Tulips! get them now before their season ends! Ramps! at Violet Hill, Mountain Sweet Berry and other stands. New lettuces and wintered-over broccoli rabe are everywhere!

Windfall's baby mache

Stokes, Lani, Northshire and others have tasty new season salad greens. Try Stokes's "wasabi arugula" if you get there in time. It's delicious!

Stokes's wasabi arugula

They and Northshire have pretty new lettuces and Lani has a wide range of salad greens and young garlic.  D'attolico, Hudson Valley Organic, and Windfall have interesting small greens and pea and other sprouts.

D'Attolico's pea sprouts

The asparagus drumbeats are getting louder! Look for some to arrive soon -- maybe next week! Can strawberries be far behind?

Binder's flowering branches

Eckerton has small carrots, French breakfast radishes, and several unique greens.  Gorzynski has mache!

To see these and other stands and produce:  http://tinyurl.com/n7dfbl8

TOIGO is back, with delicious canned peaches, apple and pear butter, apples, and tomatoes! Bodhitree has lovely greens and Berried Treasures, Lucky Dog, and others have RAMPS.

Toigo's tomatoes

Rumors of asparagus are in the air, although not quite here yet, but there are more and more leafy greens, green garlic, green shallots, and other signs of good things to come.

Bodhitree

Lucky Dog

To see these and other produce and stands: http://tinyurl.com/l3ruglc

It's RAMPALICIOUS at Mountain Sweet Berry, Berried Treasures, Max, and other stands. Rogowski and Madura have green garlic and Bodhitree has a wide variety of delicious salad greens and other greens.

The restaurant foragers were enthusiastically shopping while I was in the market, so the young garlic, ramps, broccoli rabe and other greens may be disappearing as I write.  S&SO has beautiful chives and Oak Grove has gorgeousl lush tomato plants and herb sets for city gardeners, as well as small mixed potted herb gardens for window sills.

Bulich and Madura have several kinds of mushroom and Two Guys has shitakes and oyster mushrooms. Two Guys and Shushan have hydroponic greens and herbs and Shushan has cherry and other tomatoes.

I'm going to be making a mixed green salad and a broccoli rabe and ramp omelet for lunch today, using Bodhitree eggs, Miglorelli's broccoli rabe, and a few crimini mushrooms from Bulich.

To see these and other stands: Wednesday Greenmarket

It's RAMPTASTIC at Mountain Sweet Berry! D'Attolico has duckweed and chickweed, and Eckerton has wintered-over small carrots and beautiful French Breakfast radishes.

Mountain Sweet Berry ramps

It's peak tulip season at Fiori di Fenice and other stands as well, and Durr has beautiful flowering branches along with parrot and other tulips and daffodils.

Fiori di Fenice

Violet Hill has multi-colored eggs and Quattro's has goose, duck, pheasant, and chicken eggs as well as capons for the holiday and other poultry. Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens and rabbits and rabbit parts.

Quattro's Eggs

Lani has beautiful salad greens and Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes and cherry tomatoes as well as herbs.  Bulich has several types of mushroom and Two Guys has shitake and oyster mushrooms as well as hydroponic greens and minigreens.  Windfall has many kinds of small and mini-greens, aracuna chicken eggs, and Jerusalem artichokes.

D'Attolico's Duckweed

To see these and other stands:  Greenmarket Saturday

Holy Schmitt has fresh HORSERADISH and prepared horseradish in several flavors. Lani has RAMPS! Dutchmill has gorgeous tulips.

Lani has lovely salad and other greens, black soy beans, and young shallots.  Holy Schmitt has fresh horseradish roots for the brave who do their own and tasty flavored varieties as well.

To see these and other stands:  Greenmarket Monday April 14

Dutchmill

 

Ardith Mae has a new delicious yet to be named goat cheese! Eckerton has mache! D'Attolico has tasty hummus, lovely sprouts, and pussy willows. Oak Grove has heirloom tomato plants for home gardens.

Northshire has tasty lettuce and other greens and Gorzynski has cress-like greens.

Several stands have beautiful tulips, including Fiori di Fenice, Durr, and Phillips.  Rose Meadow has sweet peas, anemones, and roses. Durr, D'Attolico, Phillips, and Locust Grove have flowering branches.

Quattro's, Violet Hill, and Windfall have unique egg options, with pheasant eggs at Quattro's, Duck and many kinds of chicken eggs at Violet Hill, and Arucunas at Windfall.

Windfall, Eckerton, Lani, and others have small salad and other greens. Eckerton has French breakfast radishes (I was too late for their baby carrots). Seatuck and PE&DD have gorgeous fresh fish and seafood.

To see these and other stands:  Saturday Greenmarket

Magnolias! Daffodils! Tulips! and Bobolink has HAND MADE MATZOS!!!

Bobolink Matzoh

 Matzo like Great Great Grandma used to make!!You can buy singles or boxes of ten. Madura has fresh horseradish.

It's not the holiday yet, though, so you can get three kinds of challah at Hot Bread Kitchen, along with mini and regular bialys and other breads.

Consider Bardwell has veal and Dorset cheese is on sale.

Bodhitree, Lucky Dog, and Queens County Farm have lovely salad greens and there are whispers of ramps and asparagus coming soon now that the weather is finally cooperating.

John Dory at Pura Vida

Berried Treasures is back -- with delicious looking potatoes for the moment.  The folks at Samascott are warning that we'll probably have a short season of Spring vegetables when they finally show up!

To see these and other stands: Friday Greenmarket

Berried Treasures is back! with a wide selection of small potatoes and will be here on Wednesdays and Fridays. Bodhitree has lovely salad greens and Bulich has several kinds of mushroom.

Franca of Berried Treasures

 Stokes and Oak Grove have beautiful potted herbs and Madura has  mushrooms in addition to flowering plants in pots.

Rogowski's salad mix

Rogowski has new salad greens and baby kale and Mountain Sweet Berry predicts ramps in two weeks if not sooner.

Dutchmill tulips

Divine Brine has tasty pickles and Baker's Bounty and Las Delicias have great baked goods.

Divine Brine

To see these and other stands: Greenmarket Wednesday

Binder and Hoeffner are back with beautiful flowering and herb plant sets. Stokes also has lovely plant sets, both flowers and herbs

Hudson Valley Seeds -- Greenmarket Guest!

 Violet Hill and Quattro's have goose eggs, and Quattro's has pheasant and wild turkey eggs as well as chicken eggs. Violet Hill has many varieties of chicken egg. All very Spring-y, finally!

Quattro's eggs

Lani, Windfall, and Hudson Valley organic have tiny mini-greens and Shushan and Two Guys have hydroponic lettuces.  D'Attolico has delicious sprouts and homemade hummus.

D'Attolico's Hummus

Eckerton has French breakfast radishes and tiny carrots and Paffenroth has their extensive choice of potatoes, onion family vegetables, and other produce.

Deep Mountain maple

Violet Hill has rabbit and rabbit parts, chicken and chicken parts, sausages, and pork cuts.  Quattro's has sausages both hot and sweet, ducks, chickens, and other poultry and poultry parts.  Roaming Acres has ostrich meat and PE&DD and Seatuck have beautiful fresh fish and shellfish.

To see these and other stands and produce: Saturday, April 5

Went to the Met Museum today, but I did have a chance to stop at the Greenmarket and check out what was available today. Click on the link at the bottom of this post to see what was here today.

Rose Meadow's first sweet peas of the year

Flying Pig

Dutchmill's Tulips

Bodhitree Salad Greens

Consider Bardwell
Who's here today and what did they bring? 

 

Divine Brine is back with all kinds of pickles. Two Guys has edible flowers. Look for baby spinach, salad greens and other signs of Spring!

Dutchmill has lovely tulips and Rose Meadow has beautiful roses and anemones. Terhune and others have flowering branches.

In addition to their delicious greens, Bodhitree has excellent eggs and cut herbs.  Don't miss Andrew's Honey, Las Delicias sweet and savory pastries, and Rogowski's green vegetables and other produce.  Miglorelli has frozen summer vegetables, tomato juice, cider, and apples. Madura is here with various produce and Mountain Sweet Berry has their excellent small potatoes.

To see these and other stands and what they've brought:Wednesday, April 2