You will find lots of strawberries at the Wake Forest Farmers Market Saturday, and this year’s crop, when allowed to ripen on the vine as these local berries are, are sweet and juicy. Be sure to buy enough to last through the week. The market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon, this week is featuring Chef Alyssa Campo, who will be cooking rabbit provided by Walk Ahead Farms over near Youngsville. Also, there will be reflexology sessions with artist Mary Margaret Steele and live music by Dry Bread Road. Remember to stick a nice tip in their tip jar; the market does not pay them. Now that the weather has turned to real spring, spring’s bounty is beginning to flow into the market. You will find lettuce, spinach, swiss chard, bok choy, broccoli, green onions, shitake mushrooms, cucumbers and radishes. There is a good supply of eggs –

If you like yard sales and swap meets, plan now to shop or sell at the Wake Forest Bazaar when it opens for the first time on Saturday, May 10, at Festival Park on South White Street. The hours will be 8 a.m. to noon, and plans are to hold it every second and fourth Saturday through the summer. Beth Jarvah with The Cotton Company laid out the format and rules recently. “Anyone can rent a booth space and sell whatever they want. Crafters, antiques, yard sale – anything. “There will be an onsite staff member on hand to sell walk-in spaces and to rent tables. The basic fee is just an empty plot in the field and you bring your own everything, tables chairs, etc., unless you want to rent them from us. “All sales are to be handled by the individual seller in a yard-sale type of set up.

    Sipping coffee aids fight against cancer Bean Therapy of Wake Forest will donate a portion of online sales through May 15 to the American Cancer Society. Shoppers at www.beantherapy.com may purchase fresh-roasted coffee, tea or candy and 20 percent of the proceeds will go to Relay For Life at Heritage High School, benefiting the American Cancer Society. On the checkout page, patrons should indicate they are making a purchase in support of Northern Wake Relay For Life. Customers may also save on shipping by requesting to pick up their purchase at The Cotton Company in downtown Wake Forest. Bean Therapy will deliver to The Cotton Company front desk and send the customer an email letting them know the order is ready for pick-up. Free shipping also exists for any orders over $30; otherwise, the cost is a $3 flat rate. Cancer survivors invited to dinner   A free sit-down dinner will be served to all

Over 150 members of AmeriCorps will join Wake Forest residents Monday, May 19, to kick off five hectic days of AmeriCorps’ Build-a-Thon with Habitat for Humanity during which they will build three houses, complete two more and repair the exterior of eight Wake Forest houses. The kick off will take place from 8 to 8:30 a.m. at Olive Branch Baptist Church on Juniper Avenue. The community dedication will be held Friday, May23, from 5 to 5:45 p.m. at 406 Spring Street. Habitat of Wake County pledged earlier this year to build five houses in Wake Forest, and two are partly complete while the foundations have been placed for the three to be built during the week. The repair project is called A Brush with Kindness and has been carried out for the past few years by Habitat and its volunteers. This year’s AmeriCorps Build-a-Thon will also take place in Des

A Tale of Two Neighborhoods When I was a kid I lived in walking distance of two neighborhoods. Both were made up of modest single family homes and were probably built around the same time. The builder in one neighborhood planted maple trees in every yard. I drove through it just the other day in a fit of nostalgia. The trees are fully grown now and cast a pleasant shade along the street and create a quiet pocket right off noisy Capital Boulevard. In the other neighborhood, the fellow in charge of grounds loved to mow, and kept the entire development neatly sheared every week. Aunt Martha would praise his diligence every time she drove by. I guess he didn’t want any trees in his way. For whatever reason, no trees were planted throughout the neighborhood so only a few sprang up accidentally and were allowed to stay. Today the

*Picture Joyner Park and go to an interactive meeting Thursday, May 8, at 6:30 in the fellowship hall at the Wake Forest Presbyterian Church, 112605 Capital Boulevard, to tell town planners what you want to see in the park in the future. *The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open its regular summer hours, 8 a.m. to noon, on Saturday, May 10, in the parking lot behind CVS. *The fourth Historic Wake Forest Cemetery Tour will take place Saturday, May 10, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. *The Mad Hatter’s Garden Party sponsored by the Wake Forest Garden Club will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 10, on the grounds of the Wake Forest Historical Museum. There will be an art and garden market, a classic car show, tea and garden seminars and raffles with prizes that include garden art and jewelry. See more details in