On October 1 at 3pm, Howe will feature a farmers market located on the property of Salvage Junky at 200 S. Denny St. The market will take place every other Thursday in the beginning unless demand requires for more days.
Wesson Farms and Salvage Junky have committed to work together through this fall. Time will tell if the partnership continues in 2016. “This growing season is just a couple of months.” said Salvage Junky owner Debbie Wallis.
“They’re in it full-time and they say that all day doesn’t really pay off so they wanted to do it from 3pm to 6pm. I figure we can test the market that way and hope it does good.”
Wesson Farms is part of a co-op of local farmers that follow the same growing practices. They say this allows them to offer a wider variety of quality, locally grown produce for their customers to enjoy.
Wesson’s products include a vast variety of fresh vegetables and fruits, as well as pickles, honey, pecans and more. They offer a full line of bath and skincare products that include soaps, lotions, bath balms, scrubs but no word whether those products will be available in Howe.
“They have this one truck called the veggie truck and I hope they bring that.” said Wallis. “I can’t wait to see them when they come out.”
In conjunction to the farmers market, Wallis says that Udderly Rustic will be on-site as well with their soaps that are made with raw milk from their own goat herds. Their soaps are rustic and incorporate a little color to the natural beauty of the goats milk.
Also at Salvage Junky during those hours will be Mama Suzy’s Sweets and Eats. Mama Suzy will bring her breads, pies and lots of sweet treats on the days of the farmers market.
Wallis also said that she will be holding a pumpkin patch during the month of October at her location. 500 pumpkins are on their way to her location and she will begin sales of those on October 6.
“We’ll have to unload the truck and get them all set up.” said Wallis. “What I’m hoping for is sales for pumpkins and to set up a picture prop to have family pictures made. Everyone loves to have their pictures made with pumpkins. I’m going to invite the preschool and the daycare to come over for a field trip.”
Wallis says that he hopes the community takes to the farmers market because of the need of fresh produce in Howe. Without a grocery store, she thinks it will be very popular.
“I told them that there was no competition.” said Wallis. “If people will support them, they’ll probably be back for the spring.”
Typically, farmers markets are a seasonal business starting around May and ending in October or November.
“If smaller vendors want to get involved and want to be involved every Thursday, we’ll be open for that.” said Wallis.
