Clayton Harvest Festival

It was amazing to see the number of vendors and people who attended the Clayton Harvest Festival - even with the not so pleasant weather.

 

One of the new things I learned about the area was http://www.gojoco.com/ -- "Live off the Land" -- fits right in with our love of the Clayton Farm and Community Market. T-shirts for men, women, and kids - all sizes and colors.

Had to buy one for myself and my daughter.  My daughter lives in Atlanta, Ga but you can't take the Johnston County out of the girl.

We were going to be out of town next week so didn't buy a lot of fresh items for cooking.  But, we bought some great cheeses to take with us -- a good old-fashioned "hoop" cheese from http://www.701farmmarket.com/ and a goat cheese from http://www.prodigalfarm.com/.  Have some future ideas we will work on for using these two types of cheeses.

With the arrival of fall -- next week we will be buying and looking for things we can make with sweet potatoes. Of course, the traditional sweet potato pie, sweet potato muffins with raisins, and a new item that will be trying is sweet potato dog biscuits -- yes vegetables are good for your pets too!