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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

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Photo by Louise Krafft/Gazette

Aubrey King of Twin Springs Fruit Farm sets up more fresh garden lettuce.

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Photo by Louise Krafft/Gazette

Daniel Self of Three Way Farms in Warsaw Va. puts out another basket on freshly picked strawberries — the first of the crop from the Northern Neck.

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Photo by Louise Krafft/Gazette

Donna Granahan of Granny’s Garden has been growing and selling flowers in Mount Vernon for 25 years now.

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Photo by Louise Krafft/Gazette

Fresh spinach is sorted at the Potomac Vegetable Farm stand. The farm is in Purcellville, Va.

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Photo by Louise Krafft/Gazette

Charles Geyer of Westmoreland Berry Farm and Orchards brings out another flat of ripened strawberries.

The Mount Vernon Farmer’s Market is open again for business.

Tuesday, May 5, was the opening day of the seasonal producers market in the Mount Vernon area. Strawberries are lush and sweet, garden perennial flowers and bushes, herbs for cooking, free range meats, fresh baked goods are all plentiful at the Tuesday morning market.

Hours are from 8 a.m. till noon in the parking lot next to the Sherwood Hall Library on Sherwood Hall Lane.

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