Moroccan Ratatouille with dates

[KYHeirloomer]

That's incredible, Janie. In Lexington the farmers have been showing up since April.

[jglass]

I know...
Our farmers market is never very big and Im afraid with people having such a hard time getting gardens out for all of the rain and then the onslaught of bugs and with the price of fertilizer going up that we wont have anyone show up for it.
They have a place about a mile out of town they designated for the farmers market but most of them set up here in town on Carol Malone Blvd in the Farmers Hardware lot facing the road so people can see them. They get much more business that way.
It is supposed to be open tomorrow so Im gonna go out and check. Im gonna head out there alot earlier than I did today in case my getting there after noon might have been when they sold out and left.
I checked the store here in town again today for an eggplant. Huge bruised up things.
I remember when I was a kid and the people who used to own that store ran it. Their Dad would have rolled over in his grave if he saw what they put out for sale now. I have actually picked up bunches of greens and found black mold on the bottoms. The used to look at me like I was nuts when I asked them to go in the back and get me something I would even consider feeding my rabbit. Our other store carries even less produce than that one does. What I would do for a WalMart in this town.
They wanted to put one here a year ago but one of the most wealthy families in town owned the land they wanted to buy and held it up for such a price Walmart passed on the deal. Like most small towns there are a few families who own most of the stores and businesses and they do not want a WalMart stealing their sales.