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December 2016

December 2016
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Saturday, May 28, 2016

STRAWBERRIES!!! at Stokes, Phillips, and Cherry Lane! Rhubarb at S&SO, Hoeffner, and other stands! Time for PIE!

Norwich Meadows and others have garlic scapes. Tamarack has fiddleheads for the last time this season.  Several stands including Mountain Sweet Berry have young garlic, young onions, and young shallots.  Stokes has their outstanding cherry tomatoes and other tomatoes and Cherry Lane and S&SO have heirloom tomatoes.
Last peonies at James Durr
D'Attolico and Hudson Valley microgreens have salad greens and sprouts. Lani has fresh peanuts, turmeric, and minigreens.  Oak Grove, Stokes, and Binder have potted herbs. S&SO, Cherry Lane, Stokes, Miglorelli, and others have asparagus. Gorzinsky and Keith are here with delicious organic salad greens and herbs and Keith has beautiful young garlic.

To see these and other stands and produce:  http://tinyurl.com/jks5lnf

Happy Memorial Day holiday!

Monday, May 23, 2016

Bulletin! Keith's Farm will be back on Wednesday, May 25!

They will be here on Saturday, May 28!

Saturday, May 21, 2016

STRAWBERRIES!!! at Phillips!

Phillips!
Asparagus at Cherry Lane, Hoeffner, Stokes, S&SO, and other stands.  Beautiful greens at D'Attolico, Stokes, Miglorelli, Eckerton, Norwich Meadows, and many other stands.  Lots of ramps at Mountain Sweet Berry, Violet Hill, Berried Treasures, and other stands. (And pickled ramps at Beth's Farm Kitchen.)
Modesto bought unripe strawberries for garnish
Great looking crabs, oysters, clams, mussels, and fish at Seatuck.  PE&DD also has excellent fish.  Quattro's is here with delicious poultry and pheasant eggs. Violet Hill has bacon and other pork items, rabbit, beef cuts, Belle Rouge chickens and chicken parts, and several varieties of chicken egg.
Peony madness at James Durr
Cherry Lane and Hoeffner have tomatoes. Stokes will have tomatoes and cherry tomatoes (tasty!) next weekend.
Rhubarb and asparagus at Hoeffner
James Durr, Terhune, and others have beautiful lilacs, and Durr also has lovely peonies, irises, and other flowers. Rose Meadow has glorious anemones and other unusual flowers.

To see these and other produce and stands: http://tinyurl.com/hqjnc7r

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Tomatoes! The first pick of Cherry Lane's delicious heirloom and other tomatoes is here!

Terhune lilacs
Tamarack fiddleheads
Shushan's hydroponic tomatoes are here as well.  Many stands including S&SO, Miglorelli, Cherry Lane, Stokes, and Eckerton have beautiful salad and other greens.  Asparagus is available at Stokes, S&SO, Madura, Cherry Lane, and others, and several stands have good looking cut herbs.
Last day for Mountain Sweet Berry ramps
Oak Grove has many kinds of heirloom tomato plants and pepper plants for home gardeners.  Hoeffner has rhubarb as well as asparagus along with flowering and herb plants.
Cherry Lane tomatoes
She Wolf has some unique artisanal breads today and Berried Treasures and Terhune have beautiful lilacs.
Hoeffner's asparagus and rhubarb
To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/hpsa7hr

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Tomatoes at Cherry Lane! Peonies at James Durr! Asparagus at Stokes, Cherry Lane, Hoeffner, and other stands.

Last day for I Fiori's tulips! Berried Treasures and others have some pretty ones today.

The greenmarket is beautiful today, with lots of greens. Rumors of strawberries in a week or two!