RAMPS! At Mountain Sweet Berry. Silver Heights is back with vegetable and herb sets!

Mountain Sweet Berry has plenty of ramps today. Stokes has beautiful flowering plants and herb sets. James Durr has tulips, daffodils, and flowering branches. Terhune has flowering branches and apples. Cato has moved their tasty cheeses to the North side of the market near Terhune and Roaming Acres ostrich meat stand. Quattro's has WILD TURKEY EGGS, PHEASANT EGGS, and chicken eggs along with their excellent poultry and venison. Seatuck is here with shellfish and other seafood. Miglorelli has spinach and broccoli raab and D'Attolico is here with tasty greens and sprouts. Ronnybrook has delicious ice creams, yogurts, butters, and milks.

Binder has potted salad and herb plants. Oak Grove has lush herb plants, nasturtiums, and HEIRLOOM TOMATO PLANTS. Friend Ronnybrook dairy on Facebook or Twitter and get a coupon for a good-looking reusable shopping bag. Norwich has beautiful spinach and kale and root vegetables. Bulich is here with a variety of mushrooms. Rose Meadow Farm has lovely roses, sweet peas, and other flowers. River Garden has pussy willow branches and dried flower arrangements. Tonjes has buttermilk, cheeses, and yogurts. Gorzynski has organic mache and other greens. Berried Treasures has a couple of varieties of sunchoke and many kinds of small potatoes. Paffenroth is here with a wide variety of root and other vegetables.

Lani has many kinds of greens, herbs, and shitake mushrooms. PE&DD has cooked lobsters and various seafood. Hoeffner has flowering plants. Red Jacket is here with ciders and other juices.

Dancing Ewe has Merguez! Bodhitree says they'll have asparagus next week!

Van Houten, Stokes, Samascott, and others have flowering potted plants today. Oak Grove has lush heirloom tomato plants, herb plants, nasturtium plants, and windowsill herb "gardens". Bodhitree has delicious wintered over broccoli raab and sweet sunglow cherry tomatoes. Queens County Farm Museum has delicious salad greens, honey, and spinach. Hammond Dairy has excellent yogurts and Cayuga is here with their wonderful breads, grains, beans, and flours.

Dutchmill Farm has beautiful tulips and River Garden has pussy willow branches. John Fazio has rabbit, chickens and chicken parts, and eggs. Muddy River has onions and shallots, as well as broccoli raab and potatoes. Madura has good-looking mushrooms. The lavender stand has indoor and outdoor lavender plants. Tremblay is here with honey and Deep Mountain has flavored and unflavored maple syrup, including the 2011 crop. Pura Vida has fish and shellfish.

Cayuga and Cato are here, but on the West side of the market.

Don't assume that your favorites are not here if you don't see them in their usual places. As more stands come in for the season, there is a shakeup in positions, so keep looking! For instance, Cato is on the West side of the market and Cayuga's great ale bread, beans, and flours can be found near the West end of the market.

Mountain Sweet Berry had a few RAMPS at 8 AM, but they may be gone by now. Phillips, Hodgson, and Durr have cut flowers and Binder, Oak Grove, and Stokes have lush and healthy herb plants. Stokes and others have good looking flowering potted plants as well. Oak Grove has HEIRLOOM TOMATO PLANTS and windowsill herb gardens.

D'Attollico and Lani have many kinds of greens and Gorzynski has unusual root vegetables and beautiful sorrel. Lani has frozen strawberries as well. Miglorelli has all kinds of frozen vegetables.

Milk Thistle and Ronnybrook are here with milks and creams and Ronnybrook has their excellent ice creams and butters as well.

Seatuck has shellfish and other fish and Quattro's, Violet Hill, and others are here with poultry. Violet Hill also has pork and both have eggs. Northshire has eggs and root vegetables and Paffenroth has a wide variety of root and other vegetables.

New in the Greenmarket -- Divine Brine's Pickles, Chutneys, and "Beet Caviar"

Pickled vegetable lovers are lucky enough to have two pickle purveyors in the Greenmarket. Friday's newest arrival is "Divine Brine". They also have chutneys. Beth's Farm Kitchen also has chutneys and pickled vegetables along with their excellent jams, jellies, apple sauce, and other goodies. John Fazio has such good-looking rabbit that I'm tempted to try it (never having cooked rabbit before), as well as chickens and chicken parts, and eggs. Flying Pig has sausages, bacons, and pork roasts and other cuts.

Cayuga is here today with beans, flours, grains, and wonderful wheat bread and ale bread (both made with Cayuga's flours). (Cayuga has retained their place in the Saturday market as well, on the East side of the market.) Dancing Ewe has delicious cheeses, merguez sausages, and ricottas.
Bobolink has cheeses and breads.

Van Houten Farms has potted plants and trees. Oak Grove has HEIRLOOM TOMATO PLANTS, salad sets, and herb plants. Dutchmill Farm has beautiful cut tulips.

Potted Flowering Plants All Over The Market!!

Happy news!! Enough people protested losing Cayuga on Saturdays for them to regain their place in the market! They'll be on the East side of the park, near 16th Street on Saturdays. They are in the West side near 16th today, with their great ale bread, whole wheat bread, dried beans, flours, and grains. Dutchmill flower farm is here for the first Wednesday of the year and will be here on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

Stokes is back today with potted flowering plants and herbs. Other beautiful flowering plants can be found at Hodgson's, Van Houtens, and other stands. Bodhitree has tasty wintered-over broccoli rabe as well as many braising and salad greens, eggs, and tomatoes. Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes, basil, and other herbs and lettuces. Rogowski has an assortment of vegetables and Oak Grove has mesclun and herb plants as well as pastries. Berried Treasures has tiny potatoes and sunchokes. Tamarack has pork products and is taking orders for Easter hams. Blue Moon has fish and other seafood. Ronnybrook is here with milks, ice creams, yogurts, and butters. Several stands have eggs.

Locust Grove, Terhune, Breezy Hill, and Caradonna are here with apples and ciders. Windfall has greens and edible flowers. Bulich Mushrooms is here with several kinds of mushroom.

Gloomy Monday

Either some stands are late setting up or their farmers were discouraged by the weather. Dutchmill isn't here today with Anna's beautiful tulips, for instance, but may get here late. Anyway, there were still many stands, including Tello for great eggs, Hudson Valley Duck Farm for rillettes, ducks, smoked duck breast and other goodies, and Scarborough Fields for herb and other plants. Lani has braising and salad greens and the ostrich meat stand is here. Central Valley Farm has butter, eggs, soups, and ground beef (the only beef they sell). PE&DD has cooked lobsters, many kinds of fish, and other seafood. Consider Bardwell has tasty cheeses. Healthway has various interesting potatoes and Race has pastries, apples, and root vegetables.

Gorzynsky,Binder, Hoeffner,Seatuck are Back!!!Last Saturday for Cayuga's Great Ale Bread!

Gorzynsky is back with root vegetables and arugula. Cayuga will be here on Wednesdays and Fridays with their great beans, flours, grains, and breads, but has lost their Saturday spot until next winter! James Durr has flowering branches and the Binders are back with beautiful herbs and salad sets. Stokes has lovely pansy and other potted flowering plants, herbs, and some cut herbs today. Van Houten and Hodgson have pretty potted flowering plants and Hodgson has cut flowers as well. Rose Meadow has sweet peas, anemones, and roses. Hoeffner has potted flowers and potatoes.

Terhune, Locust Grove, Breezy Hill, and Caradonna have apples and Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures have wide varieties of European style potatoes. Rick of Mountain Sweet Berry is expecting to have ramps in two weeks. Just sayin' ... Oak Grove has lush herb plants and tasty pies. Bullich is here with several kinds of mushroom and Violet Hill has an interesting pink mushroom variety. Red Jacket is here with juices.

D'Attolico is here with salad and other greens, sprouts, and young garlic and onions. Quattro's and Violet Hill have great looking poultry and eggs. Violet Hill has "Cayuga" duck eggs -- no relation to the bread and grain stand. Seatuck has oysters, clams, and fish. PE&DD has cooked lobsters as well as fish and shellfish. The ostrich meat stand is here also. Lani is here with spinach and other greens and will be here on Saturdays and Mondays this season. Norwich Meadows Farm also has spinach and braising greens as well as root vegetables. Paffenroth has great carrots, onions, potatoes, and other root vegetables. (I used their carrots last week for a soup and they were sweet and delicious.)