Check Last Wednesday's Report For Who's Here!

Pretty much everyone who was here last Wednesday is here today, mostly with the same produce. Eckerton has gorgeous CARDOONS and Lynhaven, in addition to their delicious cheeses, has a variety of chicken eggs as well as duck eggs. Most farmers I spoke to said they would be here at least until Thanksgiving. I was relieved to find that out, since I'll be away until October 25 and didn't want to miss saying goodbye before the Recessional gets under way. Dutchmill isn't here today, but may be here on Friday. Sycamore still has good looking heirloom tomatoes and corn and Eckerton has an excellent selection of hot peppers.

It's definitely pear and apple season and time to start drinking cider, if you haven't already! Cherry Lane and Stokes have great sauce tomatoes.

Sugar Pumpkins! Winter Squashes! Gourds! Grapes!

It's definitely apple and pear season, with Samascott, Locust Grove, and others bringing in many tasty varieties. There is also fresh apple cider and Red Jacket has all sorts of fruit flavored ciders and juices. Beth's Farm Kitchen has luscious jams and jellies, and Deep Mountain has maple products, including maple marshmellows. Madura has great looking produce and many interesting mushroom varieties.

Muddy River has fennel, cipollini, and other vegetables and Norwich has a wide choice of beans, greens, squashes, eggplants, and tomatoes. Sycamore has corn, tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, and cauliflower. Cayuga is here with many dried beans, delicious whole wheat and ale breads, and Berried Treasures has beans, red and yellow raspberries, cherry tomatoes, and various tiny potatoes. Pura Vida has wonderful fresh fish. John Fazio has poultry and rabbit and Dancing Ewe is here with their fabulous cheeses (ask them about their CSA and gift boxes).

Sauce Tomatoes! Hot peppers! Celeriac!

Stokes, Berried Treasures, Bodhitree, Cherry Lane, Mountain Sweet Berry, and Sycamore all have delicious looking tomatoes for sauce. The heirlooms still look good, but if you're freezing heirloom tomatoes for the winter, this is the week to do it. Chill is in the air and supplies are definitely starting to shrink. Bodhitree and Berried Treasures have good looking beans and several stands have many types of eggplants, but those are on the downslide as well. There is a freeze in our near future and farmers are struggling to bring in good produce. Nevia of Bodhitree thinks she'll only be coming in for two more weeks, for instance.

Stokes has many pumpkins, lots of big bunches of herbs, and lemongrass. S&SO still has a good deal of produce, as do Paffenroth and Miglorelli, but you can see things starting to lessen in amounts and types of vegetable.

San Marzano, Federale, Purple Cherokee, all heirloom tomatoes!

Seize the day! Great tomatoes are to be had all over the market, but a frost could come at any time. Cherry Lane, Mountain Sweet Berry, Stokes, Norwich, Oak Grove, Sycamore, and others have excellent tomatoes, but the weather is changing. If you freeze tomatoes or make sauce for the freezer, now's the time.

Buzzard Crest is here with luscious grapes and grape juices. Some varieties will only be here for another week! Try the Jupiters! Quattro's has all kinds of poultry, eggs, and sausages. Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens and parts. Ronnybrook DOESN'T HAVE BUTTER OR CREME FRAICHE today.

Eckerton and Oak Grove have wonderful selections of hot peppers and Sycamore has corn, sweet peppers, and other produce. Stokes, Paffenroth, Ryder, Gorzynski, and others have cut herbs and Oak Grove has beautiful herb plants. Stokes, Sycamore, and others have sugar pumpkins and Paffenroth, Oak Grove, Stokes, and others have winter squashes. Norwich has all of those AND summer squash, beans, eggplants, and other goodies.

All of the usual suspects are here, except for Silver Heights (gone until next year). Violet Hill has gorgeous wild mushrooms and Bulich has beautiful cultivated ones. Cato is here with tasty cheeses and Three Corner Field Farm has cheeses, yogurts, and lamb cuts. Beth's Farm Kitchen has their excellent preserves and chutneys. Cayuga has lovely ale bread, whole wheat loaves, and beans.

Winter Squash! Hot Peppers! Heirloom Tomatoes! Interesting Mushrooms!!

Dutchmill and River Garden are here with beautiful flowers.
Honey Hollow, Madura, and Bulich have many kinds of mushroom.
Cayuga, Hot Bread Kitchen, and Our Daily Bread have a wide variety of breads.
Sycamore, Bodhitree, Cherry Lane, Stokes,Norwich, and others have heirloom tomatoes.
Two Guys and Keith have several kinds of lettuce and Keith, Paffenroth, and Miglorelli have delicious greens.
Oak Grove and Eckerton have fantastic hot peppers of all sorts and Stokes and Paffenroth have bunches of herbs.
Among the people who have an assortment of potatoes are Mountain Sweet Berry, Paffenroth, Bodhitree, and Madura.
Andrew is here with unique honeys and Locust Grove, Caradonna, Breezy Hill, and others have crisp new apples.

Time to buy tomatoes for freezing or sauce for the winter!! Pumpkins! Winter Squashes! Cardoons! Mushrooms!

Violet Hill has several kinds of wild mushroom this week. Bulich also has a large selection of mushrooms. Stokes, Paffenroth, and others have winter squashes. Lani, Norwich, and others have a great selection of beans. Stokes,Sycamore, Oak Grove, Cherry Lane, and others have heirloom and field tomatoes and eggplants. Eckerton and Oak Grove have great selections of hot and seasoning peppers. Eckerton has chestnuts. Check Keith for fresh black walnuts (I saw them Wednesday but breezed by too fast to notice if they have them today.).

This is the last day for Silver Heights and their beautiful vegetable and herb plants. They'll be back next year!

Several stands have peaches and plums. Sycamore has corn (no second load after that big rain) as does Oak Grove. Paffenroth has a wide selection of produce including gorgeous baby beets. Northshire Farm has puntarella, CARDOONS, and other unique greens in addition to eggs.

Last gasp of the stone fruit this week?

Check out this URL to see who's here today and what they've brought:
http://tinyurl.com/4332rh3
Fantasy Fruit -- blueberries, apples, grapes
Rogowski -- gourds, onions, potatoes, greens.
Kernan -- okra, eggplants, peaches, peppers, mini pumpkins.
Honey Hollow -- mushrooms, elderberries.
S&SO -- salad greens, peppers, tomatoes, herbs, mini onions.
Eckerton -- Trinidad flavoring peppers, other hot peppers, basil varieties, tomatoes.
Tamarack -- pork products, greens.
Keith -- tomatoes, herbs, rocambole garlic, pumpkins, greens, peppers, fresh walnuts!
Beth's Farm Kitchen -- jams, jellies, chutneys, pickled vegetables.
Blue Moon -- fish and shellfish.
Andrew's Honey
Mountain Sweet Berry -- mini potatoes, French baby leeks, greens.
Sycamore -- corn, tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes.
Oak Grove -- herb plants, hot peppers, heirloom and other tomatoes, melons, corn, peaches.
Paffenroth -- wide variety of produce, including burdock, carrots corn, leeks, onions, shallots, unique greens.
Cherry Lane -- okra, heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, sauce tomatoes.
Bodhitree -- beans, squashes, eggplants, heirloom tomatoes, salad greens, herbs.
Stokes -- lemon grass, various mints, many basil varieties, heirloom tomatoes, potatoes, greens.
Three Corner Field Farm -- yogurt, lamb cuts, cheeses.