Indoor market opens to offer locally grown produce, crafts

The Fairfield Farmers? Market closed at the end of October, but most of the vendors, including some new ones, have moved to an indoor market at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center.

The market will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Nov. 19, Dec. 3, 10, 17 and 31.

Vendors will be selling produce and baked goods and many different crafts.

In November, a person can still purchase fresh locally grown produce, including many different types of lettuce, spinach, broccoli, kale, bok choy, radishes, potatoes, sweet potatoes and squash.

A lot of the items have been grown outdoors in gardens during the long, warm fall, but several producers have high tunnel greenhouses where they grow their vegetables indoors.

Some of these vegetables will include tomatoes, peppers and eggplant. Shoppers can still purchase fresh eggs and farm-raised chickens to eat. Locally produced honey and items made from beeswax will be at the market on various dates.

Bakers are keeping busy to provide breads, pies, cookies and an assortment of pastries. A selection of homemade jams and jellies, including sugar-free varieties, willbe at the indoor market.

Many different craft items, such as jewelry, handmade soaps, handcrafted cards, hand-knitted apparel, framed photography, handmade wooden scroll clocks, wood furniture and toys, pottery and fleece blankets, will be available.