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Terry Durham inside of his greenhouse where he is
currently grows tomatoes and chili peppers. Left:
Durham holds a pair of newly-hatched Narragansett
turkeys at his hobby farm near Holland.
(Michael Lee/Trending)

From the ground up

By Michael Lee
or as long as he has been in the business, Terry Mother Nature works and I try to follow her lead,”
Durham has always wanted to do things the he said.
Fway nature intended it. Durham is one of the more than two-dozen
Hidden away on his 10-acre plot of land just vendors who will take part in the Brandon Farmer’s
north of Holland, Durham, the owner of Sandy Market this year, which beginning June 10 will have
Hills Chicken Run, doesn’t spray any chemical on migrated from its winter abode in the Town Centre’s
his vegetables, or give his free-range chickens and main concourse to the mall parkade, marking the
turkeys any antibiotics or growth hormones. official start to the summer season.
This stands out as a point of pride for the self- The year-round market has been around for more
described hobby farmer, who has set aside a quarter than 40 years since it first took off in 1977. With
of his property to grow everything from asparagus, between 25 to 28 tables registered for the market,
radishes, peas, carrots, beans, garlic, potatoes, corn, president Jeanette Ens was happy with the variety
chili peppers, strawberries, or anything else he of vendors she has for the year.
decides to try his hand at throughout the year. “Like we say, rain or shine, we’ve got you covered,”
Over the next several months, Durham hopes she said.
his all-natural methods will serve him well as he Some vendors have been around for some time,
gets ready for the summer season at the Brandon including Brenda Newton, Ens’s sister, who has been
Farmer’s Market. coming to the market for 17 years to showcase the
“Call me a bird brain, I just kind of like the way thousands of perennials she grows in her garden.

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