• Yes! Jay Cox, A&J BBQ, 270-634-1527 is here! The cookhouse sets up early, Jay will be serving at around 7amCT, an hour before FM2 officially opens and then all during the market. The hospitality tent is open, he says, reserved for Picnickers at the the market. Today: GRILLED COUNTRY HAM. BBQ Tenderloin. BBQ Pulled Pork. Grilled FM2 Corn on the Cob/$2 an ear.
• Donna Jones, The Big Black Dog Farm. 270-634-2125. - Eggplant-the classic style as well as the long Japanese long ones, Okra, Tomatoes, Yellow Squash, Hot Peppers, Some Cantaloupe. Various sizes of Kentucky honey, Adult Bibs, Baby Bibs, Burp Cloths, Receiving Blankets, as well as Quilts/throws - Donna Jones
• Barbara Armitage of Tucker's Station Farms 270-250-2979 - Carrot Cake is Back! Summer Harvest Cake, Chocolate Zucchini Cake. Sweet Onion Bread and other Fresh baked artesian Breads. Homemade Blackberry Jams and Salsa's. Tomatoes, Green Beans, Sweet yellow Onions, Cucumbers, English (Burpless) Cucumbers, Green Peppers, sweet Banana Peppers, Jalapeno Peppers, We are always sampling! - Barbara Armitage
• Terry Huff of Heavenly Homestead Cheese 270-250-2979 - Hand crafted whole milk natural cheeses. Cheddar, Smokehouse Cheddar, Parmesan, Colby, Monterey Jack, Garlic and Herb, Tomato Basil, Gouda, Smoked Gouda, Havarti, Pepper Jack. - Terry Huff
• Darrell Bunnell of Coview Farm 270-384-5412 -Bodacious Corn. Peaches N Cream Corn. Blue Lake Green Beans. Red Potatoes. White Potatoes. Kohlrabi. Jalapeno Peppers. Sweet Banana Peppers. Small Bulb Onions. Yellow Squash. Zucchini. Green Bell Peppers. Pickling Cucumbers. Slicing Cucumbers. Red Tomatoes. Yellow Tomatoes. Mr. Stripy Tomatoes. Crimson Sweet Watermelon. Charleston Grey Watermelon.
• Lisa and Jason Blackaby of Blackaby Hill Farms Pasture raised Red Wattle Pork. Cured Bacon. German Style Bratwurst. Chirizo. Chops. Breakfast Sausage Links.
• Bobby Buchanan, 2873 Fry Ridge Road, Greensburg, KY 270-404-4495. Large Ripe Yellow and Red Tomatoes. Cucumbers. Yellow Squash. Peaches & Cream Sweet Corn. Peaches & Cream Sweet Corn. Onions. Green Beans. New Kennebec Potatoes. Large Tomatoes. Colorful variety of Gourds.
• Sandy Evert of S.T.E. Design 270-404-1793 – Handmade Jewelry: New today: Bracelets. Button, Cross, Butterflies

A hundred words of love are not enough
to substitute for one soft human touch.
Regardless of hard training to be tough,
unrecognized requests may prove too much.

Some higher power may exist on high
but much too high to soothe an empty heart.
Some inner strength may seek the open sky
but torn by expectations come apart.

Not grand designs but accidents set lives
on courses unforeseen both good and bad.
Not condemnation but calm help arrives
to guide unrushed the soul from sad to glad.

Desires rejected often catch us up,
distilled those longings bitter fill our cup.

Ed: I agree with your assessment of the need for some changes on Jamestown Street just off the Square. With less through truck traffic, some better traffic control - especially speed - and some more on and off street parking everyone would win. Increased business on and off the Square, increased pedestrian traffic, and a better looking Columbia. It seems to me to be a relatively simple fix. Why is it not happening? --George Kolbenschlag

I thought the same as Joyce Coomer did, that Junebugs were scarce. I had not picked blackberries for several years. I walked the family farm {Livers} in Marion County last week picking blackberries. We picked three gallon of the berries, but we all kept commenting about the hundreds of Junebugs in the vines. I don't remember ever seeing so many. It was a great day despite all the chiggers and poison oak we brought home with us. - Cheryl Yates

• Holly Kerns, Sano, KY 270-250-3437 - Red Ripe Slicing Tomatoes. Red Potatoes. White Potatoes. Blue Tomatoes. Green Beans. Yellow Squash. Patty Pan Squash. Zucchini. Kentucky Wonder Beans. Burpees Stringless Beans. Roma Beans. Cabbage.
• Jason Blackaby, Blackaby Hills Farm. 270-535-5396. - Chicken, Pork Ribs, Sausage, Bacon, Pork Chops, Chorizo, Bratwurst. (Even the chickens are contrary - no duck OR chicken eggs today. Maybe they'll be in a better humor later)
• Danny & Debbie Burris, D & D Longview Angus Farm. 270-250-3701 Red Tomatoes, Brandy Wine (Pink), A Few Yellow Tomatoes, New Potatoes, Yellow Squash, Zuchinni, Egg Plant, Okra, Green Peppers, Onions Red And White, Grapes, A Few Blue Berries, A Few Black Berries, And Peaches.
• Eddie Compton, the King of Sweet Corn - Bodacious Sweet Corn. Red slicing tomatoes.