Farmers Market - A Difficult Year |
FTLComm - Tisdale - Tuesday, August 6, 2002 |
normally can offer for sale. The prolong spring cold that prevented the gardening from getting a proper start was accompanied by a total lack of rainfall. Rudy said to get his produce ready he resorted to using organic fertilizers which jump started his plants and made it possible for him to have full size zucchini and cucumbers at this time of the year. Other farmers who are usually present at the regular Tuesday morning farmers markets are just not here this year. This table (right) has some fresh new potatoes but the largest ones were the two the vendor has in her hands. She did have some excellent raspberries |