Justin and Becky visit Hendersonville Farmers Market with their kids, handing out $100 tips to vendors and farmers. They talk about the hard work behind farming, mention a chicken-processing class at Fruitland Farmstead, and show how the market brings the community together.
We are at the Hendersonville Farmers Market.
I'm gonna get all his dill because my dill did not germinate.
I figured the crazy plant lady couldn't pass the plants.
My name is Gary Steiner and I'm the owner of Beautiful Farm and Garden.
How long you been doing this?
Right at 10 years.
Hey, we had a market farm once. We know how much work it is, buddy. I'm gonna give you a nice tip.
Thank you.
Yes, sir. Appreciate it. Yes, sir. Can they sample one?
I don't have a huge zucchini. It's a nice big one here. There's your— here, try that big one right there.
You want to try one too?
Get that big one right there. See how you like them. You want to try one, Punch It Vic?
What do you think? What's the name of the farm?
M&M Berry Farm.
Do you like it? Okay, we're giving you a generous tip. No, we know how hard you're working. There's your tip. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we know how hard you're working.
Do you need to take that?
We're good. Hey, you know what we'll do? We'll, we'll take them and we're gonna give them out.
Okay, it'll be fun.
You eyeing those berries? Here, you want one?
Sure.
They gave them to us. This is a huge market. I had no idea. There is a farmer we know here, Lauren, an Abundance Plus member, right?
Yeah.
And we visited their farm a number of times. We gotta find her.
We can't pass a plant booth. That's crazy plant lady going in.
Hey, do you have any mint plants?
I do.
Oh, Becky.
No, I want like a traditional mint.
And you know the traditional mint I'm sold on?
Which is spearmint.
There's a curly that is probably as close to the—
traditional?
Yes, to the peppermint mint. But again, what's it smell like? It is not the peppermint.
This lady seems really nice. I'm kind of glad she's getting something so that we can tip her.
So I'm gonna get 5 plants.
How long have you and your daughter been working together?
Well, we have worked together for 32 years.
Okay. All right, well, here's a nice tip. You guys go to dinner. For sure. Yes, I know how hard you work. We appreciate you.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Hey, nice to meet you.
You're in the vlog, Cheryl. How you doing? The kids want to see the model train station.
This is a giant building full of model trains. So there's these tunnels going through to the different rooms.
Oh, I hear it.
There it is, Mr. Brown.
All right, we're going to Asheville. Henry, you love this? Do you see the bark? He is into it.
Is that a train?
He wants to play with all the toys.
Oh, he would just Godzilla that up. Jeff, you want some blackberries? Oh, we're giving them away. Really? Yep. Awesome. Yeah, we got some.
Thank you.
I don't think there's any more plant stands. Oh shoot, there's one more. Oh my goodness, call the inquirer. She kept moving. I'm concerned. Lauren and Mark, where are they at? Oh wait, they're at the very end. Oh yeah, oh see, she's gonna, she's gonna get excitable.
She's gonna get excited.
We had to come see the hand cam. It's even got volume. Oh yeah, I'm hearing them.
Yeah, yeah, that's part of the— part of the draw. People are walking by.
What'd you do, just turn it up? Yeah. If you have a piece of clothing with a chicken on it, you might be a crazy chicken lady. Die, you know, you just might.
I was inspired, what can I say?
Look at this. I like how they just insist and they bring their baby. They make it happen.
I can't wait to give them this $100. Just wait.
Did you buy anything from them, Beck?
No, I don't need it.
I think we have all this.
We have all this.
You've got a kid, you had to set up all this.
Yes.
What is so special about farming to make that worth it?
I think we were just talking about it— the people, uh, the people that we meet, like like-minded folks interested in, you know, eating well, living well.
Okay, we got a generous tip.
Come on, you gotta take it.
Thank you.
You're welcome. We know how hard y'all work.
How much was this baby set up? $100, right?
Maybe.
Okay, well, there you go.
For the gate and the yellow bean tent and the sand.
Sittlers for everybody!
Yay!
Thank you. Ever since we sat at the farmer's market with one— our one child— and it was so hard.
It's hard, man.
You just don't make a lot of money sometimes, and you're just like, is this worth it? And Justin and I were like, you know, it'd be really fun is to just walk around and hand $100 bills out to farmers. Yeah, because we know, we know how hard it is.
Like, it's hard for all the local people. What's the name of your farm? And I know you do workshops and stuff. Yeah, absolutely. Fruitland Farm.
Fruitland Farmstead. Yeah, fruitlandfarmstead.com. We'll be doing a workshop on chicken processing, uh, at the— in the fall.
Okay, chickens for everyone.
That's right.
You chopped it off.
You got to show them your hands.
Did you wipe them off? You destroyed it.
Oh, he didn't.
He already washed the hands. You did pretty good, buddy, and you didn't even get any on your face. That's really good. Good job, buddy. Lily and Mr. Brown are waiting in line for this. What'd you ask for, Lily? A unicorn.
And what'd you ask for, A sword.
A what?
A sword.
A sword, okay. She's working on the unicorn. Unicorn.
I'd make you guess.
How long you been doing balloons?
Um, 30 years.
Oh my goodness, you ever get tired of it?
Never.
Never ever?
Ever.
You had the longest line of all the tents, so I think they made a good decision.
Yeah, I guess my fault because I opened up to unicorns. But then how do you say no?
Look at this.
Wow.
And that is my secret horn.
Nice. You're a lucky dog today, Lily. Nice.
You're welcome.
Put your tip in. There you go. Man, say goodbye to the farmer's market. Mucho blackberries, plants for the crazy plant lady. Everybody get buckled in. We finally were able to bless the farmers with a big tip.
I remember when I thought of that, there was just no way I could have done that after we had the market farm and we're selling at farmers markets. And then going to a farmers market to buy produce and being like, I know how hard it is to do all of this stuff. And so it's a blessing to be able to go and to bless people who I know work really, really hard, because nobody, nobody at that farmers market doesn't work hard.
No, I can remember when we sold at the farmers market, we would literally take the money and go supplement and buy the things that we weren't growing. Yeah, and that's how much that money meant to us. So all you market farmers out there, we love and appreciate you guys.
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