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December 2016

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

Saturday, August 8, 2015

Husk tomatoes(aka husk cherries) at Stokes, Oak Grove, and Lani. Chantarelles, milkweed pods, and other foraged greens at Violet Hill. Succulent melons at Norwich Farms, Hoeffner, Oak Grove, and others.

Ryder is here with organic produce!
White and yellow peaches at Oak Grove, Caradonna, Locust Grove, and others, along with many kinds of sweet plums.  Hodgsons has blueberries and Phillips has blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries and
James Durr
Tri-Star strawberries and Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Stars along with their unique greens herbs, and European small potatoes.  Stokes, Eckerton, Lani, Oak Grove, Sycamore, and others have delicious heirloom tomatoes. Oak Grove has the first "peach" tomatoes I've seen in years.
Oak Grove
Stokes husk tomatoes
Seatuck fish
Sycamore, Oak Grove, Miglorelli, Paffenroth, Cherry Lane, Hoeffner,  and others have fragrant fresh sweet corn.  Cherry Lane, Oak Grove, Stokes, and others have sweet and hot peppers.  D'Attolico has beautiful squashes and cherry tomatoes.
Norwich shelling beans
Norwich Meadows has a wide selection of shelling beans this week, along with various peppers, greens, and heirloom tomatoes, and artichokes. Northshire also has artichokes, along with other greens and eggs. Eckerton has several heirloom and other varieties of sauce tomatoes and has stared bringing in their excellent hot peppers.

PE&DD fish and lobsters
Seatuck has beautiful fresh fish and shellfish and PE&DD has cooked lobsters, fish salads and dips, and tasty fresh fish and shellfish as well.  Roaming Acres is here with various meats and ostrich eggs and Quattro's has turkey eggs, large and small chickens and chicken parts, pheasants, smoked poultry, and other poultry, as well as their excellent chicken eggs.

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

Friday, August 7, 2015

Consider Bardwell has three prizewinning cheeses this year! Campo Rosso and Bohitree have Aunt Ruby and other heirloom tomatoes and Norwich Meadows has several tasty heirloom tomato varieties.

Bodhitree's Aunt Rubys
Other stands also have good looking heirloom tomatoes. Norwich Meadow has several kinds of shelling beans and favas, as does Berried Treasures.
Norwich Farms shelling beans
 Phillips, Norwich, Samascott, and others have raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, and red currants.  Toigo has white and yellow peaches, nectarines, donut peaches, several kinds of plums, as well as tomatoes.  Berried Treasures has Tri-stars.
Toigo donut peaches
Samascott raspberries
B&Y has Cornish game hens and Lucky Dog has guinea hens. B&Y also has beautiful knitting wools and delicious lamb cuts.  Pura Vida has fresh fish and Roaming Acres has several kinds of meat and meat products.
Sycamore prepared salad

To see these and other stands and produce:  http://tinyurl.com/nl9nn3b

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

A repeat of last Wednesday, but much more of everything!




Heirloom tomatoes, red and black currants, blueberries, white and yellow peaches, sweet plums and apricots,  cut herbs, squashes, and many berries (Tri-stars, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries) are available today, along with interesting greens -- purslane at Paffenroth, long beans at Bodhitree, etc.

To see these and others:  http://tinyurl.com/n9fgb3k

Monday, August 3, 2015

Consider Bardwell has pork cuts in addition to their delicious cheeses this week. Red Jacket has their summer season sweet cherry stomp. Norwich has a wide array of melons and Phillips has beautiful plump blueberries along with red currants and blackberries.

Lani's long beans
Rising Sun has chickens and chicken parts. Roaming Acres has bison meat and ostrich eggs.  Las Delicias has great looking fruit tarts, muffins, and other pastries. Lani has long beans, heirloom tomatoes and various squashes.  PE&DD has fresh fish and seafood. (I saw a lobster at the stand, so I'd guess they have more in a cooler.)
Dutchmill gladiolas
Several stands have corn, heirloom tomatoes, greens, lettuces, peppers both hot and sweet, cucumbers, and cut herbs.  Red Apple, Truncillito, and others have sweet plums and peaches.

To see these and other stands and produce:  http://tinyurl.com/pe7w7dv

Saturday, August 1, 2015

Norwich Meadows Farms has a new string bean -- beautiful and flavorful. Mountain Sweet Berry has green and yellow curly Italian beans!

I shopped for the New York Times gazpacho recipe at Stokes (for tomatoes and cucumbers), Oak Grove (for Anaheim peppers), Norwich Meadows Farm (for onions), and also stopped at D'Attolico for their fresh chickpea hummus. Norwich had good-looking favas today and Sycamore has tasty tomatoes, cucumbers, and corn. Cherry Lane has fairytale and other eggplants as well as heirloom tomatoes, corn peppers, and San Marzano sauce tomatoes.  Eckerton has many kinds of heirloom tomato, including mixed boxes of cherry tomatoes as well as larger heirlooms. Oak Grove has both cherry and large heirlooms, too.

Locust Grove has all kinds of berries and stone fruit, including red currants. Phillips has blueberries and blackberries and Fantasy Fruit has Tri-Star strawberries.  Mountain Sweet Berry has a line waiting for their Tri-Stars as well as their sucrine lettuces and other unique greens.  Windfall Farms has several unique berries, tiny lettuces and other greens, and edible flowers.

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

Friday, July 31, 2015

Delicious gelato at Mother Hubbert, white and yellow donut peaches at Toigo, last of Samascott's sour cherries!

Norwich Meadows shelling beans
Norwich has many kinds of shelling beans, including fresh flageolets, as well as tasty heirloom tomatoes, tomatillos, peppers, greens, and melons, raspberries (white, red and black), and other fresh produce.  Oak Grove has beautiful heirloom tomatoes, many delicious hot and sweet peppers, and several kinds of squashes and eggplants. Sycamore also has excellent heirloom tomatoes, fresh corn, cucumbers, field tomatoes, and peaches.
Last of Samascott's sour cherries
Beth's Farm Kitchen has a spicy barbecue sauce as well as various ketchups and other condiments. They also have knockout raspberry, strawberry rhubarb, and other luscious preserves.
Modesto buying out the market!
Pura Vida has gorgeous fresh fish and seafood and Flying Pig has sausages, bacons, and pork cuts.  B&Y has mutton sausages, ground mutton, and other lamb products, including temptingly rich colors of knitting wool.
Berried Treasures squashes
To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/nncherd
Charentais melons at Norwich


Wednesday, July 29, 2015

The cast of stands here today is pretty much the same as last Wednesday. The heat has gotten me, so I breezed through and didn't take pictures.

New in the market -- Eckerton and Stokes have heirloom cherry tomatoes. Everything else is a replay of last week, but with more of all produce.

To see who's here today:  http://unsqgreenmarket.grownyc.org/overview

It was already 80 degrees around 9AM, so stay cool, but do check out the gorgeous produce now if you can!