Our Sunday Market

05/22/2026

BALTIMORE HERB FEST TOMORROW!!! This festival has been going on since 1987. It's about 1.5 hours away for some of you and well worth it. Amazing lectures/workshops, amazing food/drink (I have ice cold herbal teas with honey ready for you if the food truck lines are long). Amazing things for the kids to do in this lovely park. THIS EVENT BENEFITS A LOVELY OASIS CALLED LEAKIN PARK. So many amazing things made from herbs and so many rare plant finds. Anybody who knows herbs in the DMV area would be silly to host an herb fest same day. Maybe a country truck/beer event same day but competing herb fests and competing farm markets are just not a thing that is done by Mother Nature Lovers because that would be uncool.

05/22/2026

If you have shopped REAL farm markets before you have noticed that May is mostly greens (spinach, kale, turnip, arugula, bok choy and early chard). If you are seeing Tomatoes I question where they come from (they would have to have a hothouse). Some farm markets allow each vendor to bring a second product from another farm (my second product is honey from the beekeeper down the road from me). Because I use honey in my teas to sample/sell. I know everyone wants to find their favorite vegetables but corn and squash are not available til July-November. So try eating what is in season and you will find that Mother Nature is wise. We need greens after a stagnant winter of sitting around to thin and clean our blood. Chlorophyll adds oxygen (it has the same molecular make up as hemoglobin) and oxygen keeps your cells from dying off which is "regenerative". So nature is getting us rejuvenated with all the beautiful greens popping up in gardens right now. ENJOY!

05/22/2026

At my Wednesday market the vendor beside me had a "sinking spell" from the heat and gave me the number of her daughter to call if it happened again because she didn't want an ambulance to be called. I feel the same...can't afford for an ambulence to be called...just leave me on the ground and I will likely recover like a bird that flew into a window can after laying lifeless for hours.....lol (have you seen birds do this? They can heal from their concussion and fly away!). But seriously folks...if farmers are dying from heatstroke in May....Will we be able to attend farm markets in July this El Nino year? This is climate change in my opinion but if you don't want to believe that....Did you know that black automobiles raise the temp around them by 2-3 degrees? Data Center raise the temp around them by up to 20 degrees? Why are we adding data centers when HEAT is a concern already? BUT GUESS WHAT? On Thursday I had to wear a fleece sweater AND a rain jacket and I could not feel my fingers I was so cold. So PLEASE know that farmers and small businesses are suffering extremes already in May and come on out and shop!!! Don't wait til July because who knows?

05/18/2026

Whoops! I almost forgot my last spring HERB FESTIVAL is THIS SATURDAY (May 23) at Leakin Park in Baltimore. This is where you will find the largest assortment of rare herbs and other plants along with amazing herbal foods and herbal seasonings/condiments and gorgeous organic artwork. This is a festival where you can learn ALOT about the plant world.

05/12/2026

This year I am repping my neighbor's honey....he lives 5 minutes from me and the honey is so rich and thick. I use it in all my brewed teas. I will have this along with my herbal teas at the Charlottesville Market tomorrow at 1400 Pen Park Road.

05/11/2026

Did a super fun fest in MD over the weekend....everyone smiling and giving out flowers and FREE HUGS! The Herb Festivals are over now (except possibly one about 40 min from me where last year I saw booths selling plastic toys for massage and tier marketing frozen beef from another state same day that my farm market was contracted to be the only meat sold? ...I don't know what you call a fest like that? But yes...the Herb Fests are over for now and on to the Farm markets.

05/03/2026

Doin my Thang at Mosaic Market today in Fairfax til 1pm....come see me! Im sandwiched in with the Grains grower and the seafood (amazing crabcakes being sampled btw) Im selling cheese for Happy Creek Goat Farm. Yesterday all the teenagers got loose!

05/01/2026

What is happening to farmers because of the Trump admin's policies is SHOCKING. This info from the American Farm Bureau:

Recent Farm Bankruptcy Trends
Significant Year-over-Year Increase: There were 315 Chapter 12 filings in 2025, representing a 46% increase from the 216 filings in 2024.
Quarterly Growth: Filings in the first quarter of 2025 nearly doubled compared to the same period in 2024, signaling a rapid escalation of financial distress.
Regional Hotspots: The Midwest and Southeast regions have been the most affected, accounting for over two-thirds of all cases nationwide.
Arkansas led the nation with 33 filings in 2025, more than double its previous year's total.
Georgia saw 27 filings, a 145% increase from 2024.
Wisconsin experienced a massive spike from 2 filings in 2024 to 16 in 2025.
American Farm Bureau Federation

Key Drivers of Financial Distress
The current surge is largely attributed to a combination of rising operational costs and falling revenues (i.e. having to burn your corn crop because no other country would do business with USA).
Declining Farm Income: 2026 is expected to be the fourth consecutive year of declining net farm income, with receipts for major crops like corn and soybeans under significant pressure.
Record High Debt: Total U.S. farm debt is projected to reach a record $624.7 billion in 2026.
Escalating Input Costs: Expenses for fertilizer (if they can get it through the Strait of Hormuz), Diesel fuel, labor, and machinery remain at or near record levels, while high interest rates have made debt intolerable.
Trade and Geopolitical Tensions: Ongoing trade wars and tariffs have restricted access to key export markets, such as China, further depressing commodity prices.

And please consider....most farms cannot even file for bankruptcy because they are a secondary income (farmers still often have 9-5 jobs so they can get healthcare insurance for their families). So the rate of bankruptcies doesn't begin to reflect the number of farms going into debt or selling out in 2025-2026. If you don't want their land to become a landfill or a data center near you....support your local farmers

04/20/2026

HUGE HERB FEST NEAR ASHEVILLE NC THIS WEEKEND. Tell your friends to come see us if they can. Rare plants, herbs, flowers, crafts and fine art. It's a fundraiswer for a great cause!

🌿 Help Us Bring Herb Festival to Life! 🌸

It takes a village to make the magic happen—and we’d love for YOU to be part of it 💚

We’re looking for friendly, enthusiastic volunteers to help during the 28th Annual Herb Festival on Friday and Saturday. Whether you can lend a hand for a few hours or stay for the day, your time makes a meaningful difference in supporting WRCAC and the women we serve.

✨ Tally Plants
✨ Assist shoppers
✨ Help with Plants + event flow
✨ Be part of something special

📍 First Presbyterian Church | 508 W. Davis St, Burlington, NC
🕘 Friday: 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM
🕘 Saturday: 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Bring a friend, share a smile, and help us create a beautiful experience for our community 🌿

💌 Sign up or learn more: https://conta.cc/4cA0jf7

04/15/2026