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<center>***Last Saturday we went to the Kalispell, Montana Farmer's Market which is a two hour drive for us and we were rewarded for the time invested. It was an amazing interactive experience with incredible vendors!***</center>
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<center>***The photo above is Purple Broccoli which Farmer Pete was looking at in his favorite Territorial Seed Catalog this spring but decided to pass on trying it out this season. After seeing it in person we are definitely adding it to our homesteading garden next year!***</center>
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<center>***The first stand we went to was local sourced ingredients for Farm Fresh Salsa. It was so cool because they had samples available ranging from Mild to the Hottest Peppers in the World. I thought the Ghost Pepper was the hottest available but now there are two peppers that are even spicier!***</center>
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<center>***Reaper Peppers!!***
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<center>***I did try the sample and lived to write about it! But in the end I took home the Ghost Pepper Salsa which we enjoyed on our tacos this week. Yum.***</center>
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<center>***This delicious  Handcrafted Salsa made with local produce from the Flathead Valley in Montana is available online from Blaine Mountain Salsa with six options from Mild, Medium, Habanero Hot, Ghost Pepper, Scorpion, and Reaper.***</center>
<center>http://www.blainemountainsalsa.com/</center>
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<center>***The next vendor we visited had a long line of people forming and we soon found out why! They were also giving out samples; this time it was Artisanal Gouda Cheese. Flathead Lake Cheese has 9 different varieties of aged Gouda Cheese. They all have whimsical names with intriguing flavors. The one I had to try was the Galiki Gouda with the nickname of "Vampire Cheese".  As I love garlic that was my first sample and it was scrumptious. But in the end we went with Wisp o’ Smoke Doorstop Gouda because of its rich smokey flavor.***</center>
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<center>***Fun Varieties of Cheeses Available at The Flathead Cheese Company:***</center> 
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<center>http://flatheadlakecheese.com/natural-cheese-we-make/</center>
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<center>***And Finally the Mind-Blowing Garlic Growing Hack another Vendor shared with us! She had these garlic scapes for sale and I had never seen them before so I was asking all about them. And she was so sweet to share with me this wonderful garlic growing hack and gave me some of the garlic scapes free!***</center>
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<center>Garlic Scapes</center>
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<center>"Garlic scapes are the flower bud of the garlic plant. The bud is removed in late June to encourage the bulbs to thicken up. Scapes make a fabulous addition to a flower bouquet, and they are delicious to eat! Scapes taste just like garlic. They can be used in exactly the same way as garlic in any recipe."</center> 
<center>Source:  https://cedarcirclefarm.org/tips/entry/garlic-scapes</center>
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<center>***I chopped up some of the garlic scapes and added them to the Tacos along with the above mentioned Salsa. The Tacos were to die for with the garlic pieces that looked like chopped chives but were definitely garlic top with Hot Spicy Farm Crafted Salsa!***</center>
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<center>***And we are so excited to try the garlic growing hack next year by cutting off the scapes so the garlic bulbs should double in size. Farmer Pete grew garlic this year for the first time and his garlic was decent sized without the hack so we can't wait to see next years crop!***</center>
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<center>***That was our amazing Kalispell Farmer's Market Experience!***</center>
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