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These are the things that I buy regularly:
- seasonal, locally grown, pesticide free produce, I mean an amazing selection of veggies, including a variety of lettuces, greens such as kale, chard, spinach, cabbages, also broccoli, cauliflower, roots & tubers such as radishes, beets, turnips, potatoes...fresh garlic and fresh herbs, onions, tomatoes, sweet & hot peppers...the list goes on. It truly is veggie heaven.
- fresh shitake mushrooms - you have to see and try these beautiful shitake!
- locally raised, pasture fed meats - beef, chicken, pork.
- eggs from chickens that are truly free range!
- goat milk soap from Blue Stone Mountain Farm - this is my favorite of all soaps and I always stock up. I have missed Rhonda, the soap maker, this years as she has moved to her farm in W. VA. but fortunately she is still making soap and the blueberry lady is now selling it here. Yay! This soap does not dry you out or leave a film. The soaps are scented with oils and ground herbs/plants, and the fragrances are beautiful and pleasant, not overpowering - my favs are the frankinsence & myrrh, the beauty bar, lavender & patchouli...but there are many fragrances to chose from as well as soaps made for specific purposes (like the mosquito bar), and I strongly suggest you check them out, take a sniff and purchase a bar. You won't be disappointed!
- speaking of the blueberry lady, her blueberries are the best blueberries I've ever tasted, I mean ever...so sweet and flavorful, and plump and FRESH (unlike the ones you buy in the stores), also grown without yucky stuff! She also makes declicious blueberry basil scones and some other blueberry baked goods! I always have a blueberry basil scone and a cup of coffee while I'm there.
You can also find honey, goat's milk cheese, fresh flowers, potted plants and hanging baskets, fresh bread and other baked goods, and things made from alpaca wool from the folks at Happy Hills Alpaca.
I know I've left something out so you really should stop by one Saturday morning and see for yourself. Remember, the produce is seasonal so you won't find everything every weekend, and they do close for the winter and as of today there will be only 2 more weekends until they reopen in the spring. Bummer.
My only regret, and the reason I gave 4 rather than 5 stars is because the meat and egg people are not always there and I do not like eating anything other than locally raised free range meats and eggs. However, you can get some of these meats by visiting the farms or mail order also, so it's not a big disaster! lol!
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