Oct 21

While searching for a quality gift basket to send a friend, it was suggested to me to check out The Fruit Company. Though I wasn’t familiar with them, I discovered that some of my friends had been customers for years.

With the complexities of an increasingly competitive business environment, The Fruit Company understands the need to distinguish your company from your competitors.
They strive to bring you specialized, customized, and beautiful corporate gifts that immediately show your clients, employees, and colleagues, or just that special friend, that you care enough to send only the finest.
Featured in “O” – Oprah’s Magazine
A quote from “O”: “This pair of pears possesses the twin virtues of outer and inner beauty; They’re pretty, yes, but also consistently sweet and juicy beyond belief – everything that pears should be but rarely are.”
If you ever find yourself needing to send a gift that is sure to be remembered, you simply cannot go wrong with The Fruit Company.
Dec 19


This stained glass pub sign was in my family for generations and it’s estimated to be over 100 years old. Ever since I can remember, it fascinated me (as a lot of art did).
I changed this version to say “Root Beer” since I think it looks great on kids. The original “Bier” version is also available.
Please stop by our apparel store (operated by CafePress) and check out our other unique items, and nothing but unique items — only available from the Farmers Market store featuring designs (and this reproduction) by Lar Matré.
Dec 18
I believe there are many people reading this who have stories to share about farming, about farmers’ markets, about cooking with fresh produce, and some who may even have some fabulous recipes filled with seasonal produce varieties available only at your local Farmers Markets.
If you have related archive stories, but still relate to today, those may have a place here, too. I’m offering extra editorial coverage, a first published piece for some, but unfortunately no compensation. I have had this site online since 1995, and have always used my own money to keep it that way. I hope to change that, soon, in a very reasonable and fair manner, so at least the site’s expenses are covered.
Ideas, questions, comments … please click on Field Office. I would certainly appreciate it.