OXFORD — Every Saturday morning, Bob Raune brings vegetables from his garden, honey from his bees, homemade jams and beeswax candles to Talawanda High School’s parking lot.

From 7:30 a.m. to noon, the lot plays host to a farmers’ market, featuring everything from fresh beans to baked goods to vibrant flowers, mostly from farmers living within the school district.

Raune has been coming to the market for 30 years, through three different locations. He started selling apples and some vegetables and eventually got into honey when his son took it up for a 4-H project, he said.

“I like meeting the people and just trying to give them things they want,” Raune said between friendly banter with customers, many of whom he knows by name.

Raune and the other vendors answer questions for the customers — who browse in the shade of tents — and remember what they want from year to year.

Linda Amspaugh-Corson offers a recipe for muffins with the currants she sells.

“What I try to do is grow things that other people don’t,” said Corson, a five-year veteran of the market.

She also offers other unique jams and jellies, such as elderberry or crab apple grape.

“There’s a good variety of stuff around,” said 11-year-old Andrew Grimm, who comes to the market to help his grandparents.

“It helps with our math with school,” said Zoe Cleman, 11.

“It’s just fun coming here because there’s just a lot of people and they come up and can give you comments about your stuff,” Andrew said.

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