Picnic At The Walpole Farmers Market July 2

     The Walpole Farmers Market (WFM) will celebrate the July 4 weekend with a special "Picnic At The Market" on Friday, July 2. In addition to offering their usual wares, farmers will be cooking up picnic dishes using some of the products they sell. Customers are invited to bring along friends and family, and set up blankets or lawn chairs, and start their holiday picnicking early.

      Vendors will be selling burgers, beef and veal (pastured, of course) skewers, ice cream, milkshakes, chocolate milk, nettle tea, berries, cheese, and veggies, in addition to the usual delicious prepared foods. Everything you need for a perfect summer picnic!

      The "Picnic At The Market" will go forward rain or shine. In addition to the Gazebo, there will be a tent set up to provide limited cover from sun or rain.

      Especially eco-conscious shoppers may want to pack along their own picnic-ware: plate, utensils, cup, and cloth napkin. The WFM invites anyone making ecologically sound picnic packs to inquire about selling them at the July 2 Market.
 
      Meanwhile, summer has arrived on the produce tables! Don't miss out this week on the last of the cool season greens and rhubarb, or the treats that come at the beginning of the warm season: strawberries, peas, squash blossoms, garlic scapes, and hothouse tomatoes.

      The Walpole Farmers Market is held every Friday through the season, rain or shine, from 3 - 6 pm, on the Walpole Town Common. The exceptions to that location will be July 16 and August 6, when the Common had already been booked for other activities. On those two days, the Market will be held diagonally across Westminster St., in the field that is used as a skating rink in winter, behind St. John's Episcopal Church. St. John's is across Westminster St. from the Town Hall.

      For more information about the WFM, visit the website at walpolefarmersmarket.com, email jill@walpolefarmersmarket.com, follow along on Facebook, or call 756-3168. If you'd like to receive email updates about the market, send along your email address.