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Sign of summer: Farmers market returns to Deering Oaks
Portland's first outdoor market of the season boasted leafy greens, jazzy music and sunny weather.
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Daffodils give off a pop of color Saturday as visitors take in the first outdoor Portland Farmers’ Market of the season at Deering Oaks. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer
The Portland Farmers’ Market opened its outdoor season on a summerlike Saturday at Deering Oaks, sweeping away one of the longest, most isolated winters in memory with a light- and music-filled day of celebration.
Booths selling flowers, honey, vegetables, grass-fed beef and bread lined one side of the walkway, with buskers on the other – a violinist, a drummer, a guitar-strumming folk singer, and a New Orleans jazz band called the Hadacol Bouncers.