Big Red Barn Farmers Market

The Big Red Barn Farmers Market is held on Fridays from 4 to 8 p.m. in Davenport. The market was launched in June 2008 by Davenport native Carey Guhlke, 26, after she realized that agricultural-rich Lincoln County lacked a farmers market.

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Mon., Aug. 9, 2010

Products from Spokane-based Wild-n-Sweet Rich Honey are displayed at the Big Red Barn Farmers Market in Davenport on Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. The farmers market operates on Fridays from 4 to 8 p.m.

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Leslie Michael, of Pleasant Valley Plant Farm in Edwall, talks about the vegetables, flowers and other plants she sells at the Big Red Barn Farmers Market in Davenport. The market will wrap up its first year of operation on October 15.

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Spring Creek Soap and Sundries, of Reardan, aims to "clean the world one bubble at a time." Owner Christy Parr makes the soaps by hand and sells them at the Big Red Barn Farmers Market, in Davenport, and online at springcreeksoapandsundries.com.

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Matthew Sawyer, right, sells a loaf of bread to a customer at the Big Red Barn Farmers Market, in Davenport, on Aug. 6, 2010. Sawyer's business is called Sawyer's Artisan Breads & Pastries.

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Potatoes for sale from Freedom Ranch at the Big Red Barn Farmers Market.

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Through her business Forever & Again, Karen Mensik repurposes vintage suitcases. She paints the exteriors and gives the luggage new lining, and then fills them with items that fit a theme, such as a child's tea or baking set.

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The Big Red Barn Farmers Market is held on Fridays from 4 to 8 p.m. The Aug. 6, 2010, market was "kids' day," so organizer Carey Guhlke arranged to have a miniature golf course and small petting zoo set up outside the barn.

Megan Cooley