On Saturday morning hubby and I decided to take a roadtrip out to this farmer's market after seeing…read moreit was one of the top must sees to visit in Auburn! It's a small farmers market, but still a lot of great vendors including 2 of my personal favorites, Greatful Bread and Zena Foods! The market also had booths selling fresh brewed coffee, tempting looking packaged teas, bakery items, cheese, spices and of course lots of fresh produce and for all those boujee folks out there, yes even eggs! You cannot leave less than 5 stars for bringing this market to the community that helps support small local businesses and farmers! We ended up purchasing some Chive Pockets for breakfast. After seeing a woman frying up this delicious looking option at Han-Yu Taiwanese Food we knew we had to try it! What are they? A traditional Chinese chive pie or flat dumpling, it was filled with fresh chicken, egg, rice noodles and chive. She asked if we wanted sauce for dipping and I'm sure glad we said yes, because it's VERY good and gave just the right amount of oomph the pocket needed! My hubby absolutely loved his! I would recommend this farmer's market and I'd return! You can find more farmer's markets in Placer County at @liveplacergrown on Instagram! SYOY! :-)

20 or so vendors. Happily they are almost all food items. May 2024: Bought a dozen bags of…read moregorgeous and tasty salad greens and root vegetables. 3 bakeries (of course you want to get bread from the baker and cook booth. Just a few jewelry/ ceramics/soaps and potions sellers. Shortest walk to get in is by parking at the old courthouse then use the pedestrian walkway right at the traffic light intersection. It's somewhat steep so physically handicapped might want to go around the long way.

Very good sandwiches whether you create your own or off the menu. The pasta and potato salads were…read morevery tasty. Friendly staff. A good variety of specialty stuff to purchase. The store is clean and well stocked.

Lots of yummies, both savory and sweet. Always fun to walk in and see what goodies are behind the…read morecounter. Such a clean and charming space, along with a friendly staff.

Been visited the brewery for a while. Love the different events they host. Live music, comedy…read moreshows, pumpkin patch for example. The beer is excellent. The watermelon wheat is bomb.

We have been going to Fowler Ranch Pumpkin Patch for the last few years! It's our absolute…read morefavorite! They not only have a ton of different varieties of pumpkins to pick from, but they have a ton of cute photo ops, a pumpkin launcher, pumpkin tic tac toe, a bouncy horse area and a new playground! Their prices are great! Always friendly service. And while you're there you can walk over to the Farmers Market and/or Brewery!

Adorable Market! So many things you can't find elsewhere. I get regenerative bacon here, no grains…read moreno soy... Just pasture raised pigs. Almost impossible to find. I also get my corn chips and potato chips from here and they fry them in tallow instead of seed oils! They have connections with all the local farms, organic produce, dairy, eggs.....a must see.

A smaller style boutique that happens to have organic food/produce/small amount of Organic…read moreproducts. GORGEOUS COLORFUL LOCAL FRESH EGGS!! The thrive on REAL CLEAN PRODUCTS The lady that was working there was very nice and helpful!! ORGANIC EVERYTHING!! I'm trying to eat as clean as I possibly can. I was born in the late 60's and my Mom went back to work in the early 70's. So we bought pre ready to make foods. Well after 50 years of basically eating crap for the most of my life I FINALLY realized "You ARE what you eat"!! OH and she was tasting these organic tallow beef potato chips! WOW!!! Reminded me of when I was a small child. I have not have REAL CLEAN potato chips since I was a toddler! Haha! I bought them too! Oh and their expensive lasagna noodles were soooooo great! I did not realize the little bag can make 3-9x13 casserole dish. So it wasn't as expensive as I assumed. I will be back!! And soon!!

Martynse Family Farm is open to the public on weekends 10 am to 5 pm. I hope one day to visit and…read morewalk around the grounds, which looks family friendly. So far, I have only visited the self service station outside the gate. The mandarins are lovely and uniform in size. The imperfect oranges still look great and appetizing to me and are the best bargain I have found. This farm is located close to Lincoln, CA and is closest to home! I think this will be my go-to mandarin farm. Martynse Family Farm is on the west end of English Colony Way, part of the mandarin orange trail in Placer County.

Placer County has a wine trail and also a mandarin trail! We've been coming here for over a decade…read moreand it's great to see how much this farm has added on. They have a small petting zoo with goats and bunnies. They have a covered picnic area where you can pack a picnic basket and take in the views of the fall foliage and orchard. They have Satsuma and pearl mandarins, so sweet and seedless. What I love and miss here was the farmer's dog Teddy, who has passed on. He would always greet me when I would stop in. RIP, Teddy.

Willow Creek Ranch produced one of my favorite mandarin oranges at the 2024 Mountain Mandarin…read moreFestival. Farmers are friendly to chat with. You can sample a mandarin while you're there. You can see them packing bags of oranges. Currently, you can buy 5 lb for $10 or 10 lb for $20. Mandarins are juicy and sweet. You may be able to buy other fresh farm produce here, such as lemons, Cara Cara oranges, blood oranges, or walnuts. You can find products from other local farms, like honey or Newcastle Mandarin Ranch sauces. You can pay by credit card. It's easy to spot the signage and drive to Willow Creek Ranch on English Colony Way, part of the Mandarin Trail. Good luck competing in the upcoming 2025 Mountain Mandarin Festival!

This is one of my primary "go to" places for fresh mandarins when they're in season. It's fairly…read moreclose to my house, easy to get in and out of, manned by friendly people - and about as close to "fresh off the tree" as you can get! When mandarins are in season, you can pretty much be assured that what you're buying here is no more than a day or two from being picked from the trees. It's the end of the season now, and I picked up probably one of the last 10 pound bags they'll be offering for now. Even though it was end of season, the mandarins are just the way I like them - the best variety (in my opinion) - easy to peel, seedless, juicy. So glad I have something like this nearby!