Farmer John's Market, LLC — Local services in Leesburg

This is my favorite place hands down to get fruit and vegetables. When they are open in the spring, summer and fall I stop going to supermarkets for produce. Prices are fairly standard. The price is on a piece of tape or cardboard box. Example: huge peaches 2.50/pound as we're the heirloom tomato and eggplant.

Try the Thai eggplant in the summer. It is bright red on the outside and looks like a tomato. Inside is super sweet and yellow just by roasting. Made a great salad. Of course they have corn.

They also grow watermellons, apples, inions, potatoes, cantaloupes, tomato, eggplant, leeks, okra, sweet potato and more. They also have preserves and apple juice and cider.

What is great is it is just huge wood tables and create on a huge front yard that became a farmstand. No pretense. Great staff. Ask questions, they are really helpful. They can also tell you what things are-like red eggplant that I wish I had...

A good variety of produce (including varieties of the types of produce...ie several types of tomatoes, several types of squash...), all fresh and good condition. Prices were mostly comparable to what you'd pay at a big grocery store.

You are better to enter while heading north on 15 and just make a right vs if coming south and make a left - due to traffic - but if coming from the north, it's still worth a stop. Just be careful.

There is plenty of parking in the field right next to the house, and the exit is the opposite direction as the entry, so no 'traffuc jam' near the entry.

They have a few wagons for shopping and getting things to your car if buying a lot or bulky items, and bags near...

It’s Apple season. So I purchased several lbs of 3-4 different apples. We tried 3 of them after we left and all were overripe. That is pretty disappointing when you go to a fruit stand like this.

The staff was friendly and all. I think maybe they can just offer apples at a cheaper price or have you try a sample.

We also bought some “homemade” banana bread. We tried it the next day and it was already not as fresh. I don’t know the date of when the bread was baked…but if you get it, eat it the...