Webb City Sentinel market column - 4/24/18

Things have livened up at the market. We’re open three days a week now.

On Thursday, Ghetto Taco will be back with street tacos. Rob Pommert will perform. The Fresh Ground Seed Library will give away seeds. These master gardeners can help you choose the right flower or vegetable seeds for your soil, sun and expertise level.

On Thursday we should have a good supply of local fresh produce, baked goods, lamb, beef, pork and chicken, jams and jellies, and pop corn. Fairhaven will have their wonderful rustic planters complete with flowers, as well as bird houses. Green’s Greenhouse and Garden will have tomato and herb plants, as well as produce.

On Saturday, the Carl Junctions Schools Archery Teams are serving Cooking for a Cause. Of course, that means that Fredrickson Farm will be back for the first time this year. The Kids Garden Club will plant green beans and talk about staggered planting.

Dinner's Ready is back with their frozen crockpot meals:  White Chicken Chili, Pork Tenderloin, Taco Soup, Ground Beef and Vegetable Stew, and Chicken and Noodles.

Saturday is the last day that folks can bring animals, unless they are certified service animals, into the pavilion. Starting Tuesday, we would love to have some volunteer dog attendants to take care of any dogs brought by customers unaware of the city ordinance. We hope a week or two will alert everybody to the new rule. We received several complaints last year about animals and thought we’d better make sure of our legal standing. It turned out that because we are a food establishment, we cannot have animals in the pavilion, or in the kids tent once the free meals start at the end of May. We’ve tried to alert folks to the upcoming change and everyone has been very understanding. Hopefully that kind response will continue.

Next Tuesday we’ll have street tacos again and Buffalo Creek Incident will play. Buffalo Creek plays traditional music and will seem very familiar because the group includes our long time musicians, The Sours.

And every week we’ll see more and more  produce as we move out of this unsettled weather. I heard from MoBlooms, our largest flower grower, today that he expects to be in the market in about three weeks. Of course, our hanging basket vendors are gearing up for the Mother’s Day market on May 13. That’s always one of our biggest markets of the year.

Whether the market is big and overflowing or small and easy to navigate both in the pavilion and in the parking, you will find lots of good things and good people. See you at the market – three days a week.