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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Last Day Before Christmas for Cato Corner Cheeses!!

Many Saturday stands will be here on Wednesday December 22, Friday December 24, and Wednesday, December 29!! Order your Christmas goose and other birds for Wednesday from Quattro's and Belle Rouge chickens or guinea hens from Violet Hill. Northshire(vegetables and eggs) and Violet Hill will be gone after Wednesday until January 8.

Several Saturday farmers will be here on Friday as well, but you need to check with them today. Mountain Sweet Berry will be here with decorations, small potatoes, and shallots on Monday and Wednesday, but not on Friday. Norwich will be here on Friday with various root vegetables.

Milk Thistle is here with milk and cream and Ronnybrook has butters, yogurts, ice creams, milks and creams. Three Corner Field Farm is here with lamb, yogurt, and soaps and other items for gifts. Beth's Jam has beautifully wrapped jams for gifts as well. Paffenroth, Miglorelli, and S&SO are all here today with a variety of vegetables and apples and will be here on Wednesday as well.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Hudson Valley Duck Farm, Lani, Race,Central Valley, Healthway, Lavender by the Bay, Race, and Maxwell are here today and WON'T be here on Wednesday!!!

Lani has beautiful lettuces, greens, sweet potatoes, green and purple brussels sprouts, bok choi, herbs, cauliflowers, broccoli, and other vegetables. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has duck rillettes, ducks, and other duck products. Healthway has all sorts of potatoes and squashes. Maxwell's has beets, squashes, cauliflowers, herbs, and potatoes. Central Valley has eggs, fresh butter, tomato soups and sauces. Race has good looking turnips, squashes, and other vegetables as well as pastries and donuts. Madura has several kinds of mushroom as well as other vegetables. Consider Bardwell has several delicious cheeses.

Monday stands which WILL be in the market on Wednesday:
Norwich Meadows Farm (vegetables AND turkey)
Red Jacket (with juices only -- today they have many kinds of apple)
Phillips (jams on Wednesday -- today they have a massive selection of vegetables including tomatoes!
River Garden -- They have beautiful dry flower arrangements for gifts and table decorations.

SEE LAST SATURDAY'S REPORT (NOVEMBER 20)FOR SATURDAY STANDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY!!

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Saturday Stands will be here on Wednesday, too this week. Some Monday stands will also be here, as well as some Friday stands!

Cayuga flours, grains, bread, beans.
Berried Treasures potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes, tomatoes.(WEST end of the market today)
Norwich Meadow root vegetables, greens, THEY'VE RUN OUT OF TURKEYS.
Stokes Farm herbs, greens, salad vegetables, squashes, cauliflowers, broccoli, MIXED HERB BUNCHES FOR YOUR BIRD, basil, fennel.
Hoeffner orange green and white cauliflower, purple and green broccoli, squashes, onions.
Hodgson orange, green, white cauliflower, purple and green broccoli, tomatoes, broccoli flowers.
Keith organic greens, herbs, potatoes, Rocambole garlic for gifts.
Van Houten cauliflower, broccoli, brussels sprouts, squashes, onions.
D'Attolico mixed salad greens, sprouts, carrots, squashes, onions.
Cato Corners has 18 kinds of cheese today!!!
Ronnybrook butters, eggnog, ice creams.
Oak Grove wonderful array of hot peppers, squashes, tomatoes,pumpkins.
Breezy Hill apples, pears, pastries, FRESH CRANBERRIES.
Mountain Sweet Berry tiny potatoes and shallots
Bulich Mushroom about 7 kinds of good looking mushrooms.
Northshire cabbages, beets, a couple of turkeys left.
Paffenroth all kinds of carrots, potatoes, onion family, herbs, celeriac, etc.
Violet Hill is here delivering turkeys
Beth's Jam Check out all their CRANBERRY items! Chutney, jelly, etc.
Locust Grove quinces, apples, pears, and cider.
Cherry Lane sweet potatoes, broccoli, brussels sprouts,broccoli rabe.
Flying Pig sausages, pork.
S&SO squashes, greens, salad.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

A Surprisingly Balmy Day in the Greenmarket!

You will find most of your favorite Wednesday stands here today AND next Wednesday, but you may have to search among the stands from other market days which will be here on the day before Thanksgiving. The Christmas crafts market is being built as we speak, which means that several stands are already in different places from their usual spots. Bulich Mushrooms has moved about a block up from their usual and Locust Grove is also up a couple of blocks. Cherry Lane is in their usual Wednesday spot today with brussels sprouts, arugula, broccoli, and sweet potatoes, but you may have to hunt for them next week. Sycamore is NOT here today. Kernan is in their spot.

Stokes Farm is here today with great bunches of cut herbs, including their mixed bunch for poultry -- sage, rosemary, and thyme. Eckerton has cardoons, heirloom tomatoes, brussels sprouts on branches, hot peppers of many sorts, including bunches on branches. Keith has braising greens, herbs, Rocambole garlic, and salad greens. Berried Treasures has all sorts of cherry tomatoes, potatoes, and sunchokes. Beth's Jam is here with various cranberry items, including sauce and chutney, as well as all sorts of preserves wrapped for gifts. Another stand for gifts, Andrews Honey has many honeys, soaps, and honey combs. Rose Meadow has beautiful roses, floral kale, and other flowers.

Windfall is here with all sorts of mini to maxi salad items. S&SO, Paffenroth, Stokes, and others have many kinds of lettuces and other salad vegetables. Kernan has string beans, broccoli, and other vegetables. Two Guys have various salads and herbs. Hodgson has a number of varieties of cauliflower and broccoli and brussels sprouts.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Cranberry Jam, Cranberry Sauce, Cranberry Chutney, Raspycran Jam! Beth's Jam has 'em all and more!

Most Greenmarket stands will be here on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Quattro's is taking orders for poultry and pheasant sausage for stuffing to be picked up either the Saturday before or the Wednesday before the holiday. Sycamore will be here with brussels sprouts the Friday before the holiday and other stands with brussels sprouts, cauliflower, field tomatoes, squashes, pumpkins, etc. will be here on the Wednesday before as well, including Paffenroth, Cherry Lane, S&SO, Stokes, and others. Stokes will have their excellent mixed herb bunches for poultry.

Locust Grove has excellent looking quinces today as well as a wide selection of apples and pears. Oak Grove has gorgeous peppers, tomatoes, and squashes and will take orders for holiday pies either here or on Whatisfresh.com. Stokes has excellent small potatoes, string beans, cucumbers, cauliflowers, cut herbs, and fresh herb wreaths for gifts. Van Houton has good looking brussels sprouts and various cauliflowers today.

I was happy to find Ronnybrook's knockout Ginger Creme Brulee ice cream here today. Others obviously know about it, because everyone at the stand was asking for it!!

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Cardoons! Winter Squashes!! Brussels Sprouts!! Mustard Greens!! Sweet Potatoes!! Last of the Crosnes!!!

Well, the recessional continues, with crosnes (from Mountain Sweet Berry) disappearing after this week and the few heirloom tomatoes looking like candidates for Fried Green Tomatoes. Sycamore will continue to have field and greenhouse tomatoes for a couple of weeks and Shushan's hydroponic variety is looking pretty good, but Thanksgiving will probably see many farmers finishing for the year. The Grenada flavoring peppers so popular with Caribbean cooks is gone from Eckerton's table (although they do have cardoons!). Eckerton, Oak Grove, and others have interesting winter squashes -- some good for pies, others for soups and stews.

There are plenty of holiday offerings, including all kinds of large and small potatoes (Mountain Sweet Berry, Berried Treasures, Paffenroth), many varieties of cauliflower (Bodhitree, Hodgeson, and others), braising greens, and carrots (Paffenroth). Eckerton and Oak Grove have many kinds of hot and flavoring peppers and have distinctly different choices, so hot pepper lovers still have a chance to enjoy some unique flavors. Bulich and Madura have a large variety of mushrooms.

Windfall Farm is bringing in apple pumpkin turnovers and pumpkin cupcakes in addition to their excellent mini, small, and large salad mixes and varieties of sprouts, and still have some edible flowers.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Order your holiday birds from Violet Hill, Quattro's, and others

D'Attolico, Berried Treasures, Oak Grove, Paffenroth, Sycamore, Mountain Sweet Berry, and others are here with good-looking winter produce. I was made late by a delivery problem and couldn't take a serious look at each stand, but it looks as if the cold did get to what remained of summer vegetables for the most part. Still, there are beautiful squashes, peppers, cauliflowers, brussels sprouts, all kinds of potatoes, and other tasty vegetables available. I did manage to get some gorgeous chicken parts for my stock, and several farmers had turnips, leeks, carrots, and onions, so it should be good. I didn't see celery, but there ought to be some there.

You can order your turkey or other bird for Thanksgiving today from Violet Hill, Quattro's, and others.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Cheese pumpkins! Cardoons!! Jerusalem Artichokes!! Tiny Potatoes!!

Well, when I'm finding tiny potatoes and jerusalem artichokes exciting, you know that things are wound pretty far down in the Greenmarket. Today I bought some "golden nugget" potatoes and shallots from Mountain Sweet Berry to go under my Thanksgiving capon (which I'm getting from Quattro), a cheese pumpkin from Eckerton for my holiday soup, and the first of Ronnybrook's delicious eggnog (to sample). Other farms with excellent sugar pumpkins and other winter wquashes include Oak Grove, Stokes, Sycamore, and S&SO. Other farms with excellent potatoes include Berried Treasures, Paffenroth, and Stokes. Berried Treasures and Paffenroth have good-looking jerusalem artichokes and Bodhitree and Eckerton have interesting (and tasty) sweet potato and yam varieties.

Paffenroth, Stokes, Bodhitree, S&SO, and Keith have tasty braising greens and S&SO, Keith, Two Guys, Bodhitree, and others have salad greens and other vegetables for salad. Stokes and Paffenroth have cut herbs, beets, radishes, and turnips. Several stands have good-looking varieties of cauliflower and broccoli as well as brussels sprouts on and off the stem. Stokes has fresh lemon grass, string beans, and fennel. Paffenroth has beautiful baby fennel and all sorts of unusual greens.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Multicolored Cauliflower! Pumpkins! Grapes! Quinces! ORDER YOUR THANKSGIVING TURKEY FROM QUATTRO'S, VIOLET HILL, OR OTHER FARMSTANDS.

We're definitely rolling into winter vegetable time, with squashes, broccoli, peppers, winter greens like kale, root vegetables including all kinds of turnips, brussels sprouts, and onion family selections like leeks and shallots. S&SO and Stokes still have a great variety of cut herbs and Binder and Oak Grove are here with potted herbs. Remember, however, that some of these folks disappear after Thanksgiving, so get some herbs to keep on your windowsill or dry the essential ones (like thyme, rosemary, sage) for your Christmas birds.

Norwich, Stokes, Paffenroth, S&SO, Cherry Lane, Hodgeson, Sycamore,Northshire, and Cherry Lane are still here with all sorts of vegetables, and Gorzynsky and others are bringing in organic produce as well. The choices are getting limited and heirloom tomatoes are definitely on their way out, especially after this weekend's chill, but you should be able to find what you want today.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Raspberries! Cardoons!! Still Some Heirloom Tomatoes, Tomatillos, and Husk Tomatoes!!

Locust Grove and Berried Treasures have raspberries today!! Berried Treasures, Sycamore, Eckerton, and Cherry Lane still have heirloom tomatoes. Cherry Lane also has broccoli rabe, beautiful broccoli, corn, and other goodies. Paffenroth has a wide variety of carrots, potatoes, onion family vegetables, greens, and herbs. S&SO has lettuces, radishes, other salad vegetables, and herbs, as well as small potatoes and many kinds of squash and pumpkin. Bodhitree has greens, flavoring peppers, eggplants, squashes, various kinds of cauliflower, and other produce.

Keith has delicious organic produce, including herbs, salad greens, and braising greens. Eckerton has cardoons, and they and Oak Grove have an amazing array of hot and flavoring peppers. Locust Grove, Breezy Hill, Terhune, Caradonna, and others have many varieties of apples (check the article above for who's got which varieties) and pears. Locust Grove has quinces and grapes. Mountain Sweet Berry has CROSNES.

Cayuga is here with new beans, flours, grains, and their excellent whole wheat bread. Beth's Jams has tasty jams, jellies, chutneys, and pickled vegetables and has some beautifully gift wrapped. Andrew's Honey is also here.

Honey Hollow is not here today.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Pumpkins!! Grapes!! Quinces!! Multicolored Cauliflower!! Cardoons!!

Violet Hill has gorgeous mushrooms this week. Sycamore, Stokes, Oak Grove, and others have great looking pumpkins. Locust Grove has quinces that look ready for use today! Several stands including Norwich Meadows, Hodgeson, and others have several varieties of cauliflower and broccoli. Many stands have brussels sprouts either off the stem (like Cherry Lane) or on the branch. Buzzard Crest has delicious white and red grape juice and terrific local grapes and will be here at least through the second weekend in November. Stokes still has good looking heirloom tomatoes and herbs, but it does look like this may be the last hurrah for other stands.

Keith is here with organic pumpkins, greens, root vegetables, rocambole garlic, and cut herbs. Shushan is back for the winter with hydroponic herbs, lettuces and tomatoes. Miglorelli has fennel, apples, pears, and other produce. Sycamore and Cherry Lane have corn. Cherry Lane has good looking heirloom tomatoes. Eckerton has cardoons! Berried Treasures and Paffenroth have an excellent selection of large and small potato varieties and Paffenroth has a big selection of onion family vegetables.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

CARDOONS!! CHANTERELLES!! PURPLE KOHLRABI!! BRUSSELS SPROUTS!!

Well, I'm sad to say that the recessional continues -- this is Cheerful Cherry's last day. They're here with grapes, jams, hot pepper spread, and interesting plants. Eckerton has tomatoes, peppers, CARDOONS, and BRUSSELS SPROUTS, as well as various winter squashes. Buzzard Crest has grapes and grape juices. Berried Treasures has tomatoes and good looking Jerusalem artichokes, and Locust Grove and Nemeth have apples. Hoeffner has a variety of produce including pumpkins, peppers, and slices of Calabaza squash. Cherry Lane has a new crop of heirloom tomatoes, broccoli rabe, BRUSSELS SPROUTS, broccoli, and eggplants.

Beth's Jam has a couple of new crab apple preserves -- jelly and butter. Violet Hill has CHANTERELLES and other mushrooms (order your turkey from them now for Thanksgiving). Gorzynsky and S&SO have good looking lettuce heads and D'Attolico has a tasty looking salad mix. Northshire has gorgeous produce, including amazing (and huge) cabbages.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

The Recessional Continues

Berried Treasures, Eckerton, Sycamore, Locust Grove, Stokes, Oak Grove, Caradonna,and others have tomatoes. Mountain Sweet Berry had the last of their excellent sauce tomatoes and Cherry Lane had stellar heirloom tomatoes and San Marzano sauce tomatoes today. Norwich Meadows also has tomatoes but says there will be a frost in their area tonight, so their summer squashes are having their last market day today.

Most stands have what they had last week; looking carefully, you will see that things are quietly disappearing. Cheerful Cherry says next weekend will be their last for the season, and that today is the last day for their apples. They have tasty fruit jams and hot pepper spread and will have those and grapes next weekend. I tried the raspberry jam and it was very good.

Berried Treasures has their stand at the West end of the market near 14th Street near Buzzard Crest and Nemeth. They have moved from the middle of 17th Street and are here with all sorts of cherry and other heirloom tomatoes.

Dutch Mill has ended their lycianthus season but has beautiful gladiolas, sunflowers, and other flowers.

Mountain Sweet Berry has the last of their great sauce tomatoes today and has a variety of small potatoes, wild arugula, and sucrine lettuce. Stokes, Paffenroth, Miglorelli, Keith, Norwich, Gorzynsky, and others have delicious looking lettuces and other greens. Stokes has a wide selection of cut herbs and delicious produce and there are several stands with apples and pears, including Terhune, Breezy Hill, Locust Grove, and Caradonna. D'Attolico has sweet carrots, sprouts, lettuce mix, and other tasty vegetables and S&SO has good and reasonably priced produce as well.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

There are still tomatoes, but it won't be for long. Corn is also here, but disappearing.

Heirloom tomatoes: Sycamore, Berried Treasures, Eckerton, Oak Grove, Stokes.
Large and small hot and sweet peppers: Oak Grove, Eckerton, S&SO.
Eggplants: Bodhitree, Stokes, Oak Grove.
Many kinds of greens:Keith, Paffenroth, Windfall, Bodhitree, Stokes.
Cut herbs: Stokes, Paffenroth, S&SO, Keith.
Corn: Sycamore, Oak Grove, Caradona,and others.
Apples and pears: Locust Grove, Terhune, Breezy Hill, Caradona.
Interesting potato varieties: Berried Treasures, Mountain Sweet Berry, Paffenroth. (Berried Treasures has the first of their Red Crescents)
Winter squashes AND summer squashes: Oak Grove, Paffenroth, Stokes.
Wide choice of mushrooms: Bulich, Honey Hollow, Madura.
Andrews Honey, Beth's Jams, Hot Kitchen and Cayuga's beans, flours, and breads are here.
You can still find many summer seasonal items, but it won't be long before the frost. It was 40 degrees in some areas this morning.

I just had a bowl of delicious angel hair pasta with heirloom tomato sauce made with Keith's rocambole garlic, Paffenroth's onions, and Stokes Farm's oregano!

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Pumpkins!! Winter Squash! Grapes!! And the fading soon of tomatoes, corn, summer squash, and other summer goodies.

Buzzard Crest. Cheerful Cherry, and Locust Grove have beautiful grapes and Buzzard Crest has excellent grape juices and a selection of wines. Bulich is here with several good-looking mushrooms and Locust Grove has a wide variety of apples and pears, as do Terhune, Breezy Hill, Caradonna, Miglorelli and other stands. Stokes, Cheerful Cherry, Cherry Lane, Locust, Eckerton, Oak Grove, Norwich Meadows, Sycamore, Keith, and others still have heirloom and other tomatoes. Oak Grove has tomatillos.

S&SO, Eckerton, and Oak Grove have wide selections of hot and flavoring peppers and they and other stands also have sweet peppers. Several still have corn. Eckerton has unique and delicious heirloom varieties of sweet potato and Paffenroth, Mountain Sweet Berry, and others have tasty and unusual savory potatoes. Cherry Lane and Eckerton have okra, Norwich Meadows has artichokes, and Cherry Lane has lima beans. Hoeffner also has several kinds of hot peppers and they and Oak Grove have many kinds of winter squash. Hoeffner has huge cabbages and Norwich Meadows has brussels sprouts.

Gorzynski, Keith, and D'Attolico have a big selection of organic lettuces and other produce and Windfall Farm has an excellent range of edible flowrs as well as baby and other summer squash. Hoeffner has cranberry beans. Norwich Meadows has several kinds of bean, husk tomatoes, and tomatillos.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Raspberries! Strawberries! Winter and Summer Squashes! Eggplants!! Mushrooms!

Bulich, Honey Hollow, and Madura are here with many kinds of mushroom. Eckerton and Bodhitree have delicious heirloom sweet potatoes and tomatoes. Paffenroth has all kinds of carrots, potatoes, beets, kales, and other unique produce. Mountain Sweet Berry and Cherry Lane have outstanding sauce tomatoes and Stokes, Cherry Lane, Eckerton, Oak Grove, Bodhitree, Keith, and Berried Treasures have tasty heirloom tomatoes. Oak Grove and Eckerton have wide selections of hot peppers and Sycanore has beautiful sweet peppers. Sycamore and Van Houton have cauliflower and Mountain Sweet Berry, Berried Treasures, and Paffenroth have a fine selection of European style small potatoes and other varieties.

Miglorelli and Sycamore have corn and Miglorelli, Oak Grove, Bodhitree, and others have many kinds of melon. Paffenroth, Stokes, S&SO, Keith, and others have generous bunches of cut herbs. Locust Grove, Terhune, and Breezy Hill have apples, pears, and cider. Eckerton has CHESTNUTS. Berried Treasures and Windfall have good-looking squash blossoms. Mountain Sweet Berry has haricots verts, lamborn pea shoots, wild arugula, Tri-star strawberries, and tiny potatoes. Cherry Lane, Bodhitree, and others have many varieties of eggplant. Cherry Lane has baby artichokes. Oak Grove has husk tomatoes and tomatillos. Bodhitree has unique flavoring peppers and interesting radishes, including watermelon radishes (pink on the inside) and a large Korean variety.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Grapes and Grape Juice! Fall Raspberries! Tomatillos! Heirloom Tomatoes Still Good But the Chill Will Come Soon! Beautiful Peppers!!

Sorry to be so late, but so it goes! Fantasy Fruit says this is their last week for the market and their blueberries. Locust Grove has apples, pears, heirloom tomatoes, quinces,and grapes. Red Jacket has SWEET FALL RASPBERRIES!! Buzzard Crest has delicious grapes and grape juices. Nemeth Orchard has baked goods and apples. Eckerton has okra, heirloom tomatoes, and is in the height of their pepper season! Oak Grove also has excellent peppers, in addition to tomatillos, all kinds of wonderful squashes, heirloom tomatoes, summer squashes, and corn. Hoeffner has cranberry beans, broccoli, string beans, peppers, and other produce. S&SO has their great selection of salad and other vegetables, in addition to their economically priced baby vegetables and tiny hot peppers.

Cheerful Cherry has several tomato varieties as well as grapes and jams. Beth's Farm Kitchen has a wide selection of jams, jellies, chutneys, pickled vegetables, and gifts. Cherry Lane has lima beans, corn, heirloom and field tomatoes, eggplants, and other tasty items. Paffenroth is here with many unusual vegetables, delicious potato varieties, many kinds of beets, carrots, onion family items, and herbs. Sycamore has corn, peppers, field tomatoes, and string beans and will have heirloom tomatoes again soon.

It makes a huge difference in the quality of your bread if the flour it is made from is local. Cayuga has several types of flours, grains, and beans, in addition to excellent whole wheat bread. I like to use Ronnybrook's excellent butter or Beth's succulent jams on their bread. Violet Hill has good-looking Belle Rouge chickens and interesting mushrooms. Mountain Sweet Berry has wild arugula, sucrine lettuce, wonderful sauce tomatoes, Spigarelli broccoli, Lamborne pea shoots,and tiny potatoes. Breezy Hill has crab apples, pears, various apples, and pastry. Windfall has edible flowers, many micro and other greens, and squashes.

Keith has organic heirloom tomatoes, herbs, and other tasty produce. Stokes has heirloom tomatoes, a wide variety of herbs, garlic, squashes, lemon grass, and peppers. Norwich Meadows Farm has heirloom tomatoes, peppers, squashes, eggplants, beans, and greens.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Pumpkins, Apples, Pears (But also raspberries and Tri-Star Strawberries!!)

Kernan has tomatoes, squashes, and okra, and still has nectarines and peaches. Honey Hollow has interesting mushrooms, including Mitake, chicken of the woods, oysters, saffron caps, and others. S&SO has great lettuces, boxes of small squashes and other small vegetables, as well as bok choi, herbs, and salad vegetables. Eckerton has chestnuts, all kinds of hot peppers and flavoring peppers, heirloom tomatoes, and many varieties of cherry tomato as well as two kinds of okra. Keith has several kinds of heirloom tomatoes, potatoes, cut herbs, garlic, onions, and other organic produce.

River Garden has gorgeous country flowers. Andrew's Honey is here with honey products and Mountain Sweet Berry has sucrine lettuce, excellent sauce tomatoes, Tri-Star strawberries, tiny potatoes, wild arugula, spigarello broccoli, and haricots verts and jaunes. Cherry Lane has heirloom tomatoes, peppers, san marzano sauce tomatoes, corn, and lima beans. Sycamore has peppers, heirloom tomatoes, cauliflower, and field tomatoes. Two Guys has beautiful lettuce bunches.

Bodhitree has flavoring peppers, eggplants, string beans, greens, sweet peppers, squashes, and other delicious produce. Miglorelli has watermelons and other kinds of melon. Paffenroth has several unique vegetables, including purslane, many kinds of carrots and beets, baby fennel, radicchio, and several varieties of autumn squash. Stokes has heirloom tomatoes, generous bunches of cut herbs, and other tasty produce.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Heirloom Tomatoes!! Squashes!! Beans!! Plums!! Apples!! Pears!! Grapes!!

I have been enjoying heirloom tomatoes from many farms this summer, and they're still going strong! Eckerton, Keith, Stokes, Oak Grove, Sycamore,Berried Treasures, Bodhitree,and others have wonderful heirlooms. I had a terrific heirloom cherry tomato soup at The Modern Dining Room on Monday, including several different varieties and flavors, selected at the Greenmarket.

Several stands have excellent beans, squashes, and eggplants, and the new crop of squashes, large and small, has come in at Oak Grove's stand. Keith and others have good looking pumpkins and Oak Grove and Madura have mini pumpkins. Bodhitree has long beans and other beautiful beans and Berried Treasures has unique shelling beans, and tiny potatoes. Bodhitree has unusual flavoring peppers and Oak Grove and Eckerton have great hot and sweet peppers.

Fantasy Fruit is here with blueberries and will probably be here on Saturday, but that may be it for the season.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Grapes!! Heirloom Tomatoes!! Hot Peppers!! Baby Artichokes!! Melons!! Squashes!! Beans!!

First of all, I want to thank the farmers and other Greenmarket people who showed up at Union Square the week after September 11, 2001. It was the first sign of normalcy for me and others and was so comforting!!

If you like to put up pesto for the freezer, now's the time to do it, before it goes to seed. Sycamore, Cherry Lane, Northshire, and Stokes have great basil right now. If you want
to have tomatoes for the winter, try using San Marzanos and other plum and heirloom Italian tomatoes from Mountain Sweet Berry, Cheerful Cherry, D'Attolico, Norwich Meadows, Stokes, Eckerton, and others.

Buzzard Crest -- tasty grapes and grape juices.
Red Jacket -- Yellow egg plums
Locust Grove -- grapes, nectarines, devoe and other pears, apples, plums
Cheerful Cherry, Stokes, Eckerton, Cherry Lane, Northshire, Oak Grove, Norwich Meadows -- Heirloom tomatoes
Eckerton and Oak Grove -- beautiful hot and sweet peppers -- okra
Cheerful Cherry -- grapes, apples, jams, hot pepper spread
Paffenroth -- all sorts of root vegetables, greens, carrots, corn, fresh celery and celeriac, and unique vegetables and potatoes
Mountain Sweet Berry -- Tri-Star strawberries, wild arugula, tiny potatoes, Italian heirloom tomatoes
Norwich Meadows -- many kinds of eggplants, squashes, beans, cucumbers, melons, cherry tomatoes, and raspberries
Fantasy Fruit -- blueberries, blackberries, Tri-star strawberries (One More Week)

Friday, September 10, 2010

Peak was two weeks ago. Just saying...

I just picked up several pounds of Cheerful Cherry's Polish plum tomatoes and will be making sauce for the freezer this weekend. I'm having the last of their yellow peaches also. I have some beautiful heirloom tomatoes from Norwich Meadow for salad -- grabbing the moment. They still have good looking tomatoes, but it will be downhill from now on, at least in terms of numbers. Other people with tomatoes today -- Bodhitree, Oak Grove, Sycamore. If you do plan to freeze tomatoes or sauce, now is the time!

Norwich has excellent raspberries and Berried Treasures has great Tri-Star strawberries and raspberries. Muddy River has big bunches of fresh herbs, salad greens, and broccoli.Bodhitree has their unique Japanese peppers, eggplants, long beans, edemame, salad greens, and herbs. Red Jacket has sweet yellow plums and Cheerful Cherry has dark purple Italian plums for pies.

John Fazio has fresh chickens, rabbits, and ducks. Lavender by the Bay and the Ostrich farm is here and Cayuga is here with beans, flours, and bread. Madura is here with several kinds of mushroom. Flying Pig has fresh chickens.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Pumpkins and Grapes!! Last weeks of summer.

For all I know, there may have been pumpkins before today, but I didn't see them. Couldn't miss them today, though. Get your peaches while you can -- some stands are already finished with them. You can still get them from Caradonna, Oak Grove, and Kernan. There are still plenty of plums, including Red Jacket's good looking yellow variety, and Locust Grove still has nectarines and some plums as well as this fall's Devoe pears and apples. Several stands have watermelon and other melons.

Eckerton, Locust Grove, Sycamore, Keith, Cherry Lane, Oak Grove, Stokes, and Bodhitree have plenty of heirloom tomatoes, and Mountain Sweet Berry has their excellent sauce tomatoes. Max Creek Hatchery has gorgeous wild watercress and Berried Treasures has beautiful beans, wild watercress, zucchini blossoms, squashes, and other tasty vegetables and herbs as well as tiny wild blueberries, red and golden raspberries, and Tri-Star strawberries. Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-stars, wild baby arugula, tiny potatoes, and spiglarello broccoli. Sycamore has beautiful sweet red peppers and Eckerton and Oak Grove have a wide variety of hot peppers. Paffenroth and Miglorelli are here with great produce and S&SO has their salad vegetables, mini vegetables, and boxes of onions and peppers.

Andrews Honey is here, as well as Beth's Jam, Cayuga (bread, flours, beans), and Hot Kitchen (breads, rolls, and other baked goods).

Monday, September 6, 2010

Irregular Posting on Mondays and Fridays

Happy Labor Day!! I'm not going to the market until this afternoon,
but I'm sure most stands will be there, including Lani, Norwich Meadows, Dutch Mill, Maxwell, and Phillips.Hudson Valley Duck Farm and Consider Bardwell cheese
should be there as well, unless they've taken off for the holiday.

I'll be posting rarely on Mondays and Fridays for the Fall, since I'm going back to school.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Grapes, Apples, Pears, Plums, Peaches!! Lot's of Okra and Corn!

Cheerful Cherry has the last of their excellent peaches today. They also have many kinds of cherry tomato and some other tomatoes, and will have more next week. Jim is making his own Serrano pepper preserves, which I'm going to try today. Locust Grove has peaches, nectarines, and good-looking apples and pears. Eckerton has many delicious hot peppers and heirloom tomatoes as well as raspberries and a couple of kinds of okra. Fantasy Fruit is here with blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, and grapes. (Speaking of strawberries, Mountain Sweet Berry seems to have taken the holiday weekend off and isn't here today.) Buzzard Crest has grapes and grape juices.

Several stands have melons, including Hoeffner, Oak Grove, Norwich Meadows, and Cherry Lane Farm. There's plenty of corn at Paffenroth, Sycamore, Cherry Lane, Oak Grove, and other stands and squashes and squash blossoms at Windfall Farm's stand. Windfall also has other edible flowers, mesclun, various greens, and baby squashes. Cherry Lane has a lot of okra, fairytale eggplant, and tomatoes. Gorzynski has beautiful lettuce and other organic produce. Northshire has lovely Genovese basil, cress, eggplant, and heirloom tomatoes. D'Attolico has excellent squashes, greens, sprouts, beans, and shallots. Keith has tomatoes, greens, garlic, and cut herbs. Norwich has a wide variety of beans, peppers, greens, and heirloom tomatoes.

Dutch Mill Garden is here with gorgeous gladiolas and other flowers and says they will probably have some lyciantus next Saturday!! (Get there early!) River Garden has bouquets of wildflowers. Binder is here with wonderful flowering potted plants and lush herb plants.

Three Corner Field Farm has lamb cuts, yogurt, cheeses, and wool. Quattro's has chicken parts, all sorts of poultry including pheasant, pheasant sausage, and eggs. Violet Hill is here with Belle Rouge chickens and mushrooms.

Friday, September 3, 2010

Took the morning off for a great breakfast at Maialino, but...

Picked up some great peaches from Cheerful Cherry (their last weekend for peaches), mixed shelling beans from Berried Treasures, and a sweet green tomato from Norwich Meadows. Next week will be my last week for doing the Monday and Friday Greenmarket reports, since I'm going back to school! I'll still be doing Wednesday and Saturday regularly and will do the other days if I manage to get up *really* early on and off.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Honey Hollow's Unusual Mushrooms! Bodhitree's Luscious Watermelons!! Berried Treasures Unique Shelling Beans!

Look carefully and you will see that there are good but fewer heirloom tomatoes, good and plentiful squashes and eggplants, and all sorts of tasty peppers. There are more grapes and fewer peaches. There are some berries and many kinds of plum, but the mounting boxes of grapes are an indication that we'd better enjoy summer vegetables now while we can!

Madura and Honey Hollow have delicious mushrooms, Bodhitree has tasty and interesting peppers, including Japanese flavorful varieties. Locust Grove has good looking peaches and plums and have new crop apples and pears. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries. Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures have Tri-star strawberries. Berried Treasures has many kinds of shelling beans, including Perignon, cranberry, pink butterbeans, Jacob's Cattle, flageolet, and cannelini.

S&SO, Paffenroth, and Miglorelli have a wide variety of produce, including salad and other greens, many kinds of carrots, onion family, and other root vegetables. Stokes, Oak Grove, Sycamore, Cherry Lane, and Keith have heirloom tomatoes (get them while you can!).

Monday, August 30, 2010

Fine Hudson Valley Duck Rillettes! Grapes!!! Beautiful Herb Plants!!

Get your peaches while you can -- the season is going to be over in a week or two. It's a shame to see them go -- they've been so delicious.

Lani has beautiful fresh zucchini blossoms as well as many kinds of squash, peppers, beans, herbs, eggplants, melons, and other unique produce. Norwich Meadows Farm has beautiful heirloom tomates, melons, hot and sweet peppers, several kinds of bean, root and leafy green vegetables, and red and golden raspberries. Maxwell has fresh corn, beans, eggplants, squashes, cherry tomatoes, herbs, and other tasty produce. Phillips has plums, peaches, melons, squashes, and berries. Fantasy Fruit has Tri-Star strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries. Race has peaches, beans, peppers, tomatoes, corn, plums, and peaches, as well as baked goods. Eckerton is here with a wide variety of hot and seasoning peppers.

Hudson Valley Duck Farm has smoked duck breast, fresh duck, duck prosciutto, duck rillettes, and other duck products. You can also find fish and seafood, beef, and edible lavender today. River Garden has lovely wildflower bouquets. Scarborough Herb Farm has many varieties of sage and other lush herb plants.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Berried Treasure's Beans are here today!! BUZZARD CREST is back with grapes and grape juices!!!

Berried Treasures will be here on Saturday from now on, with unique items like their wonderful black cranberry beans, pink butter beans, flageolets, and other terrific shelling beans, in addition to their haricots verts, Tri-Star strawberries, and other delicious produce. Buzzard Crest is here with their wonderful grape juices and grapes -- the earliest season they've ever had!!

This is your last chance to get Dutch Mill's beautiful lycianthus, but they've got wonderful gladiolas and other beautiful flowers which will continue for quite a while. River Garden is also here with lovely wildflower bouquets.

The peach season is almost over, according to several farmers I spoke to this morning. Cheerful Cherry, Locust Grove, and Oak Grove still have them and Terhune should have them today as well. Keith, Stokes, Eckerton, Oak Grove, Sycamore, and others have succulent heirloom tomatoes and D'Attolico's tomatoes are just starting to come in. Norwich Meadows also has heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, squashes, and beans. Northshire has Romano beans, eggplants, and wild cress and Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Star strawberries, basil, wild arugula, spiglorelli broccoli, and some unique potato varieties.

Violet Hill has delicious eggs, "Almost Wild Guinea Hens", and several interesting mushroom varieties. Quattro's has chickens, pheasants, chicken eggs and turkey eggs.

Friday, August 27, 2010

Shelling Bean Season Has Arrived!!!

Berried Treasures has many kinds of shelling beans, including cannelini, pink butter, cranberry, flageolet, perignon, and Jacob's Cattle beans. They also have haricots verts and jaunes, Romano green, and Romano yellow beans. Bodhitree has purple long beans. Samascott has green and yellow string beans. Norwich Meadows Farm has green and yellow Romano beans, cranberry beans, and green and yellow string beans.

It's also a fine day for eggplants from Bodhitree, Norwich Meadows, Oak Grove, and other stands. Oak Grove, Bodhitree, Norwich Meadows, and others have gorgeous heirloom tomatoes.
Many kinds of squash are available from Bodhitree, Norwich Meadows, Oak Grove, Berried Treasures, Muddy River, and others. Muddy River, Two Guys, and others have salad and other greens.

Cheerful Cherry has peaches, tomatoes, and grapes. Samascott has peaches and blueberries. Berried Treasures has tiny wild blueberries, red and yellow raspberries, and Tri-Star strawberries. Norwich has red and yellow raspberries.

The Ostrich people are here with various cuts of ostrich meat and other products. Norwich is bringing in chicken, goat, and lamb.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Rained Out???On the Contrary!! Everyone is Here With Beautiful Produce!!

Well, I got good and soaked, but I also got gorgeous tomatoes and peaches, fresh delicious beans, raspberries, potatoes, salad greens, garlic, and corn!! Stokes is here with herbs, heirloom tomatoes, squash, peppers, and potatoes. Berried Treasures has cranberry, pink butter, and other unique shelling beans, as well as tasty raspberries, Tri-Star strawberries, haricots verts, yellow Romano beans, husk tomatoes, and flowers. Windfall has gorgeous edible flowers, including bean blossoms, and zucchini flowers, as well as various sizes of squash and many micro greens and salad greens. Two Guys has salad greens and sprouts.

Mountain Sweet Berry has lambs quarters, wild arugula, and Spiguello broccoli. Stokes, Oak Grove, Cherry Lane, Sycamore, Eckerton, and others have succulent heirloom tomatoes and hot and sweet peppers, and Keith has excellent organic heirloom tomatoes, salad greens, herbs, sorrel, and Rocambole garlic.

Locust Grove, Oak Grove, Terhune, and others have yellow and white peaches, and Madura and Bulich have several varieties of mushroom. Caradonna has peaches, plums, and corn. Many other farmers, including Oak Grove, Sycamore, and others also have corn. You'll also find great breads, including Cayuga's whole wheat bread. Cayuga also has dried beans, grains, and flours.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Gorzynski's Elderberries! Locust Grove's Damson Plums! S&SO's Hot Pepper Boxes!

Things are pretty much the same as last week, with summer's glorious produce all available now. Many farmers have tasty heirloom tomatoes, including Cherry Lane, Keith, Stokes, Eckerton, Sycamore, Cheerful Cherry, Oak Grove, Norwich Meadows Farm, and others. Eckerton, S&SO, Stokes, Oak Grove, Norwich, and others have hot and sweet peppers and many have beautiful eggplants. Peaches and plums are all around the market, including Caradonna, Terhune, Locust Grove, Cheerful Cherry, Oak Grove, and others. Norwich has good-looking small artichokes as well. Terhune and Fantasy Fruit have blackberries, Mountain Sweet Berry and Fantasy have Tri-Star strawberries, and Fantasy and others have blueberries. Bulich has several kinds of mushroom. Ryder Farm has eggplants, peppers, and other produce and flowers.

Sycamore, Cherry Lane, Paffenroth, Miglorelli, and others have corn. Stokes, Gorzynski, and Keith have generous bunches of herbs, including several kinds of basil, and Gorzynski and S&SO have big beautiful lettuces. Seatuck Fish has seafood and fish and Cato has delicious cheeses. Three Corner Field Farm is here with various sheep products, including lamb cuts, yogurt, and cheeses. Dutch Mill and River Garden have lovely flowers. Hawthorne Valley Farm has breads, cheeses, vegetables, and quark.

Friday, August 20, 2010

Peaches!! Heirloom Tomatoes!! Peppers Both Sweet And Hot!! The First Shelling Beans!!

Berried Treasures has the first trickle of their excellent shelling beans as well as their tasty haricots verts, Romano beans, cut herbs, wild blueberries, Tri-Star strawberries, and flowers. Bodhitree has long beans, zucchini flowers, delicious melons, squashes, heirloom tomatoes, herbs, and unique greens. Norwich Meadows Farm has a wide variety of heirloom tomatoes, squashes, peppers, succulent melons, herbs, and beans. Cheerful Cherry has their outstanding plums, peaches, heirloom tomatoes, and champagne grapes.

Sycamore and Michisk have corn, eggplants, tomatoes, and squashes and Sycamore has heirloom tomatoes, peaches, and broccoli. Muddy River has Delfino arugula, generous bunches of herbs, garlic, and big beautiful heads of lettuce. John Fazio has duck, rabbit, and eggs. The Ostrich farm is here with various cuts of ostrich meat. Lavender By The Bay is here with lavender honey, lavender, and lavender gifts.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

New York Magazine Rates Heirloom Tomatoes!!

To see the article, click on the tomato image at the top of this report. Aunt Rubys and Cherokee Purples are stars, among many others. Oak Grove, Sycamore, Cherry Lane, Eckerton, Bodhitree, Keith, and others have a wide variety of delicious heirloom tomatoes.

I'm a bit late this morning, but actually there's nothing new to report! Everything that was great last Wednesday is still great! This is a super year for peaches, nectarines, and plums, and you can find them today at Locust Grove, Oak Grove, Terhune, Breezy Hill, and other stands. Red Jacket is here with excellent apricots. Honey Hollow and Berried Treasures have elderberries. Fantasy Fruit, Berried Treasures, and Mountain Sweet Berry have Tri-Star strawberries.

S&SO has their bargain boxes of mixed hot peppers as well as many kinds of lettuce and other salad vegetables. Eckerton and Oak Grove also have excellent selections of hot and sweet peppers. Bodhitree has shishito, fushimi, and other peppers, long beans, red and green okra, and several kinds of eggplants. Honey Hollow has chanterelles and other mushrooms and Madura has several kinds of mushroom as well.

Monday, August 16, 2010

Peaches!Heirloom Tomatoes! Eggplants! Melons! Peppers!

That really says it all, or at least most of it. You'll find beautiful beans, peppers, heirloom tomatoes, melons, and eggplants at Lani, Norwich Meadows, Maxwell, and other farm stands today. Race, Troncillito, and Red Jacket have beautiful stone fruit and Fantasy Fruit is here with strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries. This is a great year for peaches and nectarines! Madura has several kinds of fresh mushroom.

Hudson Valley Duck Farm has fresh and other duck products, including delicious duck breast preparations and rillettes. Consider Bardwell is here with delicious cheeses and Dutch Mill and River Garden have beautiful flowers

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Peaches! Eggplants! Nectarines! Squashes!

Just had a slurpy sweet and delicious peach from Cheerful Cherry! Locust Grove, Terhune, Breezy Hill, and Oak Grove also have great peaches. In fact, it is a great peach and nectarine year! Heirloom tomatoes are also having a great season, with Eckerton, Stokes, Norwich Meadow, Oak Grove, Sycamore, Cheerful Cherry, and others bringing in a wide variety of tasty beauties. Eggplants and squashes are also having an excellent season, especially those from Norwich, Stokes, Oak Grove, Sycamore, and Cherry Lane. You can find terrific sweet and hot peppers at Eckerton, Oak Grove, and S&SO. Stokes has the widest variety of cut herbs, including Thai basil and other basils, lemongrass, chives, lemon thyme and other thymes, and many others. Caradonna has blackberries.

Mountain Sweet Berry has beautiful sucrine lettuce and Northshire has wild cress, allegretti, and other greens. Windfall has all sorts of unusual greens, edible flowers, zucchini blossoms, and tiny fresh gherkins. Gorzynsky and Keith(both organic) have beautiful lettuces and other greens and Keith also has cut herbs, Rocambole garlic, and excellent heirloom tomatoes.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Peaches!! Heirloom Tomatoes! Baby Squashes! New Melons!

Cheerful Cherry has the first of their luscious peaches. Samascott, Oak Grove, and others also have tasty peaches. This year's heirloom tomato crop is amazing, with Oak Grove, Sycamore, Norwich Meadows, Cheerful Cherry, Bodhitree, and others bringing in a wide variety of delicious large and small tomatoes. We also have some interesting new melon varieties, brought in by Oak Grove, Bodhitree, Norwich Meadows, and others.

Oak Grove, Norwich, Bodhitree, and others have a wide variety of sweet and hot peppers and many kinds of eggplant. Several stands have husk tomatoes and Berried Treasures and Norwich have Romano beans as well as many other varities. Bodhitree has the only cranberry beans I saw today as well as red okra. John Fazio has their mixed egg pack (duck, egg, and guinea hen), as well as rabbit and duck. Lavender By The Bay is here with good gift choices and fragrant bunches of lavender. Two Guys is here with salad greens, herbs, and microgreens. Dancing Ewe has delicious Italian cheeses and merquez. The ostrich meat stand has various cuts of ostrich meat and Cayuga is here with beans, flours, and grains.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Berried Treasures Has Elderberries! Many Stands Have Melons!

Many stands including Eckerton, Sycamore, Keith, Oak Grove, Cherry Lane, and Stokes have beautiful heirloom tomatoes. A couple of stands have HUGE cucumbers and okra, probably due to the weather, and Oak Grove has beautiful sweet and hot peppers. Fantasy Fruit has blackberries, blueberries, and strawberries and Berried Treasures and Mountain Sweet Berry have Tri-Star strawberries as well. Many stands have plums and white and yellow peaches, including Caradonna, Locust Grove, and Terhune. Madura has several kinds of mushroom and Honey Hollow has good-looking chanterelles. Andrews Honey is here and Cato has several delicious cheeses. Keith
has salad greens and various onions and Paffenroth has a wide variety of carrots, beets, onions, potatoes, cut herbs, and other produce, including puntarella and delfino cilantro.

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Beth Linsky of Beth's Farm Kitchen Demonstrates Peach Chutney and Potato Salad Today At 11 AM!!!

Cayuga joins the Saturday Greenmarket, with great grains, flours, and beans. Ask about their top notch whole wheat bread!!

We're at peak season for heirloom tomatoes, corn, eggplants, and salad greens. Stokes, Eckerton, Keith, Cherry Lane, Norwich Meadows, Sycamore, and others have excellent heirloom tomatoes. Many have great eggplants and cucumbers and Stokes has generous bunches of cut herbs. Paffenroth has a wide variety of tasty produce, including many kinds of radishes, onions, greens, herbs, and potatoes. Red Jacket has excellent apricots and Terhune, Oak Grove, Locust Grove and others have delicious peaches. Fantasy Fruit has blackberries, blueberries, and strawberries. Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Star strawberries, sucrine lettuce, wild arugula, and golden nugget potatoes. Northshire has agretti, wild watercress, and other greens. Norwich, Stokes, and others have purslane. D'Attolico has beautiful tiny beets.

Friday, August 6, 2010

Late Report -- Friday NOON -- BOBOLINK cheeses are back!!

Well, sorry to be so late, but I was enjoying a delicious breakfast at Maialino, one of the restaurants which use a lot of Greenmarket produce in their menu. I strolled down afterwards to see what was happening in the market and found lots of eggplant, heirloom tomato, melon, peach, and hot and sweet pepper varieties all around the square. Norwich Farm, Bodhitree, Muddy River, Sycamore, Miglorelli, and others have their usual fresh and delicious produce. Cheerful Cherry has peaches, plums, and heirloom tomatoes, and Oak Grove has a wide variety of hot peppers, sweet peppers, squashes, peaches, and other delicious items.

This is the time of year when you really can't miss. And Bobolink is back with their tasty cheeses and will have bread in a few weeks. Cayuga has several kinds of beans and their excellent whole wheat bread and will have more kinds of bean in a couple of months. Lavender By The Bay is here with delicious honey and John Fazio has their mixed egg package and Hawaiian Rabbit ready to cook.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Tiny Fairytale Eggplants, Terrific Beans, Tasty Melons, and Peachespeachespeaches!!

Locust Grove, Terhune, Oak Grove, and others have white and yellow peaches. Terhune, Caraconna and Locust Grove have plums and/or nectarines. Stokes, Oak Grove, Cherry Lane, Sycamore, Eckerton, and Keith have gorgeous heirloom tomatoes. Bodhitree and Cherry Lane have some new melon varieties. Bodhitree has avocado squash and other interesting squash varieties.

Bodhitree, Mountain Sweet Berry, Windfall Farm, and Berried Treasures have tasty baby zucchini. Several farms including Bodhitree, S&SO, and Cherry Lane have many lovely types of eggplant. Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures have amazing haricots verts and jaunes and both have wild blueberries and Tri-Star strawberries. Fantasy Fruit, Berried Treasures, Locust Grove, and Berried Treasures have blackberries. Locust and Fantasy Fruit have red currants and Locust has blueberries. Red Jacket has good looking apricots.

Bulich and Madura have many kinds of mushrooms and Honey Hollow has chanterelles.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Hot Peppers! Heirloom Tomatoes!! Fairytale Eggplants!! Agretti!!

Sycamore, Eckerton, Cherry Lane, Norwich Meadows,Stokes, and Oak Grove have delicious heirloom tomatoes and a wide variety of eggplants. Oak Grove, Locust Grove, Terhune, Caradonna, Breezy Hill, and others have peaches and plums. Sycamore, Oak Grove, Cherry Lane, Paffenroth, Miglorelli, and others have corn. Norwich, Mountain Sweet Berry, and others have beans, including Mountain Sweet Berry's haricots verts and jaunes and Norwich's purple string beans. Durr has many colors of gladiola and Dutch Mill has beautiful lycianthus and lilies. River Garden has beautiful wildflower bouquets. Oak Grove finally has their excellent hot and sweet pepper varieties, although there will be even more as the season progresses. Eckerton is starting to have their great peppers as well. S&SO has a wide variety of produce including beautiful baby eggplants and squashes. Norwich and Oak Grove have tomatillos and melons and Cherry Lane has brought in some interesting melons as well.

Stokes has squashes, peppers, herbs, okra, and shallots in addition to their heirloom and cherry tomatoes. Keith has lovely lettuces, lemon cucumbers, herbs, heirloom tomatoes, and other organic greens. Quattro's has smoked poultry, hot and sweet sausages, wild turkey and chicken eggs, and poultry. Cato Corner is here with several cheeses and Ronnybrook has various milks, butters, yogurts, and ice creams. Three Corner Field Farm is here with sheeps milk yogurt , ricotta, and other cheeses as well as various lamb cuts. Violet Hill is here with eggs, guinea hens, and Belle Rouge chickens. Mountain Sweet Berry's first golden nugget potatoes (chef's favorite!) are here. Northshire has agretti and wild watercress.

Friday, July 30, 2010

New Melons!! Hot Peppers!! Baby Zucchini!!

Red Jacket has peak season apricots. Bodhitree has some unusual melons, peppers, and heirloom tomatoes, as well as squashes, fairytale and other eggplants, greens, and zucchini blossoms. Berried Treasures has beautiful baby squashes, excellent green beans, tasty wild blueberries, Tri-Star strawberries, lemon verbena and other herbs, and European style tiny potatoes. Norwich Meadows has gorgeous eggplants, peppers, melons, heirloom tomatoes, greens, onions, beans, favas, and other produce. Amantai Farm has lima beans, tomatoes, eggplants, and eggs.

Dancing Ewe is here with ricottas, pecorino, and other artisanal Italian cheeses. Cayuga is here with grains and flours. John Fazio is here with ducks, rabbits, prepared "Hawaiian" smoked rabbit, and other treats. Queens County Museum has beautiful lettuces, peppers, tomatoes, husk tomatoes, and other vegetables. Two Guys has lovely lettuces and herbs and Lavender By The Bay has delicious subtle lavender honey and other lavender products. Beth's Jam is here with jams, jellies, chutneys, and pickled vegetables. Sycamore has corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, broccoli, and beautiful basil. Cheerful Cherry has small sweet/tart plums, peaches, heirloom tomatoes, and plants. Muddy River has three kinds of fragrant mint, Delfino arugula, cilantro, onions, beets, and other produce.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Fairytale Eggplants! Wild Blueberries! San Marzano Sauce Tomatoes! Bush Basil! Artichokes!

Madura has some mushrooms, but not their usual wide selection. Honey Hollow Farm has chanterelles and other mushrooms, as well as watercress. Eckerton has a huge selection of heirloom tomatoes in various sizes as well as bush basils and other vegetables. Berried Treasures has great looking Tri-Star strawberries, wild blueberries, green and yellow French style beans, baby squashes, blackberries, and other produce. Stokes Farm has heirloom tomatoes, big generous bunches of fresh herbs, lettuces, squashes, eggplants, husk tomatoes, and other produce. Terhune as white and yellow peaches, nectarines, and other fruit.

Paffenroth has Delfino arugula, purslane, beautiful beets, radishes, carrots in many colors, and a wide selection of other produce. Bodhitree has fairytale eggplant, long beans both green and red, delicious flavoring peppers, squashes, and heirloom tomatoes. The Ostrich farm is here with cuts of ostrich meat. Cherry Lane has wonderful San Marzano sauce tomatoes as well as other heirloom tomatoes, corn, lima beans, kirbys, raspberries, blackberries, and okra. Oak Grove has white and yellow peaches, eggplants, heirloom tomatoes, pepper plants, and corn, as well as many kinds of herb plant. Mountain Sweet Berry has yellow and green French beans, sucrine lettuce, wild blueberries, and Tri-Star strawberries.

Breezy Hill has peaches, plums, and other fruit. Sycamore has eggplants, peaches, small and large kirbys, bicolor corn, broccoli, heirloom tomatoes, and squashes. Windfall Farm has squash in various modes -- squash blossom, squash blossom attached to mini-squashes, mini-squashes,
and larger squashes, They also have other edible blossoms, mesclun, and other interesting greens. Andrew's Honey is here. River Garden has beautiful bouquets. Tamarack Hollow Farm has various pork cuts and good-looking produce. Silver Heights has vegetable and herb plants. Keith has rocambole garlic, Sierra Blanca onions, Alisa Craig onions, salad greens, herbs, and heirloom tomatoes.

Hot Bread Kitchen is here with many kinds of breads and crackers and Cayuga has their excellent whole wheat bread and several organic flours and grains. Fantasy Fruit has strawberries, blackberries, red currants, and blueberries. Kernan has melons, peaches, squashes, and tomatoes. Locust Grove has peaches, plums, currants, and blackberries.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Succulent Bluefish at PE&DD!! Eckerton's Heirloom Tomatoes -- First Monday

In addition to beautiful bluefish and other fish and seafood, PE&DD has cooked lobsters at a more reasonable price than you can usually find in the city for such fresh seafood. Eckerton's here at last with all sizes of heirloom tomato, some of their excellent hot peppers, and several kinds of basil. Scarborough has lovely Cuban oregano plants along with many other lush herb and bonsai plants.Norwich Meadows has delicious Cavaillon and other melons, heirloom tomatoes, peppers, husk tomatoes, eggplants, beans, cherry tomatoes, leafy greens, tomatillos, and other produce. Madura has various produce and several types of mushroom. Lavender By The Bay (written up in Sunday's Metro section of the Times) has lovely lavender products and is now bringing in lavender honey!

Lani has edamame, several kinds of peppers, heirloom tomatoes, long beans, lima beans, red and green okra, many kinds of eggplant, fresh chickpeas, squashes, and greens. Race has cranberry beans, plums, corn and pastries. Healthway has potatoes, blueberries, herb plants, and small cabbages. Dutch Mill (Newfield) has beautiful lycianthus, gladiolas, zinnias, and sunflowers. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has their excellent ducks, including delicious prepared ducks, tasty rillettes, sausages, and other duck products. (Small cooked ducks are on sale!) River Garden has beautiful bouquets and Maxwell's Farm has herbs, eggplants, squashes, greens, beans, and other produce. Central Valley Farm has fresh buttermilk and butter.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

S&SO has Artichokes!! Norwich Meadows has Delicious Cavaillon Melons!

The big news is that although it is already unpleasantly hot and sticky out, almost all of our farmers are here!! I'm trying one of S&SO's artichokes today, and enjoying some melon from Norwich Farm, Oak Grove, and others, together with berries from Locust Grove and peaches from Nemith and Oak Grove. Terhune has white and yellow peaches and berries. Locust has white and red currants and berries. Fantasy Fruit was NOT here when I went through. Hoeffner has tomatoes and other produce and Sycamore has bicolor corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, heirloom tomatoes, and basil. Stokes has squashes, peppers, lettuces, field tomatoes, and heirloom tomatoes. Norwich Meadows has luscious watermelons, Cavaillon melons, and other melons in addtion to a wide variety of peppers, eggplants, beans, and leafy greens.

Mountain Sweet Berry has strawberries, haricots verts and jaunes, sucrine lettuce, wild arugula, and other produce. Windfall Farm has mini, micro, and other greens, squashes, and edible flowers. Northshire Farm has calaloo, wild watercress, and Japanese eggplants. Paffenroth is here with fennel, celery, many kinds of beets, radishes, carots, and herbs, as well as potatoes, purslane, and other interesting produce. Violet Hill is here with Belle Rouge chickens and eggs. Quattro's has a wide range of poultry, smoked poultry, sausages, and eggs.

Dutch Mill Garden (Newfield) has beautiful lycianthus, zinnias, gladiolas, and sunflowers. River Garden has lovely wildflower bouquets. Durr has gladiolas and other flowers and Duva has lilies.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Cavaillon Melons!! Heirloom Tomatoes!! Delfino arugula!!

I have to talk about the Cavaillon melons at Norwich Meadow Farm's stand. I first had them in Cavaillon a long time ago -- never forgot them, they were so delicious. The one I got from Norwich was outstanding -- and just as good. Norwich also has a big selection of heirloom tomatoes, squashes, eggplants, peppers, and other tasty produce. Oak Grove, Bodhitree, Sycamore, and others have great heirloom tomatoes as well. Between the melons, the baby squashes at Berried Treasures, the corn at Sycamore, the hot and sweet peppers at Oak Grove, and the peaches all around the market, I'm in summer heaven!! Muddy River is one of the few stands with lettuces today -- probably due to the heat we've been having. Norwich has tomatillos and Oak Grove has beautiful sunflowers -- with lots of bees!!

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Tiny Wild Blueberries!! Heirloom Tomatoes Are Here!!

Berried Treasures has wild blueberries, Tri-Star strawberries, red currants, haricots verts and jaunes, baby squashes, and herbs. Eckerton, Cherry Lane, Stokes, and others have beautiful heirloom tomatoes. Locust Grove has plump blackberries, red currants, peaches, and plums. Fantasy Fruits has black currants (as does Honey Hollow), as well as raspberries, strawberries, and red currants. Oak Grove has hot and sweet peppers, tomatillos, melons, squashes, and ready to eat peaches. Keith has good looking field tomatoes, herbs, rocambole garlic, sorrel, and beautiful lettuces.

Sycamore, Cherry Lane, Paffenroth, Oak Grove, and others have corn. Tamarack has lovely baby beets, other tasty produce, and, of course, their excellent pork and other meats. Honey Hollow has fresh chanterelles and Bulich has several other varieties of mushroom. Terhune and Caradonna have sweet cherries.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Hudson Valley Duck Farm Has A New Delicious Prepared Duck! Norwich has a wide variety of HEIRLOOM TOMATOES!

Well, I'm late today because I stopped to talk to Hudson Valley Duck Farm about their new prepared "roast Lola Duck Sous-Vide", which is absolutely delicious -- I tasted it! I also tasted Norwich's heirloom tomato and checked out their wide varieties of tomatoes, beans, eggplants, peppers (hot and sweet), carrots, beets, and melons. They have watermelons and other tasty varieties. Lani has heirloom tomatoes, too, as well as all kinds of peppers, beans, greens, herbs, red and green okra,and other produce. Madura is here with several kinds of mushroom as well as other garden produce and Troncillito has good looking peaches and other fruit. PE&DD is here with fresh fish and seafood. Lavender By The Bay has intense lavender and River Garden has beautiful bouquets of wildflowers.

Consider Bardwell has a new fresh goat cheese, as promised. Scarborough has many potted herbs, including cilantro and dill. Maxwell's Farm has blueberries, sungold cherry tomatoes, herbs, hot and sweet peppers, greens, fingerling potatoes, fairytale eggplants, and squashes. Fantasy Fruit and Red Jacket have red currants and Fantasy Fruit has raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries as well. Red Jacket has sweet and sour cherries, apricots, plums, and other fruit.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Locust Grove White and Red Currants! Cherry Lane's White Corn!! Eckerton's Heirloom Tomatoes!! Oak Grove's Heirloom Tomatoes!!

It's a peach festival in the market today, with Terhune, Locust Grove Oak Grove, and others bringing in peaches ready to eat! Norwich Farm had what looked like plenty of gorgeous heirloom tomatoes yesterday but they actually sold out!! They'll have more next week, though. Mountain Sweet Berry had a huge line for their Tri-Star strawberries and their HARICOTS VERTS and HARICOTS JAUNES. They also have wild arugula, sucrine lettuce, purple sugar snaps and other unique vegetables. Norwich also has purple sugar snaps in addition to their flat beans, fava beans, string beans, tomatillos, several kinds of beets and eggplants and a wide variety of interesting produce. Paffenroth is here with many kinds of beets, radishes, lettuces, greens, herbs, carrots, daikon, and corn. Terhune has raspberries.

Caradonna and Locust Grove still have sweet cherries and other fruit and Oak Grove has melons. Check Norwich for melons as well. Fantasy Fruit has black currants, blueberries, and strawberries and is selling three boxes for $10. Stokes Farm has good looking shallots, big bunches of cut herbs, cherry and other tomatoes, salad and other greens, great looking beets, eggplants, squashes, cucumbers, and fresh garlic. Keith has Alisa Craig onions, Sierra Blanca onions, rocambole garlic, shallots, and some unique greens. Seatuck is here with several kinds of shellfish and fish. D'Attolico has tasty carrots, sprouts, salad and other greens, beautiful baby beets, beans, purslane, and onions. Sycamore only has one delivery of corn today. Windfall has luscious looking mesclun, edible flowers, microgreens, and other unusual produce. Northshire has wild watercress, calaloo, and chiogga beets.

Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens and eggs and dried hen of the woods mushrooms. Quattro's has chickens and other poultry and eggs. Gorzynski has organix raspberries, all kinds of herbs and lettuces and other vegetables.

River Garden has beautiful wildflowers. Dutch Mill (Newfield) has beautiful lycianthus, gladiolas, sunflowers, and lilies

Friday, July 16, 2010

Artichokes Next Week!! Watermelons!! Field Heirloom Tomatoes!!

Bodhitree has moved to the far West end of the Greenmarket today. They have shishito peppers, brown and green okra, cucumbers, squashes, eggplants, piemento de padrone, sweet peppers, and field and greenhouse tomatoes. Red Jacket has apricots. Dancing Ewe has delicious ricottas and other cheeses. Jphn Fazio has rabbits, ducks, and prepared "Hawaiian rabbit" ready to cook. Lavender By The Bay, Two Guys (salad greens), and the Ostrich meat people are here. Madura is here with various mushrooms.

Muddy River will have ARTICHOKES next Friday!! (You need to get there early if you want them -- the restaurant foragers came through today and there were none left!). Oak Grove has the first of their field heirloom tomatoes today and wil have more tomorrow. Norwich Meadows has a wide variety of heirloom tomatoes today. They have all sorts of beans, greens, beets, squashes, raspberries, black and golden raspberries, beautiful eggplants, TOMATILLOS, and other fruit. They had watermelons this morning as well, but, well, those foragers.... Samascott has sweet cherries, sour cherries,gooseberries, and other fruit and Berried Treasures has tasty little wild blueberries, raspberries, and currants, as well as Tri-Stars and the first of their wax beans. Cheerful Cherry's sweet cherries are over for the year, but they have their first peaches, gooseberries, and tasty sour cherries today.

Sycamore has bicolor corn, cucumbers, beautiful broccoli, cucumbers, eggplants, and squashes. Tello's Farm is here with delicious eggs in various sizes and Beth's Jam is having a sale on some preserves. Oak Grove has red and blue popping corn in addition to their usual great yellow variety. They also have peaches, squashes, hot and sweet peppers, TOMATILLOS, and sunflowers.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Golden and Red Raspberries, Red and Black Currants, Peaches, Plums, Apricots!!

Lani has squashes, eggplants (including lovely little fairytale ) , all kinds of beans, sweet peppers, salad greens, red and green okra, and beautiful fresh garlic. Norwich Meadows has gorgeous braising greens, all kinds of beans, peppers, beets, radishes, golden raspberries, garlic, and other produce. Race has plums, blueberries, corn, tomatoes, and many kinds of pastry, including a couple of donut varieties. Buon Pane has delicious Italian breads and tasty vegetable foccacia.
Hudson Valley Duck Farm has their delicious rillettes (love it!), duck sausage, and other great duck products. Dutch Mill (Newfield Farm) has beautiful sunflowers, gladiolas, and other flowers and expects to have lycianthus next Saturday.

Fantasy Fruit has black and red currants, red raspberries, and strawberries. Madura has several kinds of mushrooms, beets, radishes, greens, and lettuce. Consider Bardwell is here with delicious cheeses and will have fresh goat cheese next Monday. Phillips has a wide variety of produce, including shelled peas, blueberries, peaches, plums, raspberries, and sour cherries. Maxwell's Farm has radicchio, raspberries, blueberries, herbs, corn, hot peppers, and other produce. Red Jacket has plums, apricots, sour cherries, sweet cherries, and fruit juices. Lavender by the Bay is here with fragrant lavender products and Central Valley Farm has heirloom pasta sauces.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Peaches!! Corn!! The First Field Tomatoes!!

Keith has the first of his great tomatoes -- but not many! Locust Grove, Oak Grove, Terhune, and others have excellent peaches. Red Jacket has peak apricots. Locust Grove, Fantasy Fruit, and Gorzynsky have black currants and Locust, Breezy Hill, and others have red currants. Breezy Hill and Nemeth have golden raspberries and many stands have red raspberries and blueberries. Caradonna has peaches, plums, sweet and sour cherries, gooseberries, and blackberries. Locust has raspberries, plums, peaches, and cherries.

Norwich Meadows has squashes, many kinds of beet and radish, greens, salad greens, beans, favas, and eggplants. Oak Grove has squashes, field cherry tomatoes, herbs, pepper plants, and sweet corn. Sycamore has corn, hothouse tomatoes, cucumbers, beautiful broccoli, and squashes. Stokes, has beautiful salad greens, hothouse tomatoes, big bunches of cut herbs, cucumbers, squashes, eggplants, beans, chard, beets, radishes, and other produce. Keith has beautiful rocambole garlic, salad greens, potatoes, herbs, garlic blossoms, and a new revised edition of his book, IT'S A LONG ROAD TO A TOMATO. D'Attolico has their carrots, salad greens, sprouts, and beautiful baby beets. Mountain Sweet Berry has yellow sugar snaps, purple snow peas , maroon sugar snaps, strawberries, sucrine lettuce, and wild Italian arugula.

Binder has great potted flowering plants and herbs as well as cut flowers. River Garden has excellent bouquets of cultivated wildflowers. Dutch Mill (Newfield Farm) has lovely gladiolas, sunflowers, and lilies. Cato is here with luscious cheeses and Three Corner Field Farm has lamb cuts, cheeses, and thick tasty sheep's milk yogurt. Tonjes is here with buttermilk, yogurt, and cheeses. Ronnybrook has greek style yogurt in addition to their other flavored and plain yogurts and drinkable yogurts, butters, milk, and ice cream. PE&DD is here with cooked lobsters and seafood. Seatuck is here with clams, other shellfish, and fish.

Northshire Farm has callalloo, Italian lettuce, wild watercress, and eggs. Violet Hill has chickens, mushrooms, and various eggs. Paffenroth has collards, purslane, a little baby fennel, epazote, cut herbs, many kinds of beets, radishes, and greens, as well as corn. Cheerful Cherry has sour cherries for pies. Cherry Lane has a new yellow variety of cherry tomato as well as other cherry and regular tomatoes, raspberries, blackberries, okra, squashes, and kirbys. Eckerton has heirloom beets and tomatoes as well as greens.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Wild Blueberries! Golden Raspberries!! Rabbits Ready To Cook!!

Muddy River has beautiful salad greens and other vegetables. Oak Grove has various hot peppers, the first of their delicious field tomatoes, squashes, eggplants, slurpy peaches, and herbs. Samascott has several kinds of cherries, gooseberries, peaches, and other fruit and vegetables. Norwich Meadows has many types of peppers, squashes, salad and other greens, black raspberries, red raspberries, WATERMELONS,and GOLDEN RASPBERRIES. Berried Treasures has their first tiny WILD BLUEBERRIES, squash blossoms, and herbs. Sycamore has CORN, tomatoes, cucumbers, basil, squashes, and tasty peaches. Cheerful Cherry is here with what may be the last of their black cherries and a good supply of sour cherries.

Lavender by the Bay is here as well as Cayuga (great grains, flours, and whole wheat bread). Dancing Ewe has artisanal Italian cheeses and ricotta. John Fazio Duck Farm has ducks, duck eggs, and for people like me who've never cooked rabbit, ready-to-cook seasoned smoked rabbit!!

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Almost all Greenmarket Farmers are here today in Union Square!

Red Jacket has apricots and fruit juices. Tweefontain Herb Farm has herb drinks and other herb items today. Locust Grove has peaches, plums, white and red currants, squash blossoms, raspberries, and sweeet and sour cherries. Bulich Mushroom Company has several kinds of mushroom. Kernan has squashes, corn, eggplants, CANTELOUPES, blueberries, NECTARINES, peaches, green okra, eggplants, and other fruits and vegetables. Honey Hollow has CHANTERELLES, lily buds, black currants, and grape leaves. S&SO has a wide variety of produce including all sorts of salad items, purslane, and herbs. Eckerton has heirloom beets, wild berries, corn, tomatoes, and various basils. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, strawberries, black currants, and raspberries.

Berried Treasures has raspberries, strawberries, baby squash, romanesco, black raspberries, red currants, sugar snaps, favas, and herbs (including great looking sage). Keith's Farm is here with rocambole garlic, herbs, salad and other greens. Blue Moon has luscious looking fish. Andrew's Honey is here with honey and other honey products. Sycamore has white and bicolor corn, broccoli, basil, peaches, and tomatoes, windfall has beautiful edible flowers, unusual salad and other greens, squashes, squash blossoms, carrots, lemon cucumbers, and other vegetables.

Max Creek Hatchery has wild watercress, rainbow trout and smoked trout. Breezy Hill has raspberries, apricots, red currants, cherries, cider, and pastries. Mountain Sweet Berry has chervil, strawberries, sucrine lettuce, wild arugula, yellow sugar snaps, and other unusual vegetables. Caradonna has peaches, cherries, apricots, and other fruit and vegetables. Oak Grove has peaches, cherry tomatoes, eggplants, hot and sweet peppers, herb plants, and popping corn. Cherry Lane was being filmed for something or other, so I just got to see that they have green okra, red jacket potatoes, tomatoes, and corn.

Madura has garlic, garlic scapes, lettuce, beets, carrots, and various mushrooms. Roaming Acres Ostrich Farm is here. Bodhitree has red and green long beans, EDAMAME, red and green okra, tomatoes, cucumbers, squashes, eggplants, shishito peppers, pimiento de padron, and other peppers. Paffenroth has mixed bunches of radishes, various onions and carrots, baby fennel, purslane, red dandelion, Treviso radicchio, and a wide selection of other vegetables.
Terhune has peachs, sweet cherries, plums, and other fruit. Stokes has big bunches of cut herbs, squashes, cucumbers, salad greens, golden beets, shallots, onions, and tomatoes.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Duck Rillettes!! Apricots!! Fava Beans!! Squash Blossoms!!

Despite the heat, the Greenmarket is going strong, with most of our farmers and others here as usual. You'll find beautiful orchids at M.K. Orchid Farm's stand , lavender at Lavener By The Bay, and lovely lilies at Newfield Farm's (Dutch Mill). Hudson Valley Duck Farm is here with rillettes, duck salami, fresh and other duck products. McEnroe is here with greenhouse tomatoes. Red Jacket is here with two kinds of sour cherry, red and yellow sweet cherries, apricots, blueberries, and raspberries. Maxwell's Farm has a wide variety of vegetables, including beets, beans, lettuces, herbs, squashes, cucumbers, peas, and okra, and blueberries and raspberries.

Phillips has raspberries, blueberries, shelled fava beans, peaches, string beans, sun gold cherry tomatoes, corn, greens, and tomatoes. PE&DD is here with lobsters, fish, and other seafood. Troncillito has peaches, plums, and raspberries. Consider Bardwell is here with delicious cheeses. Madura has good-looking mushroom varieties as well as vegetables. Woori Farm has beautiful eggs, coriander, and interesting vegetables. Norwich Meadows has two kinds of eggplant this week as well as greens, several kinds of squash, herbs, great looking fava beans,
flat beans, several kinds of pepper, sugar snaps, onions, and beets.

Race Farm has several kids of beans, herb and flowering plants, peaches, blueberries, and plums, as well as pastries. Healthway Farm has interesting potato varieties, strawberries, cherries, and herb plants. Lani has several squash varieties, fresh chickpeas, cherry tomatoes, sweet peppers, fresh garlic and onions, shishito peppers, pimiento de padron, the last of their asparagus, herbs,and squash blossoms.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Red and Black Currants!! First field tomatoes!! CORN!!

Mountain Sweet Berry has STRAWBERRIES (TRI-STARS). Fantasy Fruit has red and black currants, blueberries, strawberries, and gooseberries. Locust Grove has red and white currants, gooseberries, raspberries, peaches, cherries, plums, and apricots. Breezy Hill has red currants, cherries, apricots, and other fruit. Cheerful Cherry has almost sold out of their wonderful sour and sweet cherries! Sycamore, Cherry Lane, and Miglorelli have CORN. Stokes, Eckerton, and Oak Grove have cherry tomatoes -- check out the sungolds at Eckerton and Oak Grove. Red Jacket has apricots. Oak Grove has succulent peaches.

Flying Pig is here with pork products and Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens, "Ling Chih Reishi" mushrooms, and eggs. Quattro's has chickens, ducks, pheasants, eggs from all of those, smoked poultry, venison sausage and other sausages, and chicken and duck parts. Hoeffner has onions, cucumbers, and other vegetables. PE&DD has lobsters, other seafood and fish. S&SO has baby summer squash, salad greens, herbs, shallots, purslane, and many other vegetables. Cherry Lane has beautiful big read and white onions, cucumbers, beets, red jacket young potatoes, sugar plums, and squashes. Paffenroth has a wide selection of unique produce, many kinds of beets, carrots, potatoes, radishes, salad vegetables, potatoes, and herbs. Gorzynsky has beautiful lettuces, cut herbs, root vegetables, and berries.

Sycamore has peaches, cucumbers, tomatoes, broccoli, and CORN. Mountain Sweet berry has sucrine lettuce, pea shoots, maroon and yellow sugar snaps, chamomile, and Tri-Stars. Oak Grove has many kimds of tasty squash. In fact, it is a squash lover's paradise in the Greenmarket today, with many stands having good looking varieties. Dutch Mill Farm has beautiful gladiolas and lilies and River Garden has pretty country wildflowers. Cato is here with delicious cheeses and Tonjes has buttermilk and cheeses. Ryder Farm has bouquets of country flowers as well as good looking produce. D'Attolico has their tasty carrots, baby beets, fresh shallots and scallions, and tasty salad greens and sprouts. Binder has wonderful herb plants, flowering plants, and cut snapdragons.

Keith has rocambole garlic, rocambole garlic scapes, their first TOMATOES, lovely French Crisp lettuce, and other greens. Terhune has peaches, cherries, apricots, raspberries, and strawberries. Stokes has lettuces, generous bunches of cut herbs, cherry tomatoes, other greenhouse tomatoes, and garlic, as well as several kinds of squash, cucumbers, and onions.Norwich Meadows has all sorts of delicious greens, cut herbs, black raspberries, cucumbers, and fava beans, flat beans, and other produce.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Cheerful Cherry's Queen Anne, Sour, and Sweet Red Cherries!! Oak Grove's Peaches!! Sycamore's Corn and Basil!

Norwich has favas, long beans, flat beans, golden and other beets, EGGPLANTS, and will be having GOLDEN RASPBERRIES soon!! Cheerful Cherry has pitted dark cherries, dark red, Queen Ann, and sour cherries. They think their season will be short this year, so carpe diem! Oak Grove's peaches are delicious this year and they are expecting to start having field heirloom tomatoes tomorrow or next week. Berried Treasures has good looking Tri-Star strawberries, fava beans, black raspberries, herbs, sugar snaps, and shelling peas. Sycamore has fragrant basil, greenhouse tomatoes, kirbys, CORN, and other produce.

Samascott has several kinds of cherry, green and red gooseberries, raspberries, and black raspberries. Bodhitree has long beans, sweet peppers, tomatoes, greens, fresh chickpeas, salad greens, and cucumbers. Madura has several kinds of fresh mushroom.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Black and Red Raspberries! CORN! Gooseberries! CHANTERELLES!!

Stokes has several kinds of thyme and basil as well as squashes, garlic, green and yellow string beans, greenhouse tomatoes, salad greens, and other produce. Terhune has strawberries, raspberries, cherries, and peaches. Paffenroth has upland cress, red dandelion, puntarelle, shallots, epazote, lovage, lemon balm, and a wide variety of other produce. Miglorelli has peaches, blueberries, cherries, apricots, and other fruit and vegetables. Bodhitree has beautiful squashes, green and yellow string beans, the first LONG BEANS, sweet peppers, greens, fresh chickpeas, and tomatoes. Madura has several good looking mushroom varieties as well as greens and young beets.

Cherry Lane has fresh new red skin potatoes, heirloom tomatoes, and cherry tomatoes. Oak Grove Plantation has several hot and sweet peppers, the first of their cherry tomatoes, windowsill herb gardens, and peaches. Caradonna has blueberries, gooseberries, apricots, and other fruit. Mountain Sweet Berry has wild arugula, chervil, pea shoots, and sucrine lettuce. Breezy Hill has raspberries and apricots. Sycamore has the first of their CORN as well as fava beans, cucumbers, greenhouse tomatoes, basil, and cauliflower. Windfall has beautiful edible flowers, lemon cucumbers, mini squash, squash blossoms, and sugar snaps.

Andrew's Honey is here with honey and honey products. Tweefontein has herb teas and other herb products. Blue Moon has great looking fresh fish. Honey Hollow farm has CHANTERELLES. River Garden has gorgeous country flowers. Silver Height has herb, vegetable, and fruit sets. Keith has rocambole garlic scapes, lovage, herbs, lettuces, kales, and other greens. Eckerton has black raspberries, red and sungold cherry tomatoes, rainbow kale, and mixed heirloom beets. Tamarack Hollow Farm has pork cuts and produce. Berried Treasures has black and red raspberries, fava beans, and other produce. S&SO has purselane, wild arugula, herbs, and a wide variety of reasonably priced produce.

Kernan has CORN, green and yellow string beans, peaches, blueberries, squashes, red jacket potatoes, and basil. Bulich has crimini, shitake, and other mushrooms. Locust Grove has blueberries, black raspberries, gooseberries, raspberries, squash blossoms, apricots, cherries, red currants, and other fruit. Two Guys from Woodbury has microgreens, sprouts, and other organic produce.

Monday, June 28, 2010

Duck Rillettes! Farm Fresh Butter, red and green gooseberries!

It was already 82 degrees when I walked over to the greenmarket, but most farmers are there. Consider Bardwell has delicious cheeses, Hudson Valley Duck Farm has ducks, duck rillettes, and other duck products. Lani has a very small supply of beautiful slim asparagus as well as fava and other beans, greens, squashes,red and green okra, squash flowers, and herbs. Race has raspberries and blueberries. Norwich Farm has squashes, beans, garlic, onions, green and yellow flat beans, other beans, young fennel, and squash blossoms. Troncillito Farm has red currants, cherries, apricots, peaches, raspberries and black raspberries.

Red Jacket has green and red gooseberries, red currants, strawberries, and cherries. Maxwell has red gooseberries, blueberries, and raspberries as well as radicchio, salad and other greens, herbs, and beans. PE&DD has tuna, lobsters, and other seafood. Dutch Mill has gladiolas, sunflowers, and other flowers. Central Valley Farm has fresh butter, eggs, heirloom tomato soup and pasta sauce. Healthway Farm has several kinds of potatoes, potted herbs, strawberries,and cherries.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Fantasy Fruit has gooseberries, BLACK CURRANTS, raspberries, blueberries, and Tri-Star Strawberries

Eckerton has black raspberries, their first FIELD TOMATOES, salad greens,bush basil, heirloom beets, and carrots. Locust Grove has gooseberries, red currants, raspberries, black raspberries, cherries, apricots, and peaches. Nemeth Orchards has cherries, gooseberries, and raspberries. Cheerful Cherry has the first of their excellent Queen Anne and dark red cherries as well as sour cherries. Milk Thistle is charging another 50 cents for their milk -- now $5.50 a quart. Bulich Mushroom Co. has shitakes, portabellos, oysters, crimini, and other mushrooms. Hoeffner has raspberries, squashes, greenhouse cherry tomatoes, and flowering plants. Cherry Lane has raspberries, beautiful cut basil, sweet onions, and freshly dug red jacket new potatoes.

Paffenroth has stinging nettles, epizote, collards, several kinds of beet, purslane, Treviso radicchio, lambs quarter, upland cress, Black Tuscan kale, and other interesting produce. Gorzynsky has beautiful lettuces, herbs, braising greens, raspberries, and other delicious organic produce. Sycamore will have their CORN on Wednesday and are here with greenhouse tomatoes, kirby cucumbers, and English shelling peas and sugar snaps. Caradonna has apricots, plums, and berries.

Three Corner Field Farm is here with lamb cuts, yogurt, cheeses, and other sheep related products. Dutch Mill Farm (Newfield) has sweet peas, ksunflowers, and the first of their gorgeous gladiolas. Binder has started bringing in cut flowers, including snapdragons, as well as their lush herb and flowering potted plants. Seatuck Fish is here with fish and seafood. They didn't bring in crabs, though -- too hot. Terhune has raspberries and strawberries (and may have cherries--they were just setting up when I went by). Stokes has garlic, herbs, greenhouse tomatoes, squashes, and beans. Norwich has Romanian peppers (sweet), cucumbers, salad mix, squashes, and other produce.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Cheerful Cherry's Queen Anne, Sour, and Sweet Red Cherries are here!!!

Bodhitree has fresh chickpeas, yellow and green beans, fava beans, salad and braising greens, herbs, shishito peppers, and squashes. John Fazio's stand has moved to the West side of the market with their ducks, rabbits, and smoked rabbit cuts. The ostrich meat and egg stand is here with various ostrich items and Miglorelli has CORN, broccoli rabe, squashes, blueberries, strawberries, and cherries, along with many other vegetables.

Cheerful Cherry has the first of their excellent cherries, including pitted dark cherries! Sycamore has cut basil, cauliflower, broccoli, kirbys, and tomatoes. Berried Treasures has Tri-Star strawberries, chamomile, sugar snaps, shell peas, and herbs. Oak Grove has numerous varieties of hot pepper and herb plants. Norwich Meadow has garlic scapes, many kinds of squash, beautiful salad mix, braising greens, sugar snaps and flat beans, white and purple kohlrabi, and OKRA. Muddy River has great looking heads of lettuce, spinach, fennel, and agretti ("commonly boiled and eaten as a leafy vegetable -- the recommendation is to cook it in boiling water until the leaves soften and eat while still crunchy" -- Muddy River's notes).

Samascott has RED CURRANTS, red and Queen Anne cherries, blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries. Ardith Mae has a variety of goat cheeses.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Gooseberries, red currants, apricots, peaches, CORN!

Caradona has gooseberries and apricots as well as cherries, apples, and BLACK RASPBERRIES. Bodhitree has shishito and other peppers, many kinds of squash, greenhouse tomatoes and cherry tomatoes, and greens. Stokes has several types of cut basil and other herbs as well as greenhouse tomatoes and cherry tomatoes. Honey Hollow has CHANTERELLES and Madura has portabellos, maitake, and other mushrooms. Locust Grove has red currants, cherries, raspberries, black raspberries, blueberries, and other fruit. S&SO has a wide variety of reasonably priced produce, including salad greens, herbs, carrots, radishes, shallots and other kinds of onions, purslane and garlic scapes. Paffenroth has many kinds of carrots and radishes as well as epizote, herbs, salad and braising greens. Garden of Spices has chicken and duck eggs, chicken, ducks, and duck liver.

Hoeffner has greenhouse tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, cabbages, seedless cucumbers,and rhubarb, as well as flowering plants. Eckerton has heirloom beets, black raspberries, rainbow chard, green and yellow string beans, radicchio, sungold cherry tomates,and zucchini blossoms. Kernan has peaches, blueberries, squashes, string beans, yellow beans, and CORN. Berried Treasures has Tri-Star strawberries mixed with wild strawberries, savory, lambs quarters, and potatoes. Keith has Rocambole young garlic, sorrel, golden chard, and cut herbs. Silver Heights has vegetable and fruit plants and Oak Grove has hot pepper plants, herb plants, and edible flower plants as well as corn meal and sunflowers.

Windfall Farm has beautiful cut edible flowers, various small salad greens, and salad mix. Sycamore has greenhouse tomatoes, fresh cut basil, and cucumbers. Mountain Sweet Berry has chervil, maroon snow peas, chives, yellow and maroon sugar snaps, wild baby arugula, chamomile,and other unusual greens. Cherry Lane has greenhouse heirloom tomatoes, squashes, new baby beets, and new red jacket potatoes. Terhune has cherries and raspberries.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Red Currants!! APRICOTS!!! Peppers!! Raspberries!! Cherries!!

Hudson Valley Duck Farm is here with their addictive DUCK RILLETTES, duck prosciutto, duck sausage, and other delicious duck items. Consider Bardwell has several tasty cheeses and Scarborough has many herb plants and flowering plants. Lani has several kinds of sweet peppers, including Fushimi, Shishito, and Padron. They also have a wide variety of squashes, greens, and beans, including favas. Healthway has an assortment of potatoes and Dutchmill Farm(Newfield) has beautiful lilies and herb plants. Race has Queen Anne cherries, sweet and sour red cherries, raspberries, and tomato plants. Norwich Farm has favas, pearl onions, garlic scapes, golden and red beets, several kinds of braising greens, garlic, fresh basil, and persian cucumbers. Madura has many good-looking mushroom varieties, and other vegetables, and Troncillito Farms has cherries, basil, and other produce.

Martin's Pretzels are here and Phillips has red and black raspberries, red currants, and blueberries, as well as favas (in the shell and out of the shell!), greens, carrots, beets,and other beans. M.K. Orchid farm has some beautiful orchids and Lavender By The Bay has fragrant lavender. Red Jacket has red and yellow cherries, raspberries, rhubarb, currants,and APRICOTS!! Maxwell's Farm has GOOSEBERRIES, blueberries, radicchio, herbs, and fava beans.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Gooseberries!! Black Raspberries!! Tri-Star Strawberries!! Heiloom Tomatoes!!

Today is your last day to buy Oak Grove's excellent heirloom tomato plants -- on sale! Anything left over will be planted on Monday (resulting in Ted Blew's tasty crop at the beginning of tomato season). Oak Grove has the first of their larger hot pepper plants. Fantasy Fruit has GOOSEBERRIES and Tri-Stars and Locust Grove has gooseberries, red currants, strawberries, and cherries. Eckerton has BLACK RASPBERRIES as well as great broccoli, salad greens, fava beans, ZUCCHINI BLOSSOMS, and other produce. Cherry Lane has RED RASPBERRIES, heirloom tomatoes (greenhouse), red jacket new potatoes, squashes, and greens. Gorzynsky has beautiful organic lettuces, strawberries, greens, and herbs. Paffenroth has epizote, wild and other arugula, many kinds of radishes and carrots, chiogga and other beets, herbs, UPLAND CRESS, WILD ARUGULA and new onions. S&SO has CALALOO, PURSLANE, and other greens.

Silver Height has many vegetable and fruit plants for backyard gardens. Northshire has garlic scapes, interesting onions, wild watercress, and eggs. Windfall Farm has ZUCCHINI BLOSSOMS, edible flowers, and many unique baby greens. Sycamore has the last of their strawberries, as well as broccoli, greenhouse tomatoes, and peas. Mountain Sweet Berry has SUCRINE LETTUCE, onions, lamborn pea shoots, and CHERVIL, but no strawberries yet.
Keith is here with Rocabole garlic, onions, lovage, kales, other greens, and herbs.

Terhune has raspberries and strawberries. Stokes has lettuces and herbs, squashes, greenhouse tomatoes, and flowering plants. Norwich has beautiful organic beets, greens, herbs, squashes, and other produce.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Smoked Rabbit!! Black Raspberries!! Lemon Basil!! Chervil!!

John Fazio has brought in SMOKED RABBIT, along with rabbit and poultry cuts. Norwich has several kinds of basil, including lemon basil, thai basil, and everyday basil. Stokes has SHALLOTS, onions, squashes, garlic, beautiful lettuces, golden and other beets,greenhouse tomatoes, and greenhouse cherry tomatoes. Amantai, a newcomer to the market, has strawberries, onions, rhubarb, and greens. Muddy River has generous bunches of herbs, including chervil, golden and red beets, two sizes of garlic scape, fennel, and lush lettuces. Samascott has strawberries, cherries, and rhubarb. Ardith has tasty goat cheeses.

This is the lasst weekend for Oak Grove's heiroom tomato plants, which are on sale for $7.50. If they aren't all bought this weekend, they'll be planted on the farm. Tree-licious has sweet and sour cherries and pastry. Madura has their usual excellent MUSHROOM choices. Miglorelli has all sorts of produce, including many kinds of radish, beet, lettuce, and sugar snaps, shell peas, and cherries, and strawberries. Lavender By The Bay has gorgeous fragrant lavender and locust flower honey. Berried Treasures has strawberries and sugar snap peas.

Two Guys From Woodbridge has a lot of good looking basil along with salad greens. Bodhitree has ZUCCHINI BLOSSOMS!!! They also have Tuscan Kale and FRESH CHICKPEAS, as well as their first hot peppers. Phillips has BLACK RASPBERRIES and red raspberries.

I think I saw Dancing Ewe pulling in as I left the market. If they're there, try their ricotta and other cheeses.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Red Currants!! Queen Ann Cherries!! Sweet Red Cherries!! Summer Squash!! Black Raspberries!!Lovage, Epazote, Purselane!!

Kernan has blueberries, several kinds of squash, and other produce. S&SO hass baby summer squash, garlic scapes, and herbs. Locust Grove has red and Queen Ann cherries, raspberries, strawberries, and RED CURRANTS. Fantasy Fruit has Tri-Star strawberries and GOOSEBERRIES. Eckerton has several HOT PEPPER varieties, mixed bunches of heirloom beets, MULBERRIES, and greens. Paffenroth has wild arugula, arugula, epazote, lovage, lemon balm, several kinds of beet, including chiogga beets, and lambs quarters (wild spinach). Phillips has blueberries. Miglorelli has sugar snaps, shell peas, sweet cherries, and strawberries. Mountain Sweetberry has two new kinds of snow peas, CHERVIL, wild arugula, and young onions. (No Tri-Stars today, unfortunately!) Madura has several kinds of mushroom, greens, and red onions.

Sycamore has strawberries, greenhouse tomatoes, and cucumbers. Cheerful Cherry has heirloom tomatoes, RASPBERRIES, and basil. Bodhitree has greenhouse tomatoes, FAVA BEANS, green onions, Russian and Tuscan kales, cucumbers, and other greens. Windfall has a
wide selection of edible flowers, mescluns, and unusual mini greens.

Blue Moon is here with delicious looking fish. Silver Heights is here with fruit and vegetable plants. Stokes has herb and flower plants and Oak Grove is having a sale on heirloom tomato plants.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Cherries!! Raspberries!! Strawberries!! Rhubarb! Blueberries!

The cherry season has begun, but there are still strawberries. Red Jacket has yellow and red cherries as well as rhubarb. Phillips has raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, and vegetables, including FAVA BEANS and shelled peas. Lani also has fava beans and strawberries, in addition to young garlic, young onions, delicious crisp cucumbers, salad greens, sugar snaps, and shelling peas. Maxwell has strawberries, sugar snaps, shelling peas, raspberries, GOOSEBERRIES, herbs, beets, and greens. Madura has garlic scapes, herbs, mushrooms, and greens. Troncillito has cherries, garlic, and salad greens. Race has Queen Anne cherries and raspberries.

Consider Bardwell is here with excellent cheeses. Dutchmill Farm (formerly Newfield) has sweet pea flowers,sunflowers, and lilies. PE&DD has cooked lobsters as well as various fishes and other shellfish (clams, scallops, etc.).

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Wild Watercress!! Sugar Snaps!! Baby Carrots!! Tri-Star Strawberries!! Raspberries!! Queen Anne Cherries!! BLUEBERRIES!!

Phillips has blueberries!! as well as raspberries and strawberries. Locust Grove has Queen Anne Cherries, Sweet red cherries, RED CURRANTS, and strawberries. It's Sycamore's last week for strawberries and Mountain Sweet Berry's first week for Tri-Star strawberries!! Mountain Sweet Berry also has wild arugula, chives, lambs quarters, lamborn mini pea shoots, and two kinds of snow peas. Eckeron has sugar snaps, gorgeous lettuces, and heirloom beets. D'Attiloco has salad greens and sprouts. Northshire has wild watercress, arugula, quail eggs, and honey. Violet Hill has guinea hens and Belle Rouge chickens. Flying Pig has sausages and other pork products.

Cherry Lane has heirloom greenhouse tomatoes, lovely heads of lettuce, greenhous beefsteak tomatoes, and other delicious produce. Paffenroth has a wide variety of produce, including several kinds of baby carrot, beets, radishes, interesting greens, and potatoes. S&SO has green tomatoes for frying, cut herbs, lettuces, and shallots. Seatuck has clams, fish, and crabs today.

Terhune has the last of their wild asparagus. They also have sweet cherries and strawberries. Norwich has golden beets, crisp Persian cucumbers, and a large assortment of greens. Ryder Farm and Windfall have edible flowers and Oak Grove has pots of nasturtiums, herbs, heirloom pepper plants, and heirloom tomato plants. Their season for tomato plants is coming to a close, so buy them now!! Silver Heights also has vegetable plants and herb plants.

Stokes Farm has herb plants and cut herbs, greenhouse cherry and other tomatoes, young garlic, their first basil, and an Asian herb called shiso(which smells delicious. Don't know what the taste is.)

Friday, June 11, 2010

Chervil!! Baby squashes!! Beans!! Cherries!

Stokes has beautiful herb and hanging plants as well as cut herbs, cherry tomatoes, squashes, lettuces, and strawberries. Van Houten has many flower sets. Oak Grove has nasturtiums in pots, pepper plants, and heirloom tomato plants (the season for their tomato plants will be over soon), as well as excellent pork products and popping corn. John Fazio is here with rabbits and ducks. Muddy River has garlic, greens, and generous bunches of CHERVIL!! Norwich has baby squashes, braising and salad greens, and baby carrots. Samascott has strawberries and the last of their rhubarb. Berried Treasures has arugula, potatoes, green garlic, herbs, and Tri-Star strawberries (but no more wild strawberries, at least for now).

Tree-licious Orchards has CHERRIES. Cheerful Cherry has juices, flowering plants, and succulents. (They will have their tasty cherries in two weeks.) Flying Pig is here with pork products and Madura has several kinds of mushroom. Suru Winery is here from Long Island with various wines and the Lavender people have edible lavender and decorative scented pillows for gifts. Beth's Jam is here with jams, chutneys, pickled vegetables, and boxed items for gifts.

Bodhitree has green and yellow beans, cherry tomatoes, pullet eggs, and many kinds of greens and herbs. *Their strawberry season is over.)

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Fresh Chickpeas!! Tiny Wild Strawberries!! Fava Beans!! Cherries!!

Locust Grove has cherries, raspberries, and strawberries. Eckerton has shell peas, sugar snaps, and fava beans. Berried Treasures has wild strawberries and Tri-Stars. Terhune has cherries and strawberries. Stokes has strawberries and greenhouse cherry tomatoes. Bodhitree has asparagus (end of the season soon), and FRESH CHICKPEAS! Hoeffner has strawberries, cucumbers, and lettuces. S&SO has lettuces, beets, herbs, and other salad vegetables and shallots. Eckerton has rainbow kale, and their first PEPPERS and baby carrots.

Mountain Sweet Berry has wild arugula, Tri-Stars, tiny potato mix, and young onions. Madura has several varieties of mushroom and garlic scapes. Stokes has garlic, squashes, and herbs. Cherry Lane has heirloom tomatoes, squashes, sugar snaps, shell peas, and lettuces, as well as strawberries (their last week, probably). Sycamore has strawberries, kohlrabi, and hothouse tomatoes.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Queen Anne Cherries!! Raspberries!! Fava Beans!!

Lani has strawberries (ending soon), fava beans, onions, garlic, many small salad greens, garlic scapes, shell peas, asparagus, and sugar snaps. Race has Queen Anne Cherries, raspberries, strawberries, and herb and flowering plants. Phillips has strawberries, raspberries, red cherries, spinach, salad and braising greens, and beets. Red Jacket has rhubarb and Maxwells has strawberries, squashes, garlic, herbs, shell and snap peas, and salad greens. Troncillito Farm has strawberries and tomato plants.

PE&DD has steamed lobsters, fresh fish, and other seafood. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has delicious DUCK RILLETTES and their wonderful DUCK SALAMI has returned!! Central Valley Farm has butter, ricotta, and vegetarian tomato sauce. Consider Bardwell is here with several tasty cheeses and maple syrup. The lavender people have edible lavender as well as other lavender products

If you have plans for strawberries, at least on Mondays, sooner is better than later. The season will be over soon.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Garlic scapes!! Broccoli! Raspberries! Strawberries!! (Unfortunately, Mountain Sweet Berriy's excellent tiny strawberries won't be here until July!!)

Eckerton has mixed heirloom beets, mixed radishes, and reputedly the best broccoli today. Cherry Lane and Locust Grove have RASPBERRIES, and Locust has sweet cherries. Norwich has garlic scapes, Japanese white turnips, young onions, young garlic, beautiful braising greens, and radishes. Stokes has asparagus, many cut and potted herbs, and flowering plants. (I was there before they were completely set up, but since they had strawberries and tomatoes yesterday, I'm going to gamble that they have them again today!) Cato has delicious cheeses -- it's hard to pick a favorite, but I bought "Brigid's Abbey" for lunch today.

Terhune has cherries and strawberries. Keith has gorgeous young Rocambole garlic, young onions, salad and braising greens, Rocambole garlic scapes, rhubarb, sorrel, stinging nettles, and lovage. River Garden has brought in some of their beautiful wildflowers and Binder has great potted flowering and herb plants. Quattro's has poultry, smoked poultry, sausages, and pheasant, turkey, duck, and chicken eggs. Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens and several egg varieties. Flying Pig is here with various pork cuts and sausages.

Seatuck has a wide range of seafood, including live crabs!! Ronnybrook has a new Greek-style yogurt, ice creams, butters, drinkable yogurt, and cheeses. Milk Thistle is here with various milks. Dutchmill Gardens(Newfield Farm) has beautiful sunflowers, lavender, lilies, and other flowers. Three Corner Field Farm has fresh ricotta and yogurt as well as lamb cuts, soaps, and knitting wool. The Local Rose people have lovely roses and other flowers.

Sycamore has sweet little strawberries, hothouse tomatoes, and sugar snap peas. Mountain Sweet Berry has tiny mixed potatoes, pea shoots, and other salad greens, as well as young onions. Windfall Farm has various sizes of mesclun and other greens along with edible flowers.
Northshire has wild cress, bok choi, and eggs. Gorzynsky has strawberries, eggs, and a wide variety of organic greens, root vegetables, and herbs. Paffenroth has an extensive selection of unusual greens, including puntarella, red dandelion, stinging nettles, purslane, epizote, and many delicious potato varieties. Cherry Lane has heirloom tomatoes, lettuces, asparagus, and other delicious produce. Bulich has several varieties of mushroom, and Tweefontaine is here with pestos, soaps, and other herbal items.

Friday, June 4, 2010

STRAWBERRIES!!! Rhubarb, Garlic scapes, young onions, young garlic, lambs quarters,dandelion greens

Stokes has strawberries, greenhouse tomatoes, and cut herbs (sorrel, thyme, rosemary, chamomile, lavender, etc.), and lettuces. Muddy River has garlic scapes, young purple and white onions, young garlic, fragrant cilantro, and beets. John Fazio has rabbit and ducks. Samascott has strawberries and rhubarb. Norwich is getting in gear with baby carrots, all kinds of baby squashes, many kinds of greens, and young garlic, young onions, and herbs. Berried Treasures has tiny Tri-Star strawberries, cress, arugula, and flowers. Sycamore has a couple of varieties of strawberries, greenhouse tomatoes, and sugar snaps.

Cheerful Cherry has beautiful flowering hanging plants and succulents. Pura Vida Fisheries has good looking fresh fish and Madura has several varieties of mushroom, including shiitake, oyster, and crimini. Miglorelli has rhubarb, broccoli rabe, French breakfast radishes, sugar snap and shelling peas, and Japanese turnips. Bodhitree has salad mix, asparagus, strawberries, Tuscan kale, purslane, mizuna, lambs quarters, sorrel, and collard greens, in addition to herbs, greenhouse tomatoes, and pullet eggs.