klein
It was Gleason’s first time at the West Cornwall market and he said it was a positive experience. Bianka Griggs, owner of the Wish House, which hosts the market, was reportedly a big help, contributing a tent and table for his booth.
A stand was set up selling jams to raise money for the Chapel of All Saints, which meets at Trinity Retreat in West Cornwall. The preserves, jarred at Cream Hill Farm, were unique varieties including blueberry mojito jam, pineapple cranberry jam and apple pie jam.
Nick Moran and Carol Leven perform jazz on the Wish House Lawn as shoppers browse the wares at the West Cornwall farmer’s market vendors.Riley Klein
Nick Moran and Carol Leven played live music on the lawn. The jazz duo lives in Sharon and performs at the farmer’s market once a month, usually on the first Saturday.
Leven was on vocals and percussion while Moran played guitar. They opened their set with a smooth rendition of “Pennies from Heaven.”
Riley Klein
Cornwall’s 10th annual Books and Blooms garden tours were in full swing Saturday with four private gardens open to the public. One of the four was the Trapp garden on River Road. It overlooks the Housatonic River in West Cornwall with multi-leveled terraces creating secluded coves that invoke a Tuscan charm atop the rocky, Cornwall landscape. Guests were greeted by tranquil scenes as they wandered along leafy, veiled paths that connected each level.
Riley Klein
