EAT FRESH
Take advantage of the delicious and healthy harvests from our local farms !
local eats
Prattville / Autauga Farmers Market
332 Doster Rd . • Prattville ( 334 ) 595-0850 Open Saturdays from 7 am - 12 pm June-August only
Millbrook Farmers Market
3199 Main St Village Green Park ( 334 ) 285-6428 Open Thursdays 7am-12pm & occasionally on Saturdays 2pm-5pm
Wetumpka Farmers Market
304 E Coosa St Thursdays , 4 pm -7 pm ( 334 ) 567-5147 Open : May - August only
Ingram ’ s Farmers Market and Garden Center
3740 Magnolia Drive • Millbrook ( 334 ) 517-4682 Open M-F 10 am - 6 pm , Sat 9 am - 5 pm , Sun 1 pm - 5 pm
Barber Berry Farm
2362 Alabama River Pkwy . • Millbrook ( 334 ) 549-4710 www . barberberryfarm . com Open June-Early October
Fruit lovers can pick pesticide-free and thornless blackberries , blueberries , and muscadines . The farm also grows plums , peaches , nectarines , and persimmons .
SOUTHERN
TRANSLATION
As you ’ ve probably already noticed , there ’ s nowhere like the South . Here are a few things you need to know ( or say ) to become a true Southerner .
• “ BLESS YOUR HEART ,” IS NOT ALWAYS A COMPLIMENT — pay attention to the tone .
• WE AREN ’ T USED TO GETTING SNOW AROUND HERE — a few flurries is also known as a “ snowpocalypse .”
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• COLLEGE SPORTS RIVALRIES ARE SERIOUS . Roll Tide or War Eagle — you have to pick one .
• IT ’ S SWEET TEA OR NO TEA .
TALKING TO STRANGERS ISN ’ T WEIRD . It ’ s what we call “ Southern Hospitality .”
SOUTHERN VOCABULARY
Dinner : A mid-day meal Fix : To prepare a meal Fixin ’: Side item Fixin ’ to : About to do something Greens : Collard , turnip , or mustard greens , simmered in pork fat
Grits : Finely ground corn ; cooked and served for breakfast or as a side dish
Meat & Three : Southern restaurant menu item with meat and three side dishes
Supper : An evening meal
Y ’ all : “ You all ”; Used to address a group
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