Usually by this time of the year, I am done with farming until next April. We have, to this point, been an April – October farming family. We only sold at the Blue Ridge Flea Market in Saylorsburg and that closed by Thanksgiving. Starting this month we are now a 12 month selling farm. We sell at the exciting new Market at Westgate Mall. The Market is on Wednesdays from Noon until 7:00 PM. This new market gives Chuck and I some opportunity to explore different food sales and marketing techniques. We are selling dry goods at Westgate, which we never sold at Saylorsburg. We sell baked goods at Westgate, which we only sold at Saylorsburg one time (the last week of this year, when we were already carrying them for Westgate). We sell culinary herbs and spices at both Saylorsburg and Westgate.
Thanksgiving is upon us this week. It is a shorter week for work and one that offers up new opportunities in scheduling. We are headed to Philadelphia on Sunday for a sourcing trip. We usually do this on Tuesdays, but this week it is going to be Sunday. On Tuesday we will head out for an advertising meeting with WGPA’s Ned Richards which we thoroughly enjoy doing each week. Hopefully by Wednesday at the conclusion of the Market sales day we will get a break for Thursday and Friday. I am looking forward to a break, albeit even a short break for Thanksgiving.
