A FREE Daily Visitor Guide for the North Carolina Mountains and 50+ NC Mountain Cities: May 2018

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Saluda Tailgate Market Season Opens

May 4, 2018 - The Saluda Tailgate Market opens Friday, May 4, with an abundance of plants for the garden, lettuces, jams and jellies, meats, eggs, herbs, and much more.

Living Herbs has large selection of herbs

The market runs every Friday 4:30 to 6:30 pm through October, rain or shine, in the parking lot on West Main Street in downtown Saluda NC. Here are some of the vendors planning on being at the opening market:

Richard Wesley - garden plants.

High Valley Farm, Richard Wesley, with a full range of garden plants.

Bradley Farms, Aaron and Nicole Bradley, with eggs, pork, beef and chicken

Rose's Best, Rose and John Britton, with jams, jellies and quiches

Living Herbs, Al Balsom, with a huge selection of herb plants for the garden

Good Things Grow Here, Richard Kouyoumijian, with eggs and seasonal vegetables

Piece O' Cake, Kerry and Jon Austin, with pound cake and brownies

Forest Creek Farm, Molly Lebude, with mushrooms, flowers and seasonal vegetables

Richard Kouyoumijian - seasonal vegetables.

Halo Dips, Janie Berks, with packages of spices, herbs and seasonings

Tryon Mountain Lavender, Tracy and Carolyn Henry, with fresh and dried herbs and seasonal garden vegetables

Julie Arrington with garden arrangements and plants

Lark's Table, Lark Lindsey, with stuffed squashes, savory pies and strudels

Blue Ridge Mountain Trout, Tyler Harris, with fresh caught trout

Herbalicious, Laura Collins, with non-GMO eggs and herbs

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