Watauga County Farmers' Market

The long wait for fresh local sweet corn is over. Jerry Harvey is among the vendors who will have a good supply of corn this Saturday in both yellow and white varieties. Jerry hopes to have more blueberries this weekend, and will be harvesting watermelon soon. Jerry will have plenty of Better Boy, Big Boy and Early Girl tomatoes. Reba Greene will also have a wide variety of tomatoes to choose from, including Giant Beefsteak, Mr. Stripey, and Pink Girl. Reba will also be harvesting okra for the market.

Don and Roger Owens are the ones to see if you are looking for a certain variety of pepper. They will be harvesting Cayennes, Jalapenos, Poblanos, both sweet and hot banana peppers, and some great tasting red bells. Next door, Sue Thomas will have spinach and looseleaf lettuce, sweet carrots, kale, white potatoes and vine ripened red tomatoes.

Mildred Green planted an assortment of eggplant seeds this spring and now has fruits in a number of sizes and shapes including long Japanese eggplants and some others that are almost perfectly round. Mildred and Gene will also have crowder peas this Saturday along with some okra. Be sure to congratulate them for submitting the prettiest tomato for our contest last week.

VJ and Jon Bost of Grandfather Mountain Apple Orchard are starting to pick the early apples. Varieties for this weekend may include Wolf River and Lodi. Jon and VJ also expect to have blueberries for a couple more weeks. David Sengel and Susie Winters of Fog Likely Farm have some great looking Fingerling potatoes and will be offering bright summer yard flowers in cans and lots of cut sunflowers.

Jason Brooks has plenty of ground beef, roasts and steaks every weekend all from grass fed beef.

Alicia Breton has a large selection of potted Hydrangeas including 'Pinkie Winkie', 'Pink Diamond' and 'Limelight'. Alicia also has a great assortment of Spireas and Oh So Easy 'Paprika" no-spray roses.

Bobbie Rudisill has preserved the beauty of summer with framed and pressed flowers from her own garden. Many of the arrangements feature native North Carolina flowers.

Watauga County Farmers' Market will be open on Wednesday mornings through September 10 at the same location as on Saturday mornings, 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 send an email for more information. We will be there rain or shine!