Colorful patriotic handmade quilts by the local chapter of Quilts of Valor – Ladies of Valor will be displayed at Saturday’s Wake Forest Farmers Market, and you can buy raffle tickets to have a chance to win one on July 4.
The small Wake Forest group has been making quilts and giving them to local veterans for about two years. They meet every Tuesday at the American Legion Post 187 on East Holding Avenue from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and welcome anyone who would like to quilt with them. The proceeds from the raffle will be used for more quilting supplies.
The farmers market – open from 8 a.m. to noon in the OneCare Inc. parking lot behind CVS – is also colorful these days with lots of local seasonal produce, cut flowers, and bedding plants for the garden and flower beds.
You will find lettuce, kale, swiss chard, bok choy, spinach and other greens along with sweet potatoes, scallions, cucumbers, hot house tomatoes, broccoli and asparagus.
Sweet strawberries are in season and in the market. Pick up plenty for desserts over the Memorial
Day weekend.
Stock up on meats for grilling this weekend. Market vendors have beef, pork, rabbit, lamb and goat meat available in a variety of cuts and preparations. And don’t forget the eggs—chicken, duck or quail.
For variety, try honey, locally-roasted coffee, fresh-cut flowers and dried flower wreaths, breads of all varieties, empanadas, sweet rolls, granola and homemade pasta and sauces, jams and jellies and lemonade with mint.
The music this week is by Kyle Scobie.
The Wake County Master Gardeners will answer your gardening questions and provide soil test kits.
See it on Facebook and at www.wakeforestfarmersmarket.org or call 919-671-9269 for information.
