During the harvest season for different veggies and fruits the local farmers set-up little stands along the road to sell their excess produce. The prices are good and the food is tasty. I often buy fruit and flowers from them as I pass by. Through the years I have gotten to know some of the folk and chat with them when I have time. The intresting for me is the variety of stands that people construct. I sometimes ask the sellers about their stands if they are unusual. Here are some of the stands in the countryside surrounding our town. Here is a wagon brought all the way from Hungary Wellies, klompen and Opal Plums are for sale here-- Flowers are also a favourite thing to sell-- Apricots are a special treat here-- Red currents and rhubarb-- More flowers. These folks always have excellent bouquets. Big ones.-- And finally one of the more "big-time" roadside vendors-- And this time of year these people sell decorative calabasas, gourds and the like--
I'd really like a couple of the gourds, calabasas or the like... I started to reach for my wallet here, to buy some apricots and a nice bouquet of fresh flowers. I'm so envious.
Wonderful carts, produce and flowers. I have never seen green rhubarb before does it have a similar taste to red rhubarb? I wish we had local farmers and that they would put out carts like that, just another in a long list of things that I miss by living in a large city.
It's good to see that others like to share their produce even if they do charge a small amount. So much better than having to buy stuff from supermarkets. There's just nothing nicer than freshly picked flowers. fruit and veg.
You are so wonderful for letting us visit all the wonderful things you see in your area.Thank you so much for just taking us along with you Sjord.
I'll take the wagon from Hungary and the pair of klompen! I collect wooden shoes, some day I'll get around to photographing the different ones I've picked up. Thanks for the wonderful pictures. Someday I hope to get to visit to celebrate part of my ancestry.
They are so picturesque. The countryside is wonderful. Our stands are likely to sell seafood as well. Thanks for sharing your home with us. Gardengater
Fab pics Sjoerd. We have a few a few smallholders that sell there produce outside their homes around here, also a few farm shops. In one direction from our home an old lady sells glads and dahlias, whilst in the other direction an old couple sell traditional veggies like runners, spuds, caulis and the likes. However none have such sexy stands! Love 'em.
We're fortunate in our rural area too to have farmers that set up stands by their gardens. Lots of tomatoes, corn, and beans now, but it will be awhile before the pumpkins and gourds are available. I always patronize our local growers, too...thank goodness for local farmers!
I don't know about the taste of the rhubarb, Toni--I do not eat it. We do put some in our strawberry jam sometimes though to make it thicken. Actually, I wonder if those folks used one of those special jar-like forcer thingies to keep them light-coloured. Thank you so much, stratsmom. Ahhhh--thank you Glenda, and you are most certainaly welcome. That was such a nice thing to say. Joann, my fingers are crossed for you--or as we say, "Ik ga voor je duimen". Thanks EJ--it's good to hear that there are some folks that sell on the side of the road there. Thank you guys for such saying such nice things. The stands are one of the things that makes our society what it is. It would seem odd if there weren't any.
How cool Sjoerd! It is getting more and more rare to see roadside stands around here. I do have a neighbor that sells Corn, beans, tomatoes, squash and melons. It is hard to find pumpkins and gourds though.
Such romance involved with something so simple, not that there so bad around here. I guess, a pickup truck and a folding table is Americana, maybe if the signs over here were a little fancier.
Sjoerd, I just seen you spot about your roadside carts. We live in New Jersey, USA and our state is known as the "Garden State". We still have a few roadside stands, but many have gone by the wayside. The young people just don't want to farm the way people did for years. Most of the time, if the young people are left the family farm, they can't wait to sell it to some developer. The next thing you know they put up a big development on what used to be a big beautiful farm. Your pictures help me to remember that there is still hope for everyone, because somewhere there are still people who want to hold onto the good things in life. We only have a very small vegetable garden and when we get more vegetables then we can use or freeze we give them to people we know and anything left over we usually put on a table out front and mark it "Free" so anyone who wants it can help themselves. Thanks again for sharing. Gardenrabbit
I think all these stands are great. We live in an area where there are some amish. they'll have some road side stands up. Many farmers in our area. hay fields, corn fields, potatoe fields.
