SPROUTS at Oxford Farmers Market

Saturday, August 21st: Ash Tree Activities!!!!

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Cindy one of our county's great Extension agents will be joining us at our SPROUTS House.We will learn from her about the Emerald Ash Borer and ways to prevent the spread of this pest. Also, there will be Ash Tree leaf and bark rubbings activities.

Hope to see you on Saturday!

Saturday, July 24th: Market Bingo

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The market will be filled with pictures of produce. Keep you eyes peeled for them when you shop the market with your family and friend. When you see a picture mark it off on your Market Bingo Card. Once you get five in a row come to the Sprout House to turn in your Bingo for a surprise!

Saturday, July 17th: Paint With Bubbles

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Choose either a corn or tomato page to paint using red, yellow, blue, and green colored bubbles.

Saturday, July 10th: Market McDonald

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Come see us at the SPROUT House this Saturday, and pick-up a "Market McDonald's Farm" book (adapted from the classic song/nursery rhyme we all know and love).

As you enjoy the market with your friends and family you can kindly acquire market inspired stickers to fill the pages of your book.

See you Saturday :)

Saturday, July 3rd: Butterfly Masks

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Stop by the SPROUT House and find out how to make a Butterfly Mask!

Calling all SPROUTS!!!!

This Saturday, July 3rd Oxford is having a short parade through town from 7:00-7:30 p.m.. SPROUTS will be in the parade and if you and your sprout are interested in being in the parade, stop by to see me on Saturday for details on where/when we will be meeting up for the parade.

We would love to have y'all join in the parade with us.

Saturday, June 26th: Pin the Dot on the Butterfly!!!!

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Look for these brightly colored butterflies as you enjoy the market with your family and friends.

When you see them stick a dot on them to make them even more colorful!

You can get your dots from the SPROUT House!

Also, come join us for the Oxford, July 3rd Parade! SPROUTS will be participating in it, and we would love to have you!

Fruit Leather Fun!!!!

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Last Saturday, we had Dan Remley from Ohio State University Extension Agency for Butler County join us. He helped us learn a food preservation technique for summer berries..... FRUIT LEATHERS!

Don't forget to stop by the SPROUT House and pick up your beautiful and delicious Strawberry Leather! They all turned out wonderful, great job SPROUTS!

Saturday, June 19th: Food Preservation Activity

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Hello SPROUTS!

I am so very excited about this Saturday's SPROUTS activity.

We will have Butler County Extension Agents join us and help us with a food preservation activity.

With berry season upon us, we will learn a way to dry wonder strawberries and make them into Fruit Leathers (much like a more natural version of a Fruit Roll-Up).

Once you make your Strawberry Fruit Leather, you'll place it in the food dehydrator and next Saturday, June 26th come to the SPROUT House and taste the fruits of your labor.

I look forward to seeing y'all on Saturday for this fun and educational experience!

P.S.

****Mark you calenders for Saturday, July 3rd Bicentennial Parade! SPROUTS will be joining the parade and we would love to have as many of y'all join us. On Saturday, June 26th at the Market we will be decorating and creating materials for our parade theme: Passionate Pollinators".

Saturday, June 12th: Sunflowers!!!!

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Summer is almost here, and in honor of it being just around the bend, we will celebrate by planting sunflower seeds! As you shop with your families, follow the arrows around the market to gather the supplies you need to plant your seed.

Y'all can also join in on the SPROUTS Sunflower Growing Contest.

Stop on by the SPROUT House on Saturday and find out more details on the planting activity and contest:)

MARKET ON FACEBOOK......

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ALL YOU FACEBOOKERS CHECK OUT THE OXFORD FARMERS MARKET FACEBOOK PAGE.

JUST ANOTHER WAY TO BE CONNECTED TO COMMUNITY!

ON FACEBOOK, SEARCH OXFORD FARMERS MARKET UPTOWN

The Market Is All A Buzz.......

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Molly Mehling snapped these awesome pics the other Saturday at the market. She has captured the market celebrating important pollinators...... honey bees!

You can check out of Molly's photography on her website:

www.mollymehling.com

Cheers to you Molly, Lindsey

Hello!!!

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Hello all,

I missed the market and you great SPROUTS last Saturday!

My flu bug has passed on, and I am much better....

See you Saturday:)

Saturday, May 29th: Sunflower Growing Contest

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Hi SPROUTS,

Summer is almost here, and in honor of it being just around the bend, we will celebrate by planting sunflower seeds! Y'all can also join in on the SPROUTS Sunflower Growing Contest.

Stop on by the SPROUT House on Saturday and find out more details on the planting activity and contest:)

SPROUTS Honey Bee Activities on Saturday, May 22nd

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First of all I would like to give a big thank you to all the great help that one of the bigger Sprouts, Elijah has been giving to our program. He has been a big helping hand in getting the activities set-up. I want to give a big thank you to Val (another older Sprouts) for her help too last Saturday in setting up some of the food group activities!

This Saturday we will be exploring the wonderful world of honeybees.
While you shop do the "Honey Bee Hunt" and see how many hives and honeybees you can find. Don't forget to read as many fun bee facts as you can find around the market too!
You can also make a honeybee marionette puppet. See you soon!

SPROUTS Food Group Activities: Saturday, May 15th

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Hi there Sprouts!

Stop by the SPROUT House and pick up a "Eating Healthy" activity sheet.

As you enjoy the market with your family, see how many delicious and nutritious market foods you can find!

SPROUTS Mother's Day Activities: Saturday, May 8th

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Hello SPROUTS!

It was so good to meet many of you this past Saturday. Thanks for coming out on such a rainy day. When you stop by the SPROUT house on Saturday, test me on your names! The flags y'all decorated are creative and beautiful and you should bring your family and friends by to see it. For those of you that have not had a chance to decorate a SPROUTS flag, don't worry!

We will have them on Saturday if you would like to decorate one to add to our banner.

(Day before) Mother's Day at the Market:

This Saturday we are going to do activities to celebrate the people in our lives that help us grow. We will have some fun as we plant a vegetable sprouts for you to take home and give to your mom, grandma, or other special person in your life.

As you walk around the market with your family, look for these Lettuce and Beet signs posted on farmers' tent.

When you see one, please kindly help yourself to a plastic pot. Then bring the pot back to the SPROUT House to plant your lettuce or beet sprout in it.

You can also decorate a card to go with your vegetable sprout.

SPROUTS Opening Day Activities: Saturday, May 1st

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Hi SPROUTS!

I am so looking forward to meeting y'all on Opening Day of Summer Season this Saturday, May 1st! Stop on by the SPROUTS tent say hello and find out about the

fun market-inspired color activities you can do while enjoying the market with your family........

Grab a Colors of the Rainbow Activity Sheet, so you can write down all of the colored filled vegetables, fruits, and other market wonders that you can find.

As you do your color activity sheet keep your eyes peeled for colored flags like sunshine yellow, rosey radish, and many more.

When you see a colored flag you like, kindly ask the friendly farmer for the it. After you get your flag come on back to the SPROUTS tent to decorate your flag and add it to the banner. We need your creative decorated flags to spice up our banner, don't you think??

See y'all on Saturday Rain or Shine!

Lindsey