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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.