Ten Vendors Set up Booths for Launch of 2012 Farmers Market

Ten vendors set up booths in front of the courthouse in downtown Watkinsville yesterday to launch the 2012 season of Oconee Farmers Market.

Vendors offered fresh greens, mushrooms, strawberries, fried and boiled peanuts, plants, eggs, jams, pound cakes, shea butter, natural candles, bird houses, squirrel feeders and T-shirts.

The Red Oak Southern String Band, a Watkinsville-based group doing Americana, Bluegrass and folk, provided the music.

The event had a bit of a political feel.

Among those attending were Oconee County Commissioner Chuck Horton, who has announced he will run for the chairmanship of the Commission, and current Commission Chairman Melvin Davis, who has not yet announced his intentions.

Bob Smith, a market regular and former Oconee County representative in the General Assembly, also was there.

A slide show of pictures from the market already is on .

For some video clips, more pictures, and more detail on the market opening, go to Oconee County Observations.