It's coming up to Christmas

Stressing about the fact that Christmas is nearly here?

A good laugh is always helps!


Q. What do you get when you cross mistletoe with a duck?
A, A Christmas Quacker!

Q. What beats his chest and swings from Christmas cake to Christmas cake?
A. Tarzipan!

Son "Mum, can I have a dog for Christmas?"
Mum "No, you can have ham like everyone else!"

Q. What's the best thing to give your parents for Christmas?
A. A list of everything you want!

The case of the curious cow

the case of the curious cow

To view this short video, click on the link above. Press play, then press pause and go and make a cuppa while it uploads. When it finishes uploading, hit play and you can watch it without all the stops and start you sometimes get when watching uploaded files.

Upload time can be anywhere between 1 minute to 10 minutes.

Colouring Competition

The Winners of the colouring competition were:

Under 5             Josie Coombs - Finley
5-7 years           Lana Martin - Jerilderie
7-12 years         Keeley Coates - Finley

Thank you to all those how entered. All the entries were of a high calibre and so the judging was extremely difficult.
All the entries will be laminated and then displayed at the next market. Anyone wishing to then take their entry home can see the market manager at the market.

November Market Update

As  you can see from the photos, November's market was another great success for Finley. The market is going from strength to strength. Here are just some of the photos taken on the day by local photographer Luke Potts (whiteline photography). Watch this space for more photos.



The Finley Farmers Market - a place to catch up with friends as well as shop for fresh, local produce.



Manaia Joseph thinks the slushies are cool

The Toy Library brought along some toys and they were a great hit

Finley Farmers' Market committee member, Brad Carlon gets some advice from his mum who is the coordinator of the Foreshore Market

Our Finley Lake is certainly becoming the place to be





Barooga Public School and their Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden

Profile on Barooga Public School

The Barooga Public School runs a Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden and as you can see from the photo, the children take their work seriously.

And then there is the fun of participating in local Farmers' Markets. The pictures below were taken at the Tocumwal Farmers' Market and at the Finley Farmers Market. What an incredibly professional looking stall. The children seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves too!

This is a recipe that the students cook at the school using ingredients from the school garden. Tastes delicious!

Avocado and Potato Salad.

Serves:  10 or 30 tastes

From the Garden: Avocado, potato, green beans, lemon, parsley.

Notes for volunteers:

• Focus skill: Peeling and preparing avocados.
• Utensils required – 1 large saucepan, 1 medium saucepan, grater, peeler, knife and chopping board, measuring cups, small whisk or fork, large spoon.

Ingredients

1.2 kg of potatoes, scrubbed.

1 tsp salt

500 g green beans, ends trimmed.

6 Hass avocados

4 slices of prosciutto or bacon

3 tablespoons of small capers.

1/2 cup whole egg mayonnaise

Finely grated rind and juice of 2 lemons

1/2 cup chopped parsley

Salt and pepper for seasoning.

Method

1. Place potatoes into a large saucepan of water with 1 teaspoon salt and bring to the boil. Cook for 12 minutes until just tender. Drain and set aside to cool slightly. Cut into in half lengthwise.
2. Cook beans in boiling water for 3 minutes. Drain and refresh in iced water.
3. Preheat oven on high and place prosciutto on a baking tray and bake for 10 minutes or until crisp. Cool and break into pieces.
4. Half avocados and remove stones. Scoop out flesh using a large spoon and slice.
5. Arrange beans, potatoes, prosciutto and avocado on 4 platters. Scatter capers over salad.
6. Combine mayonnaise, lemon rind and juice in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Pour over salad.
7. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.

Variations: Use snow peas instead of green beans or sweet potato instead of potato.

Any other variety of avocado can also be used.

Recipe Reference: Woolworths Fresh magazine – Christine Sheppard

Daisy's comments

I did try to buy a new farmer at the last Finley Farmers' Market. Tried to buy Jack Gray - he was happy selling his snow peas. Then tried Dan Harris - he just wanted to sell this potatoes. Joe and Sue Weir thought they had plenty of their own cows; and Nicole Varley is happy with her lambs.

Oh well,  I did manange to buy plenty of other things though! And, I believe next market will have even more!
The next Market is on Satuday 5 November. It is going to be a Children's Market as well.
 My kid's are pretty special so I don't think I'll replace them!

There will be plenty of activities for them, so they are pretty excited about going. While they are being entertained I think I will check out those handmade children's clothes. I should even have time to relax and listen to some great live music. 

Daisy

Daisy, Have you heard?
There is going to be a Farmers' Market at the Finley Lake on Saturday 5 November!

Well Clarabelle, let's go there and get ourselves a new farmer!

The market is on
this Saturday 5 November
from 8am to 12noon 
at the Finley Lake,
next to the Wheels of Prosperity