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!