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Swing by the Oconee Farmers Market While at the Fall Festival

The Oconee Farmers Market will be set up in its usual place on the back lawn of Eagle Tavern.

Downtown Watkinsville will be bustling on Saturday as thousands flock to the . 

Stop by the Oconee Farmers Market for some hot cider and fresh produce during the festivities.

You can also enjoy the folk and bluegrass musical stylings of the Red Oak Southern String Band, which plans to do "some pickin' and grinnin" at the market, according to band member Steve Pettis. Pettis authors the column Sundays on Oconee Patch.

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The is open every Saturday through October from 8 a.m. until around noon on the back lawn of the .

These items are just some among many that will be available this week:

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  • Black-Angus-cross beef
  • Tomatoes
  • Squash
  • Cucumbers
  • Zucchini
  • Eggplant
  • Fresh herbs
  • Fall greens
  • Fresh and dehydrated Shiitake mushrooms
  • Cookies
  • Frosted and plain pound cakes
  • Sweet potato pie
  • Pecan pie
  • Rum cake
  • Grits
  • Hot cider
  • Coffee
  • Hot chocolate
  • Lemonade
  • Flowers
  • Decorated gourds
  • Gourd instruments
  • Recycled jewelry
  • Pottery
  • Natural soaps
  • Yarn and woolens
  • Pork skins


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