Watauga County Farmers' Market

The market enjoyed another great Saturday with only a little wind and chill. The harsh turn the weather has taken did bring some needed rain to the crops. Shoppers can expect to find an abundance of lettuce, spinach, spring onions, asparagus, and new potatoes. The freshness of spring greens of spring greens harvested just hours before is a treat you don't want to miss.

Watauga County Farmers' Market is also a great place to find vegetable, herb and flowering plants that have been carefully tended to by the grower and already acclimated to Boone weather. Don and Roger Owens will bring more of their garden ready plants including three types of thyme, three types of oregano, four different sages, and three types of basil. Roger and Don will also have dill, chives, cucumber and squash plants, and plenty of heirloom tomato starts.

Ryan Abrams has plenty of dill, basil and cilantro plants, and he also has sunflowers, all different types of morning glories, lemon balm, and four types of mint. Erik Selvey offers many unusual varieties of perennial plants along with popular favorites such as ferns, yellow Coreopsis, and blue Hostas.

Don't forget to stock up on everyone's favorite hot sauce, salsa and BBQ sauce from Fire From the Mountain, all made with Dorene Jankowski's apple wood smoked peppers.

Find us Saturday mornings 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 send an email.We will be there rain or shine!