This particular market is a producer only market. If you don't make it with your own hands or grow it yourself, you don't get to sell it at this market. Some of the other area farm markets allow the farmer to buy produce and resell it until their own comes in. Not at this market.
Many of the farmers are Amish and do not allow pictures so I had to stand in the middle and shoot the lane which doesn't give any idea of what's for sale. The only exception is Heather's booth of hand made soaps. When I took pictures there, she bent over and tied her shoes.
Available products today were all the types of veggies and fruits you'd find growing this time of year. There's pillows and jams, breads, berries and cookies. One booth is hand made wooden cutting boards, There's an alpaca farm booth where I bought some alpaca socks for my husband. One person sells pies and one person sells fresh garlic only. Oh, and the wine maker.
I bought my half bushel of green beans for the freezer and a couple of acorn squash. Tomorrow it's clean, snip, blanch and package it up for the freezer. I'm already tired.
Love the pictures ! I wish we had a good farmer's market here. There is supposed to be one every Monday by the old mall, but the times I have gone there have never been more than one or two vendors. I know of one about 30 miles from here in New Smyrna Beach that is open on the weekends. I may have to take a short road trip to see what they have there.
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I wouldn't think a week day would be a good sales day unless they opened late and stayed past time people get out of work. One of the markets in Rome is right near 3 HUD buildings with a ready made customer base among the seniors living there. The Wednesday market never opens until 2 and is open until 8, but both of them are more a flea market type. Too many direct marketers with Avon and purses and things not hand made.
DeleteI like this one best, it's real and has trees for shade on the hot days. LOL
looks like a nice place to enjoy a little produce shopping! :)
ReplyDeleteBy the time I'm done shopping, I won't need to buy veggies or fruits until next spring.
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