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A new day blooming for Gardeners
Market with Wednesday night sales
HOME-GROWN:
Fresh produce awaits customers at the market. /
Photo by Natasha Austin
By Natasha Austin
September 10, 2007 | Cache Valley gardeners Richard
Wagstaff and Brad Christensen have started selling their
produce at the new Gardeners Market on Wednesday Nights
in front of the County Courthouse in Logan.
"You can go buy your produce from the supermarket
if you want," Wagstaff said, "but the clerks
won't be as jolly.
"We will treat students right."
Wagstaff said he's part of the Northern Utah Growers
Co-op. He heads the group of neighborhood gardeners
who sell their produce at the new Wednesday Night Market
and the regular Saturday Morning Market.
"We come every time because we are diehards," said
Wagstaff.
Wagstaff says he as "fiddled" with selling
his produce for 25 years.
"At first, a few gardeners and farmers would meet
and sell the produce to each other," said Wagstaff.
"Over time it has grown into the gardeners market."
The group has a wide variety of fruits and vegetables
for sale. Wagstaff said they also have some uncommon
varieties of fruits and vegetables such as brandiwine
tomatoes and orange-fleshed honeydew. In the next few
weeks, they will also be selling their variety of winter
squash.
The Wednesday Gardeners Market is 4:30 to 8 p.m. at
the historic Courthouse 199 N. Main St. in Logan. The
Saturday Market is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Pioneer Park,
100 South and 200 East, Logan. For more information
on the Gardeners Market, visit http://www.saabra.org.
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