Alexandria Farmers Market — Local services in Alexandria

JUST LOVE IT!!😁 The Alexandria farmers market is THE place to be on Tuesday afternoons.  It has a great Rural Route vibe on downtown Jackson St.  It's right across from the beautiful First United Methodist church. I wanted everything I saw, from fresh tomatoes (tomato sandwiches tonight !) to handmade dish soap from Garden District Soapery, which I WILL be purchasing next week.  We especially enjoyed the chicken pot pie fried pie 😋 from Debbie's Meat Pies, we should have bought two! The pralines were gone and so were most all of Hailles Hot Tamales by 5 pm. I did get some bread pudding and sweet potato pie I have to go back for the natural bug spray from  Branchoff Natural Care I got distracted and forgot to go back and get it. In my defense, there was just way too much good stuff there.   I purchased fresh whipping cream from Flowing Hills Creamery. There were two cattle ranchers so I bought one pound of ground meat  from each, I'm planning fresh tomatoes on hamburgers (yummy!) I'll update y'all on the taste later. Everyone knew their area of expertise and their products very well. They were all friendly, personable, and welcoming. I can't...

I love the market. There is always something new to discover. The vendors are friendly and eager to answer questions about local veggies. And they always have a favorite recipe for the 'how do I cook it'. And that's just the fresh stuff.

There are candles, soaps, fresh herbs and plants, home made gifts and sweets. And I might have an addiction to crown royal jelly...yeah, that got that too.

If you haven't been you should make a point to stop by at least once. You wont regret it.

My Vist was to the market off Jackson St....

Overall this is a great market for Alexandria and Pineville. There is a need for more farms other than Inglewood. Because of their operation they can set the price for the products and that might price out some of the people that need this market the most. The directors of the market need to diversify some of the sellers, the day i was there there were 3 booth selling lemonade. There was a Kona Ice truck selling, not sure what that had to do with a Farmers market. I hope this market...