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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.