Farmers Market

If you checked the weather forecast hourly starting Friday afternoon and again as you poured your morning coffee, you'd never plan any outside activities lately.  We're in a soupy pattern, more like what we experienced when first moving to Florida, where each afternoon we were greeted by thunderstorms that cooled the air and moved on.  I decided to take a gamble on the 40% chance of storms by 1 pm and set up my crafts anyway.  We left the house a few minutes after 8 which the earliest time yet.  A few customers were already wandering around at 8:30 watching vendors display their plants, produce, and crafts.  The Farmers Market hours are advertised 10 -2, but most are set up by 9.  Before I became a vendor, I arrived by 9:30 to buy fresh produce, free-range chicken, and fresh free-range eggs.  Certain vendors sell out quickly.  Right now there are plenty of locally grown herbs, butterfly and hummingbird attracting plants, and other transplants available.

Last week two people asked if I had any plastic bag dispensers.  I don't use them and didn't think they would sell so never made any.  I just shove my plastic Walmart and Ingles bags in another bag and store them under the sink.  After those requests, I dragged out some scraps of cloth and whipped up a bunch for this Saturday.  Sold all but two.  Next Saturday is our Art Festival which is posted on the BlueRidgeHighlander.com site so we should see a good crowd. 

We'll be setting up early and staying til 4 pm.  So lots of fabric and thread will be flying out in the sewing room all this week. The rain held off until about  a half-hour after we arrived home and we had a really good day.