Vegetable stands roadside

farm adventures in Prince William County

Roadside stand that could easily be made out of pallets.

In part one of a two part series, learn how to build a mobile roadside stand for selling your farm goods. Words & photos Julie & Jel Legg A mobile cart is ideal if you want to sell your own goods at the roadside, or at a market or community event. The design was inspired by old Victorian hand carts that market sellers would use to transport and display their wares. For this project we recycled bicycle wheels from a child’s bike. The wheels we used are 50cm in diameter (approximately 24…

During our fruit and vegetable growing season I stop at Amish farm stands on my drive home from work. Eric, see your car? Do you miss it? A young boy waited on me yesterday. I asked if I could take a picture of the stand and he said it was fine. He then moved 30 feet away from the stand so he wouldn't be in the picture. Besides produce that they grow, they purchase fruits and vegetables from non Amish farmers. Yesterday, I bought 6 ears of corn, 4 green peppers, a quart of tomatoes & peaches…

In part two of our series, we finish building a mobile roadside stand for selling your farm goods. Words & images: Julie & Jel Legg Last month we started building a cute mobile cart, ideal if you want to sell your goods on the roadside or at a market. This month we finish it, creating the roof and finishing the project with paint and stain. Get the instructions for Part 1 here. MATERIALS (for the full project) matching pair of bicycle wheels, 50cm diameter 1m x 10mm, threaded, stainless…

Cain Family Farm self serve stand

Sweet, little farm stand build from CJ materials, a pallet & some new 2x4s.

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