School Committee member Steve Stycos provides another update on the Pawtuxet Farmer’s Market and other happenings:

VEGETABLE EATERS NEEDED

Last week business at the Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market was less than usual due to the rain. Every September we notice a considerable drop in business, regardless of the weather. The harvest is in full swing, however, and our farmers need our support. If you can’t come to the market one Saturday morning, consider asking a friend or neighbor to shop for you. As for rain, who wants to sit inside all day when you could be eating a peach or tomato?

BOOK DONATIONS NEEDED

We need book donations for the October 2 Big Green Book Sale. So far the sale has provided us with money to continue our berry box recycling program and purchase two new tulip trees at the market. Please help us continue our environmental projects by dropping books on the porch at 10 or 18 Williams Avenue, 25 Berwick Lane or 37 Ferncrest Avenue. We accept hard or soft cover books, but please no magazines, textbooks or damaged books. They are heavy and do not sell.

FREE GARDEN TOUR

Elizabeth Coombs and Roger Wheeler invite everyone to see what’s going
on in their garden at 1463 Narragansett Boulevard, Cranston (pink house,
corner of Strathmore) on Sunday, September 14th, 2-5pm, rain or shine. All are welcome. They use no commercial fertilizers, no pesticides or other biocides. This is also their first year of not turning on outside water faucets. Instead they use rain water collected in six rain barrels.

ODDS & ENDS

The Happy Hollow Nursery School will have a bake sale table at the market on Saturday. Please consider buying some baked goods.

Warren Heyman reports another large tulip tree sits at the northeast corner of Pawtuxet and Arnold Avenues in Edgewood.

We expect beekeeper Bernie Bieder to return to the market this week after his post-Olympic tour.

The Xiongs, Michelle at Zephyr Farm and Moosup River Farm all have several varieties of sweet melons now available. Most are orange cantaloupe-like melons, but ask for details.

Peter Fratanuono of Moosup River Farm is a licensed arborist and runs a tree service in addition to farming. If you have a tree that needs to be trimmed or removed, call him at 397-7277 or go to MoosupRiverFarm.com.

See you Saturday at the market.