This Saturday at Watauga County Farmers' Market you will be able to find green tomatoes from AB Farm, also wheatgrass shots, raw spirulina balls, greens, herbs and red wriggler compost worms. Zydeco Moon Farm will have Russian Banana fingerling potatoes, squash, onions, lettuce, beets, blueberries and strawberries.

Shady Grove Gardens will have cut flowers including Dahlias, Pink and Ascari lilies and Alostroemeria. Yokel Farm will have cut sunflowers and also annuals such as Begonias and Vinca.

Wednesday afternoon markets are a great option for those who can not come out on Saturdays. We have been averaging almost 20 vendors on Wednesday with a great selection of produce, garden plants, foods and great hand crafts. There will be no sales allowed before 4PM to give our vendors time to set up properly.

Find us every Saturday morning and on Wednesday afternoons from 4-7 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!

We do hope you enjoy the photo of the beautiful people who rode the farmers' market float last Saturday. We did listen to the parade goers' requests, and will try very hard to have more ripe tomatoes to toss to the crowd next year. We are also open to suggestions for things we can throw at the Christmas parade in downtown Boone. The obvious choice, potatoes, just seems a little harsh.