01:00 AM EDT on Thursday, September 25, 2003

Here's a list of some of the area's weekly farmer's markets and large farmstands. A complete list of markets is available on the Web site of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, www.state.ri.us/dem/topics/agricult.htm, or by phone at 222-2781.

Most markets will continue to operate weekly until the end of October. The season for farmstands varies: Some are open all year; others close after the growing season ends next month. Call ahead to find out hours, which change with the season.

Weekly farmer's markets

Aquidneck Growers' Market, 909 East Main Rd. (Route 138), Middletown. 848-0099. Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. through Oct. 18.

Broad Street Farmers' Market, 807 Broad St., Providence. 273-9419. Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. through Oct. 25.

Colt Park Farmers' Market, Colt State Park, Route 114, Bristol. 277-2781. Fridays 2-6 p.m. through Oct. 31.

Downcity Farmers' Market, Hope High School, 324 Hope St., Providence. 647-3863. Saturdays 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. through Nov. 27.

Fishermen's Memorial Park Farmers' Market, Fishermen's Memorial State Park, 1011 Point Judith Rd. (Route 108), Narragansett. 222-2781. Sundays 9 a.m.-1 p.m. through Oct. 26.

Goddard Park Farmers' Market, Goddard State Park, 345 Ives Rd., Warwick. 222-2781. Fridays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. through Oct. 31.

Haines Park Farmers' Market, Haines Memorial State Park, Metropolitan Park Drive (Route 103), Riverside. 222-2781. Wednesdays 2-6 p.m. through Oct. 29.

Newport Farmers' Market, Dr. Marcus Wheatland Boulevard, Newport. 849-7359. Saturdays 9 a.m.-1 p.m. through Oct. 25 and Wednesdays 2-6 p.m. through Oct. 29.

Pawtuxet Village Farmers' Market, Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet parking lot, One Rhodes Place, Cranston. 467-4955. Saturdays 9 a.m.-noon through Oct.

Scituate Farmers' Market, Village Green, Route 116, Scituate. 647-7800. Saturdays 9 a.m.-1 p.m. through Oct. 25.

South Kingstown Farmers' Market, URI Flagg Road parking lot, Route 138. 789-1388. Saturdays 9 a.m.-noon through Oct. 25. Also Marina Park, Wakefield, Route 1, Tuesdays 3-6 p.m. through Oct. 28.

Farmstands: Rhode Island

Cumberland: Phantom Farm, 2920 Diamond Hill Rd. (Route 114). 333-2240. Open year-round.

Cranston:

Confreda's Farm, 2150 Scituate Ave. 823-1150. Open through Dec.

Pippin Orchard, 1199 Pippin Orchard Rd., 828-0358. Open through Dec. 24.

East Greenwich: Briarbrook Farm, 2693 South County Trail (Route 2), 884-2066. Open through Dec. 24.

Exeter: Schartner Farms, 1 Arnold Place at Route 2. 885-5510. Open through Jan. 1.

Little Compton: Walker's Roadside Stand, 261 West Main Rd. (Route 77), 635-4719. Open through Nov. 3.

Middletown:

Simmons Farm, 91 Green Lane. 848-9910. Open through Oct.

Sweet Berry Farm, 19 Third Beach Rd. 847-3912. Open through Dec.

Portsmouth: Mello's Farm Stand, 64 Boyd's Lane. 624-6329. Open through Nov.

Smithfield: Jaswell's Farmstand, 50 Swan Rd. 231-9043. Open through Dec. 24.

South Kingstown: Carpenter's Farmstand, 522 Matunuck Beach Rd., 783-7550. Open through Dec. 24.

Westerly: Manfredi's Farm, 77 Dunn's Corners Rd. (north of Route 1). 322-0027. Open through Oct.

Farmstands: Massachusetts

Seekonk: Four Town Farm, 90 George St. (508) 336-5587. Open through Dec. 24.

Swansea/Warren line: Johnson's Roadside Market, Route 136, Swansea. (508) 379-0349. Open through Dec. 24.

Rehoboth: Oakdale Farms, 61 Wheaton Ave. (508) 336-7681. Open through Dec. 24.

Wrentham: The Big Apple, 207 Arnold St. (508) 384-3055. Open through December.