The Cranbrook Farmers' Market continues to grow as the market adds new vendors and new produce becomes available. The market started on July 4 and has steadily grown over the weeks.

"Things have been going great this year," said Tara McKee, president of the Cranbrook Farmers' Market. "We're thinking of moving the market later into September, we were originally going to stop on September 5. We've been getting a great turnout every week. We have lots of new vendors with plenty of variety."

The market has added a number of vendors including a pair from Creston, who have brought up fresh cherries and other fresh fruit.

"We came up from Leyh's Orchard in Creston. He's a orchardist that has farmed all his life," said Rose Pastorec. "He grows world famous lapin cherries, as well as peaches and apricots and all different varieties of apples. We thought we'd come to Cranbrook and try to sell his fruit. It's worked out very well for us."

The market is located on 10th Avenue next to Rotary Park downtown Cranbrook and runs every Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Besides the fresh produce, the market has arts and crafts, baked goods, and other food items.

"People can expect a great community atmosphere," said McKee. "We're getting more and more produce vendors which people have been asking for."

Market-goers have been treated to a range of musical varieties by the various buskers over the past three weeks. One of the buskers is 14-year-old Angus MacDonald. MacDonald, a fiddler, moved to Cranbrook three years ago from Nova Scotia, a Canadian mecca for fiddling.

"I've been playing the fiddle now for three years. I've been coming out and playing at the farmer's market for a couple of weeks now," said MacDonald.

"There's been a fair amount of interest in the buskers," said Karen MacLoed of the Farmers' Market Society. "The market-goers have expressed their delight in having the musicians play for them."

The market is also planning a Harvest Fest for September 19. Look for more information on the market in future editions of the Kootenay Advertiser.