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November starts, Moses Lake Farmers Market ends

NANCE BESTON | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 8 months AGO
by NANCE BESTON
Staff Writer | November 6, 2024 2:20 AM

MOSES LAKE – As autumn comes to a close, people are composting their pumpkins, preparing for colder weather to come and celebrating at the Moses Lake Farmers Market weekly conclusion at McCosh Park.  

The final market day, Oct. 25, brought people of all ages in costumes to trick-or-treat vendors and vote on the best-decorated pumpkin. Local businesses had everything from fresh veggies to unique crafts.  

Vendors for the final market included: B-Safe Products LLC, C.R. Farms, Dragonfly Espresso, E.T.’s Bees, El Charro Birrieria, Farm Fresh Beef, Farmland Florals, Joy’s Creations, Kettle Corn, Kings Garden, Leo’s Produce, Liberty Gardens, Mad’s, Mark’s Organic Produce, Mary Moon Farms LLC, Mini Donut Patrol, Moses Lake Public Library Foundation, Not a Master Beader, Piercy Farms, Rill-Bustamante Farms, Risen Indeed Cakes and Pastries, Rowley and Hawkins Fruit Farm, S&S Western Art, Santiago Garden, SewBZ, Summer Gardens, Sutton Craft, Tami’s Hawaiian Grinds and Umapine Creamery.  

The market will return with the Fall Market on Nov. 16.  

    A Moses Lake Farmers Market stand was selling pumpkins filled with dried flowers and moss.
 
 


    A child eagerly picks out a pumpkin at Santiago's Garden for Halloween. The child ended up carving the pumpkin at a stand across the walkway.
 
 
    A stand at the Moses Lake Farmers Market was selling apples, veggies and other goods at the final farmers market of the season.
 
 
    Children dressed in costumes were able to trick-or-treat the various stands at the Moses Lake Farmers Market.
 
 
    One of the pumpkins that were up for voting at the final Moses Lake Farmers Market.
 
 
    A child walks through the Moses Lake Farmers Market to collect candy from various vendors.
 
 
    People at the Moses Lake Farmers Market bought gallons of freshly made apple cider.
 
 

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