10/15/2026
Sometimes supporting small business looks like a cup of tea. 🤎
At one of the markets we've attended, Dan and Joie stopped by our Stillground Works booth. While we talked, we learned they own Silo Herb Farm & Gardens — and one of the things they sell is dried herbs.
I didn't buy any from the store.
But instead, I remembered them.
Why chamomile?
Well... I planted my own this year.
And apparently I got so busy trying to grow Stillground Works that I forgot I was also supposed to keep the chamomile growing. 😂
Let's say it didn't make it.
I sometimes make myself a cup of chamomile tea at night when the work is done, and I'm ready to slow things down for the day. So when I needed some, I remembered the small business owners we'd met at our booth and decided that's where I wanted to buy it.
And it got me thinking about something we sometimes forget about local markets.
A sale doesn't necessarily happen while someone is standing in front of your booth.
Sometimes someone sees what you make, remembers you, follows your page, visits your website — or comes back weeks later when they actually need what you sell.
Greg and I are usually the ones standing on the vendor side of the table, hoping someone will remember Stillground Works after they walk away.
This time, I was the person who remembered someone else's small business. 🤎
That's a pretty good reminder of why showing up, talking to people, and making those connections matters.
And I'm pretty happy that when my own chamomile didn't survive my small-business ambitions, I knew another small business I could support. 😂
As for growing my own again next year?
We'll see if Stillground Works lets me remember to water it.
— Nikki
