Thank You to Everyone Who Made the First Annual Lamar Fall Folk Festival Possible!

The Arts Council of Barton County and the 10th Street Community Farmers Market would like to thank all the fine folks who made The First Annual Lamar Fall Folk Festival possible!

Performers:

Dennis Wilson, The Drywood Bluegrass Band, Verne Young, Joe Smith, Pat Bean, Tom Richards, Ralph Williston, The HH Cloggers.

Artists:

Lowell Davis (and his wonderful wife, Rose), Carolyn Dunsing, Jason Branum, Pam Allen, Mick Lindsay, Brent Kelley, Lindy Davis.

Volunteers:

Sue, Rick and Emily Katz, Carolyn and Katlin Dunsing, Mike and Lesa Queen, Carol Branum, Pam Allen, James McMullen, Elizabeth McMullen, Jane and Roger McGuire, Betty Kuhn, Kathy Jenkins, Ione Chancelor, Bertie Wooten, Officer Greg Evans, Christie Boswell, Randall Miller, George Parsons, Bruce and Denise Clements.

Food:

Dixie and Junior Johnson, St. Mary's Youth, Rose Davis.

Donors and Supporters:

Donna Holt, Wes and Sally Hart, The Lamar Art League, Legacy Farm and Lawn, Jason Roark, Dennis Suiter, Walmart, Barton County Chamber of Commerce, Doyle Robinson, Marsha Doyle, The City of Lamar, The Lamar Democrat, Lamar Police Department, radio stations KNMO, KWRP and KRPS, TV station KOAM, The Joplin Globe, Kathy McComber, The University of Missouri Extension Center, Steve Shields, Jim Judd, all the area businesses and libraries that helped by displaying or distributing our fliers. Special thanks to all of the awesome craft and Farmers Market vendors. Our thanks and apologies to anyone we might have overlooked on this list.

And a big thank you as well to everyone who came out to enjoy the festivities - we couldn't have done it without you!

To one and all - THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Saturday at the Farmers Market

Despite the extreme heatwave we have been experiencing this past few weeks, the 10th Street Community Farmers Market under the Moore Pavilion in Lamar is going strong! This is our second year, and the market is growing by leaps and bounds, both in the number and variety of vendors, and in the number of shoppers visiting the market every week. For those who are interested in becoming vendors at the farmers market, it's become easier this year. You can set up for the day with no setup charge. If you're interested, email me at Peaceacre@Ymail.com.

We are so glad to have become members of this farmers market. We have fun every week. We sell a lot, of course, but its not all about commerce. We have made many great friends and have had the opportunity to meet all kinds of awesome people in the community. It's like attending a festival every weekend! Here are some pics from a typical Saturday:

 Farm Fresh Produce from Queen Family Farm

Awesome Dip Mixes from Queen Family Farm

 Lesa Queen's Hand Made Dishcloths

 Doyle Robinson's Cabbage

Doyle's Tomatoes

Lendy's Day Lilies. Lendy Davis sells a huge variety of lilies, and they're all beautiful!

Darlene Megli and Danell Howard Demonstrating How to Use a Spinning Wheel.

Darlene raises fiber sheep. This is an example of her dyed wool.

 Peaceacre Herb Bread - New This Season! I still have all the soaps, balms, lotion bars etc. And some new stuff you might want to check out!

Janet Dermott's Handmade Candy

Our farmers market rocks! I hope to see you Saturday!

10th St. Community Farmer's Markets at Apple Days

On October 3rd, Peaceacre joined the other vendors of the 10th St. Community Farmer's Market at "Apple Days," Lamar's annual fall festival set up all around our historic downtown square. Georgous fall colors were everywhere, the weather was great, and people turned out in huge numbers.

The bravest amongst the 10th St. Farmer's Market vendors plan to continue on at the Moore Pavillion well into November - but for Peaceacre, the cold weather means we're moving our operation INDOORS!

This has been the first year for the 10th St. Community Farmer's Market, and the first year we've sold our handmade soaps and herbal products in a public venue. It has been a fabulous year, for the Market and for Peaceacre. Lots of folks have asked if they'll be able to find us after the market closes for the season. We WILL be continuing all winter long! We found a great studio space upstairs in the Arts Council building on the NW corner of the square, and have set up shop. "Apple Days" pretty much wiped out our on-hand stock, but I am busy in the studio creating new batches of all of the favorites and most requested items, and coming up with a few new suprises, as well. We have also created a "store" page (see the link in the "my pages" section of the right hand menu bar of this page) where you can see the various products that we make. At this point, we are not set up for on-line sales, but we're working on that.

If you don't live in Lamar, and you just can't live without our stuff, email me! I'll work something out!

I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has been so very supportive of Peaceacre in our first year. We have met so many wonderful people, and made lots of new friends.

Playing Hookie for a Good Reason

OK, OK, we missed setting up last Saturday at the market, but family comes before commerce, and I think sometimes people forget that. You get busy, and suddenly years have gone by and you find that the people you love most have grown up and sprouted families of their own. Sometimes you gotta just stop and celebrate that! My brothers came in from Vermont and Arizona, my sisters from St. Louis. If you didn't guess by now, I'm the one in the peace sign T-shirt, looking very happy to see my siblings after so much time. Peaceacre Farm will be set up at the 10th St. Community Farmer's Market as usual on Saturday, July 18th, so stop by and say hello!