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Farmers Markets; Buy Local, Buy Fresh!

August 21, 2016
Take the Family and Let Them Pick out What They Eat!

Below is a guide so you can take advantage of what Charles County has to offer, FRUITS AND VEGGIES!  Plus more!  Click on the market so you can "like" their page to be updated on specials events and more!

La Plata Farmers Market
  • 200 Baltimore St (Court House Parking Lot)
  • Saturday: 8:00am - 3:00pm
  • Wednesday: 8:00am - 3:00pm 
Take enough cash so you get everything you want!

Waldorf Farmers Market (St. Charles) Market opening this week!!
  • Intersection of O’Donnell Place and St. Patrick’s (behind Hilton Garden Inn)
  • Wednesday & Saturdays from 9:00 to 1:00
The Waldorf Market has an EBT machine to process SNAP and credit/debit card transactions - tokens are given to use at the market.  Some vendors accept WIC and Senior FVP checks. Some vendors also accept credit and debit cards.

Offering spring crops such as lettuce, onions, greens, asparagus and strawberries along with plants for your garden and landscape, honey, eggs and baked goods. Tomatoes, squash, corn, peppers, cucumbers and melons as the season progresses.

Charles County Health Dept Farmers Market 
(Confirming this market will be happening again this year)
4545 Crain Hwy, White Plains, Maryland 20695
Shlagel Farms will be in their parking lot every Wednesday from 10 am - 2 pm with fresh produce! All payment methods acceptable. (SNAP, EBT, WIC FMNP, FVC)

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Miss the Market? Try These

A Farm Guide from SMADC for ALL of SOMD, click here to download it, it can also be picked up at farms listed.**(All information from 2015 Guide)

Hancock Family Farms
10440 Hancock Farm Pl
La Plata, Maryland
(301) 752-8723
Open Saturdays. Fresh eggs, meat and produce. See what they have on their Facebook page or call ahead to see. Follow on Facebook here

Middleton’s Cedar Hill Farm
5190 Leonardtown Road, Waldorf, MD 20601
(301)399-9812
www.middletonfarm.com
Products: annuals, mums, meats (beef is available throughout the year, quarter, side, whole), processed goods (jams, jellies, butters, soap), manure, beans (lima, snap, string, wax), cucumbers (English), greens (collards, cress – winter field, kale, turnip greens), okra, pumpkins (cooking, jack-o-lantern, PYO), squash (winter), sweet potatoes and tomatoes (beefsteak, heirloom).

Farmstead of Charlotte Hall
13771 Beech Hill Place, Charlotte Hall, MD 20622
(301)884-3384
88@msn.com
Hours: Please call
Products: Fresh flowers, herbs (culinary), beans (snap, string, wax), beets, broccoli, cabbage, cucumbers, eggplant, garlic, greens (arugula, Asian, collards, kale, lettuce, mesclun, mustard, spinach, turnip greens), okra, onions, peas, peppers (hot, sweet), potatoes, squash, (summer), sweet potatoes, tomatoes (beefsteak, cherry, heirloom) and turnips.

Harry H. Walter and Sons Inc.
3951 Burnt Store Road, Hughesville, MD 20637
(301) 274-3558
Hours: Please call. 
Products: Melons (cantaloupe, watermelons), straw, corn (sweet, white) and tomatoes

Homestead Farm
10025 Lomax Road, Faulkner, MD 20632
(301) 934-9004
Hours: Please call.
Products: Melons (cantaloupe, watermelons), peaches (white, yellow), raspberries, strawberries, home décor products (gourds, ornamental squash), beans (snap, string,wax, broccoli, cauliflower, corn (white and yellow), cuccumbers, green aspargus, collards, cress - winter field, kale, lettuce, mustard, turnip greens), okra, peppers, (hot, sweet), potatoes (redskin, white), pumpkins, squash (summer, winter), sweet potatoes (Nancy hall, yellow flesh) and tomatoes (beefsteak and cherry). Offers U Pick 

KeeP em’ Buzzin’ spiary and Honey Bee Farm
5685 Bumpy Oak Road, La Plata, MD 20646
(301)375-6288
lyleandi@yahoo.com
Hours:Mon-Sat 9-7
Products: Honey, candles (beeswax), pollen and pollination.

Locust Grove
9830 N. Ryceville Road, Mechanicsville, MD 20659
Hours: Daylight, no Sundays.
Description: No phone, please stop by for a visit. If interested in meat, a butcher shop is three minutes away and you may deal directly with butcher. Dairy goats and dairy goat products including soap, cheese and milk are available. Eggs are from free range chickens. We also offer an extensive variety of baked goods.
Products:: Baked goods, dairy (goat cheese, milk), eggs, pecans, walnuts and processed goods (jams, jellies, butters, soaps)
Serenity Farms Inc.
6932 Serenity Farm Road, Benedict, MD 20612
Hours: April – mid Dec., Sat. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., farm tours by appointment
Products: Blackberries (PYO), raspberries (PYO), gifts and crafts (walking sticks), field corn, rye, soybeans, hay (alfalfa, fescue), straw, meat (beef, goat, lamb, pork), beans (lima, snap, string, wax), corn, greens (cress – winter field, kale), squash (summer) and tomatoes.
Pick/Cut-your-own farm (blackberries, raspberries, vegetables)

Shlagel Farms 
12850 Shlagel Road, Waldorf, MD 20601
Hours: Visit website
Products: Products: Honey, eggs (brown eggs from non-caged chickens), apples (Gala, Red Delicious), blackberries, blueberries, cherries (sweet, sour), elderberries, melons and more!
Petting farm, Pick/cut-your-own (strawberries in May; pumpkins in October)

Slippery Slope Farm 
10140 Lapworth Place, Charlotte Hall, MD 20622
(301)934-3849
slipperyslopefarm@hotmail.com
Hours: By appointment
Products:: Dairy (goat cheese, yogurts, Kefir), eggs (free range brown, white and green), gifts and crafts (wool products), herbs (medicinal) and processed goods (herbed vinegars, soaps, salves, creams).

Taste of Southern Maryland delivers fresh produce to your doorstep, weekly! All local farmers!