To Market We Go!!

Rich would probably yell at me for using this picture, because his maters are dirty! But I think it is cool!

We had enough last night to make it worth the trip to go to Farmers Market.

With not quite 90 poounds of maters and a arm load of cucumbers, we arrived at 4 and sold out and were back home by 5:30!

Market rules have changed a little bit I guess.

By the time Rich got home at a quarter to 2 and we got everything wiped down (maters get buffed a bit so they are nice and shiney) loaded up the table, the maters, and ourselves, then had to run to the bank and get change for the cash box, it was about a quarter to four when we got there.

Most of the others were already there except the market boss.

We pulled in and started unloading, and it seemed almost instantly we had people standing there waiting for us to get ready.

The market boss pulled in beside us and started unloading.

We finished setting up, and people started grabbing bags and filling them. The boss sets the prices, so I asked him what we were allowed to charge, he told me, then added "but you can't sell yet, it isn't 4".

So, we had to stand there with our hands in our pockets for about five minutes.

Our customers kept looking up the way and saying really loud so the boss could hear them...look those people up there are selling!

But we waited and waited, and finally the boss yelled "Market's Open", and I swear we were the only ones not taking money before that. But anyway, we wiped out about 70 pounds of tomatoes and all the cukes in the first 20 minutes.

Rich added yellow tomatoes to his crop this year. We only had maybe 20 or so of those, and they sold out so quick it made our heads swim. No doubt they'll be on the growing list from now on!

We got down to about 12 maters left and I was thinking we were doomed, because usually that last little handful is like pulling teeth to get them sold. It's a matter of people like choice and when you get down to that few they don't have much of a choice. But then out of the blue this gal walked up and she said "I want everything you've got left here"!

So, we sold out, packed up, and came home Wooowhooooo!!

We love farmers market. It is a great opportunity to see people and visit and make some pretty good bucks all at the same time!!