As the weather warms after this cold cold spring, we start to see a much wider variety of produce. New this week are Sugar Snaps. Find them at Meadow Maid Foods. I like them best raw with a Ranch Dressing Dip, but they are also excellent in a Stir Fry !

This is National Pollinator Week. Not just Birds and Bees, but also Bats, Butterflies and Beetles ! Remember, if you want butterflies, you have to let their caterpillars live !

Returning this week is Marni's Vital Cultured Foods, Anija's Mustards, My Daddy's BBQ Sauce, Blue Ribbon BBQ, & Cocoa Camelia . New this week is Rikki's Tropical Plants, Air plants displayed in attractive glass globes.

Absent this week is Loco Bueno.

A freebie for our customers is magnetized grocery lists, perfect for putting on your refrigerator and jotting notes. Look for them at the manager's booth.

We offer market tokens for those customers wishing to use credit or debit cards. We also honor EBT and SNAP cards .

Hazel Dell Mushrooms were at the market last week. We expect them all summer. Organic Crimini, Oyster and Shiitakes ! You can also find high quality Bella SolOils and Balsamic Vinegars at that booth.

There have been tweaks to the Senate Bill 12-048 in the last year. The BIG one being that people who produce less that 250 dozen eggs per month actually are exempt from the Egg Law. I hope to see more eggs at the markets now! Here is a candid of my Wellsummer Rooster with some of his girls. He originally came from the Old Feed Store in Laporte.

Hope to see you all Saturday !

Sincerely, Nan Zimmerman

Verena Booth brings her honey down from southern Wyoming ( Cheyenne ). Here is a photo of her from last Saturday's WINDY day ! She and her husband have been producing raw honey for over 33 years. Don't look for spreads bulked up with high fructose corn syrup .... just PURE HONEY ! And Beeswax ! And sometimes Honey in the Comb !

Sometimes her daughter joins and brings a nice selection of handmade jewelry and crocheted/knitted items.

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