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Last Market, Last Farmer Feature, End of Season Dinner!


This post expired on October 25, 2023.

Last Outdoor market of the year, 9-noon Saturday!
Rogue Harbor Farm reports that despite the chilly weather, they’ll have lots of lettuce and some green tomatoes. We expect plenty of vendors with a bounty of other fall produce: pumpkins, winter squash, winter greens, microgreens, peppers, sweet potatoes, potatoes along with farm-fresh staples such as eggs, meats, chicken, goat cheese, breads…AND….

We invite you to celebrate the end of the season with us in three ways:

  • Get active: Hula hooping at the market tomorrow! Faith Mahoney plans to bring her large assortment of hula hoops to share for anyone and everyone to keep warm and hoop to the music!
  • Get costumed: Preview your Halloween Costumes at the market! If you dare to dress up, at 10am we’ll award some creativity/participation prizes to the best-costumed vendor, volunteer, customer,board member, etc. Vendors, we’ll come around to look for costumes…everyone else, check in at the info booth at 10!
  • Get Fed: Come to the market Potluck! On Tuesday, Oct 29th all of our market community is invited to our end-of-season potluck dinner. Held at the Visitors Center: Doors open 5:30, dinner at 6, presentation on this year’s market and next year’s plans at 7pm. Bring a dish to share!

Music tomorrow: The Blue Ridge Entertainers Coleman Akin and Kris Truelsen play old time country music and blues.

Crafters for tomorrow:

  • Ginny Wall, “All Nature Sings”—our featured farmer this week!
  • Diane Thompson “Mt Riga Baskets”
  • Patrick Linkous, repurposed creations
  • “Momma Chappell’s herb & art”
  • Grizzwood
  • Tim Roberts Pottery

This week’s featured farmer is
All Nature Sings
Read about Ginny’s journey from artist to gardener to soapmaker…here: www.jfmvendors.blogspot.com



See you tomorrow!
9am-noon
Courthouse Square