Stories of How WholeyOats Customers Eat Their Granola

As many of you know, WholeyOats is a vendor at a couple of local Farmer's Markets and is sold at a few of the really special farm market stores in the Hudson Valley area.  I hear lots of great stories about how people eat my granola and granola bars.  I decided I could no longer keep this to myself because I heard a couple things last week and I thought, wow I have to share these.

One WholeyOats regular customer informed me of his experimentation with my Blueberry Almond Granola Bars.  He told me he puts peanut butter on one side and jelly on the other, hmmm I thought that's cool.  One woman who regularly purchases my Chocolate Coconut Almond Bars said she spreads greek yogurt on hers.  Then there's this lady who purchases the Dried Cherries & Chocolate Granola quite often who said she pours it into a bowl and eats it with milk, oh yummilicious is all I had to say to that!   Frozen vanilla yogurt or vanilla ice cream is awesome paired with this granola as well.  I have also been told on many occasion, that the bag quite often is empty by the time it gets home, ha.

If you are a WholeyOats regular and have an interesting story about how you eat my granola and granola bars, please email or facebook me and let me know.  I love sharing these stories.

Thankfully the sun is shining today and it looks like we are in for some truly beautiful, fall weather.   Today I will be at the Amenia Farmer's Market from 3:00-7:00.  Tomorrow my boys Daniel & Gregory will be at the Millerton Farmer's Market from 9:00-1:00, which should be a great day because the Joint Chiefs are playing, one of my local favorite bands .   I/WholeyOats will be attending the 35th Annual Apple Festival on Huguenot Street in New Paltz, NY.  The Festival hours are from 10:00-4:00.  I am looking forward to a really fun day there and meeting lots of new people.

Happy Friday to all.....
Pattie

The Perfect Granola, Really!!

I received a wonderful call yesterday from a WholeyOats customer named Karen.  She called me and said "For years I have been looking for the perfect granola.  I was shopping at the Berry Farm in Chatham, New York and saw your product and thought to myself...I think I will try the WholeyOats Maple Nut Granola".  Karen said,  "Not only does it have the right crunch, it was not too sweet and had the best ingredients".   That is music to my ears.  Creating that kind of product for people to enjoy is my number one goal.

Karen lives in the City so she is ordering lots more from me so she can enjoy it year round.  Thank you Karen!

Heading down to Bedford Hills today to meet with the owner of The Table.  Another wonderful little market which offers all local, farm produced foods for the community to enjoy.  K.I.S.S. - Keep It Simple & Seasonal is one of their mottos.  Wish me luck, could be another spot for WholeyOats.

And then there is this weather....boohoo, I know it's all we can talk about.   There are so many fun things going on in the upcoming weeks that I ask myself how will I get out and enjoy all there is to offer in this beautiful neck of the woods if mother nature keeps dumping all of this rain upon us?   Getting a pair of decent rain shoes would help.  I used to have a pair of Duck Shoes, getting a pair of those is the first order of business.  I will don my raincoat and be good to go.

The thought of missing out on the Garlic Festival in Saugerties or the Apple Festival in Warwick, as well as the Farmer's Markets, no can do......I am going to pretend it is sunny and head out and enjoy.

It's all about attitude, I truly believe that.   With that said, I know all of you are going to put on your raincoats and rainboots, head out this weekend and enjoy Fall!

Best to you,
Pattie

Fantastic Baking Weather Has Arrived

Ok, so has this been the most bizarre year of weather that anyone can remember?????  I believe everyone is calling it the year of extremes.....so true.  One day it's 85 and humid - the next we wake up to temps in the 30's here in Wingdale with the down blanket drawn to our chins trying to keep warm and cozy, WOW.

But hey that's Mother Nature for ya, nothing we can do about it, just enjoy each day and what it brings or what you decide to bring to it.

Absolutely, positively this is great baking weather.  I can tell you everything just comes together better in cool, dry weather...not to mention what a better mood I am in when I can work in such pleasant conditions.  I am pretty sure that can be said for most of us who either work from our homes or outside on our farms, this is ideal.  It makes me happy to see the sun shining and the leaves turning, it is simply glorious.

This morning I am driving up to the Berry Farm in Chatham, New York to deliver a freshly baked batch of granola and granola bars.  It is a beautiful drive up that way, but will be even more so when the leaves begin to change.  The landscape is breathtaking.

So here we are, it is Friday once again which means Farmer's Market weekend has begun.  Come visit us today at Amenia from 3:00-7:00 - we will be set up in the parking lot of the Amenia Town Hall.  You can't miss our tents set up right along Rte. 22.   Tomorrow I will be up at the Millerton Farmer's Market from 9:00-1:00.  Come out early, grab a cup of hot chocolate, listen to the music and chat with your favorite granola baker (that's me, LOL)....you all know how much I love to talk with you.

Happy weekend to all, enjoy
Pattie

The Unofficial End to Summer, Can't Be......

While driving home last night from a few days rest on the Cape, I was thinking about the summer, the memories we created and wondering how did it get to be that Labor Weekend is upon us which also means the beginning of another school year is around the corner....wow!  As I have grown older, the one thing I know for sure is that time keeps going by faster (at least that's how it feels....no way did time go by this fast while sitting in an extremely boring Trig class in high school).

I have always loved the month September, in fact this is my favorite time of year.  My family and I go pick apples, Macoun's and Granny Smith's are our favorites, several times between mid-September and October.  The colors of autumn, the clear air and the cool nights are all things wonderful to me.  This year also brings something new, college open houses.  Yes, my oldest child is embarking on his senior year of high school and will be off to college next year.   How in the world did that happen so fast?  Just yesterday, he was 3 years old, taking 3 hour naps every afternoon and calling me "mama".

So this morning as I am baking granola for all of the loyal WholeyOats customers out there, I am doing so with happiness, a little bit of melancholy, and a whole lot of spunk because life is good and after all this is September when one can "turn over a new leaf" and start anew.

Hopefully this beautiful weather will bring you out of doors and encourage you to stop by the Amenia Farmer's Market today from 3:00-7:00 or tomorrow morning come on up to Millerton from 9:00-1:00, I will be there, I hope you will be too.

Enjoy,
Pattie