The market has had up to 29 stalls but around 18 stalls on average, boasting an array of fresh fruit and veggies, meats, baked good, preserves and more.

Sadly the ‘cupcake lady’ has moved on so there’s an opportunity there for an enterprising home baker and coordinator Jess Kennedy would love to see a fruit juice stand, but anything new and different would be welcomed.

“And people should remember that if they feel they don’t have enough for their own stall, they can always put in on the community table,” she said.

Shoppers are advised to get in soon after the doors open at 8am as some stalls have sold out by 10.30am and the buzz had died down.

Visitation isn’t tracked but there’s a steady stream of regulars who use the market for a weekly stock-up of their fridge and pantry. The market’s calendar is also punctuated by special events like the Peter Allen Festival and there’s a busload of 50 planning to drop in during April, which will get the Old Uniting Church Hall humming.

Miss Kennedy said winter was understandably a bit slower but those who had invested in plantings of winter vegetables – such as the Tenterfield Community Garden on the TAFE grounds – did well. The Magner family with their Four Rivers Fresh of meat and market garden produce has been consistent, and hats off to ‘the egg lady’ (Val Melling) who’s there every week and sticks around even after she’s sold out.

Miss Kennedy said the salad greens growers in particular have found the weather conditions difficult, battling too little water and too much hail.

“But they’re doing the best they can,” she said.

The social aspect of the market, as a regular opportunity to catch up with friends, has really taken off and Miss Kennedy said the organisers are keen to encourage that.

“It hosts an important amenity,” she said, “and it will only get better.”

The market operates each Saturday (except the first Saturday of the month) from 8am to noon, at the Old Uniting Church Hall on the corner of High and Logan Streets.