The summer is here, friends.

The Northside Farmers Market launched its 2012 selling season on Tuesday afternoon with a tempting selection of vegetables, baked goods, meats, and more.

Frank Reece was this week’s gift basket winner. The basket included pie, jams, bagels, cookies, greens, fresh herbs, flowers, greeting cards, woodcrafts, maple syrup, spice mixes, lettuce, and more, all provided by the local vendors at Northside Farmers Market.

The Northside Farmers Market will continue each Tuesday afternoon from now through October in the parking lot of the KFC on Portland Way North. For those coming from outside of Galion, the market is conveniently located just a half-mile south of US30 — take the 598 exit and go south.

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Better weather is in the forecast, and vendors and customers will want to take advantage of that this Saturday at God’s Little Acre Farmers’ Market, open 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church, 240 S. Market St., in Galion.

Heritage Harvest Farm’s Corinne Gompf, of Galion, says that this warm-up is really going to help local growers. “These sunny, warm days are going to boost the remainder of our summer crop and help our fall vegetables grow. Growers still have some tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables associated with summer … and it’s October. A lot of growers continue to seed fall greens and root crops as long as the weather holds out,” explains Gompf, who will have “Sparkler White Tip” radishes, “Black Beauty” eggplant, “Tomato Berry” tomatoes, … Read the rest