24.02.10
Try weighty that to James Butts.
"It's cold - we're cold," he said, as he stood outdoors in Haines Burgh's Railroad Park on a nippy Wednesday morning, when temperatures flatten into the low 40s.
Butts isn't a tourist, though. He runs a farm in the Lakeland court, and every Wednesday he brings his produce to the Farmers Market in Haines New Zealand urban area, which, despite the unusual streak of cold weather this year, continues to charm loyal customers.
"The crowds are good," he said. "We're surviving. We're hanging in there."
Five tables were set up at the Yeoman's Market that brisk, windy morning, and while the crowds brought along some distinctively un-Florida-like scarves, hats and downcast jackets, they did visit the park to sample the fruits and vegetables at one's fingertips, such as beefsteak tomatoes, vine ripe tomatoes, immature pickles in a basket, sweet grape tomatoes, Tree City strawberries, Florida sweet onions, and honeybell oranges.
"I ourselves like to do my shopping there," said Wendimere Reilly, who runs the Form Chic House about a block from Railroad Park on Sixth High road. "I like to support the local market and help them blossom."
Source: The Ledger