My Town Monday: Fall in Peninsula, Ohio
Fall in Northeast Ohio is a sensory experience; the crisp quality of the air, the colors when the leaves start to change, and then when they explode with color. The smell of the leaves as they fall on the ground, the sound of them as one walks through them. Apples and cider, their beautiful colors and wonderful aromas.
The Village of Peninsula, population 602, is a beautiful place to experience Fall. The Cuyahoga Valley abounds with life, from the trees and flowers, to the animals and insects, to the people who come to drink it all in.
On Saturday mornings, from the end of May to the beginning of October, the Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy sponsors a Farmers’ Market at Heritage Farms. Local vendors bring vegetables and fruit, eggs, flowers, coffee, cheeses and meats, breads and pastries, and a bit of craft. There is always something to taste, and music to enjoy.
The Market is one of the projects of the Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy. The Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy (CVCC) is a private, non-profit corporation, chartered in Ohio, and headquartered in the Cuyahoga Valley between Cleveland and Akron. CVCC is a small think-and-do tank working to re-envision and rebuild local-regional farming and food systems in Northeast Ohio – systems purposefully designed to reconnect food in the public’s mind to farming and land, to community and nature.
Take a look at last Saturday’s Market. We’ll be enjoying potatoes and onions, beans and beets, scones, foccacia, and roasted vegetable and cheese loaf over the next week or so. And if you’re in our neck of the woods, come on over. We’ll have a cup of coffee, stroll through the Village and relax. The Village of Peninsula, gently resisting change since 1832.
On the way to the Market. I didn’t see the tree until I posted the photo.
The red barn houses additional items for sale.
Mums and pumpkins are another sign of Fall in my town.
The Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy provides information about it’s many projects.
The beautiful farmhouse at Heritage Farms is over 100 years old.
The skilled hands of the chef make wonderful things to eat, including foccacia and scones.
Fresh picked corn and apples at the Market.
When I left the Farmers’ Market, I returned to our studio, just in time to see the steam engine roll into the Village. Perfect.
As always, My Town Monday is the product of the imagination of one of Amarillo, Texas’ own, Travis Erwin. Wander on over there and see what Travis and the other MTM clan have to say.
September 29th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
We live in Sagamore Hills and love riding our bikes to Peninsula and then catching the train back. The cost is $2.00 to have a nice train person lift your bike into a special car with hooks so your bike can hang out while you ride in comfort, enjoying the scenery. How good is that?!
September 30th, 2008 at 1:39 am
The Village sounds like just what the doctor ordered!
September 30th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
very cool.
and that sculpture is made from a huge piece of Redwood. very neato
September 30th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Looks like heaven!
September 30th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
I love the shot of the steam engine!
September 30th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
It all looks and sounds like something from a dream. You didn’t mention cheesecake though!
September 30th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
I hope to stop by the market this week-end. If I can’t, the photos and comments offered me a wonderful glimpse into the great town of Peninsula again!
October 1st, 2008 at 1:24 am
Ahh. It looks like The Truman Show — you know, if it was real and everything
I love places like your town.
October 1st, 2008 at 9:45 am
all this and a train too?????
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:37 am
Great post. Sorry I’m just now making it to comment but this has been the week from hell. I’m headed to do a bit of pumpkin shopping Friday.
October 2nd, 2008 at 11:09 am
The bike train is a great idea and has been incredibly popular this year! Thanks for stopping by, P.A.
Barrie, it is a pretty wonderful place.
Josh, the sculpture is pretty cool.
Ah, Cat, it is a slice of heaven
Thanks, David, the sound was wonderful, too.
Eryl, this Saturday is the last day for the market this season. I will definitely look for cheesecake!
Mary—if you’re in town, come by and we’ll have a cup of coffee.
Do I REALLY live in the Truman show, Lisa? Has no one told me?
Yes, Gary, there is a train, too.
We’ve had quite a week, too, Travis. Good to see you.
October 2nd, 2008 at 2:39 pm
With fall colours and the harvest bounty of agricultural goods comes a savouring of the season.
I love locomotive trains. Thanks for posting.
October 17th, 2008 at 9:09 am
I miss the penisula we used to live in the Valley 2 years ago,,, It was so nice to go walking all the trails and the little shops in the penisula so wonderful… the train I lots of pics of the train,…and the Fall colors are the best down there..