Kodiak's Farmer's Market

Fun at Kodiak’s Farmer’s Market

Every Saturday starting at 11:00am Kodiak’s Farmer’s Market opens up. It’s full of goodies, greens, and people! A lot of fun…

When Tom and I went this last Saturday, it was our first time there. Back in Kansas the Farmer's Markets are full of local growers, craft-makers, and baked goods, flowers and music. This Farmer's Market had it's own flair...

When we pulled up we saw all of the cars parked right around this building.

After we got closer, we saw that under the awning were several picnic tables and booths with goods...

The building was packed full of people. It was hard to maneuver around everyone, but we eventually found our way to several of the tables.

The first booth we came to was filled with home-made soaps (something my step-mother, Claudia, makes a great deal of and blesses the rest of the family with her amazing creations)...

I kept the woman's card so I could get more home-made body scrubs from her when I ran out. She had a beautiful card of the blue mountains.

The table with vegetables was too good to pass up. We bought lettuce and kale. The woman selling the veggies gave me a fantastic recipe for "Kale Chips" (cut up the Kale leave in to small pieces, sprinkle with olive oil and parmesian cheese, and bake for 2 minutes in the microwave...crunchy and salty...yummy!).

Next, we saw a picnic table covered with frames that had been decorated and embellished beautifully.

It was hard to pass up the multiple tables with yummy home-made pies, jams, cookies and more....OMG...diet's out the window! We ended up buying a very small rhubarb pie that had two bites of yumminess (one for Tom and one for me). Mmmm...

We found out that the jams were the first of the season made from "Salmon berries" that cover the landscape in the summer. There were jams filled with spruce berries, sage, fresh mint, and several other unbelievably tempting creations. If we had had more cash, I would have splurged!

The people were so friendly...

Ear-rings came in several shapes and sizes...and colors...

Baby hats hade been knitted and crocheted...

Baby chicks were for sale...

Finally, fresh bread was ready to be bought...

This all took place at the Fair Grounds, just South of the Coast Guard Base. Tom and I are ready to go back next week!!! What fun...