Dawn Troutner

A very large crowd was at the Toledo Farmers Market this holiday evening. The whistle blew at 5 pm and sixteen vendors were ready to sell. Kristi had her table full of bakery and red raspberries, this week she added rye bread. Kristi also had a couple of cute little visitors, her grand babies. Caryn was set up to make some of her popcorn and cotton candy. It sure smelled yummy. Darold had his table ready with cabbage, potatoes, green and yellow beans. Shirley, Michael, and Freddie had their yummy Czech bakery. This week she also made some zelnicky. Ginger and Chuck had their tables full. New items this week was gooseberries, zucchini, and cucumbers. Dawn had yummy chocolate waffle cookies and brownies this week. She also had new to the veggies yellow beans. Cheryl will be having a bunch of new items next week on her table. Although this week, Cheryl did add a new chicken ceramic scrubbie holder. Joe and Barb’s new items this week was peppers, and zucchini. Jim was under his tree with his hand-made leather items. Pam had her table full of craft items, potholders, wooden magnets, and her Rada cutlery. Karen not only had soy candles but she also brought some lettuce. Nina had brownies along with her pies. Kathy had a table full of yummy treats; this week new was sugar cookies, and peanut butter corn flake cookies. Will and Thea had several new items to add to their candles and soaps. This week they had lava lamp lip gloss in caramel apple, peppermint patty, bubble gum and cake batter. She told me there would be new flavors to come. Also they had body parfait in black tie, awapuhi, glitter, strawberry, butterfly kisses, lemon sugar, exotic coconut, and many other scents. I can tell you the exotic coconut is awesome. And on the north end Kris with Red Earth Gardens had a new helper along with cucumbers, turnips, cabbage, kohlrabi, and zucchini in yellow and green. There you have it the line up for one of Toledo Farmers Market. There are many more to come. Be sure to come out on Friday evenings from 5-7 pm and see what we have for you.

Each week I never know what I am going to write about until I set down to write. This week is no different, with the exception that I am exhausted and brain is not in working order. So with that I have decided to just give you some random thoughts. I was sad to hear last week that the annual BBQ cook -off that has been held at the Toledo Farmers Market is no longer going to happen. The BBQ cook-off was started many years ago. It was an annual event that was held in June with the Toledo Farmers Market. The Chamber sponsors the event, as it also sponsors the Toledo Farmers Market. As with any event there is always a struggle to find volunteers and participants. If any thing is a success it is because you have to work at it. I feel since it has been thrown in with the Stop light festival it is too much in one night. The BBQ should have stayed in the month of June and it should be an event by itself. Several people told me they tried to contact the Chamber about this event and never heard back from anyone. In fact I never heard that it was cancelled either until last Friday when I enquired about it. I would like to know what the public thinks about this. Would anyone be interested in participating in another BBQ cook off? This would be held on a Friday night with the Toledo Farmers Market, as it had in the past. Again these are my thoughts and if you have any comments or suggestions please contact me at HYPERLINK “mailto:toledofarmersmarket@yahoo.com” toledofarmersmarket@yahoo.com or visit our face book page and leave me a message. But don’t forget to like our page when you visit. See you at market.