Pictured clockwise from upper left:  Cape Cleare bicycle hauled seafood; Shaffett’s Sharpening service; Port Townsend Coffee Roasting with bags of beans, pastries and coffee brewed on site; WSU Master Gardeners with their stacks of books, ready to solve your garden problems; Morganics jams and jellies; Mac’s Macaroons recycled dog tag earrings

If the old wives’ tales are to be believed, our elusive Pacific Northwest summer will come the weekend after the 4th of July.  Our local farmers have recently been offering more than just greens: the berries are in full swing, as well as onions, broccoli, basil and cucumbers, with the selection only getting better each week!  Beyond the array of produce you’d expect, the Chimacum Market has a lot of ready-to-eat food each Sunday.  The market has been graced by Rosa’s Deli Mex, Pane d’Amore, Anca’s Pastries, Dented Buoy Pizza (made on site in a buoy oven), Mama’s Harvest chicken, pork, veggie or vegan tamales, Chocolate Serenade, J&R Hot Dogs, Mystery Bay Seafood, even dog treats at Mac’s Macaroons!  Each week there’s live music, this last week Howly Slim performed at both the Port Townsend Farmers Market and the Chimacum market.

“Junuary” is upon us!  On the last market of May the drizzle stayed away long enough to get the shopping, eating and browsing done.  30 vendors each week, including Chimacum’s own Mama’s Harvest pickles and tamales (the pork tamales might make you weep.)  Come see Jeff Hartman’s Driftwood furniture and sculptures if you are looking for some well done local artistry.  John Foss’s Peace Sign Produce Collective features produce and starts from his Dabob farm, eggs from Scarecrow Farm in Quilcene, and starts and more from Chimacum’s Spring Rain Farm.  Always plenty of parking, great food and music, straw bale seating and country feel.  Come to the market, you will enjoy yourself!

The bounty provided at the Sunday market is impressive!  This time of year is a little early for anything beyond greens, radishes, rhubarb, leeks and potatoes (Click here to see what is in season) but it’s THE time to find starts for your garden or hanging flower baskets.  The first 2 weeks of the market have seen a lot of live plants (not to mention the live music) but also bread and other baked goods, eggs, honey, lavender products, cider, fresh and ready to eat seafood, tacos and tamales, hot dogs, beef, goat milk soaps and lotion, pottery, outdoor furniture, wool, even organic fish fertilizer for happy gardens.  Click here to read the Peninsula Daily News coverage of the market.

Music provided by Brownsville Highway - Old Time, Bluegrass and more on banjo, mandolin, guitar, bass, and ukulele

This year the Chimacum Farmers’ Market WILL be accepting credit/debit cards and food stamps!

This new location means a lot of parking and space for more vendors.

Market vendors this year include, and are not limited to:

Bayside Gardens
Cape Cleare Salmon
Dharma Ridge Farm
Elk Meadows
Elwha Apiary
Finnriver Farm
Gifts of Mother Earth
J&R’s Dog House
Les Richards, the Garlic Man
Mystery Bay Seafood
Old Tarboo Farm
Pane D’amore
Peace Farms
Red Dog Farm
Sequim Lavender Co.
Short Family Farm
Walker Mountain Meadows

Check out the Farmers and Producers page for more details on our vendors.

APRIL 10, 2010 - It’s official…  the Jefferson County Farmers Market Association has taken on the Chimacum Farmers’ Market!  With any luck the JCFMA’s experience and energy will help make the Chimacum market an even more vibrant and successful market for county residents and producers.

The market’s new hours are 10am to 2pm each Sunday, starting May 16th and running through the end of October.  The exact location is still being determined but will be near the Chimacum crossroads.

JULY 27, 2008 - For the market existing 9 whole weeks it’s almost a miracle that we haven’t seen such foul weather sooner. We’ve been lucky up until yesterday, when we experienced intermittent drizzle punctuated by occasional downpours. A big giant thank you to the die-hards (vendors and customers alike) who come to the market rain or shine! Your local growers are committed to you and the market and will not let a little weather get in the way of this food chain. As the community works together to build a stronger food network, one of the sacrifices we face is working through the challenges (like the weather) so that we can depend on each other being there.

This week our vendors brought even more tomatoes, onions, garlic, peppers, potatoes and cut flowers than we have seen in previous weeks. Walker Mountain Meadows was there with their assortment of water plants, Japanese maples and exotics. On such a chilly day it was nice to get a hot cup of coffee from Princess Valiant or a juicy Grange Grill burger for lunch. Tuna Dan grilled up some of his salmon for lucky taste testers. Elk Meadows quickly sold out of raspberry tarts which were quite the comfort food for the day. All you need is a little bit of honey from the Elwha Apiary to sweeten up that tea at the end of a soggy market visit.

JULY 20, 2008 - The Sequim Lavender Festival may have stole some of our thunder this week but our growers reported higher than expected sales. Locals are getting more familiar with the market’s presence and each week we see more people coming out and coming back.

Luckily for the locals our farmers are bringing a better selection each week. On Sunday we saw our first tomatoes and peppers of the season, the good sized onions are finally here, along with big, hearty carrots and cabbages.

Next week expect more of the same beautiful, certified organic (and organically grown) produce. If you’re not thinking about the winter months, you should be. Now is the time to get the best deal on abundant produce. Consider freezing or canning for the future!

JULY 13, 2008 - Another stunning Sunday for the market with 18 vendors, the most yet. New vendors were diverse, offering chair massage, landscape logs, water lilies/lotus and unusual or exotic plants of all kinds. The Grange Grill has fired up the BBQ and kept everyone fed with their tempting hamburgers. The highlight of the day for everyone was the day long performance by Tones of Peace, a marimba band with members from Port Townsend and Bellingham. They kept everyones’s spirits happy and cool on an other wise hot day.

Next week is the Sequim Lavender Festival, our usual vendor Sequim Lavender Company will be missing from the market and attending the big event which is said to draw 30,000-40,000 people. If you are in the area, stop by our market and sample the best of what the Olympic Peninsula has to offer!

JULY 6, 2008 - What a nice turn out this week. Colinwood Farm brought 5 of the 12 varieties of potatoes they are growing this year. Snow and snap peas were widely available this week from Red Dog Farm, Dharma Ridge Farm and Wildwood Farm, along with heartier onions and beets that have enjoyed the sun. Calvin the Tarboo Valley Bee man was on hand gathering interest about future bee needs. G&R Quality Seafood served shrimp cocktails and oysters on the half shell. We are so lucky to have Olympic Pastured Poultry and Tuna Dan providing peninsula grown protein in organic chicken and wild salmon, respectively. The Elwha Apiary is now offering a smaller sample size honey along with their regular pints and/or quarts. In case you missed it, Sequim Lavender Company’s Dr. Lavender was profiled in the Peninsula Daily News on Monday, July 7th.

Next weekend is Hadlock Days! While you are in the area come visit the market, support local agriculture and buy the freshest, most nutrient rich items available unless you are growing it yourself. We are hoping for a full house, with Princess Valiant Coffee, Rosa’s Deli-Mex, and our wonderful vendors with their assortment of produce, plants, honey, lavender, seafood, chicken, wool and jams. You can find great ready to eat food and music will be provided all day by Tones of Peace, a fantastic marimba band. Bring your dancing shoes and prepare to enjoy yourself!