There's a limping little Farmer's Market in our town. Nothing ever gets properly publicized so it will likely never grow. Despite this, I try to purchase goodies and produce when I can.
* We have "Bob the Bee Man." He sells some of the most fragrant, pure honey I've ever experienced. I used to use it to make my baklava for our restaurant. He also makes beeswax candles and thinks the sun rises and sets on my kid's head.
* We have "Penny the fruit lady" who grows beautiful eating cherries and pie cherries. I bunches of them, they were incredible. She also grows the most immaculate apricots, the pits just fall out after the fruit is split. And the plums, God. The plums were so tart your mouth went inside out, but combine them with sugar for jam and it was extremely robust.
* We have "Marilyn the pottery lady" who makes the most beautiful functional pottery. We have a custom made starter crock in our fridge and she made dog bowls (food and water) for us. She also gave us a business card holder to hang on our wall.
* We have "Mac the pie lady" who also is the president of the Chamber of Commerce. Mac was always the first to sell out of her little fruit pies, brownies, herb bunches, cookies, and other goodies. She organized the Farmer's Market, amongst other things, trying to put this town on the map. I guess I should mention, this dynamo is 81 years old.
