County Bounty

10/24/2026

🧄 GROWING GARLIC IN ESSEX COUNTY: WHY PLANT IN THE FALL? 🌱

Did you know that garlic is planted in the fall for a summer harvest the following year?

Here in Essex County, October is an ideal time to plant garlic. Here’s why!

🌱 Root development: Garlic cloves establish roots before the ground freezes, helping them get off to a strong start in spring.

❄️ Winter is important: Garlic needs a period of cold temperatures to properly develop bulbs. This process is called vernalization.

☀️ Spring growth: As the weather warms, the garlic sends up green shoots and begins developing its bulbs beneath the soil.

🧄 Summer harvest: Depending on the variety and growing conditions, garlic is generally ready to harvest in July.

A few planting tips for local gardeners:

* Choose a sunny spot with well-drained soil.
* Separate the bulb into individual cloves just before planting.
* Plant each clove pointy end up, about 2–3 inches deep, with 4–6 inches between cloves.
* Add a layer of straw mulch to help protect the soil through winter.

I’ve just planted your County Bounty garlic for the summer 2027 harvest! Now we wait for nature to do its thing. 🌱

Have you tried growing your own garlic? It’s a rewarding crop to grow, and nothing beats harvesting your own!

10/20/2026

Great interview with Katrina Wagner.

10/12/2026

🍁 HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM COUNTY BOUNTY!

As we reflect on another wonderful summer, our hearts are full of gratitude.

Behind every successful season are countless helping hands — our local farmers and their teams, our dedicated staff, our generous property owner, and the wonderful customers who support us year after year.

County Bounty is so much more than a farmers market. It’s a community of people coming together, and we are truly thankful to be part of it.

From our County Bounty family to yours, wishing you a beautiful Thanksgiving filled with love, laughter, and the blessings of the harvest.

Thank you kindly for being part of our story. 🍁

10/11/2026

🍁 HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM COUNTY BOUNTY!

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to reflect on just how many people help make County Bounty what it is.

From our generous property owner at 6150 Malden Road, to our hardworking local farmers and their teams, our incredible County Bounty staff, and of course, our wonderful customers — we are so very thankful.

There are so many moving parts, so many helping hands, and so much hard work behind the scenes. Every person plays a part in bringing County Bounty to life each summer.

It truly takes a community, and what a wonderful community we have!

Wishing you and your families a beautiful Thanksgiving filled with love, gratitude, and good food.

Thank you kindly, from all of us at County Bounty. 🍁

09/15/2026

❤️ KEEP THE LOCAL LOVE GOING!

County Bounty may be closed for the season, but many of the wonderful farmers and businesses who supplied our market are still open — and they would love your continued support!

🍓 Open until Thanksgiving:
Raymont’s Berries
Dave & Anna’s Farm

🍎 Open year-round:
Iron Kettle
Wagner’s Orchards
Whaley’s
Sun Parlor Honey

These hardworking local farmers and businesses are a big part of what makes County Bounty possible each summer.

So this fall and winter, go drive the County on your own! Take a country drive, visit our suppliers, shop local and continue supporting the wonderful people who grow and make the food we all enjoy.

This time, YOU drive the County — and still get the Bounty! ❤️

09/15/2026

GOODBYE, 2026 ❤️

What a wonderful season it has been!

To all of our LaSalle and beyond market friends thank you for shopping local, supporting our Essex County farmers, and making County Bounty part of your summer.

We wish you all a safe and happy winter. Stay well, eat well, and know that you will truly be missed.

As we pack up the market for the final time, we leave with full hearts and so many wonderful memories.

It’s never easy to say goodbye to the people who make each season so special. We’ll miss your familiar faces, your smiles, your stories, and the little moments we’ve shared along the way. Until the market opens again and we’re together next summer, take good care of yourselves and each other. ❤️

Thank you kindly,
The County Bounty Team

09/13/2026

❤️ THANK YOU, MARKET FRIENDS!

As our 2026 season comes to a close, we want to take a moment to simply say thank you.

Thank you for shopping local, supporting our Essex County farmers and their hardworking teams, and choosing County Bounty to bring a little bit of the county to your table.

To our longtime customers who return year after year, and to all the new faces who joined our County Bounty family this summer — thank you. Every visit, every kind word, every laugh and every bag of fresh local produce you carried home helped make this season so special.

2026 has been a great season.

As we head into winter, be safe, be happy, be well — and eat well!

And perhaps we can all put in a good word with Mother Nature for no late spring frost in 2027, so our farmers can have the abundant season they deserve. ❤️

With road construction coming our way, we aren’t quite sure yet where you’ll find County Bounty next season — but we look forward to seeing you somewhere in the new year!

Be sure to follow County Bounty on Facebook over the winter. That’s where we’ll share our 2027 updates, including where our new market location will be. (We will be taking a social media break for the fall.)

Until then, thank you for supporting local and for being such an important part of County Bounty.

With heartfelt thanks,
Tracy & the County Bounty Team

We drive the County, you get the Bounty!

09/12/2026

09/11/2026

🌸 A LITTLE GIFT THAT GROWS 🌸

Tomorrow, the first 25 kids to visit County Bounty will receive a special little gift as we celebrate our final market day.

But we hope the greatest gift we gave our County Bounty kids this summer was their little vase—and the chance to choose a free flower every time they came to visit. 💐

Our hope was to plant a tiny seed: a love of flowers, gardening and watching beautiful things grow.

Who knows… maybe in a few years, LaSalle will be filled with a whole new generation of gardeners—and we’ll know where some of those little seeds were planted. ❤️🌱

Thank you to all our County Bounty kids for making the market extra special this summer.