Drizzly and Cold, But Many Farmers Are Here!

Muddy River has root vegetables. Miglorelli has frozen summer vegetables as well as root vegetables and apples. Red Jacket is here with ciders and other juices and Samascott has root vegetables, apples, and beef. John Fazio is here with duck and chicken eggs, ducks, chickens and rabbits and various cuts of all three, as well as chicken and duck livers. Deep Mountain has this year's maple syrup and other maple products and Dancing Ewe is here with ricottas and other Italian style cheeses. Bobolink Dairy is here with many kinds of bread and artisanal cheeses.

Beth has delicious jams and Cayuga has ale bread and whole wheat bread as well as many kinds of dried beans, flours, and grains. They are running out of barley today, by the way. Rose Meadow Farm has sweet peas, anemones, and roses. Dutchmill has gorgeous tulips. Tello has various sized eggs and Queens County Farm has good looking salad mix and spinach. Bodhitree has a wide variety of salad and braising greens. D&J Organic Farm has Asian greens and kimchee. Pura Vida is here with a wide selection of fish and shellfish.

Flying Pigs has all sorts of pork products, including bacon, sausage chops, and roasts, as well as eggs. Twqo Guys From Woodbridge has salad greens and herbs.

Cold But Worth It! And We Have A New Dairy, Duncan Dairy Farm.

The weather may be cold, but the sun is out and Lani has been back for a month! They have beautiful greens today, both for salad and for braising. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has tasty duck "bacon" and duck sausage ragu which I'm trying tonight. Central Valley Farm has fresh butter, spagetti sauce, eggs, and other goodies. Healthway has interesting potato varieties and apples.
Dutchmill Farm has beautiful tulips and River Garden has a couple of kinds of pussy willows. Phillips has peach flowering branches, spinach, rosemary, and root vegetables.

The ostrich meat stand is here and Race has pastries, Japanese sweet potatoes, honey, and apples. Red Jacket has canned their apricots and has many juices and apples. Madura has several types of mushroom and root vegetable and Consider Bardwell, in addition to their delicious cheeses, is having a sale of their goat meat. Truncillito is here with apples and cider. P.E. & D.D. has good looking fish, shellfish, and cooked lobsters and crab cakes.

I tried Duncan Dairy Farm's milk today -- very nice. They also have chocolate milk. D&J has kimchee, salad, bok choi, and other greens. Uphill Farm has beef, pork, and lamb cuts.

Despite the cold, Spring reentry has begun!! Stokes is back!

Quattro's has beautiful thick cut venison chops. Northshire has quail eggs. Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens, pork products, and duck eggs. Phillips has tomato products as well as jams and flowering branches. P.E. and D.D. has lobsters and other seafood and fish. Bulich has several kinds of mushroom. Shushan and Two Guys have salad and Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes. D'Attolico has greens, sprouts, and young garlic and onions. Cayuga has ale bread, whole wheat bread, and dried cannellini among other beans. Cayuga and Oak Grove have popping corn. Stokes has herb plants and flowering plants, including huge pots of rosemary.

Milk Thistle is here with milks and Ronnybrook has milks, butters, ice creams, yogurt, drinkable yogurt and cheese and is giving samples of their "keifer". Flying Pig has pork products and Roaming Acres has ostrich meat. The Lavender stand is here and Deep Mountain has 2011's maple syrup. Locust Grove, Terhune, Breezy Hill, and Caradonna have apples and Brezy Hill and Oak Grove have pastries. Oak Grove has herb plants (if it's still freezing out, they'll have them in their truck, so ask). Tonjes is here with buttermilk, cheeses, yogurt, and kefir. Cato Corner has a wide variety of cheeses. Norwich has kales and other greens.

Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures both have tiny European style potatoes.

Dancing Ewe is Back With Ricottas and Cheeses!

Van Houten and Nature's Healing Farm have brought in beautiful flowering plant sets today. River Garden has various branches and Dutchmill has forsythia as well as beautiful tulips( they will be here all season on Mondays and Fridays and will start to come on Wednesdays in two weeks). Hammond is here with tasty yogurts and Cayuga has breads, flours, grains, and beans. Muddy River has chard and arugula (going fast!), as well as root vegetables. Bodhitree has greens and Grazin Acres has beef.

Deep Mountain has the first new syrup of the year. Dancing Ewe has Pecorino Stagianato, Cacciata, and Ricotta cheeses (this is their first day back). John Fazio has poultry, eggs, and rabbit. Queens Farm has mixed lettuces, spinach, and frozen heirloom tomatoes. Miglorelli has apples and frozen vegetables. Beth's Farm Kitchen has jams and chutneys and Berried Treasures is here with tiny potatoes and sunchokes.

Grim, Damp, Cold, But Our Farmers Are Here!!

Bodhitree is bringing in beautiful salad and braising greens and had their excellent eggs this morning. Most of the Wednesday stands are here, including Hot Bread Kitchen, Cayuga, Caradonna, Miglorelli, Beth's Farm Kitchen, Windfall, Breezy Hill, Red Jacket, and others.

This is Three Corner Field Farm's last day until the first Saturday in May! Stock up on lamb cuts, yogurts, and cheeses. Roaming Acres is here with ostrich meat and Blue Moon has good looking fish and shellfish. Tamarack has tasty pork cuts and eggs and Andrew's Honey is here with great honeys and honey products.

Oak Grove Mesclun!! D'Attolico's Young Garlic and Onions!

Now that Oak Grove's lovely tiny mesclun is here, along with Vin D'Attolico's young greens and garlic, I know that Spring is about to arrive. Dutchmill Farm is here today with tulips, but will be coming in on Mondays and Fridays from now on. They are in other markets on Saturdays. Ronnybrook is giving out samples of their newest product, strawberry,blueberry, and plain "keifer" today -- I just tried it and liked it.

This is Three Corner Field Farm's last Saturday in Union Square for a month or so. They'll be back in May. It's lambing season!! Wednesday, March 23 is their last day for a while.

James Durr is back with magnolia and other flowering branches and Locust Grove has brought in their flowering cherry branches and pussy willow.

The rest of the stands are about the same as they've been for a while. Violet Hill has great bacon today. Unfortunately, Hudson Valley Duck Farm won't be here in the Saturday market, so you'll have to find them on Mondays for their excellent ducks and duck products. Quattro's is here with their excellent poultry and Flying Pig is here with pork products.

Early Bird Got the Swiss Chard!!

The only new greens in the market were Muddy River's spinach and swiss chard and Queen's Farm's spinach, all of which I missed by sleeping late today. If spinach is here, can ramps be far behind? Well, they can be two or three weeks behind, according to some farmers. But it is definitely time for me to get to all the Union Square markets early to catch the stealth Spring produce!

Hammond Dairy is here with yogurt, Bobolink with cheddar and other cheeses and breads, Madura with mushrooms, Muddy River with root vegetables, Cayuga with the ale bread I've been talking about here for weeks, and Beth's Farm Kitchen with jams, chutneys, and pickled vegetables. The rose people have pretty anemones again today as well as roses and other flowers, and Samascott has many kinds of apples, root vegetables, and grass-fed beef.

Tree-licious has apples, apple products, and pastries. Roaming Acres has ostrich cuts and the lavender stand has various lavender products for gifts. John Fazio is here with poultry and Bodhitree has many kinds of greens and root vegetables.