This week at the Farmer's Market

If you like peas, you are in luck this week. The Nacogdoches Farmers’ Market will feature just about every variety of pea you can think of—purple hull, brown chowder, black-eyed, lady cream, and zipper cream—both shelled and unshelled. But, of course, you won’t want to stop with peas alone. Here are some of the many other products you will find at the Farmers’ Market this Saturday:

Produce: tomatoes, okra, bell peppers, carrots, cabbage, squash, cucumbers, new potatoes, pinto beans (unshelled, shelled & dry), watermelons, figs (several varieties), peaches, jalapenos, fresh and dried herbs

Canned goods: jams, jellies, and preserves in many flavors (peach, blackberry, strawberry, blueberry, fig, or grape), local raw honey, pickled okra, bread-and-butter pickles, chow-chow, herb-infused vinegars

Free range eggs: At least two vendors plan to have eggs. Come early for these—they usually sell out before 9am.

Fresh-baked items: quickbreads, muffins, cookies, many varieties of homemade bread (whole wheat, black sesame seed, poppy seed, multigrain, rye, sourdough), bagels, rolls, cinnamon rolls, pecan and sweet potato pies, tarts, calzones, quiche, empanada hand-pies (sweet and savory), and pralines.

Plants: ornamental trees (dogwood, redbud, flowering almond), landscape and potted plants for indoors and out.

Cut flowers: zinnias, lisianthus, celosia, unique lime-green hydrangeas and more

Handcrafted items: jewelry, crocheted afghans and other items, custom-made handbags and aprons, handmade candles, perfumes, soaps, and shampoos.

Enjoy Jon Hall’s old-time country and folk music while you shop.

If you would like to sign up for the weekly Farmers’ Market email update, please send an email to mainstreet@ci.nacogdoches.tx.us. Buckley MacInerney also will have a sign-up sheet at the Saturday market.

The Nacogdoches Farmers’ Market, located at the “hitch lot” at the corner of West Main and Pearl Streets, is open from 8 a.m. until noon or later every Wednesday and Saturday. If the market parking lot is full, additional parking is available in the Nacogdoches County Courthouse Annex parking lot. For more information about the market or becoming a vendor, contact Sarah O’Brien, Main Street Manager, at 559-2573.