PHOTO GALLERY: Wayland Summer Farmers' Market Still Flourishing

Photo credit: Beth Jakubowski, photo by Charlene Arsenault

In their seven years of backyard beekeeping, Paul and Beth Jakubowski had never seen the bees go so crazy making product. It started out as a hobby (Beth gave Paul a “starter kit” for Christmas), but the bees produced so much honey this year, they exhausted all the freebies to friends and family.

“We asked the same question,” said Beth, when asked why she thinks the bump in the crop this year. “No one knows.”

But it prompted the Jakubowskis, who are from Weston, to sell their product. For the first time last week, Beth sat at the Wayland Farmers’ Market touting her Old Colony Hive honey - its tagline “Eat Honey, Live Forever.”

Old Colony Hive is one of many vendors still setting up shop on Wednesdays for the Wayland Summer Farmers’ Market, as it winds into the fall.

The Wayland Summer Farmers’ Market takes place in the parking lot of Russell’s Garden Center at 297 Boston Post Road on Wednesdays from noon to 5 p.m. through Oct. 8.

Sandra Hunt, who is from Florence, VT, has been setting up at the Wayland market all summer, selling her Vermont Gourmet Candy Dish and Other Sweet Things, a smattering of homemade relishes, jams and spreads.

“This is a very well planned and thought out market,” said Hunt. “And it’s got an awesome manager.”

West River Creamery, also from Vermont, passed out samples of award-winning cheeses by Jane Parant.

Six years ago, when Jose Malary Jr. was diagnosed with cancer of the lymph nodes, he looked to his diet to combat the disease. He is still in remission, and also has developed a dip made from all vegetables called Doos P.K.

“You can dip it, infuse it and drink it,” said Malary. “I call it the dip of the future. I developed this from my mother and grandmother’s cooking.”

Other vendors included Joni’s Cannolis, OMG Bagels, Coastal Vineyards, Brigham Farm, Charlton Orchards, Nu3Kids and Town Farm Gardens (which produces an incredible “beer pickle”).

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