Watauga County Farmers' Market

Saturday Morning August 7

Wednesday August 10 from 3 - 6PM

YES we have plenty off sweet corn!

Watauga County Farmers' Market will accept food donations on Saturdays for food insecure individuals and families. The Society of St. Andrews will be collecting and distributing the donations to local help organizations. Our farmers have been donating surplus produce for quite some time, and we would like to offer you the opportunity to help as well. You may also donate any extras you may have from your own garden. A cooler will be placed at the manager's stand for any donations.

During the month of August we will be photographing our customer's market baskets. Afterwards the photos will be shown on the website for voting. The 12 top rated baskets will go into a market calender.

Vendors of the week: The Emmons Family
You will never meet a nicer group of folks than the Emmons Family, all of them inviting you to "Get Smelly"

We are having a very good selection of fresh produce on Wednesday, stop by for a mid - week fix.The Wednesday afternoon markets are from 3 to 6 with plenty of local produce and food. We hope to see you there.

Watauga River Farms will have new pork chops, ribs, sausage, ham and shoulder roasts, good cooking apples, red cabbage, carrots, red, yellow and white onions, basil, purslane, lamb's quarters, spinach, Swiss chard, collards, yellow squash, patty pan squash, green zucchini and green beans. Zydeco Moon Organic Farm will have heirloom tomatoes such as Green Zebra, German Johnson, Cherokee Purple, red and yellow Brandywine, Paul Robeson and Valencias and also have squash and red potatoes.

Faith Mountain Farm will continue to have sourwood honey for at least one more week and will offer a new summer mix honey variety this coming week. They also have sunflowers, shiitake mushrooms, and the usual wholesome baked goods. Caleb Crowell & Megan Ward of Hold the Heat Raw Food Makery will have veggie chips made from locally grown vegetables, gluten and wheat free chips, cookies, and granola. There will be free samples so come by and taste before you buy.

J, Lindy and Allen will have blueberry plants, Native azalea and rhododendron plants, all field or landscape ready. Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery will have plenty of fragrant Oriental lilies and dahlias as cut flowers. Ask Susan or Brent and they will make up a big beautiful bouquet while you wait.

The Wednesday markets will be held on Wednesday afternoons for the 2010 season. The hours have been moved up to 3 - 6 PM every week through September. The market is having great success on EBT acceptance, you can call 1-828-355-4918 for more information on using EBT at the market.

Find us at the Horn in the West in Boone, turn next to First Citizens Bank on Highway 105 Extension and go to the top of the hill. Call WCFM manager Karen Bauman at 1-828-355-4918 or visit our website at http://wcfm.info for more information. We will be there rain or shine!