Thursday 12 February 2015

The North Mountain Market

By the end of May we were selling quite a few tomato plants from our greenhouse and it was time to try a farmers market. We heard about a new market in Harbourville on the Bay of Fundy so we scoped it out and it looked like a perfect fit with the lovely church venue and welcoming atmosphere. With much trepidation we got up just before sunrise, harvested bags of salad greens / spinach, bunches of radishes and filled the truck with loads of plant starts. We turned up to the market feeling really nervous about how the morning would pan out but as soon as we got our table set up there was a constant flow of people and our nerves soon dissipated. Success! From that point on we went to every market till the end of the season. The other vendors and the customers were so friendly and fun that we have to decided to go back for the whole of the 2015 season. We even got invited by a couple of customers to their thanksgiving potluck. Over the course of the season there was live musicians performing, special events for adults / kids, and we made lots of new friends. Now we are busy trying to help the market grow and improve so that it become a permanent fixture in the Harbourville community.