Saturday, February 12, 2011

There are many more farmers here this week than there were during last Saturday's freezing weather! Miglorelli is here with frozen corn, collards, and other vegetables as well as cider and apples. D'Attolico has sprouts and Norwich Meadows has root vegetables, cabbages, and canned vegetables. Ronnybrook is here with milks, creams, butters, yogurts, and ice creams. Cato Corner Farm has delicious cheeses and Tonjes is here with buttermilk and cheeses. Milk Thistle has milk and cream.

Mountain Sweet Berry has been moved to the 17th Street side of the Greenmarket and has various European style small potatoes. Terhune has apples, including bargain bags for apple sauce, and cider. Caradonna, Locust Grove, and Breezy Hill have apples and cider. Berried Treasures has small and large potatoes and sunchokes. Cayuga has excellent ale bread and whole wheat bread as well as dried beans, flours, grains, and, a new addition, popping corn. Two Guys From Woodbridge has hudroponic greens and herbs and Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes and greens. Windfall has a wide selection of greenhouse greens and root vegetables. Paffenroth has many potato and other root vegetable varieties.

Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens and chicken parts. Quattro's has ducks, capons, soups, chickens and chicken parts, sausages, and smoked poultry. Flying Pig has pork products, including pork cuts, sausages, and bacon. Oak Grove Plantation has scrapple, bacon, and other pork products in addition to squashes, dried hot peppers, and pastries. Beth's Farm Kitchen has come out with a beautiful new cookbook using their jams and chutneys.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

It's a bit nasty and some stands are not here, but there is still a bit of news. This is the last week for Paffenroth's leeks! The stands who are here include Ronnybrook, Milk Thistle, Cato, Quattro's, Violet Hill, Flying Pig, Breezy Hill, Terhune, Paffenroth, Miglorelli, Beth's jam, Hudson Valley Duck Farm, and Cayuga (grains, breads, flours).

For January reports, check out: http://www.echonyc.com/~lwollin/greenmarket.html

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.

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 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.

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.

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!!