Watauga County Farmers' Market

Saturday Morning July 3

Wednesday July 7 from 3 - 6PM

Yes Sir these are homegrown tomatoes you betcha.

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.

Vendor of the week: Jason Roehrig
Jason always puts out a very attractive display for Tumbling Shoals Farm. The bright colors only hint at the freshness and great flavor.

We are having a very good selection of fresh produce on Wednesday, stop by for a mid - week fix.

The Wednesday afternoon markets are going strong with plenty of local produce and food. Springhouse farm will be at the Wednesday and Saturday markets with a
variety of produce including summer squash, basil, and green beans. Pasta Wench will be there Wednesday with a special $1.00 off any box of frozen pasta. Saturday she'll have Sweet Potato Gorgonzola Walnut along with Four Sisters Cheese and all of the regular favorites. Don't miss the Gluten Free selections as well as the fresh dried pasta, a quick and easy meal that goes well with any fresh veggies from the market.

On Saturday Zydeco Moon Organic Farm will have colorful heirloom tomatoes such as Cherokee purple, yellow brandy wine and red brandy wine. You will also fine golden zucchini, 8-ball zucchini, patty pan squash, and okra. Roaring Fork Farm will have multicolored free-range eggs, "Candy" carrots and spring onions. Watauga River Farms have broccoli, new green beans, sugar snaps, yellow transparent apples and all kinds of pork.

Name that flower! Apparently it is easy to grow and is available at Pattye Kremer's booth.

Sunshine Cove will offer microgreens, yellow and green patty pan squash and red and golden beets. Goldenrod Farm will bring Pink Tip heirloom beans, spinach, bells of Ireland which is a lasting cutflower and great dried as well, sweet peas and purple and green basil.

Rebecca at Back Yard Bakery will have fresh fruit pies made with local fruit, pecan pies, lemon tarts and tomato pies. Megan Ward and Caleb Crowell of Hold the Heat Raw Food Makery will be selling dehydrated local veggie chips, raw chocolate and gluten free flax crackers. Fire From The Mountain will have the full array of hot sauces, Chipotle salsa and smoked Habanero BBQ sauce all made with hot peppers grown on our Watauga County farm in Zionville. They will likely have plenty of heirloom variety blueberries as well.

Yes you can buy livestock at WCFM! Think chickens and....bunnehs.

This is a great time to look over your home garden and fill any blank spots with waves of color. Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery will provide dwarf Shasta daisy Snowcap, Raspberry Wine bee balm and Summer Sun Echinacea. My Favorite Plants will be offering Hydrangea such as Quick Fire, Little Lamb, All Summer Beauty, Queen of Pearls, and Oakleaf. They will also have butterfly bushes Adonis Blue and Low and Behold which is a new dwarf variety and Sixteen Candles Clethra.

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 for more information. We will be there rain or shine!