Mount Pleasant Farmer's Market

Back in the early part of the decade, while we were living in Charlotte, Christine and I took a trip to San Diego. During that trip we toured the town of Coronado. We happened to be in Coronado on the day of their farmer's market from then on, we knew we wanted to live in a town that had one. We really enjoyed looking at the fresh flowers and tasting the fresh fruits and vegetables and honey.

One of the many joys of living in the East Cooper area is the Mount Pleasant Farmer's Market. It is held every Tuesday from 3PM until dark. It started in April and this year it runs until November 24.

We used to go to the market every week to pick up fresh veggies and flowers for the table. This year, work and other responsibilities have kept us from being able to enjoy the weekly afternoon at the market. The fact that the schedule was different (due to school construction) had some play in it as well.

Last Tuesday, we decided to make sure we went. It was our first time at the market since the new pavilion style area was built. It was a little different and some of the vendors were missing. That may be because it is so late in the season; as the Farmer's Market used to close in October.

Most of the vendors were there. Boone Hall had a pretty good selection of vegetables as well as several of the farms from John's Island. The Kettle Corn guy was making kettle corn and giving free samples. Olde Colony Bakery and Rococo Bakery had some local baked goods. The cooperative extension is usually at the market with a master gardener or two. They may have been there on our trip, but we missed them. We were really looking for them either.

We purchased, some nice North Carolina mountain apples, a very interesting purple pepper, a few other miscellaneous vegetables, some local honey, and a pound of Barbecue for dinner. We missed seeing the flowers. It may be late in the season for them.

One of the other joys of going to the Farmer's Market is seeing old friends. We never fail to run into a friend we have not seen in a while. This trip was no exception. My wife ran into one of her tennis friends that she hadn't seen in a couple of years and had a chance to catch up while I got the barbecue. It was good to get back to the market and we will try to make it a couple more times before it closes for the season.