The Farmers’ Market
will be Saturday from noon to 2:30 on Nelson between Short and
Bridge Streets
Ornamental
pumpkins, ornamental corn, ornamental gourds, wheat stalks
Veggies
sweet corn, string beans, zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet
and hot peppers, onions, winter squashes, and more
Fruits
apples, grapes, persimmons, raspberries, strawberries
watermelon, cantaloupes, figs
Farmers and a
short list of what they grow
Bautista veggies, tomatoes, onions and berries
Bell pistachios and melons
Bothrell succulents and iris
Boyd , pumpkins, veggies, winter squash, tomatoes, figs
Chavez, veggies, onions, peppers, berries
Cortez veggies, onions, peppers, berries
Dobler potted plants, many unique
Domingo flowers, veggies
Galve several eggplant types, persimmons, garlic, veggies
Graef house plants
Green asparagus, artichokes
Heal jams
Koch cut roses
Krause house and outdoor plants
Lahargou dry land watermelons
Maddux veggies
Martin grapes, persimmons, watermelon
Mina plants, flowers, veggies
Ng sprouts, veggies, dried fruits, jams
Overley tomatoes
Rigoni, pumpkins, wheat straw, veggies, onions, winter squash
Rydell apples
Schletewitz, grapes, persimons
Sparks tomatoes
Velazquez, veggies, onions, peppers, berries
The Arroyo Grande Valley was first opened for
settlement in 1868 and the business district consisted of a black smith shop, stage
station and schoolhouse. " The valley was a tangled mass of brush, vines and trees,
of so dense a growth that the creek had no channel but spread over the entire valley
during a fresher.
Hence the valley has been built up in successive
layers, 20 feet or more deep, of decaying vegetation and sediment from one of the richest
hill countries to be found in the states. This land today is some of the richest in the
world," .............................. to read the entire story,
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