The Farmstand, owned and operated by Zoami Calles-Rios Sosa, her husband Antonio Rios, and sister Keyla Calles Sosa, opened at the end of April in the location of the former Little Green House, 1544 West Second St.

Zoami said her family is no stranger to the produce business. Her parents own a farming operation, Crooked Creek Farm in Sac County, raising vegetables and fruits for sale at farmers markets and area stores.

“I kind of wanted to move away from farmers markets and have a more permanent place,” she said. “I opened up a trial run in the building next to Ted’s Car Wash. That did really well.”

When the property on West Second Street came up for sale, Zoami said she jumped at the chance to start a business. They closed on the deal at the end of March and less than 30 days later, The Farmstand was open for business.

— Daily Freeman-Journal photo by Anne Blankenship Chien Maikhio, left, and Zoami Calles-Rios Sosa, owner of The Farmstand, pose in front of a special Mother's Day wall of greenery at the business. The Farmstand offers fresh produce, plants, decor and gift items.

The owners said they plan to make the business a year-round venture, offering houseplants, tropical plants, home decor, along with pieces by area artists, ceramics, homemade items, kitchen supplies and more. Shoppers can step inside the offices to see those specialty items that are starting to line the shelves. The hanging baskets of lush flowers were very popular items for Mother’s Day, she said. The business also has pots and plant containers, starter plants and florals for flower beds and for the garden.

“We’re getting more and more every day,” she said.

As part of their year-round plan, she said there would be vegetables available throughout the year.

“We’ll continue to have vegetables all year long. In the fall, we’ll have mums and pumpkins and squash, and then poinsettias in the winter. We also hope to have trees down the line,” Zoami said.

The Farmstand may be seeing a lot of traffic these days as the business is located right along the Second Street detour during the city’s road construction project. Anyone following the West Second Street route passes right by the business. But once the road reopens in the fall, shoppers will have a much more direct route to The Farmstand.

Keyla Calles Sosa, center, and Anugrah Saxena, right, help a customer with her purchase at The Farmstand on Sunday afternoon. The new business opened on West Second Street at the end of April.

“People stopping in have been really nice and sweet,” she said. “We’ve put in a lot of work to get open.”

The Farmstand is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.