Larry O’Malia from Larry O’Malia’s Farm & Greenhouses in Plains Township shows off the abundant zinnias and other flowers he brought to the first day of the Wilkes-Barre Farmers Market on Thursday. Behind the stand are helpers Linda Thomas and Veronica Krulick.
Mary Therese Biebel | Times Leader
‘It’ll be worth it’
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Cherries, peaches and apples were popular items at the Brace’s Orchard stand. The table also offers honey, cider, doughnuts and baked goods.
Mary Therese Biebel | Times Leader
Hal Golomb from Golomb’s Farm & Greenhouse in Plains Township arranges his display of sugar snap peas, chard and rhubarb at the Wilkes-Barre Farmers Market.
Mary Therese Biebel | Times Leader
The Wilkes-Barre Farmers Market opened on Thursday, with plenty of produce, ranging from asparagus to snow peas to those little cucumbers that people like to pickle.
Sugar snap peas, spinach, garlic, Swiss chard, radishes, red beets and row upon row of flowers were among the offerings for the first day. So was rhubarb — anybody want to bake a pie?
Speaking of pie, a young first-day customer eyed a quart of sour cherries at Brace’s stand and asked, “Are there pits inside?”
Yes, came the answer. The young customer would have to remove the pits before she baked a pie.
“It’s a lot of work,” the woman behind the stand said. “But,” she promised with a smile. “It’ll be worth it.”
The Wilkes-Barre Farmers Market will continue on Public Square from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each Thursday through Nov. 17.
— Mary Therese Biebel
