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Even the Largest Farm Stands Are Small Businesses . Let's Support Our Local Farmers  !

December 2016

December 2016
Check here for GrowNY's Greenmarket Maps for Union Square: http://www.grownyc.org/unionsquaregreenmarket

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Stone fruit is here, with peaches, plums, apricots, and nectarines appearing at many stands. Oak Grove has white and yellow peaches, Sycamore has their first peaches, Caradonna has peaches, apricots, cherries,plums, and many kinds of berry and cherry.

Phillips has gooseberries, currants, blueberries, strawberries, blackberries,
and raspberries, and Locust grove has those as well as  peaches and plums.Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures have sweet Tri-star strawberries.
S&SO Peppers
Field grown heirloom tomatoes have appeared at Eckerton, Bodhitree, Oak Grove, Stokes, and Cherry Lane.  Stokes and Oak Grove  have delicious cherry tomatoes as well. Eckerton and S&SO have beautiful lettuces and other greens and Paffenroth has several unusual greens including puntarelle and garlic tops.
Bodhitree heirloom tomatoes
 Mountain Sweet Berry has ramp flowers -- tiny, hot, and tasty!
Eckerton fresh chickpeas

Mountain Sweet Berry's ramp flowers
To see these and other stands and produce:  http://tinyurl.com/qx84d2c



Monday, July 13, 2015

Favas at Norwich, along with romanesco cauliflower, many kinds of bean, slicing beets, and many types and sizes of squash.

Black currants at Fantasy Fruit, gooseberries,apricots and peaches at several stands along with white and red cherries.
Red Jacket red currants
PE&DD have fresh fish and shellfish.  Roaming Acres has several kinds of meat.

Miglorelli, Phillips, and others are here with a wide variety of produce, and Lani has callaloo, bok choi, heirloom tomatoes, beans, several kinds of onions, and crisp salad greens.
Painted Goat products
To see who's here today and what they're brought: http://tinyurl.com/nvewbzw

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Gooseberries at Phillips and Locust Grove, raspberries, blueberries, sour cherries, sweet cherries, peaches and plums, and zucchini blossoms at Locust Grove. at Locust Grove,

James Durr
Zucchini blossoms also at Windfall, along with other beautiful edible flowers, mini greens, and other greens.  Mountain Sweet Berry has beautiful Tri-star strawberries, and Phillips has other varieties.

Heirloom tomatoes at Eckerton, Cherry Lane, and S&SO. Sycamore, Stokes, and others have field tomatoes, and S&SO has their generous pepper boxes.  Gorzynski has gorgeous lettuces as well as other greens and berries.
Ryder
Norwich Meadows and others have many kinds of squashes, beans, and onions.
Cato Corner cheeses
I'm early so that I can watch the tennis at Wimbledon (Serena!), so I hope you enjoy these and other vegetables and fruits and I'll see ya next week!
Seatuck fish
Seatuck steamers
To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/p925bfu


Friday, July 10, 2015

Check out Tweefontain herb farm's new look and new team! Try black raspberries from Norwich, Berried Treasures, or Samascott. Sycamore's CORN is finally here!

Berried Treasures red currants
Binder's flower sets
Samascott sour cherries
Toigo's apricots
Toigo's yellow and white peaches, plums, cherries, sour cherries, and various tomato varieties are here.  Berried Treasures and Norwich Meadows have delicious strawberries and Norwich's yellow and red raspberries are fresh and sweet.
Norwich's eggplants and squashes

Norwich
Oak Grove pepper plants

Bodhitree has a wide variety of heirloom tomatoes, cut herbs, squashes, beans, and greens.

Campo Rosso herbs
Norwich, Sycamore, Bodhitree and Berried Treasures have favas.
Migloreilli has shelling peas as well as white and red cherries. Treelicious has blueberries and sweet and sour cherries. Van Houten has corn, squashes, and string beans.
Dutchmill gladiolas
To see these and other stands and produce:  http://tinyurl.com/os92sy5

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Berries, cherries, and corn!

Stokes sorrel
Gooseberries, blueberries, raspberries, red currants -- all available at Locust Grove and Phillips. Locust also has red and white cherries. Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Star strawberries.
Kernan peaches
Berried Treasures has shelling peas, garlic scapes, watercress, small potatoes, and cut herbs.  Stokes has cherry tomatoes, field tomatoes both red and yellow, cucumbers, big bunches of cut herbs including sorrel, and other greens.  Cherry Lane has heirloom tomatoes, beefsteak tomatoes, okra, cucumbers, and peas.
Locust Grove plums, cherries, currants
Stone fruit is coming in! Corn is here at a couple of stands and Sycamore has tomatoes, basil, and other delicious produce.
Sycamore favas
To see who's here and what produce they've brought:  http://tinyurl.com/p2bl4mc

Monday, July 6, 2015

Black raspberries at Norwich (at 17th & Park), Gladiolas at Dutchmill, heirloom tomatoes at Lani, CORN at Race and Phillips!

Norwich Meadows squash blossoms

Lani heirloom tomatoes
Dutchmill  has beautiful lycianthus  and the first of their lovely gladiolas.

PE&DD has gorgeous fresh fish and seafood, Hudson Valley Duck has all kinds of duck products, and Old Mother Hubbard has chicken as well as chocolate and regular milk and GELATO!
Lani shishito peppers
Norwich squashes
Sweet white and red cherries, along with sour pie cherries, at Race, Red Jacket, and Troncillito.

Galettes and gluten-free cookies at Las Delicias.
Las Delicias
Consider Bardwell has veal and other meat and unique cheeses.
Race's corn
To see these and other stands here today:  http://tinyurl.com/nrezgwv

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Happy Fourth! Several farmers have taken the day off, but many more are here.

To see who's here today:  http://tinyurl.com/ovnd9k9

To see Greenmarket's in and out lists: http://unsqgreenmarket.grownyc.org/overview

Last chance to get Sycamore's delicious strawberries!!! Ask at their stand about the special dinner on the farm on July 13 prepared by Chef Luigi of Hearth at
1887 Rt. 211 East Middletown, NY 10941          845-341-1224
Fantasy Fruit gooseberries
Check out the strawberry jam demo by Beth of Beth's Farm Kitchen at 1PM  near the Gandhi statue on the Southwest corner of the market.
Violet Hill
Chanterelles and trompettes de morte at Violet Hill, along with rabbits, chickens, pork, eggs,  and many interesting foraged greens.

Cooked lobsters, fish salads, conch and other shellfish at PE&DD.
Cherry Lane beefsteak tomatoes
Organic vegetables at Norwich Meadows, Gorzynski , Lani, and others and many beautiful offerings (lettuces, beans, all kinds of squashes, snow peas, etc.)  at Stokes, Paffenroth, Miglorelli, S&SO.

Cherry Lane and Eckerton have heirloom tomatoes and Stokes and Eckerton have delicious cherry tomatoes.