A Cold Day to Make a Sale

Seven warm-blooded farmers, bakers and crafters set-up at Madison County Cooperative Extension on Saturday, January 9th for the first day of the Indoor Winter Tailgate Market. Customers dusted off their canvas market bags and filled them with potatoes, eggs, meats, wood carvings and jam.

Christopher and Dewain Mackey describe their

hydroponic lettuce system to a customer

The market even hosted Asher, a craftsman from Madison County, who was on-hand to make custom leather goods or for leather repairs. This Madison Farms Manager is currently brainstorming a proper purse for him to make. Asher also creates some fabulous metal garden tools and plant hangers that are pure whimsy.

Asher working on his antique Singer sewing machine

Although the temperatures outside were in the single digits, vendors sold a huge variety of their goods to customers throughout the day. I must mention the ready-to-eat goods that made McDonald's look shameful: Brenda Dillingham's Banana Nut Bread, Darci DeWulf's Apple Turnover and Dewain Mackey's Sausage Biscuit and Pork Burgers were just some of the items shoppers bit into while perusing the market. (I may have found some crumbs in my scarf from all of those items later on). Join us on January 23rd for Round Two of the Indoor Winter Tailgate Market (which will feature even more vendors!). Stay tuned, friends...

Sunset Valley Farms has a Pineapple Habenero salsa
that will knock the winter chill off right your bones!