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Start Your Holiday Shopping at the Oconee Farmers Market

Birdhouses, gourd instruments, natural soaps and recycled jewelry make great gifts.

The holiday season has arrived! Find a variety of homemade gifts at the Oconee Farmers Market.

The is open every Saturday from 8 a.m. until around 1 p.m. on the back lawn of the .Β  The season may extend through November this year.Β 

Last year the market ran until the Watkinsville Christmas Parade, held on the first Saturday of Decemeber each year, board member Cindy Pritchard said.

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"We're going to keep it open as long as the weather remains good," she said.

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
  • Coffee
  • Hot chocolate
  • Lemonade
  • Flowers
  • Decorated gourds
  • Gourd instruments
  • Recycled jewelry
  • Pottery
  • Natural soaps
  • Yarn and woolens
  • Pork skins


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