Yesterday was our first day at the Beaverton Farmers Market — our first day at any market, in fact.

We had so much fun meeting shoppers and other vendors.  (Our booth neighbors on both sides are lovely!)  We were so happy to share our sauerkrauts, kimchi, seasonal pickled vegetables and fresh herbs with you all.  (It was great to watch people discover lovage, and we’ll bring more next week because we love it, too.)

We sincerely appreciate everyone’s patience as we figure out our rhythm in packing up your items.  We learned a lot today and will streamline our system much more in the coming weeks.    Having never done a market before or sold our products by the volume as we are, we just couldn’t anticipate where the snags would be in our system until we were at the market today.  We’re grateful to you for being patient and for helping us learn how to serve you better.

We thought our sampling system worked out well, though.  Yes?  Since our products will change frequently, we want you to be able to try every product we offer before you purchase.  So just ask to try whatever interests you.    Today it was great fun for us to watch you try all three sauerkrauts, for example, and notice the differences between them.

Thank you, thank you for a wonderful day at the Beaverton Farmers Market!  We’ll see you next Saturday!