Strawberries! Bags of Root Vegetables! Fresh duck, elk, bison, bluefish!

PE&DD has good looking fish and seafood, including excellent fresh bluefish.  Raghoo has elk, but no lamb today, and Hudson Valley Duck Farm has fresh ducks, duck parts, rillettes, smoked duck breast, and other goodies.  Roaming Acres has beef, pork, and bison, in addition to ostrich meat and eggs.

Lani, Phillips, and Maxwell have tasty looking strawberries and Lani has many kinds of Italian and Asian greens, edible flowers, and herbs.  Race, Phillips, and Madura have flowering and other plant sets, and Andrew's honeys, D&J organic vegetables and kimchees, and the lavender stand are here.  Dutchmill is taking a well-deserved after-Mother's Day Weekend day off, and will be back on Wednesday.

See these pictures for stands in the market today:
Greenmarket Monday, May 14

STRAWBERRIES!!! BABY BEETS!!!!

Eckerton has gorgeous lettuces and other greens. Miglorelli has several kinds of baby beets, turnips, and greens.  Stokes has many cut herbs as well as potted herbs, vegetables, and flowers.  Silver Heights has flats of vegetables and herbs.  Binder and Oak Grove have herb flats and flowering potted plants and Hoeffner, Stokes, and Hodgson have great flowering plant and herb sets as well.  Paffenroth has unique greens as well as many kinds of onion and potato. D'Attolico has greens, sprouts, and young garlic.

Cherry Lane, Lani, and Phillips have STRAWBERRIES, and all of those and Hoeffner have asparagus. 

James Durr has several varieties of peony and iris as well as other flowers. Rose Meadow has pretty anemones, roses, sweet peas,and snapdragons.
There are plenty of Mother's Day options, if that's your pleasure, including honeys from various stands and wrapped jams from Beth's Farm Kitchen.

For pictures of these and other stands, check out:Greenmarket May 12

Sorry to have been out of touch for the week -- had a cold!

I'm back now, though, and did manage to get to the Greenmarket a bit late, but not too late to see Queens County Farm's pea shoots, Consider Bardwell's first fresh goat cheese of the year, and to score the last purple asparagus of the day from Stokes.  I also managed to get some of Las Delicias's wonderful canneles, chocolate "brownies", and madeleines, and Dutchmill's gorgeous peonies.  I also snagged a raisin challah from Hot Bread Kitchen! I'll be much earlier and more helpful tomorrow morning!

Check out these pictures for many of the stands here today:
Greenmarket May 11, 2012

Asparagus Article in the New York Times Today

How there oould be an article about the wonderfulness of local asparagus that doesn't talk about the many farmstands in the various New York City greenmarkets which have delicious offerings escapes me!  Check out Hoeffner, Bodhitree, Lani, Samascott, Stokes, Cherry Lane, and many others in various markets around the city. Some of those stands are from New Jersey farms as well as New York State, and their asparagus is fresh and delicious.

Peach colored peonies!! Lilacs! Lilies of the Valley! Old-Fashioned bearded irises!

James Durr has many peony varieties as well as irises, tulips, and other flowers.  River Garden has lilacs and lilies of the valley.  It's a flower-lover's paradise in the Greenmarket today!  If you like sweet purple asparagus, Hoeffner still had some when I left a few minutes ago.  Many stands have green asparagus and broccoli rabe.  D'Attolico and many others have young onions and garlic and several have ramps.  Eckerton has beautiful radishes and greens. Norwich Meadows has greens and root vegetables.

Three Corner Field Farm has sheep yogurt as well as lamb cuts and cheeses and Tonjes has goat's milk, yogurt, cheeses, and other goat milk items.  Violet Hill has chicken and duck eggs and Quattro's has pheasant, wild turkey, and chicken eggs.  Northshire also has chicken eggs as well as honey and various greens.  Mountain Sweet Berry has potatoes, potato chips, and ramps.

Stokes has a huge selection of herb, vegetable, and flowering plant flats, as do Van Houten, Oak Grove, Binder, Hodgson, Hoeffner, and others. Rose Meadow is having a sale on roses today and has anemones and other flowers.  Nemeth and Breezy Hill have pastries.

See this for pictures:  Greenmarket Saturday

Asparagus, Salad Mix, Ramps, Fiddleheads, Beautiful Baby Beets!

Muddy River has gorgeous baby beets, arugula, young garlic, and other delicious produce.  Bodhitree has excellent asparagus, greens, edible flowers, herbs, strawberries,and fresh eggs.  Miglorelli has lots of broccoli rabe for those who want to try New York Magazine's recipe, and Queens County Farm Museum has excellent salad mix, spinach, and other produce.  Berried Treasures has sunchokes, ramps, and elegant small potatoes.

Las Delicias has lovely pastries and Dancing Ewe has succulent cheeses.  Rose Meadow Farm has beautiful anemones and roses and Dutchmill has many colors of Dutch iris and Sweet William.

Raghoo has all kinds of meats, including lamb, and Roaming Acres has ostrich, pork, and beef, along with emu and ostrich eggs.  Flying Pig has sausages and pork cuts and Pura Vida has very fresh fish and seafood.

Check this link for who's here and what they've brought:
Greenmarket May 4, 2012

Bulletin

Bodhitree has sugar snap peas!!!