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Two
new produce vendors will join the group
in the South White parking lot for
Saturday’s Wake Forest Farmers’ Market,
several vendors will be offering green
beans, Shiloh Farms is sending
free-range organic eggs, and Terri
Wilkinson will have blueberry pies.
If you want the best of the
produce – and if you want to get some of
the pies – you had better come early.
The market begins at 8 a.m. and ends at
noon. Predicted hot weather makes an
early trip a good option too.
“Mostly it is just fun to
come and feast your eyes and ears on the
sights and sounds,” Wilkinson, a market
organizer, said.
Last week’s celebration of
children drew a steady stream of parents
and children for the free ice cream,
balloons and chalk-painting.
Local Master Gardener
Volunteers are at the market each week
to answer questions about gardens and
plants.
The vendors at the weekly
market offer locally grown produce,
meats, poultry and cheese along with
flowers and plants, baked goods, crafts,
jellies, soaps, candles, lotions,
sauces, pottery and garden art.
Look for these vendors who
are happy to share their wares and
goods:
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Cedar Rock Farms: shitakes,
vegetables, eggs, chickens and
pheasants.
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Blessed Be Soaps: aromatherapy
soaps, candles, lotions and more.
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The Flour Garden: breads, pies,
pastries from organic locally milled
flours and grains.
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Whetstone Homegrown Farm: specialty
plants and trees, vegetables and
fruits
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Homestead Farms: fresh cut flowers.
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Greenhill Farm: spring vegetables,
baked goods and farm crafts.
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Chef Thom: specialty sauces and The
Perfect Butt.
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Flying Pig Farm: fresh cut flowers,
several varieties of garlic, garlic
butters and spreads.
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Betty’s Bloomers: heirloom
vegetables, plants and flowers
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Triple B Farm: pasture-raised pork,
beef, poultry and eggs.
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Redman Pottery: beautiful locally
made pottery.
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Robin’s Nest: home, garden and lawn
sculptures.
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Sleepy Goat Farm, artisan goat
cheese (chèvre
and hard cheeses).
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Rocky Ridge Farm: vegetables,
berries, grapes and more.
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Wild Onion Farm: vegetables, eggs
and more
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John Buettner: specialty plants,
tropical plants, flowers and
vegetables.
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Jeffrey’s Strawberry Patch.
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Blueberry Hill: fresh blueberries
and vegetables
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Capritopia Farm: vegetables
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Lovejoy Pottery: beautiful handmade
pottery.
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Melvin’s Gardens: herbs and plants
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McCallisters: gourd art, herbs,
garden-related gifts and artwork.
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Meadowbright Farm: vegetables, eggs,
flowers and more, catnip cat toys
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Powell Roper and Victoria Pender:
heirloom tomatoes and many more
vegetables.
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William Lord: honey.
To find out more, go to
http://www.wakeforestmarket.org. |
