It was the first year of Parkersburg's Downtown Farmers Marketplace. And while the sweet corn has diminished, there are other types of fruits and vegetables available.

"It's tailed off and slowed down a bit," said Bonnie Walters, who was selling produce for Becker's Farm in Marietta. "A couple more weeks and the produce will be all gone."

And while the summer started off with stormy weather, by August, it became dry.

"The cucumbers and the zucchini have been a little dry this year," says Reedsville farmer Cindy Bishop. "They didn't develop as much as they usually do. And the green peppers were small this year."

A contrast of sorts to last year, where it was dry for nearly the entire season. But one farmer told us the timing of the rain was a problem.

"If it stays wet too long, the crops don't get rooted, they get rotted and they don't produce like they should," said Pete Tinney of Newport. "It stayed wet too long, and the crops didn't get the sunshine they needed. Now that it turned dry like it has, they don't get the proper moisture."

But that doesn't mean every crop was disappointing. At a time when there were concerns about the safety of outside tomato crops, the locally grown varieties did quite well.

"Our tomatoes have. We've actually had a lot better tomatoes this year", Walters said.

The downtown farmers market plans to stay open until November.