The Farmers Market at Sea Colony will celebrate its 12th season this summer. The market will run every Wednesday starting at 8 a.m. and running until noon, through Labor Day.
The Millsboro Farmersâ Market will open on Saturday, May 15, with about 20 vendors selling everything from chocolate-covered strawberries, cupcakes and candles to wine-cork jewelry, produce and a variety of other goods.
âWord is out. Itâs getting bigger,â said a pleased Mayor Michelle Truitt, who initiated the effort to restart the farmersâ market again last year, after a several-year absence.
âCanât wait to get started,â she said at the Millsboro Town Council meeting on Monday, May 3, adding that vendors will assemble in the town hall parking lot from 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday through Sept. 25.
Also for sale will be cakes, pastries for keto lovers and diabetics, pet-care items, nutrition shakes, fresh-cut flowers, masks, handmade cards, lavender supplies, pottery, wooden shelves and small furniture, baby supplies and educational offerings.
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Bill Jordan of Millsboro is an accidental farmer who s growing crops without soil.
“I was going to make alcohol from corn or peaches to supplement fuel when fuel prices got stupid,” Jordan recalled, but he quickly realized that was not profitable.
As part of his research, though, he saw that some hydroponic farms use what’s left of the corn or peaches from the alcohol-making process as a fertilizer.
“That’s what led me to it,” he said.
About 15 years ago when he lived in Maryland, he started taking courses on hydroponics and visiting hydroponic farms. He built his own greenhouse and supplemented his income by building greenhouses for others.
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