Watauga County Farmers' Market

Saturday Morning October 2

Early Morning Apples

Watauga County Farmers' Market will accept food donations on Saturdays for food insecure individuals and families. The Society of St. Andrews will be collecting and distributing the donations to local help organizations. Our farmers have been donating surplus produce for quite some time, and we would like to offer you the opportunity to help as well. You may also donate any extras you may have from your own garden. A cooler will be placed at the manager's stand for any donations.

Vendor of the week: Faith Mountain Farm
The Wilkes family brings the best of kitchen and garden along with the spirit of family and community.

Watauga County Farmers' Market will continue the Saturday morning markets through the entire month of October. We are also getting excited about the holiday market on the Saturdays before and after Thanksgiving from 10 to 2. You can look forward to some great local items including fresh home holiday decorations.

Springhouse Farm will have Black Seeded Simpson lettuce, baby spinach, spicy arugula, Swiss chard, kale, Roma tomatoes, yellow & patty pan squash, tomatillos, basil, green bell & lipstick peppers, green beans, shiitake mushrooms, and fall honey. Alan Souther the recent rains should get the turnips ready for Saturday. Zydeco Moon Organic Farm and Cabins will have a new crop of broccoli, spicy arugula, lettuce, delicata, butternut and acorn squash and heirloom tomatoes.

Faith Mountain Farm will have whole grain breads from freshly ground wheat, a variety of muffins, scones, cookies, and big, fat cinnamon rolls. Fall goldenrod honey will also be available for another week or two. Fog Likely Farm will have lots of broccoli rabb, a tender, very flavorful green that is good cooked or raw, lots of late summer flowers in painted cans, and a good variety of herbs.

Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery will be offering fresh orange holly, lily bulbs, preserved hydrangeas, dried and fresh flowers such as Statice and Globe amaranth for holiday decorations, sweet red Italian peppers and heirloom tomatoes. They will also be taking orders for holiday centerpieces made from their locally grown flowers. Call Susan and Brent at 828-297-4098 to reserve peony tubers and pick them up at the Saturday market.

Pasta Wench has her famous seasonal Great Pumpkin Ravioli along with Gorgonzola with Walnut Cremoso be sure to get them while they last.

The Quilting Biddys will have new quilts, woven baskets, placemats and some holiday quilted products. Mark Murrey will be there this coming weekend with some new pots from a recent wood and soda firing.

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!