State Farmers’ Market

The state agriculture dept lets farmer’s sell their produce here. I went on a weekend and only a couple of booths were open but I’m sure it’s busier during the week. Got some fresh bananas, grapes, pears and apples. They also had 45 lb bags of peanuts, veggies and lots of gorgeous flowers and plants.

The produce in the stores here is dreadful so I was delighted when I discovered the wonderful produce at the Alabama State Farmer’s Market. The fruit and veggies are half the price that they are in stores and twice as fresh. My most recent favorite purchase was a quart sized basket of beautiful vine ripened beef steak tomatoes for $ 5! If you bought just one of those tomatoes in a grocery store it would cost you $ 2.50 a tomato and they would not be nearly as tasty. The peaches this year were fabulous too. I buy all of my produce at the Farmers Market now. I just love to go there!
The Farmer’s Market also sells potted plants. The plants here are just beautiful. The plants at the Farmers Market are nothing like the plants that you would find at one of those chain stores like Home Depot or Lowes, these plants are big and healthy. And… what a bargain!
The market is open 7 days a week year round. They also take food stamps for those in need. Stop by soon and pick up some nice healthy veggies and treat yourself to good for you food.