Farmers Market

Our Farmers Market season has begun again!  Another nine months of every Saturday at the market.  We’ve been very fortunate to have loyal market patrons and Verdae customers.

Today was mid 80’s already.  The eye creme that I made yesterday had soft edges in the warm weather.  My soap samples were sweating from the humidity.  At one point we had a burst of winged creatures come through the market all at one time – happily they were something in the moth/butterfly family, not the pterodactyl family!  Kind of a funny thought just the same, right?

I learned a lot at the market today.  I’ve known about the practice of couch surfing for quite a while but had no idea that it’s gone international and organized.  A friend stopped by my tent today with a gentleman from Normandy who happened to be in Athens for a conference.  Said gentleman checked the website and found a host “couch” in Athens complete with reviews of the host and accommodations.  Who knew, right?

Toward the end of the market three young men came snooping around the tent looking curious.  Turns out they are the RawBraus – three brothers, two who are vegan, one a carnivore who promote healthy eating globally.  They have a youtube channel and were quite interesting and passionate about eating raw veggies.

I guess that’s one thing I like so much about the market.  You just never know who you’ll meet and what you’ll learn.  Lots of people bought Foot Fetish today – our great all-butter moisturizer with tea tree oil, cinnamon, cloves and ylang ylang.  We also sold a lot of Verdae Eye Creme – all organic with shea butter, coconut cream and wild-harvested lavender.  Palm wax candles were great sellers today too – sold out of Juicy Grapefruit in the squares and the votives.

Markets are funny.  There’s no way to predict what will sell.  Some days its soap, other days candles and still other days lotions, butters and balms.

Today was a mixed bag!