After the market
Somehow, I always forget to take enough pictures at the market, of things like setting up the stand. It’s really great, how a plain old small town street, in about an hour, turns into a…farmers’ market. For our stand, basic set-up and teardown—canopy, table, sales gear—is only a matter of maybe 20 minutes at each end. Because I don’t drive, our stand is different from most, where a truck or trailer is the usual veggie stand backdrop. Bob drops us off in the morning in a pick-up: a self-contained veggie sales outpost. When it’s all over, with empty containers nested and packing volume much reduced, we get picked up by truck or smaller mini-van. Here, Lynn and I wait for our ride. There are garlic and potatoes left in a basket and a trug, and the four bins contain mostly crop residue, a bit of miscellaneous garbage, and odds and ends of unsold produce. Neat!
Somewhat related posts: • Middle of the day at the market • Seasonal eating • Veggie Outpost 2 • Outpost returns • Pumpkins on the stand
I agree! I think it’s magical the way a street or park is transformed into an open air market, buying and selling, talking and meeting, music and artists, and then as quickly as it all started everyone pulls away and all that is left is the street or park with the memories of the market contained in the concrete or grass…until next week!! :)