Watauga County Farmers' Market

Watauga County Farmers' Market would like to thank everyone who visited the Wednesday market on opening day. We will continue to have a selection of local produce, plants and hand crafts on Wednesday mornings until the middle of September.

Don and Roger Owens use their greenhouses and season extenders to provide ripe produce as early as possible. They will be harvesting all of summer's goodness through the next few weeks. Other growers expect to be harvesting the first of the tomatoes to begin to ripen in the next couple of weeks.

Charles Church will be harvesting broccoli for the market this Saturday. He should also have plenty of onions, and cabbage very soon.

The mountain climate allows for the planting of potted plants and shrubs throughout the growing season, and recent rains have been encouraging for gardeners and landscapers. Chris Teague has a number of garden ready plants for sun or shade that require no watering by humans. Susan Wright of Shady Grove Gardens has a great selection of daylilies coming into bloom, Astilbes, and many other mountain grown perennials.

There are a number of crafters at Watauga County Farmers' Market providing unique items such as Eric Border with his handmade copper cookie cutters and Harmony Acres Soap Company with natural deodorant, lip balm, and natural soap containing various essential oils. You will also find long time vendor Katy Wilson and her Colibri hand crafted jewelry made with semi precious gemstones from around the world.

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 visit http://wcfm.info for more information. We will be there rain or shine!