Farmers Market: great buys for locally made hand crafts and beauty care products; locally grown produce, greens, and plants

Jarvis Plaza comes comes to life every third Saturday of the month with small businesses offering locally grown food products, hand crafted beauty products, baked goods, furniture, locally grown plants, and more.

The Plaza is easy to find, and free covered parking is available across the street at El Metro.

Among the vendors at the Saturday, September 18 Farmers Market were Honey Love Mini Pancakes (Raul and Liz Alvarez); Palo Blanco Farm (the Juarez-Galindo family); Holy Honey Hive (Alexa Salazar); Alice in Pastryland (Alicia Almendarez); and Fit2plant.com (Meg Guerra.)

Also pictured is performer Barbie Montel.

The next market is on October 16. Market hours are from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For further information on becoming a vendor, call (956) 523-8817.