Beautiful asparagus, fiddleheads, and ramps all around the market today.

Some good looking mushrooms at Madura and Blue Oyster. It's Springtime pasta primavera and fritata season!

Toigo has some interesting French tomatoes as well as other tasty varieties. Samascott and Queens County Farm have rhubarb. There were strawberries at Bodhitree this morning but they were gone by 9AM again! It's a welcome tease, but just a tease so far, I guess.

To see these and other stands and produce here today:
http://tinyurl.com/n26kms9

By the way, I had lunch at Union Square Cafe today and had delicious food made with ingredients I saw Chef buying early in the morning. It's not often that you can recognize your fiddleheads and ramps!

BULLETIN!! STRAWBERRIES at Bodhitree this Friday!!!

Locust Grove

They were all gone today when I arrived at 8:45!

S&SO

To see beautiful asparagus, lilacs, lilies of the valley, and other flowers and produce and where they are in the Greenmarket:  http://tinyurl.com/nl2668c

Bodhitree

 

 

Bulich

 

 

RHUBARB at Eckerton and Gorzynski! Fiddleheads at Tamarack and Garden of Spices! Beautiful asparagus at Stokes, Hoeffner, Cherry Lane, S&SO, and others.

PEONIES at Durr, along with irises, flowering branches, and tulips. Gorgeous lilies at Fiori, along with unique tulips and scented hyacinths. Rose Meadow has beautiful mixed bouquets of unusual flowers, poppies, anemones, and other flowers.

Garlic scapes at Norwich, along with new season salad greens. Spinach and sweet potatoes at Cherry Lane and baby spinach at other stands.  Wild foraged greens at Violet Hill.

Pheasant and other poultry eggs, pheasants chicken and chicken parts, smoked poultry, sausages, and other delicious options at Quattro's. Pork, lamb, rabbit, and other proteins at Violet Hill. Sausages, pork cuts, liverwurst, and bacons at Flying Pig.

Great looking fresh fish  and shellfish at Seatuck and PE&DD and seafood salads at PE&DD.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/q9x42qb

Fiddlehead ferns at Berried Treasures, asparagus at Samascott, Bodhitree, and others. Beautiful mushrooms at Blue Oyster, young garlic at Norwich (there were garlic scapes there, too, but most were gone at 8:30!)

Garlic scapes at Norwich Meadows! Modesto's choice!

The market is full of lovely young greens, interesting breads, and beautiful yarns. Stokes, Binder, Oak Grove and others have herb and flowering plant sets, and Oak Grove and Stokes have great heirloom tomato plants.

Asparagus at Samascott

B&Y Farms is there with many lamb cuts as well as Cornish game hens. Roaming Acres has bison, ostrich, and other meats, and Pura Vida has luscious looking fresh fish.

Fiddleheads at Berried Treasures

Parrot tulips at Dutchmill

To see these and other stands and produce: Friday May 8

T'is the Season!!!

Hoeffner, Bodhitree, Stokes, S&SO and more

CHERRY LANE is back with their excellent ASPARAGUS!! Tamarack has FIDDLEHEADS! There are RAMPS at Mountain Sweet Berry, Violet Hill, Lani, and others! It's SPRING!!!!!

Quattro's duck and pheasant eggs

Stokes, Cherry Lane, Hoeffner and others have asparagus. There is a table without a sign across from Locust Grove that has fiddleheads.  You'll find stinging nettles at a few stands.  Northshire has arugula flowers and Windfall has many kinds of edible flowers.

D'Attolico

Hudson Valley Organic's fiddleheads

Eckerton has gorgeous lettuces today! I don't know about you, but my idea of a finishing touch to a lunch today would be mushrooms with mushroom pasta, and I'm happy to see that Bulich has a wide selection today. D'Attolico has young garlic.

Fiori's peony style tulip

There are a few stands with tulips, including Fiori,  Durr, and Phillips, and Cherry Lane and Durr have beautiful lilacs.

local grains and flours next to Lani

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/prxp8m3

Ramps are here at many stands this week including Berried Treasures, and ASPARAGUS is available at Stokes, Queens County, Lucky Dog, and others.

Toigo

Today's haul -- beautiful asparagus at Stokes, Ramp pesto at Beth's Farm Kitchen, tasty delicate greens at Campo Rosso, and lamb chops at B&Y.

Norwich Meadows

 There are several stands with great herb and flower sets for gardeners, including Oak Grove's amazing heirloom tomato varieties, Binder's herbs and flowers, Stokes Farm's cut herbs.

Stokes

 Pura Vida has delicious looking fresh fish and other seafood and Roaming Acres, Flying Pig and others have meats and poultry.

Ask at Consider Bardwell about this young blue cheese! A good starter blue!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/pa4skad