Homegrown
Come to Trade Day to shop for fresh eggs, local honey, seasonal fruit & vegetables, plants, crafts, and gifts from many of the folks listed below. Click on each name for more info. If you’d like a (free) listing or page here, see Contribute. For resources, see Homesteading.
eggs, chicks, poultry, other animals
Please save egg cartons so they can be reused for local eggs. You can drop them off at Trade Day or arrange with a neighbor listed below.
- Chicken Eggs: Ashley, Bobbie, Christy, Crystal, Cyndi, Emilee, Jamie, Jennifer, Kenneth, Kim, Patrick, Stephanie, Vicky
- Quail Eggs: Jamie, Raetta
- Hatching Eggs & Chicks: Bobbie (chicken & quail)
- Birds: Raetta (chicken), Tommy (turkeys), Vicky (chicken)
- Dogs (Bloodhounds): Raetta
- Goats (Nigerian Dwarf): Chelsea
- Pigs (Kunekunes): Crystal, Dana, Raetta
- Rabbits: Ashley (Lionhead, Netherland Dwarf), Kim
Firewood, plants, flowers, seeds
- Firewood: Anthony, Patrick
- Flower Bulbs: Brenda (yellow cannas, purple irises, both over 40 years old), Christy
- Flower Bouquets: Katherine
- Fruit & Vegetable Starts: Ann, Anna, Ashley
- Houseplants: Anna, Jessica, Kim
- Seeds: Anna, Stephanie
- Succulents: Ashley, Kim
- Trees (crepe myrtle): Kim
local honey
fruit & vegetables
- Blueberries (June–July; u-pick): Barb’s Berries and Blessings Orchard (pre-picked also available), Bear Mountain Blueberry Farm, Jubilee Blueberry Farm
- Broccoli (fall): Jeff
- Cauliflower (fall): Jeff
- Collards (fall): Jeff
- Corn: Jeff (Silver Queen), Jim, Kacie, Payten, Raetta
- Cucumbers: Gwen, Jamie, Jeff, Kacie, Payten, Raetta, Sarah, Vicky
- Figs (August): Deana, Jeff
- Garlic: Raetta
- Green Beans: Gwen, Jeff, Payten, Raetta
- Greens (spring & fall): Anna, Jeff (purple top turnip greens)
- Lettuce (spring & fall): Genia
- Herbs & Medicinals: Anna (mint, lemon balm, rosemary), Raetta (lemongrass, mint, mullein)
- Muscadines & Scuppernongs (mid-to-late August) Barb’s Berries and Blessings Orchard, Carla (large muscadines), Christy (scuppadines), Patrick (both)
- Okra: Gwen, Jeff, Jim, Raetta
- Onions: Raetta
- Peaches (August): Sandra, Kacie
- Pears (July & August): Barb’s Berries and Blessings Orchard, Heather
- Peppers: Anna, Ashley, Jeff, Nicole, Payten, Raetta, Vicky
- Persimmons (late summer): Barb’s Berries and Blessings Orchard
- Pink-Eyed Peas: Gwen, Kacie, Patrick, Payten, Raetta
- Potatoes: Raetta
- Pumpkins (August): Kacie, Patrick
- Summer Squash & Zucchini (early summer): Ashley, Genia, Gwen, Jamie, Jeff, Jim, Little Mountain Men, Nicole, Payten, Raetta, Sarah, Vicky
- Sweet Potatoes: Raetta
- Tomatoes: Anna, Genia, Jeff, Kacie, Payten, Raetta
- Turnip Greens (fall): Jeff
- Watermelon: Anthony, Jeff, Nicole
more options
Most farmers markets begin their season in April and close in October. Visit links for specific dates.
- Blount County Farmers Market in Oneonta opens each April on Saturdays, then adds Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7–1 pm
- Oneonta-area produce shops: McCray’s Old Field Farm, Whited Farm Produce Stand, Allman Farms, and Faulkner's Produce
- Pinson Farmers Market on Fridays 2–6 pm
- Martin Family Vegetable Market in Springville
- Trussville Farmers Market on Tuesdays 1–5 pm and Saturdays 8–noon
- Jefferson County Truck Growers Association, 7 days a week
- Mountain Sun Farm in Mentone offers a certified organic CSA with pickup at Trussville Library; shipped produce box options include Farm Box Direct and Misfits Market
- Randle Farms in Auburn is the nearest known source for wool yarn and fleeces
- Springville Farmers Market is/was seeking vendors
- For raw milk or cheese options see realmilk.com or getrawmilk.com