At the Juniper Farm booth, Jolly, who prefers not to use a surname, sells bountiful and colorful vegetables, as shown here. (Provided photo by Martha Allen)

KEENE — The Keene Farmers Market at Marcy Field — it’s a popular place to be on Sundays in the summer. A member of the Adirondack Farmers Market Cooperative, the Keene Market has grown in size and scope over the years, serving locals, summer people and tourists. Many of the market’s regular customers feel nostalgic when the season ends with the Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day weekend.

After the intensity of the summer, “For the vendors, it’s bittersweet,” mused Victoria Rayl of Burke Plants. She welcomes the time off to rest and pursue other interests, but at the same time hates to see the season end.

In October, after the close of the summer season, Malcolm and Zizi MacDougall, the owners of the Keene Arts Center, have opened their building — the former Methodist Church in Keene — extending the market through Dec. 21. It is open Sundays, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

This new winter market, which is necessarily smaller, with fewer vendors, than its summer predecessor, has proven to be a popular resource in its own right.

Brendan Richardson, Sapling Rustic Furniture vendor, is the market manager. Other vendors are Ron Rodgers, of Motley Artist; Bernadette Martin, of Saranac River Ranch; Mike and Michelle Kuba, of Crown Point Farm & Dairy; Paul Besignano, of War Cannon Spirits, a boutique distillery; Simon Colley, of Great Northern Pantry; Adam Hainer, of Juniper Hill Farm; Dina Garvey, of As You Wish Signs and Gifts; Rene Lussier, of Muddy Trail Jerky; Ashlee Kleinhammer, of North Country Creamery; Rachelle Waters, of AHA Mushroom; Greg Rowe, of Cornucopia Mushroom; Yannig Tanguy, of Crown Point Bread Company and Todd McDonald, of Four Seasons Rustic Creations.

Greg Rowe, of Cornucopia Mushroom, talks with customers while his son, Preston, conducts business on his phone. Their mushrooms are not wild; all are carefully cultivated. (Provided photo by Martha Allen)

A six-piece sculpture garden of Matthew Horner’s work can also be seen and experienced inside the Keene Arts Center. Horner’s stones are all local, excavated from nearby rivers and mountains.

The winter market provides an original and convenient place to shop locally for Christmas and other holiday gifts and special comestibles.

Simon Colley, of Great Northern Pantry, bakes and sells traditional English style hand pies and classic meat pies, as well as new recipes. (Provided photo by Martha Allen)

Akelah dresses her baby doll with playmate Billie Blaze Train while she waits for her dad, Jolly, to get done work at the Juniper Hill stand at the Keene Winter Market. Akelah and Billie Blaze are old friends from the summer farmers market in Keene.  (Provided photo by Martha Allen)

Bernadette Martin, of Saranac River Ranch in Saranac Lake, operates a cold pressed juicery, offering combinations of various juices and ciders.  (Provided photo by Martha Allen)