As Brit and her family are at my place for a week, I am staying with Nicola and Dave. We have a list of chores for the weekend but also Nic and I wanted to go to the St Jacobs farmers market.
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| First chore was to pick up 4 cement blocks ($1 each, found on kijiji) and the guy selling them threw in a pair of pillars for free. I couldn't resist. I hope Rick and Karen, who have an antique stall, can use them otherwise I may be creating Pompeii at the beach. |
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| The market was packed, we had to park over at the outlet mall which, of course, resulted in some shopping. |
The video above is for Heather as she used to step-dance.
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| Huge, delicious looking, sticky buns. At a different stall Nic was able to get gluten free butter tarts and a strawberry pie. |
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| The lady at the honey stall was lovely and we tried all five varieties, both of us decide that the Buckwheat honey was our favorite and each bought a jar. |
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| There is so much in season now it was a great time to go. |
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| We couldn't resist the rainbow of peppers and bought a basket. I have never seen purple ones before. |
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| We drove down to the village of St Jacobs for lunch, where it was much less crowded. |
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| Flower box on the bridge. Both Nic and I loved the variegated succulent (heart leaf iceplant) but looking it up now I find that it is not grow-able, as a perennial, in this zone. |
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| We watched a woman making brooms. She said they were made from corn tassles. A type of corn plant that doesn't grow cobs of corn, which they import from South Carolina as the growing season is not long enough here. |
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| An extensive pottery store |
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| in an old silo. |
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| We ended our trip with a visit to the Re Store in Guelph where Nicola picked up some garden decor. |
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| Lots of fresh veggies for our meals; eggplant, zucchini, peppers and kohlrabi (not sure what to do with that yet) |
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