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2025 Schedule

Posted on February 10, 2025March 4, 2025 by IFM

all events are Fridays during the Market from 9am to 1pm unless noted otherwise Feb 22 SATURDAY 9am-noon Grow More Vegetables Workshop.  IFM office $15 at the door, rsvp independencefarmersmarket@gmail.com,[…]

Posted in Contest, County Fair, Events, Food, Kids, Market Day, Town Park, Uncategorized, Workshop Tagged Apple Fest, Berry Fest, cooking day, events, Garlic Fest, kids bucks, kids day, schedule, Tomato Fest

Free Canning demo June 16

Posted on June 12, 2023 by IFM

June 16th features a free beginning introduction to water bath canning at 10:30am at the Managers tent.  It’s a great method for canning pickles, jams and jellies and fruit. This[…]

Posted in County Fair, Events, Food, How to, Market Day, Uncategorized Tagged canning, county fair, demonstration, free

Enter the Grayson County Fair!

Posted on August 8, 2021August 11, 2021 by IFM

The Grayson County Fair will be held August 13 and 14.  Thanks to Bottomley’s Evergreens and Farms for hosting the Fair at their warehouse in Elk Creek again this year.[…]

Posted in Contest, County Fair, Events, Kids, Livestock Tagged contests, county fair, free, fun, livestock

Bug photography contest closes September 16

Posted on September 1, 2020September 11, 2020 by IFM

Just a reminder to enter the Grayson LandCare(GLC) pest and beneficial bug photography contest. The last day to submit entries is Wednesday September 16th.  The winners will be announced via[…]

Posted in Contest, County Fair, Uncategorized Tagged bugs, contest, photography

Entering the Fair is easy!

Posted on July 31, 2019 by independencefarmersmarket

There is still plenty of time to enter the Grayson County Fair.! It’s August 10 from 9am to 3pm and the Youth Livestock show begins on Friday August 9 from[…]

Posted in Contest, County Fair, Events, Livestock Tagged contest, county fair, kids activities, livestock

Grayson County Fair

Posted on July 24, 2019 by IFM

Plan to attend the Grayson County Fair August 10 from 9am to 3pm and the Youth Livestock show on Friday August 9 from 5-8pm and again during the Fair from[…]

Posted in Contest, County Fair, Crops, Events, Livestock Tagged county fair, information, kids activities, livestock, ribbons

Grayson County Fair

Posted on July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 by independencefarmersmarket

The Grayson County Fair will be held Saturday August 10 from 9am to 3 pm at Bottomley’s Farm and Evergreens in Elk Creek.  The Youth Livestock will begin Friday August[…]

Posted in Contest, County Fair, Events, Livestock Tagged contest, county fair, livestock

2nd Annual Grayson County Fair-August 10

Posted on May 22, 2019 by independencefarmersmarket

It’s time to start thinking about planting vegetables, testing recipes, or crafting something to enter in the Fair.  We have expanded the competitions from our small start last year. Categories[…]

Posted in County Fair Tagged county fair, event, kids activities

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