Yesterday morning we went to the Piedmont Triad Farmer's Market. It's about 15 minutes away. It's a pretty big farmer's market and it's become very popular. Unfortunately this means that prices are pretty high. I don't go very often because of that.There are all sorts of venders... fruit/veggies, handmade pottery, flowers, baked goods, honey, soap.... just about anything handmade or homegrown you could imagine.
So, armed with a wagon and couple dollars, we walked around searching for deals.
Look at these tomatoes! This vender had every color of the rainbow! I had never heard of most of the varieties. I wish I had taken more pictures. Click on the picture to see the larger picture.
Jon took this picture of me as I was unwrapping a homemade molasses cookie for the kiddos.
Here's our loot. I bought a dozen ears of corn, 3 pounds of potatoes, 1 gallon of blueberries, and 1/2 bushel of peaches. We ate the potatoes and corn for dinner last night... yum! The blueberries are in the freezer to be used in baked goods and smoothies this winter.
Here are the peaches. I have them lined up on our half-wall in the kitchen waiting for them to ripen a bit more. As they ripen they'll either be eaten as is, go into a cobbler, or made into jam... more on that later.This afternoon I'm going to go back to the Farmer's Market just before closing to see if I can get some better deals since farmer's won't want to haul their produce back home. I'll let you know how it goes.
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That looks like a respectable farmers market. So many of them are just glorified craft fairs with little farm produce to be found. That is a nice picture of you! I avoid camera's so one rarely get's a glimpse of what I look like other than my hands occassionally in a photo showing me doing something. LOL!
Hope you found more bargains on your return trip.
It's so nice seeing pictures of you, Jon, and the kids. Did you end up getting any deals yesterday afternoon?
I actually didn't end up going back yesterday afternoon. We had an issue with one of our kitchen outlets. I had smelled this burning plastic smell and thought it was the microwave... long story short- It was the outlet and Mark came over to save the day! He replaced the outlet for us.
Maybe I'll try to bargain shop again next weekend.
Mark was so happy he could fix it! He's the best....yep, yep! Lovely produce Becky! Invite me over for peach crisp! he he Love you, Momma
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