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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Black and Red Raspberries! CORN! Gooseberries! CHANTERELLES!!

Stokes has several kinds of thyme and basil as well as squashes, garlic, green and yellow string beans, greenhouse tomatoes, salad greens, and other produce. Terhune has strawberries, raspberries, cherries, and peaches. Paffenroth has upland cress, red dandelion, puntarelle, shallots, epazote, lovage, lemon balm, and a wide variety of other produce. Miglorelli has peaches, blueberries, cherries, apricots, and other fruit and vegetables. Bodhitree has beautiful squashes, green and yellow string beans, the first LONG BEANS, sweet peppers, greens, fresh chickpeas, and tomatoes. Madura has several good looking mushroom varieties as well as greens and young beets.

Cherry Lane has fresh new red skin potatoes, heirloom tomatoes, and cherry tomatoes. Oak Grove Plantation has several hot and sweet peppers, the first of their cherry tomatoes, windowsill herb gardens, and peaches. Caradonna has blueberries, gooseberries, apricots, and other fruit. Mountain Sweet Berry has wild arugula, chervil, pea shoots, and sucrine lettuce. Breezy Hill has raspberries and apricots. Sycamore has the first of their CORN as well as fava beans, cucumbers, greenhouse tomatoes, basil, and cauliflower. Windfall has beautiful edible flowers, lemon cucumbers, mini squash, squash blossoms, and sugar snaps.

Andrew's Honey is here with honey and honey products. Tweefontein has herb teas and other herb products. Blue Moon has great looking fresh fish. Honey Hollow farm has CHANTERELLES. River Garden has gorgeous country flowers. Silver Height has herb, vegetable, and fruit sets. Keith has rocambole garlic scapes, lovage, herbs, lettuces, kales, and other greens. Eckerton has black raspberries, red and sungold cherry tomatoes, rainbow kale, and mixed heirloom beets. Tamarack Hollow Farm has pork cuts and produce. Berried Treasures has black and red raspberries, fava beans, and other produce. S&SO has purselane, wild arugula, herbs, and a wide variety of reasonably priced produce.

Kernan has CORN, green and yellow string beans, peaches, blueberries, squashes, red jacket potatoes, and basil. Bulich has crimini, shitake, and other mushrooms. Locust Grove has blueberries, black raspberries, gooseberries, raspberries, squash blossoms, apricots, cherries, red currants, and other fruit. Two Guys from Woodbury has microgreens, sprouts, and other organic produce.

Monday, June 28, 2010

Duck Rillettes! Farm Fresh Butter, red and green gooseberries!

It was already 82 degrees when I walked over to the greenmarket, but most farmers are there. Consider Bardwell has delicious cheeses, Hudson Valley Duck Farm has ducks, duck rillettes, and other duck products. Lani has a very small supply of beautiful slim asparagus as well as fava and other beans, greens, squashes,red and green okra, squash flowers, and herbs. Race has raspberries and blueberries. Norwich Farm has squashes, beans, garlic, onions, green and yellow flat beans, other beans, young fennel, and squash blossoms. Troncillito Farm has red currants, cherries, apricots, peaches, raspberries and black raspberries.

Red Jacket has green and red gooseberries, red currants, strawberries, and cherries. Maxwell has red gooseberries, blueberries, and raspberries as well as radicchio, salad and other greens, herbs, and beans. PE&DD has tuna, lobsters, and other seafood. Dutch Mill has gladiolas, sunflowers, and other flowers. Central Valley Farm has fresh butter, eggs, heirloom tomato soup and pasta sauce. Healthway Farm has several kinds of potatoes, potted herbs, strawberries,and cherries.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Fantasy Fruit has gooseberries, BLACK CURRANTS, raspberries, blueberries, and Tri-Star Strawberries

Eckerton has black raspberries, their first FIELD TOMATOES, salad greens,bush basil, heirloom beets, and carrots. Locust Grove has gooseberries, red currants, raspberries, black raspberries, cherries, apricots, and peaches. Nemeth Orchards has cherries, gooseberries, and raspberries. Cheerful Cherry has the first of their excellent Queen Anne and dark red cherries as well as sour cherries. Milk Thistle is charging another 50 cents for their milk -- now $5.50 a quart. Bulich Mushroom Co. has shitakes, portabellos, oysters, crimini, and other mushrooms. Hoeffner has raspberries, squashes, greenhouse cherry tomatoes, and flowering plants. Cherry Lane has raspberries, beautiful cut basil, sweet onions, and freshly dug red jacket new potatoes.

Paffenroth has stinging nettles, epizote, collards, several kinds of beet, purslane, Treviso radicchio, lambs quarter, upland cress, Black Tuscan kale, and other interesting produce. Gorzynsky has beautiful lettuces, herbs, braising greens, raspberries, and other delicious organic produce. Sycamore will have their CORN on Wednesday and are here with greenhouse tomatoes, kirby cucumbers, and English shelling peas and sugar snaps. Caradonna has apricots, plums, and berries.

Three Corner Field Farm is here with lamb cuts, yogurt, cheeses, and other sheep related products. Dutch Mill Farm (Newfield) has sweet peas, ksunflowers, and the first of their gorgeous gladiolas. Binder has started bringing in cut flowers, including snapdragons, as well as their lush herb and flowering potted plants. Seatuck Fish is here with fish and seafood. They didn't bring in crabs, though -- too hot. Terhune has raspberries and strawberries (and may have cherries--they were just setting up when I went by). Stokes has garlic, herbs, greenhouse tomatoes, squashes, and beans. Norwich has Romanian peppers (sweet), cucumbers, salad mix, squashes, and other produce.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Cheerful Cherry's Queen Anne, Sour, and Sweet Red Cherries are here!!!

Bodhitree has fresh chickpeas, yellow and green beans, fava beans, salad and braising greens, herbs, shishito peppers, and squashes. John Fazio's stand has moved to the West side of the market with their ducks, rabbits, and smoked rabbit cuts. The ostrich meat and egg stand is here with various ostrich items and Miglorelli has CORN, broccoli rabe, squashes, blueberries, strawberries, and cherries, along with many other vegetables.

Cheerful Cherry has the first of their excellent cherries, including pitted dark cherries! Sycamore has cut basil, cauliflower, broccoli, kirbys, and tomatoes. Berried Treasures has Tri-Star strawberries, chamomile, sugar snaps, shell peas, and herbs. Oak Grove has numerous varieties of hot pepper and herb plants. Norwich Meadow has garlic scapes, many kinds of squash, beautiful salad mix, braising greens, sugar snaps and flat beans, white and purple kohlrabi, and OKRA. Muddy River has great looking heads of lettuce, spinach, fennel, and agretti ("commonly boiled and eaten as a leafy vegetable -- the recommendation is to cook it in boiling water until the leaves soften and eat while still crunchy" -- Muddy River's notes).

Samascott has RED CURRANTS, red and Queen Anne cherries, blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries. Ardith Mae has a variety of goat cheeses.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Gooseberries, red currants, apricots, peaches, CORN!

Caradona has gooseberries and apricots as well as cherries, apples, and BLACK RASPBERRIES. Bodhitree has shishito and other peppers, many kinds of squash, greenhouse tomatoes and cherry tomatoes, and greens. Stokes has several types of cut basil and other herbs as well as greenhouse tomatoes and cherry tomatoes. Honey Hollow has CHANTERELLES and Madura has portabellos, maitake, and other mushrooms. Locust Grove has red currants, cherries, raspberries, black raspberries, blueberries, and other fruit. S&SO has a wide variety of reasonably priced produce, including salad greens, herbs, carrots, radishes, shallots and other kinds of onions, purslane and garlic scapes. Paffenroth has many kinds of carrots and radishes as well as epizote, herbs, salad and braising greens. Garden of Spices has chicken and duck eggs, chicken, ducks, and duck liver.

Hoeffner has greenhouse tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, cabbages, seedless cucumbers,and rhubarb, as well as flowering plants. Eckerton has heirloom beets, black raspberries, rainbow chard, green and yellow string beans, radicchio, sungold cherry tomates,and zucchini blossoms. Kernan has peaches, blueberries, squashes, string beans, yellow beans, and CORN. Berried Treasures has Tri-Star strawberries mixed with wild strawberries, savory, lambs quarters, and potatoes. Keith has Rocambole young garlic, sorrel, golden chard, and cut herbs. Silver Heights has vegetable and fruit plants and Oak Grove has hot pepper plants, herb plants, and edible flower plants as well as corn meal and sunflowers.

Windfall Farm has beautiful cut edible flowers, various small salad greens, and salad mix. Sycamore has greenhouse tomatoes, fresh cut basil, and cucumbers. Mountain Sweet Berry has chervil, maroon snow peas, chives, yellow and maroon sugar snaps, wild baby arugula, chamomile,and other unusual greens. Cherry Lane has greenhouse heirloom tomatoes, squashes, new baby beets, and new red jacket potatoes. Terhune has cherries and raspberries.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Red Currants!! APRICOTS!!! Peppers!! Raspberries!! Cherries!!

Hudson Valley Duck Farm is here with their addictive DUCK RILLETTES, duck prosciutto, duck sausage, and other delicious duck items. Consider Bardwell has several tasty cheeses and Scarborough has many herb plants and flowering plants. Lani has several kinds of sweet peppers, including Fushimi, Shishito, and Padron. They also have a wide variety of squashes, greens, and beans, including favas. Healthway has an assortment of potatoes and Dutchmill Farm(Newfield) has beautiful lilies and herb plants. Race has Queen Anne cherries, sweet and sour red cherries, raspberries, and tomato plants. Norwich Farm has favas, pearl onions, garlic scapes, golden and red beets, several kinds of braising greens, garlic, fresh basil, and persian cucumbers. Madura has many good-looking mushroom varieties, and other vegetables, and Troncillito Farms has cherries, basil, and other produce.

Martin's Pretzels are here and Phillips has red and black raspberries, red currants, and blueberries, as well as favas (in the shell and out of the shell!), greens, carrots, beets,and other beans. M.K. Orchid farm has some beautiful orchids and Lavender By The Bay has fragrant lavender. Red Jacket has red and yellow cherries, raspberries, rhubarb, currants,and APRICOTS!! Maxwell's Farm has GOOSEBERRIES, blueberries, radicchio, herbs, and fava beans.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Gooseberries!! Black Raspberries!! Tri-Star Strawberries!! Heiloom Tomatoes!!

Today is your last day to buy Oak Grove's excellent heirloom tomato plants -- on sale! Anything left over will be planted on Monday (resulting in Ted Blew's tasty crop at the beginning of tomato season). Oak Grove has the first of their larger hot pepper plants. Fantasy Fruit has GOOSEBERRIES and Tri-Stars and Locust Grove has gooseberries, red currants, strawberries, and cherries. Eckerton has BLACK RASPBERRIES as well as great broccoli, salad greens, fava beans, ZUCCHINI BLOSSOMS, and other produce. Cherry Lane has RED RASPBERRIES, heirloom tomatoes (greenhouse), red jacket new potatoes, squashes, and greens. Gorzynsky has beautiful organic lettuces, strawberries, greens, and herbs. Paffenroth has epizote, wild and other arugula, many kinds of radishes and carrots, chiogga and other beets, herbs, UPLAND CRESS, WILD ARUGULA and new onions. S&SO has CALALOO, PURSLANE, and other greens.

Silver Height has many vegetable and fruit plants for backyard gardens. Northshire has garlic scapes, interesting onions, wild watercress, and eggs. Windfall Farm has ZUCCHINI BLOSSOMS, edible flowers, and many unique baby greens. Sycamore has the last of their strawberries, as well as broccoli, greenhouse tomatoes, and peas. Mountain Sweet Berry has SUCRINE LETTUCE, onions, lamborn pea shoots, and CHERVIL, but no strawberries yet.
Keith is here with Rocabole garlic, onions, lovage, kales, other greens, and herbs.

Terhune has raspberries and strawberries. Stokes has lettuces and herbs, squashes, greenhouse tomatoes, and flowering plants. Norwich has beautiful organic beets, greens, herbs, squashes, and other produce.