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Saturday, October 4, 2008
Cherry Lane has a new crop of fresh lima beans and newly dug sweet potatoes. Paffenroth has baby fennel, various new potatoes and onions, good looking carrots in many colors, and big bunches of cut herbs. Mountain Sweet Berry has tasty wild arugula, sucrine lettuce, Tri-Star strawberries, and bags of cleaned cranberry beans. Sycamore has pumpkins and heirloom tomatoes and will have a second shipment of corn today. Stokes has garlic, heirloom tomatoes, big bunches of cut herbs (including their stellar tarragon, vietnamese cilantro, and other unique choices). Oak Grove and Eckerton have wonderful hot and sweet peppers. S&SO and Cherry Lane have eggplants. If you really care about heirloom tomatoes, you should be buying them today and freezing some. From what I saw, we're pretty close to the end.
Buzzard Crest is here with beautiful grapes and grape juices. Cherry Lane also has excellent grapes and homemade jams and jellies. Locust Grove has more new season apples, plums, and cider. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, grapes, and honey.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Mountain Sweet Berry and Cherry Lane have tasty lima beans and Berried Treasure has many delicious varieties of beans, beautiful zucchini blossoms, and berries. Eckerton has great boxes of mixed heirloom tomatoes and Oak Grove, Sycamore, Keith, and Stokes have excellent tomatoes, both field and heirloom. Miglorelli and Sycamore have corn and Stokes has crisp kirbys and fresh garlic. Mountain Sweet Berry has strawberries and Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, raspberries, and honey. Andrew's honey is here as well. A couple of farmers have pumpkins and S&SO has a range of excellent produce. Honey Hollow has several varieties of mushroom and some unique produce. Mountain Sweet Berry has several types of baby beet.
River Garden, Flora Perfecta, the orchid people and others have beautiful flowers.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Flora Perfecta is here with beautiful lilies, stock, roses, and other flowers, at the 14th street end of the market. The orchid people are here at the 17th street end, along with River Garden (gorgeous bouquets today). Newfield Farm is here with wonderful lycianthus, dahlias, gladiolas, and other beautiful options. Scarborough is here with potted herbs.
Yuno, Norwich, and others are here with a wide offering of tasty produce, including peppers, heirloom tomatoes, all sorts of beans, and eggplants. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries and will also be here on Wednesday and Saturday, so they've been able to continue past last Saturday's market, which is fortunate for us!
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Ted Blew of Oak Grove, Sycamore, Stokes, and Cheerful Cherry, among others, have still got good looking heirloom tomatoes. D'Attolico has an excellent variety of French and Italian style plum tomatoes for sauce. Blew and Eckerton have great selections of hot and sweet peppers. Sycamore, Miglorelli, Blew, and others have corn. Stokes and S&SO have big bunches of cut herbs and Silver Heights has a wide selection of potted herbs. Several farms including Eckerton, Oak Grove, and D'Attolico, have various squashes, and Cherry Lane has many kinds of eggplant, including tiny fairytale eggplants and Cambodian and Italian varieties. Northshire has several Italian greens and CARDOONS!
Locust Grove, Terhune, Breezy Hill, and other stands have the new Fall crop of apples. Several stands have Tri-star strawberries and Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, strawberries, and blackberries. This is probably FF's last Saturday of the season, so if you freeze blueberries for the winter, now's the time to stock up.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Eckerton has a wonderful selection of hot and sweet peppers today, as does Oak Grove. Cherry Lane has fairytale, Italian, Cambodian, and other delicious eggplants, and Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasure have a wide variety of shell and string beans. Mountain Sweet Berry has excellent Italian sauce tomatoes, as do Miglorelli, Stokes, and others. Evolutionary has great winter squash, and Oak Grove has squashes, heirloom tomatoes, and corn. Sycamore has corn, heirloom tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers, and good looking broccoli. Stokes has heirloom tomatoes, lemongrass, and cut herbs.
Locust Grove has plums and Fantasy Fruits has blueberries (catch 'em while you can -- FF's last day in the market may be this coming Monday). Andrew's honeys and honey products are here, as well as Rick's Picks pickles.
Flora Perfecta, River Garden, Duva, and the orchid people are here with lovely flowers.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Well, the signs are all here -- grapes, Fall squashes and melons, and there is a chill in the air, so this may be the last weekend for a generous offering of summer vegetables. Many farmers have gorgeous sauce tomatoes, including Mountain Sweet Berry, Cheerful Cherry, Eckerton, Stokes,and D'Attolico, so I've planned an hour for cooking down these meaty and tasty varieties for the freezer. Oak Grove also has great tomatoes, and Norwich, Oak Grove, and Sycamore, in addition to several of the above, have delicious heirloom tomatoes and tasty peppers. Gorzynski and Paffenroth have wide selections of gorgeous lettuces, other greens, herbs, and other great produce. Stokes has big bunches of cut herbs.
Mountain Sweet Berry has haricots both green and yellow, sucrine lettuce, baby leeks, and Tri-Star strawberries. Oak Grove and Sycamore have corn, and Eckerton and Oak Grove have unique and interesting pepper varieties. BULLETIN: Fantasy Fruit says next week is their last week (blueberries, blackberries, strawberries).
Apples are moving in on peaches, although there are still peaches and plums in the market. You can find blueberries, and several farmstands including D'Attolico have raspberries. Buzzard Krest is here with their red and white grape juices and interesting grape varieties.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Oak Grove has a Fall crop of sugar snap peas! Berried Treasure has several shell and string bean varieties as well as wild blueberries, strawberries, gold and red raspberries, and squashes. Norwich, Sycamore, Stokes, Oak Grove, Cheerful Cherry and others have heirloom tomatoes, and Oak Grove and Cheerful Cherry have peaches. Cheerful also has raspberries. Samascott and Sycamore have corn, and Samascott and Miglorelli have a wide selection of good looking produce.
Last night was cool and tonight is expected to be even cooler, so things like heirloom tomatoes and peaches are heading for disappearance soon. If you love them, you don't have much longer to enjoy them. The farmers say that they've had pumpkins for a month, although they haven't brought them in yet, and several farms are bringing in grapes and mums. Just saying ...
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Missed the early morning market due to a vet visit, but I did walk through afterwards and saw that there are still plenty of great summer vegetables and flowers in the market, even though grapes and apples are starting to appear. There were good looking shell and string beans at Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasure, heirloom tomatoes all through the market, corn at various stands, including Sycamore, and lots of greens and herbs. Norwich, Stokes, Oak Grove, and others have good looking fruit and vegetables and there are still peaches and plums. Fantasy Fruit is there with berries and grapes and Berried Treasure and others have Tri-Star strawberries.
Ronnybrook is here with various milks, butters, ice creams, and drinkable yoghurt. Three Corner Farm has delicious yogurt, cheeses, and lamb.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Well, I'm back in school on Mondays, so I'll be missing Monday markets. Judging by the Friday and Saturday markets, the offerings are still lush and plentiful, so I'd be looking for Yuno's delicious produce, Race's produce and pastry, Fantasy Fruit's berries, and Red Jacket's fruit juices, along with Newfield Farm's beautiful flowers.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
BUZZARD KREST IS BACK!! with their delicious grapes and grape juices. You'll find them on the Eastern end of the Greenmarket.
Stokes Farm has a wide variety of cut herbs, squashes, and heirloom tomatoes. Norwich also has beautiful heirloom tomatoes, as do Eckerton, Oak Grove, Sycamore, and Cheerful Cherry. Cherry Lane has okra, lima beans, and many kinds and colors of eggplant. Eckerton and Oak Grove have wonderful selections of hot and sweet peppers. D'Attolico has several kinds of sprouts, greens, and other vegetables. Mountain Sweet Berry has delicious beans, arugula, sucrine lettuce, and other unique vegetables. Paffenroth has an extensive selection of root vegetables, greens, herbs, corn, and unique vegetables. Northshire has unusual Italian produce and Gorzynsky has brought in gorgeous organic salad greens. Keith's Farm stand has great Rocambole garlic, French Crisp and other varieties of salad greens, herbs, and heirloom tomatoes.
Cheerful Cherry, Terhune, Locust Grove, and Oak Grove have white and yellow peaches and Locust Grove has several kinds of plum. Fantasy Fruit is here with blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, and grapes, and says they will be coming in about three more Saturdays before their season ends. The recessional is almost upon us!
Friday, September 12, 2008
Yuno has long beans, lima beans, several kinds of string beans, beautiful heirloom tomatoes, salad greens, cut herbs, various peppers, and other delicious produce. Berried Treasure also has many kinds of beans, strawberries, heirloom tomatoes, and other vegetables. Oak Grove has corn, heirloom tomatoes, white and yellow peaches, melons, and great peppers. Cheerful Cherry has peaches, raspberries, heirloom tomatoes, and several kinds of seedless and seeded grapes. Sycamore has the last of their cranberry beans and has brought in corn, heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers. Norwich has artichokes, heirloom tomatoes, peppers, and other tasty vegetables. Stokes Farm has big bunches of cut herbs, heirloom tomatoes, lemon grass, and garlic. Samascott has delicious corn, beans, berries, and other produce.
The lycianthus season is coming to an end, but Newfield Farm still has some pretty bunches, in addition to her unique cockscomb, gladiolas, and dahlias. River Garden has beautiful bouquets of brightly colored wildflowers and the rose people have lovely rosebuds. Oak Grove has unusual and beautiful sunflower varieties.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
It's still a bean-lover's paradise in the Greenmarket today, with Berried Treasure's string and shell beans, Cherry Lane's limas, and Mountain Sweet Berry's haricots verts and jaunes, but time is marching on, so seize the moment!
Cherry Lane still has beautiful, if slightly larger, fairytale eggplants, okra, corn, and tomatoes, and Sycamore is here with cucumbers, peppers, corn, heirloom tomatoes, and cranberry beans. Eckerton has a wide variety of hot peppers, and has brought in their boxes of assorted hot peppers -- very interesting to experiment with. They also have all sorts of heirloom tomatoes and have great boxes of mixed small heirlooms.
Ted Blew of Oak Grove is here with heirloom tomatoes, peaches, melons, peppers, and other tasty produce. Paffenroth has puntarella, dandelion greens, and other unique vegetables. Stokes Farm has generous bunches of cut herbs, delicious squashes, and heirloom tomatoes.
Fantasy Fruit has blueberries and strawberries and Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasure have delicious strawberries as well.
River Garden and Flora Perfecta are here with beautiful flowers and the orchid people have brought in lovely and unique flowering plants.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Almost all of the farmers are here today, despite the sticky and soon to be stormy weather. Since I'll be stuck inside, I'm going to prepare tomatoes for the freezer, so I bought beauties from Cheerful Cherry, Oak Grove, Eckerton, Stokes, and Norwich. There are plenty of good looking tomatoes at other stands as well.
If you are planning to buy corn, there are several stands with various types. Sycamore, Cherry Lane, Paffenroth, Miglorelli, and several other stands have alot, but Sycamore will not have their second load today, due to the weather.
Northshire has interesting squash, as do Norwich, Stokes, and Oak Grove. There are several stands with peaches, both white and yellow, including Oak Grove, Terhune, and Locust Grove, who also has various plums. Fantasy Fruit is here with blueberries and strawberries. Beth has tasty jams, jellies, chutneys, and pickled vegetables, some in gift packages.
Friday, September 5, 2008
I passed by Mario Batali, who was evidently getting made up for a filming at Samascott"s stand. They have great produce, so it isn't surprising. Beth's Jam's dilly beans are made from Samascott's beans and many of her jams are made from their fruit.
Another chef showed me D&J's fragrant Italian arugula, which looks delicious. Their organic produce is fresh and tasty. Berried Treasure has several string bean varieties and will have more shell beans next weekend. They still have wild blueberries, Tri-Star strawberries, and beautiful flowers. (They won't be in the market this Saturday.)
Sycamore, Cheerful Cherry, Berried Treasure, Norwich, and others have good looking heirloom tomatoes. Ted Blew of Oak Grove has tasty heirlooms, peppers, and white and yellow peaches. Cheerful Cherry has white and yellow peaches, apples and grapes, and delicious cherry juice.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Signs of Autumn are appearing in the market in the forms of purple Italian plums, new apples, and grapes, but there are still plenty of beautiful tomatoes, beans, melons, squashes, corn, peaches, and greens. It is time to start picking up shelling beans from Berried Treasure, Cherry Lane, and Sycamore, to freeze for the winter. I also sometimes scrape corn into containers to keep for a midwinter Brunswick Stew. I'm also putting up heirloom tomatoes. If I were my grandmother, I'd be canning peaches as well.
Berried Treasures has flageolets, pink butter beans, and other shelling beans, as well as haricots verts, purple string beans, and heirloom tomatoes. Cherry Lane has good-looking lima beans, and Sycamore has cranberry beans and heirloom tomatoes. Oak Grove has peaches, heirloom tomatoes, peppers, and melons. Eckerton, Evolutionary, and others have heirloom tomatoes and Eckerton has unique hot peppers as well.
Windfall has beautiful zucchini blossoms, edible flowers, and a wide range of special greens and squashes. Paffenroth has their great array of delicious produce, with some interesting onion varieties, varicolored carrots, and many herbs, greens, and root vegetables.They also have bicolor corn, while Cherry Lane has white corn.
Fantasy Fruit is here with strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries, and Berried Treasure has strawberries, wild blueberries, and blackberries.
Monday, September 1, 2008 LABOR DAY!
Race is here with Italian plums, cranberry beans, and other produce. Norwich has delicious yellow watermelon as well as peppers, eggplants, beans, and other vegetables. Wooli Farm, a newcomer to the Monday market, has purselane, interesting squashes and peppers. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, strawberries, and blackberries, and is selling them at three boxes for $10. Red Jacket is here with fruit and juices. Newfield has lycianthus, dalias, gladiolas, and other beautiful flowers.
Saturday, August 30, 2008 and Monday, September 1
Rain or shine, holiday or ordinary day, the Greenmarket is here and the farmers have brought in great produce. Look for shelling beans, string beans, heirloom tomatoes, peaches, melons, hot and sweet peppers, salad greens, and other beautiful vegetables and fruit. Look for Norwich's beautiful vegetables and Newfield Farm's lovely flowers on Labor Day!
Stay dry, and enjoy your Labor Day holiday!
Friday, August 29, 2008
Once again, Berried Treasure has brought in several kinds of shelling bean, including the first of their cannellini. They should also be here tomorrow, as will Sycamore, Mountain Sweet Berry, and Cherry Lane, all of whom will have tasty fresh beans. Yuno and Berried Treasure have haricots verts and other string bean types as well. Yuno, Sycamore, Cheerful Cherry, Oak Grove, and Norwich have great looking heirloom tomatoes today, and all of them except Yuno will be here tomorrow. They all also have tasty hot peppers.
Speaking of heat, Beth's Jams has some delicious chutneys as well as hot habanero jelly, garlic jelly, and many fruit jams and jellies. They'll be here tomorrow, too.
Today is Dancing Ewe's last day until October, when they'll be back with lamb.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Berried Treasure has a great selection of shelling beans, including flageolets, as well as haricots verts and other beans. Sycamore has good looking cranberry beans, Mountain Sweet Berry has an Italian shelling bean, and Cherry Lane has beautiful lima beans. Get them to eat now or to freeze for later. There's really nothing like a fresh bean!
Fantasy Fruit has a good bargain in berries today -- blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries at three boxes for $10. Berried Treasure and Mountain Sweet Berry also have great strawberries and Honey Hollow Farm has elderberries.
Honey Hollow has several varieties of mushroom and unique greens. Oak Grove has great peppers, peaches, tomatoes, corn, and other vegetables. Sycamore has bicolor corn, peppers, heirloom tomatoes, and Windfall Farm and Evolutionary have a wide variety of tasty greens.
Monday, August 25, 2008
This weekend I bought several kinds of shelling beans and made a simple warm bean salad -- delicious! I'm taking advantage of the season to enjoy eggplants, corn, heirloom tomatoes, peppers, lima and other beans, squashes, and all sorts of greens. There's so much good produce around that it's possible to slip into taking it for granted, but the first grapes that appeared in the market this weekend reminded me that time is passing and that the slide away from peak season is coming fast. September will be arriving next week! It's really time to start preparing heirloom and other tomatoes for the freezer, not to mention basil and other herbs in olive oil.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
The traffic on the East Side is going to be a horrorshow today, with the 3rd Ave. TAMA fair from 14th to 23rd and the Park Avenue bicycle fest closing several streets to cars. If you do brave the craziness, remember that Sycamore is bringing in a second load of corn around noon and that Norwich, Cheerful, Sycamore, Stokes, Oak Grove, and Berried Treasure will all be here with the same produce they brought yesterday. See below. Mountain Sweet Berry has already run out of their luscious Italian sauce tomatoes but should have plenty on Wednesday. Windfall has big bags of mixed squash. Cherry Lane has lima beans and Cheerful Cherry has beautiful heirloom tomatoes, as do Eckerton and Sycamore.
Berried Treasures has beautiful Romano and other beans as well as the sweetest sungold cherry tomatoes. D'Attolico has big green tomatoes for frying. Locust Grove, Terhune, and Oak Grove have peaches and other stone fruit and Durr has large blackberries. Fantasy Fruit is selling their blueberries, strawberries, and blackberries at $10 for three boxes, your choice.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Norwich says this is probably the last weekend for their excellent Charentais melons. They have several other kinds of melon as well as their gorgeous heirloom tomatoes. Cheerful Cherry has tasty heirloom tomatoes, good-looking cucumbers, and, sadly, their tasty grapes, signalling the slope down towards Fall. Muddy River has big bunches of Genovese basil, great for making pesto for the freezer. Sycamore says they'll have second delivery fresh picked corn tomorrow, and they're here today with corn, tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, and other great produce.
Berried Treasure has several unique types of bean, including many shelling varieties as well as haricots verts, Romanos, purple string beans, and yellow and green string beans. They also have delicious wild blueberries and Tri-Star strawberries. Oak Grove has peaches, watermelons, a wide variety of hot and sweet peppers, and some of the most succulent ready to eat heirloom tomatoes in the Greenmarket.
Dancing Ewe has the last of their sheep's milk ricotta today as well as one of the best hard cheeses in the market. Next week will be their last week in the market until October, when they will be back with lamb.
Newfield Farm has beautiful gladiolas, lycianthus, sunflowers, and other summer beauties, and River Garden has gorgeous wildflowers in bunches and bouquets.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Stokes Farm has many varieties of basil as well as other cut herbs. Honey Hollow has baskets of beautiful mixed mushrooms, including chanterelles, black trumpets, and many others. Cherry Lane has many kinds of eggplant, including Fairytale and Asian varieties. There are several stands with excellent looking heirloom tomatoes, including Sycamore, Eckerton, Evolutionary, Oak Grove, and Stokes. Windfall has lovely edible flowers and bags of mixed squash as well as their excellent greens. Berried Treasures has wild blueberries, Tri-Star strawberries, and blackberries, as well as tasty green Romano beans, purple string beans, and others. Mountain Sweet Berry has the first of their unique Italian heirloom sauce tomatoes as well as interesting Italian beans, and haricots verts.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Yuno has beautiful heirloom tomatoes, beets, squashes, hot and sweet peppers, long beans, bunches of cut herbs, various eggplants, and greens. Norwich has many varieties of eggplant, squash, root vegetables, onions, and heirloom tomatoes. Maxwell has cut herbs and good looking produce. Red Jacket has many kinds of stone fruit and juices and Fantasy Fruit has blueberries and strawberries.
Newfield Farm has gorgeous lycianthus and gladiolas and River Garden has beautiful bouquets of colorful wildflowers.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Norwich has beautiful heirloom tomatoes, tomatillos, eggplants, and tasty ready to eat melons. Northshire Farm has cardoons and other greens. S&SO has artichokes, peppers, salad greens, and other produce. Paffenroth has many kinds of onion, herbs, fennel, celeriac, and other delicious vegetables. Gorzynski has lovely organic salad greens. Check out Eckerton, Sycamore, Cheerful Cherry, Stokes, Oak Grove, and Norwich for height-of-the-season excellent heirloom tomatoes. Eckerton and Oak Grove both have a wide variety of large and small hot and sweet peppers. Windfall has edible flowers, many varieties of salad vegetables, and other goodies. Cherry Lane has fairytale eggplants, heirloom tomatoes and other excellent produce, including lima beans. Mountain Sweet Berry has cranberry and other beans and Tri-Star strawberries. Violet Hill has bacon and poultry and gorgeous tasty eggs.
Oak Grove, Cheerful Cherry, Locust Grove, Terhune, and others have delicious peaches and other stone fruit. Berried Treasures has terrific Tri-Stars and outstanding wild blueberries.
A thought for Saturday
I just had a piece of perfect Charontais melon from Norwich. They bring in their melons ready to eat and this one was delicious -- flavorful and juicy. They'll be in the market tomorrow and, I hope, will have more wonderful melons!
Friday, August 15, 2008
Berried Treasures has many kinds of tasty beans, including flageolet, green and yellow romano, haricots verts, and a shelling bean called something like perignon (which looks like the "violette" bean in my Larousse). They also have blackberries and other berries. Yuno and Oak Grove both have a wide variety of hot and sweet peppers and squashes and Oak Grove has peaches. Cheerful Cherry has sour cherries, luscious peaches, and heirloom tomatoes. You can't go wrong with heirloom tomatoes from Cheerful, Norwich Farm, Sycamore, and Oak Grove. Stokes has fresh lemongrass, lemon verbena and other generous bunches of cut herbs, tomatoes, and other produce. Norwich and Muddy River have baby artichokes and Norwich has Charentais melons in addition to many other varieties. By the way, there were no lima beans in the market today, but check Cherry Lane on Saturday or Yuno on Monday.
I just tried 2% milk from Milk Thistle Farm --it tastes fine and is organic. They're in Union Square on Fridays and at Grand Army Plaza on Saturdays, as well as other Greenmarkets.
A hint for tomorrow -- Sycamore's second load of fresh picked corn comes in around noon. I had some last weekend and it was even more delicious than the early morning supply.
Monday, August 11, 2008
River Garden and Newfield Farm both have gorgeous flowers today. Yuno and Norwich have beautiful squashes and heirloom tomatoes. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, strawberries, and blackberries.
Martin's Pretzels, one of the favorites in the Greenmarket, has small bags of breakup as well as various sizes of pretzels with and without salt.
Red Jacket has stone fruit and blueberries as well as various flavored apple juices and cherry stomp.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
It's all heirloom tomatoes all the time now! You can find delicious ones at Sycamore, Eckerton, Cheerful Cherry, Norwich Farm, and Cherry Lane. Cherry Lane also has tomatillos. Mountain Sweet Berry has green and yellow haricots and flat beans as well as sucrine lettuce. Paffenroth has a full display of all sorts of produce, including baby fennel, celeriac, celery, all sorts of carrots, onions, and radishes. Gorzynsky has beautiful organic greens, as does D'Attolico. D'Attolico also has lovely golden cherry tomatoes.Berried Treasures is here with all kinds of beans and Tri-Star strawberries. Stokes has great looking eggplants, squashes, tomatoes, and big bunches of herbs, including several varieties of basil, parsley, and tasty lemon verbena. Ask Eckerton about their interesting new cucumber variety. They also have hot peppers, as does Oak Grove (along with their watermelon, peaches, and heirloom tomatoes). Mountain Sweet Berry has excellent cranberry beans.
Sycamore will definitely have a second shipment of corn today.
Quattro's has 4 pound chickens, all kinds of other poultry, chicken cutlets and other chicken parts, sausages, and soup meat.
Locust Grove has several varieties of plum, peaches, and berries. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, strawberries, and blackberries. Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Star strawberries.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Muddy River has good looking baby artichokes. Norwich, Sycamore, Yuno, Stokes and Oak Grove all have delicious heirloom tomatoes.Esopus, Yuno, Muddy River, and others have salad and other greens and Stokes has great bunches of herbs.
Cheerful Cherry has a new variety of peach, tasty heirloom tomatoes, and sour cherries. They'll have their luscious cherry juice next week. Sycamore has delicious corn and will have an early and a second load of corn tomorrow.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Had to take a couple of cats to the vet, so I missed the Greenmarket today.
Friday, August 1, 2008
I'm having Dancing Ewe's sheep's milk ricotta with one of Sycamore's delicious heirloom tomatoes as I write, and am going to finish my brunch with Sycamore's bicolor corn and Yuno's long green beans. Dessert will be a peach from Cheerful Cherry. Ted Blew of Oak Grove Farm has watermelon today as well as peaches, hot and sweet peppers, heirloom tomatoes, and other produce. Yuno also has watermelons and hot and sweet pepprs as well as herbs and squashes. Muddy River has gorgeous produce as usual.
I bought more lycianthus (Prairie Rose) from Newfield Farm and was glad to see that River Garden has beautiful wildflowers.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Cherry Lane has tiny Fairytale purple and white eggplants. Evolutionary, Oak Grove, and Cherry Lane have various types of okra. Eckerton, Oak Grove, Cherry Lane, and Sycamore have heirloom tomatoes. The big hit of the day is beans -- all kinds of beans, from Berried Treasures purple and green stringbeans, delicious Romano flat beans, and favas to Cherry Lane's string beans and Mountain Sweet Berry's haricots verts, there are many farmstands with tasty varieties.
Many stands also have corn, including Eckerton, Sycamore, and Cherry Lane. Stokes Farm has great looking onions and garlic as well as big bunches of cut herbs, and Berried Treasures has chamomile. Miglorelli has a wide variety of good-looking produce.
Peaches are coming in and Terhune, Oak Grove, and others have them as well as apricots and other stone fruit. Berried Treasures has big succulent strawberries and blackberries, and Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries.
Ronnybrook has drinkable yogurt, both plain and fruit flavored, and some of the best butter to be had in the city, both flavored (garlic) and salt or sweet.
BULLETIN!!!! ,Saturday, July 26, 2008
Northshire has CARDOONS!!!! Sycamore won't be bringing in their usual second loads of fresh picked corn on Saturdays this year due to the high cost of gasoline for the second trip ($100!). They weren't selling enough to make up for the gas prices.
S&SO has artichokes. (Ask them how they grow them in this region!) Stokes Farm has big beautiful bunches of herbs and delicious pale green squash. Mountain Sweet Berry has excellent flat and string beans, both green and yellow.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
It's a beautiful day for the Greenmarket and the produce is hitting its summer stride. Check Cheerful Cherry for their last sweet dark cherries, Oak Grove for watermelons, peaches, and tomatoes, Sycamore for bicolor corn, Eckerton for tomatoes, peppers, herbs, and other delicious vegetables, and Cherry Lane and others for heirloom tomatoes, okra, and corn.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Muddy River Farm has young ARTICHOKES, beautiful onions, and big bunches of herbs. Norwich has heirloom tomatoes, many varieties of eggplant, flat beans, fava beans, fresh young garlic, and various squashes. Sycamore has white and bicolor corn, big bunches of basil, field tomatoes, and other produce.
This is the last weekend for Cheerful Cherry's outstanding black cherries. They have their delicious cherry juice today, as well as the first of their peaches. Samascott has blueberries and Red Jacket has apricots. Oak Grove has cut and whole watermelon, peaches, and peppers.
River Garden is here today with beautiful bouquets and Newfield Farm has gorgeous bunches of "Prairie Rose" (Lycianthus).
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Sycamore, Oak Grove, and Eckerton all have the beginnings of their heirloom tomato crop today. Oack Grove also has red and yellow watermelons, yellow and white peaches, corn, and other produce. Eckerton has Walla Walla onions, hot peppers, fresh cut herbs, and wineberries. Sycamore has corn, peppers, cut basil, and cucumbers. Evolutionary has leafy greens, various squashes, and other vegetables. Cherry Lane has new red and yukon gold potatoes, corn, and heirloom tomatoes. Evolutionary has good looking okra. Honey Hollow has chanterelles, dried mushrooms, and other goodies. Fantasy Fruit is here with raspberries and blueberries. Berried Treasures has black raspberries and strawberries. Stokes Farm has squashes, fresh garlic, tomatoes, and generous bunches of cut herbs and salad greens.
River Garden has beautiful wildflowers and Flora Perfecta has lovely lilies.
Monday, July 21, 2008
I picked up the first of Yuno's excellent long beans, zucchini blossoms and some summer squash,Madura's good looking new red potatoes, Fantasy Fruit's raspberries and blueberries, and beautiful lycianthus from Newfield Farm. Norwich and Yuno both had okra and Norwich has alot of fava beans today, as well as young fennel and many other greens, beans, and tasty onion varieties. Maxwell's Farm has generous bunches of cut herbs as well as other good looking produce. Red Jacket has apricots which look ready and Race is here with produce, plants, and baked goods.
I'm happy to say that the Monday market has several great shopping options!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
I'm taking today off to stay with my new kitten while he adjusts to the new place, but I can tell you the following: This will be the next to last week for Cheerful Cherry's amazing dark sweet cherries, so I'd definately stop there for a big box. Sycamore's corn was delicious yesterday, and they're in the market today. Paffenroth's array of interesting produce is growing with the season, especially their decorative and unusual root vegetables and green vegetables such as baby fennel.
Fantasy Fruit's blueberries and raspberries made for an outstanding cobbler last week (in which I also mixed some of Cheerful Cherry's sour cherries, which they have this week as well). Norwich has great produce, including many mini-squashes and fava beans. Oak Grove has excellent hot and sweet peppers and delicious red and yellow watermelons as well as tasty peaches.
Fantasy Fruit, Locust Grove, and others have gooseberries and red and black currants. Locust had blackberries last week and may have them today. Eckerton had black raspberries this week and may have them today.
Friday, July 18, 2008
I'm going to have Dancing Ewe's delicious ricotta with Oak Grove's peaches and Samascott's blueberries for breakfast, after a couple of ears of Sycamore's corn. I'll finish off with Cheerful Cherry's outstanding dark sweet cherries.
Oak Grove also has their great hot and sweet peppers, okra, and succulent yellow and red watermelons. Yuno has excellent peppers, tomatoes, several types of bean, and various root vegetables and greens. Muddy River has big tasty red and white onions.
River Garden is here with beautiful wildflowers and Newfield Farm has exquisite lycianthus and gladioli.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
It's going to be hellishly hot later today, but right now the Greenmarket is cool and beautiful. Summer fruit is in all over the market, with Fantasy Fruit, Locust Grove, Berried Treasures, Oak Grove, and others offering all sorts of berries, peaches, apricots, and watermelon.
S&SO has a wide variety of gorgeous and reasonably priced produce. Paffenroth also is here with delicious produce, and Windfall Farm has tasty greens, edible flowers, and other vegetables. Eckerton has beautiful Cherokee Purple tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, fresh cut herbs, and other greens. I picked up a copy of Tim Stark's new book, HEIRLOOM:NOTES FROM AN ACCIDENTAL TOMATO FARMER, and will be reading it later. (I'm developing quite a shelf of Greenmarket authors, including Keith's IT'S A LONG WAY TO A TOMATO.)
Flora Perfecta has wonderful lilies today and the rose people have beautiful roses, sweet peas, and other flowers.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Got a late start this morning because I was watching the Bastille Day parade on TV5 -- very impressive! I especially enjoyed the Foreign Legion and the guards on horseback. The parachutists at the end were pretty exciting, too.
Summer fruit is finally in full supply. Red Jacket has several kinds of cherries, apricots, and berries. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, raspberries, and plump black currants. Other stands have berries, apricots, and peaches. Red Jacket also has juices.
I bought beautiful zucchini blossoms and field tomatoes from Yuno. They also have several kinds of hot and sweet peppers, beans, salad greens, and purslane. Norwich has beautiful produce as well, including several kinds of onion, fava beans, lettuces, and good-looking fennel. Maxwell has cut herbs, berries, and beans. Madura's varieties of produce are increasing and there are meat and bread stands as well.
Newfield Farm has beautiful flowers, including lycianthus, gladiolas, lilies, and others. River Garden has lovely wildflowers.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
The Greenmarket is absolutely gorgeous today, with lush greens, cherries in many colors, and greenhouse heirloom tomatoes in reds, greens, yellows, and orange. Cheerful Cherry has delicious sour, dark, and Queen Anne cherries. Locust Grove's cherries and berries are also tasty. Stokes Farm has summer squashes, generous bunches of cut herbs, juicy red greenhouse tomatoes, and salad and other greens. Mountain Sweet Berry has baby rainbow chard, chervil, chives, and tiny potatoes. Paffenroth has big bunches of many varieties of carrots, beets, radishes, and baby fennel.
Check Norwich for squashes, eggplants, and a wide variety of unique produce. Sycamore has bicolor corn, tomatoes, shell peas, and cucumbers. Cherry Lane has heirloom tomatoes and basil plants. Gorzynski has beautiful organic greens and D'Attolico has lovely zucchini blossoms. Eckerton has great greens, spray-free yellow corn, and heirloom tomatoes.Northshire has CARDOONS!
Quattro's has young heritage chickens, other young chickens, great eggs, and sausages. They've moved from the rise to the Park Avenue end of the market. Look on the rise for Keith's rocambole garlic and other organic vegetables, and for Norwich Farm.
Friday, July 11, 2008
It's an absolutely beautiful day and the Friday Greenmarket is colorful and getting bigger! There are new produce stands and some delicious new vegetables. Yuno has a wide array of flavorful peppers and squashes, Norwich has all sorts of squashes, beans, savory greens, and other vegetables. Muddy River has excellent garlic.
I bought a couple of ears of bicolor corn from Sycamore. The ones I bought on Wednesday were very good, so I was encouraged to try them today for breakfast! Eckerton also had delicious corn on Wednesday. Both of them will be here tomorrow.
Samascott has wonderful fresh blueberries and other berries and cherries as well as good looking strawberries. Cheerful Cherry has even more delicious cherries than last week's stunners and Ted Blew (Oak Grove has delicious peaches and big slices of cut red and yellow watermelon.
Newfield Farm has the first LYCIANTHUS and beautiful gladiolas.River Garden has lovely bouquets of wildflowers and the rose people have purple sweet peas.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Breezy Hill has apple cider sorbet. Berried Treasures has fresh chamomile, big tasty Tri-Star strawberries, and black raspberries. Eckerton has sweet yellow corn, tomatoes, and other excellent produce. Cherry Lane has beautiful vegetables and gladiolas. Stokes has sweet cherry tomatoes, summer squash, and generous bunches of cut herbs. Honey Hollow Farm has good looking mushrooms. Mountain Sweet Berry has baby kale, wild baby arugula, chervil, chives, and fava beans.
The orchid stand next to Flora Perfecta has beautiful and unusual orchids. Flora Perfecta has lovely lilies, roses, and other flowers. The rose people have gorgeous roses and sweet peas. Sycamore has bicolor corn, bunches of basil, and delicious sugar snap peas and shelling peas.
Monday, July 7, 2008
We're lucky to have such a complete market on Mondays. Yuno and Norwich are here with beautiful produce, there is a stand with terrific seafood and fish, and you can find meat, fruit, and flowers as well as a couple of good bread options. Phillips has berries and peaches and Newfield Farm is bringing in the first of her lovely gladiolas. Yuno and Norwich have fava beans and Norwich has an unusual variety of purslane as well as other unique vegetables. Yuno has some interesting peppers and beans. Red Jacket has ciders.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Northshire has QUAIL, Violet Hill has several different kinds of bacon, including delicious butt bacon, and Quattro's (in a slight change of location on the Park Ave side of the market) has plump young chickens, great eggs, and pheasant sausage.
Mountain Sweet Berry and Norwich Farm have fava beans. D'Attolico has shelling peas. Several farms have beautiful lettuces and other greens and S&SO and Norwich have mini squashes. Stokes has big bunches of herbs, greenhouse tomatoes, and delicious summer squash. Sycamore has corn and fresh basil. Cheerful Cherry has wonderful cherries and Fantasy Fruit has GOOSEBERRIES! Oak Grove (Ted Blew) has PEACHES!
The rose people have beautiful sweet peas in addition to two types of lovely roses.
Friday, July 4, 2008
Sycamore has CORN today! Cheerful Cherry has sweet and delicious deep red and Queen Anne cherries today, as well as their excellent sour cherries. I'm planning a cobbler! Red Jacket has their first apricots today, but a bit early. They also have this year's sour cherry Stomp. Esopus has beautiful greens and Yuno has green and yellow string beans (the slim haricots variety), the beginning of their tasty peppers, and greens. Samascott has asparagus, raspberries, blueberries, and several cherry varieties. Muddy River Farm has excellent new garlic, huge bunches of fresh cilantro and other herbs, and other vegetables and Norwich has mini squashes,large squashes, several kinds of beans, and greens.
Newfield Farm has the first of her gladiolas.
There are 16 farmers who didn't come in this Friday.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Several farmers have scapes, young garlic, various spring onions, and chives. Keith has young shallots and Mountain Sweet Berry has red and white baby onions. Mountain Sweet Berry also has fava beans, chervil, chives, and wild baby arugula. Eckerton has CORN and will have heirloom tomatoes in a couple of weeks. They have excellent cherry tomatoes and pear tomatoes now. The Greenmarket is lush and green with many farmers bringing in cherries, tasty greens, and sugar snap peas.Sycamore will have CORN on Saturday!!!
Berried Treasures has good looking Tri-Star strawberries and there are a couple of stands with blueberries. Eckerton has black raspberries. Sycamore has strawberries ad well.
River Garden has beautiful wildflower bouquets and Flora Perfecta has lovely lilies and potted begonias.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Mountain Sweet Berry has two types of young onions, young garlic, chervil, wild baby arugula, and sucrine lettuce. Northshire has CARDOONS! Terhune has beautiful wild asparagus, strawberries, and tasty raspberries. Sycamore has the last of their excellent sweet strawberries, greenhouse tomatoes, cauliflower, cucumbers, and basil. Cherry Lane has fresh dug red and yukon gold baby potatoes, greehnouse heirloom tomatoes, and basil. Norwich has several varieties of baby squashes, zucchini, fava beans, and other greens. Eckerton has CHERRY TOMATOES, red and BLACK RASPBERRIES, rainbow kale, Tuscan kale, haricots jaunes, fava beans, and their first CORN!
The rose people have two types of roses, sweetpeas, and other flowers and River Garden has beautiful wildflowers.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Check out Cheerful Cherry today and Saturday for their delicious dark cherries and great sour cherries for baking. Sycamore has delicious big fragrant tasty strawberries today, and thinks that tomorrow may be the last day for them. Samascott has asparagus, cherries, strawberries, and cider. Stokes has the last of their tasty strawberries and the start of their delicious squashes, generous bunches of cut herbs, and greenhouse tomatoes. There are farmers with shell peas, sugar snaps, and leafy greens.
River Garden has wonderful lavender and are bringing in more and more of their lovely wildflowers. Newfield Farm has pretty lilies and snapdragons.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Several farmers have RASPBERRIES today. Sycamore has strawberries, as does Cherry Lane, and there are stands with tiny Tri-Star strawberries, including Berried Treasures. Sycamore and Shushan have basil, as does Stokes (who also has raspberries). Mountain Sweet Berry has wild baby arugula, delicious tiny red beets, irresistable petit pois, sugar snaps, and sucrine lettuce. Several farmers have garlic scapes and Keith's stand has young Rocambole garlic.
I'm going to have Cato's Bloomsday cheese with Our Daily Bread's whole wheat pain levain and Ronnybrook's sweet butter for breakfast, followed by Ronnybrook's Blueberry-Pomegranate drinkable yogurt.
Flora Perfecta has fragrant lilies and pretty roses and River Garden has beautiful wildflowers.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Norwich Farm has garlic scapes and other greens. Eckerton has fava beans, young carrots, and new potatoes. Mountain Sweet Berry has baby French leeks, young garlic, young shallots, baby wild arugula, and Sucrine lettuce. Gorzynsky has beautiful lettuces, herbs, and root vegetables. Locust Grove has RASPBERRIES, strawberries, and cherries. Terhune has dark cherries and wild asparagus. Paffenroth has several kinds of radish and baby fennel. D'Attolico has delicious shelling peas, and Mountain Sweet Berry has tasty petit pois.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Had some errands this morning, so this is a late posting, but I wanted to drop in at the Greenmarket anyway. I found out that Samascott lost half of what was going to be a bumper crop of their outstanding blueberries -- they had a huge hailstorm and apples were also damaged. Fortunately, their fragrant strawberries survived and were here today. Dancing Ewe has their excellent cheeses and a new cheesemaker, Millport Dairy, is here with Coolby, baby swiss, and cheddar cheeses.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Mountain Sweet Berry has young shallots, baby French leeks, wild baby arugula, and delicious petit pois, along with chervil and their excellent roasting mix of tiny potatoes. Cherry Lane has greenhouse heirloom tomatoes. Berried Treasures has Tri-Star strawberries, black mint, and other herbal treats. Stokes had raspberries! Paffenroth and S&SO are here with gorgeous produce and Windfall has green eggs and beautiful edible flowers as well as all sorts of greens. Kernan and Phillips have BLUEBERRIES!
Monday, June 16, 2008
Look for sugar snap peas, strawberries, mini squashes, asparagus, pea shoots, and delicious leafy greens, young garlic, young onions (red and white), and fava beans. (Yuno has great favas today.)
The Monday market has become a great source of fresh produce, both organic and otherwise, with outstanding farmers such as Yuno (with a great assortment of beets, salad greens, greenhouse tomatoes, asparagus, and squash blossoms), Norwich (with mini squash, beautiful salad greens, and other tasty produce), and Maxwell (new potatoes, herbs, asparagus, strawberries). Race Farm is here with fragrant strawberries. Norwich should have fava beans in a couple of weeks and may even have tomatoes then!
SUNDAY, June 15, 2008
I just checked out the Stuyvesant Town Greenmarket and I'm happy to say that it is small, but excellent! In addition to familiar stands, like Miglorelli, Beth's Jam, Bread Alone, and Samascott, there are new (to me) farmstands, meats, and fish. Seatucket Fish has a great stand, with excellent fresh fish. I tried their smoked bluefish and it was really delicious -- just the right (light) saltiness and subtle smoke. Glebocki Farms has good looking produce. Other farmers will be coming into the market soon. It is located in the middle of Stuyvesant Town, near the fountain, in a beautiful setting. Well worth checking out. For pictures, copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://lwollin.googlepages.com/greenmarketnewspage
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Three Corner Field Farm is back with lamb, yogurt, and cheeses. Ronnybrook has brought in their delicious drinkable blueberry/pomegranate yogurt.
Norwich Farm is here with their excellent produce, including Japanese turnips and all sorts of greens and should have their fresh fava beans soon. You'll find them on the second level of the 14th Street side of the Greenmarket.Mountain Sweet Berry has delicious sweet petit pois, chervil, chives, sucrine lettuce, and little potatoes. Paffenroth has gorgeous produce and S&SO has lovely lettuces and other produce. Gorzynsky has delicious organic lettuces, herbs, and root vegetables. Sycamore has delicious sugar snap peas and greenhouse tomatoes. Cherry Lane has tasty greenhouse heirloom tomatoes. Eckerton has mini zucchini, various radishes, and beautiful lettuces.
It's still the height of the strawberry season. If you can smell their perfume, they're fresh. They all look good to me, so I bought some from Stokes and some from Sycamore. Locust Grove has strawberries this week, as do Phillips and other farmers.
Friday, June 13, 2008
If you want strawberries from Sycamore, you will find them in the Market today in the usual spot. They are delicious, as are Stokes's and Samascott's. Berried Treasures has tasty Tri-Stars. Sycamore also has sweet sugar snaps and greenhouse tomatoes. Muddy River, a comparatively new farm stand on the East end of the Market, has beautiful produce, and a farm new today, Esopus Creek Farm, had good looking salad.Tello is here with aracuna eggs.
Cheerful Cherry has great succulent plants and Oak Grove has excellent windowsill herb gardens. Newfield Farm has lovely wildflowers.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
It's strawberry heaven today in the Greenmarket! Sycamore has fabulous berries, with many other farmers having good looking strawberries as well. Stokes has their delicious variety and Berried Treasures has the first of their Tri-Stars. Sugar snap peas are available at many stands as well. I tried one of Ted Blew's ample supply and it was sweet and flavorful. Evolution, Paffenroth, and other farmers have lovely produce. Mountain Sweet Berry has tasty wild baby arugula, young garlic, sucrine lettuce, and CHERVIL! Sycamore has crisp "burpless" cucumbers and greenhouse tomatoes. Cherry Lane has asparagus, spinach, and greenhouse heirloom tomatoes.
Regarding tomatoes: Albany, N.Y. -- New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker on Tuesday told consumers that New York grown tomatoes are safe to consume, and they have not been linked to the recent salmonella outbreak in raw red plum, raw red Roma, or raw round red tomatoes.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed this information and expanded its list of production areas NOT associated with the outbreak to include New York.
Tim Faoro of Flora Perfecta has exquisite peach-colored lilies, purple lilies, and other flowers. River Garden has beautiful wildflowers and grasses. Berried Treasures has lupins!
Monday, June 9, 2008
It may be horribly hot, but the farmers are here with beautiful produce. Madura's variety of produce is widening, Yuno has beautiful greens, herbs, asparagus, and strawberries, and Race is here with baked goods, vegetables, and plants. Scarborough has potted herbs and Newfield has lovely wildflowers and lilies.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Get to the Greenmarket as early as you can today! The weather will be hard on the produce and today's offerings are so good it's a shame to let that happen! Sycamore is back! They have lovely strawberries and greenhouse tomatoes. Norwich Farm is back! Their greens are as terrific as ever. Stokes Farm has wonderful strawberries as well as tasty cherry tomatoes and Mountain Sweet Berry has CHERVIL!!! D'Attolico has gorgeous cilantro and oregano as well as tasty greens and sprouts. Cherry Lane has beautiful asparagus and strawberries.
Durr has beautiful wildflowers and other farmers have some peonies. The season is definitely changing.
Friday, June 6, 2008
I'm eating delicious cheese from Dancing Ewe on whole wheat levain from Our Daily Bread. I saw a new bakery, Wild Hive, on the 17th Street end of the West side of the Greenmarket, with a selection of what looks like tasty multigrain breads and pastries, but I haven't tried them yet. I missed some good looking strawberries at Stokes Farm, but got some at Yuno's stand.Dancing Ewe has delicious cow and sheep ricotta, as well as the medium hard cheese I'm having for breakfast.
I was happy to see that there are still peonies in the market! Blew, Newfield, Cheerful Cherry, and others have them and other flowers as well. Berried Treasures said that they will have peonies later on, too!
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Evolution is here with a wide variety of delicious greens and plants. Cherry Lane has strawberries, sugar snap peas, and shell peas, along with spinach and asparagus. Stokes Farm has BLACK PEPPERMINT, other cut herbs,strawberries, cherry tomatoes, and plants. Windfall Farm has great greenhouse greens and several varieties of edible flower. Keith is here with rocambole garlic and herbs, and Honey Hollow Farm has ANGELICA!
River Garden has wildflowers and Berried Treasures has lupins as well as stinging nettles, wild watercress, and other goodies.
Monday, June 2, 2008
The fish people are offering a lobster special -- one steamed lobster for $12 or two for $22. They also have tasty looking scallops and other seafood. Yuno's strawberries are delicious today. They also have good looking young garlic, thin and beautiful asparagus, and purselane. Tello is here with great eggs and Maxwell has strawberries, herbs, rhubarb, and other produce.
Newfield Farm has the last of her lovely peonies, as well as bachelor buttons and sweet william in many colors.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Keith is back!! He's got various spring onions, lovage, and green garlic. Eckerton has sugar snap peas and beautiful lettuces and had some shell peas but ran out by 8 A.M.! Mountain Sweet Berry has gorgeous fragrant green garlic, large Sucrine lettuces, wild arugula, and chives. Terhune has wild asparagus and various flowers, including colorful lupins.Paffenroth has delicious onions and onion-related vegetables, various radishes, assorted herbs, and exotica like burdock.
Durr has what may be the last of their peonies this week. Duva has the last of his gorgeous bearded irises and has brought in lupins, as has Terhune.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Miglorelli has big baskets of good-looking sugar snap peas. Yuno has delicious asparagus, young onions, salad greens, and strawberries. Stokes has tasty greenhouse tomatoes, lettuce, and a wide variety of cut herbs. Berried Treasures has wild watercress, stinging nettles, potatoes, and lilacs. Oak Grove has beautiful mesclun sets and windowsill herb gardens, as well as potted herbs, and pork products.
Newfield Farm has beautiful peonies, bachelor buttons, and sweet william, as well as herb plants, and says that Monday will be the last for her peonies.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
SUGAR SNAP PEAS!! Cherry Lane has them, as well as their excellent asparagus, spinach, and their first strawberries. Kernan also has sugar snaps and Berried Treasures has fiddleheads and ramps. Mountain Sweet Berry has Sucrine lettuce and Andrew's honey has their delicious blueberry and other honeys.
This is the last week for Duva's exquisite bearded irises and the first for Flora Perfecta's beautiful begonias.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
BULLETIN:Keith's Coming Back!!!! Rocambole Garlic!!! Keith's Farm will be back on Saturday, May 31 and Wednesday, June 4, on the south end of Union Square across from Whole Foods up the steps on the second level.
Monday, May 26, 2008
It's a small but elegant market today, with many farmers having strawberries, Red Jacket having rhubarb (bake a strawberry rhubarb pie, make a strawberry rhubarb compote to put over ice cream), and Maxwell and Yuno having beautiful herbs and greens. Yuno has wonderful asparagus and young red and white onions. Maxwell has asparagus and strawberries. Phillips has flowers, strawberries, and potted flowering plants. Scarborough has lush potted herb plants, including some unusual mints and stevia.
Newfield Farm has her lovely peonies and cornflowers and says next week will be the last for peonies (Friday and possibly Monday).
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Cherry Lane's knockout strawberries are going fast! There are several other stands with strawberries, including James Durr, the stand with the incredible peonies in many varieties. Eckerton has beautiful lettuces and radishes and Paffenroth has an extensive array of radishes, herbs, potatoes, and other delicious vegetables. Try Mountain Sweet Berry's spicy wild arugula and crisp Sucrine lettuce. Northshire has FRENCH SORREL!
BULLETIN!!!!!!:
ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHEF'S TOURS OF THE GREENMARKET BY CENYC:
Chef Tours & Tastes Join us for a Market-to-Table Tour and lunch or dinner with some of New York's finest chefs.
Discover how Greenmarket ingredients influence these chefs' menus, what they love most about the farmers markets, and, back at the restaurant, feast on a unique meal featuring Greenmarket's bounty.
Chef/Owner Peter Hoffman of Savoy Wednesday, June 25 - Union Square Market tour 10am, Lunch 12pm at Savoy
Chef/Owner Colin Alevras of The Tasting Room Wednesday, July 16 - Union Square Market tour 4pm, Dinner 6pm at The Tasting Room
Chef Alex Guarnaschelli of Butter Wednesday, August 20 - Union Square Market tour 10:30am, Lunch 12:30 at Butter
Chef/Owner Saul Bolton of Saul Saturday, September 13 - Grand Army Plaza Market tour 10:30am, Lunch 1pm at Saul
Chef/Owner Bill Telepan of Telepan Saturday, September 20 - Union Square Market tour 10:30am, Lunch 1pm at Telepan
Chef Galen Zamarra of Mas (farmhouse) Saturday, October 8 - Union Square Market tour 10am, Lunch 12:30pm at Astor Center
Chef Marcellus Coleman & Owner John Tucker of Rose Water Saturday, Oct 18 - Grand Army Plaza Market tour 12:30pm, Lunch 2:30pm at Rose Water
Space is limited
Tickets $125 (exclusive of beverages and gratuity) A portion of the ticket price is tax deductible.
CHECK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION: (COPY AND PASTE url INTO YOUR BROWSER)
http://www.cenyc.org/greenmarket/cheftoursandtastes
Friday, May 23, 2008
Yuno has plenty of luscious strawberries, pea sprouts, salad greens, asaragus, and other tasty produce. Madura has several kinds of mushroom and Van Houton and others have lush potted plants. Berried Treasures has delicious spicey wild watercress, fiddleheads, and La Ratte potatoes. The farmer at the corner of Park and 14th has leeks, young garlic, and other good looking produce. Oak Grove has herb plants, nasturtiums, and a wide variety of tomato plants.
Newfield Farm has several varieties of beautiful peony flowers. The rose people also have lovely flowers. Berried Treasures has some pretty lilacs.
Beth's Jam, Our Daily Bread, milk, and honey are all here today!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Mountain Sweet Berry has lovage, chives, small potatoes, and Sucrine lettuce. Honey Hollow Farm has beautiful MORELS and wild garlic. Windfall Farm has arugula flowers, their first CATNIP, and many tasty greens, including their delicious green aracuna chicken eggs. Cherry Lane has the first of their strawberries! Berried Treasures has fiddlehead ferns and ramps as well as other goodies.
Andrews Honey stand is here with several varieties and treatments of honey, including big pieces of honeycomb. Our Daily Bread has some new types of scone as well as a wide selection of breads.
Flora Perfecta has stunning lilies and Duva has gorgeous irises in many colors.
Monday, May 19, 2008
I almost forgot to go to the Greenmarket this morning! It's a good thing I remembered, or I would have missed Yuno's table full of beautiful STRAWBERRIES, as well as her young garlic, young onions, salad greens, and asparagus! I wouldn't have seen Newfield Farm's Sweet William, irises, peonies, and herb plants, and Tello's eggs! The market is small, but there are several farmers with asparagus, rhubarb, and greens, as well as greenhouse stands with herb plants and flowering potted plants.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
ECKERTON is back with gorgeous salad greens and radishes!! S&SO has their very reasonable tasty salad mix and other great produce. Duva has gorgeous irises and Durr has wonderful peonies in a variety of colors, including a new salmon colored flower (already sold out!). Stokes has beautiful cut herbs and plants. Quattro's has heritage chickens, young chickens, ducks, and other poultry. They're in a different space, on Park Ave near Ronnybrook and Stokes. Mountain Sweet Berry has lovage and a wonderful French style lettuce as well as ramps (no fiddleheads today, though). Beth's Jam has pickled ramps -- buy some and have Springtime in February!
Its a gorgeous day in the Greenmarket!!!
Friday, May 16, 2008
It's another damp and windy day, but not as bad as it was on Monday. Newfield Farm has gorgeous irises, peonies, and cornflowers that brighten things up and the rose people have lovely flowers as well. Cheerful Cherry has beautiful lilacs in addition to their healthy and vibrant flowering plants and succulents.
Yuno is here with beautiful asparagus, salad greens, herbs, young onions and STRAWBERRIES (although those may be gone already). Flying Pig is here with delicious bacon, sausages, eggs, pork roasts, and other goodies. Tello is here with eggs, Our Daily Bread is here with great bread (but no scones today), and DiPaolo has various turkey items. Ted Flew (Oak Grove) has excellent herb plants and Samascott has RHUBARB!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Got to the market late, but not too late to score some MORELS from Honey Hollow Farm, wild watercress and fiddleheads from Berried Treasures, ramps and fiddleheads from Mountain Sweet Berry (who will have LOVAGE on Saturday), spinach and asparagus from Cherry Lane, and beautiful irises from Duva and Flora Perfecta. Honey Hollow will have morels again next Wednesday! Madura has some good looking mushrooms today.
Monday, May 12, 2008
WINDY!!! RAINY!!! Unless you have a desperate need for a potted plant or asparagus from Phillips, or cider from Red Jacket, or eggs from Tello, or bread from Bread Alone, there's little or no reason to head over to Union Square today, and every reason to stay indoors. Of course, I was there at 8:30 and some farmers might come in later, but the weather is really ugly.
Saturday, May 10
Duva has sensational irises. James Durr has irises, PEONIES, LILIES OF THE VALLEY, interesting tulips, and other flowers in addition to asparagus.
Cherry Lane has asparagus, spinach, and potatoes. Mountain Sweet Berry has FIDDLEHEADS, RAMPS, and little potatoes. Gorzynski has miners lettuce, pea shoots, and gorgeous salad greens and cut herbs. Stokes has cut herbs, herbs in pots, and other potted plants. D'Attolico has salad and other greens and Oak Grove (Ted Blew) has mesclun and other sets and cut mesclun. Binder has beautiful herb and other potted plants.
Hothouse strawberries and raspberries can be found near the West 15th Street end of the market.
Friday, May 9
It's pretty unpleasant out, but you will be rewarded with Berried Treasures' stinging nettles, fiddleheads, and green garlic, Yuno's beautiful greens and asparagus, Our Daily Bread's delicious loaves, and Cheerful Cherries' lovely lilacs!
BULLETIN!
this is an email I received yesterday: Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 7:02 PM Subject: Free trees at select Greenmarkets! 1,250 Free Trees Available to NYC Homeowners and Families in May! Through the generous sponsorship of BNP Paribas - presenting sponsor of MillionTreesNYC Month - 1,250 FREE trees will be available for adoption throughout the City's five boroughs this May. Trees will be distributed by New York Restoration Project (NYRP) at four Council on the Environment of New York City (CENYC)
Greenmarkets and the Riverdale, Bronx YM-YWHA's Environmental Fair - with 250 trees being given away to homeowners and families at each tree-distribution site. Note - individuals and families are limited to adopting one tree per household and required to register their new tree at www.milliontreesnyc.org. NYRP horticulture specialists will be on hand to provide instruction on proper tree-planting and maintenance techniques. For CENYC Greenmarket and Environmental Fair participants who do not have their own yard to plant a tree, information on volunteering, educational programming and contributing to MillionTreesNYC will also be available.
Adopt your FREE tree in May at the following locations, and be one in a million!
Saturday, May 10 - 8 am to 2 pm NOTE - NEW DATE Borough Hall CENYC Greenmarket - Staten Island St. Mark's and Hyatt
Saturday, May 10 - 8 am to 2 pm Grand Army Plaza CENYC Greenmarket - Brooklyn Prospect Park NW Entrance
Saturday, May 17 - 8 am to 2 pm NOTE - NEW DATE Inwood CENYC Greenmarket - Upper Manhattan Isham St - Seaman & Cooper
Saturday, May 17 - 8 am to 2 pm Sunnyside CENYC Greenmarket - Queens Skillman between 42nd and 43rd Streets
Sunday, May 18 - 8 am to 2 pm Riverdale YM-YWHA Environmental Fair - Bronx 5625 Arlington Avenue at 256th Street
Limited quantities of the following species of trees will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis: Red Bud, Dogwood, Cherry, Crabapple, Service Berry, Linden, Sweetgum and Oak.
About MillionTreesNYC Led by the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and New York Restoration Project (NYRP), MillionTreesNYC is a citywide, public-private initiative with an ambitious goal: to plant and care for one million new trees across the City's five boroughs by 2017.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
FIDDLEHEADS! Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures both have them! They also have RAMPS, as does Max Creek. Cherry Lane has their excellent asparagus and spinach. They're keeping their zucchini blossoms in the truck so they won't wilt, but ask about them! Berried Treasures has NETTLES!
Flora Perfecta has beautiful tulips and Duva has Dutch irises in several colors. I bought the last of his bearded irises, but he says he'll have alot more on Saturday.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Yuno has STRAWBERRIES, and will have alot more on Friday. They also have great asparagus, salad greens, and cut herbs. I got the last of their basil, but they have plenty of chives and other herbs.
Newfield Farm has beautiful tulips and iris. River Garden has lilacs and Tello has fresh eggs.
By the way, New York Magazine has discovered green garlic, but gives no further guidance than look in the Greenmarket. FYI, D'Attolico on Saturday, Mountain Sweet Berry on Wednesday and Saturday, Yuno, and Gorzynski on Saturday, will probably be able to fill your needs.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Gorzynski is out of miners lettuce at 9AM! They do have their beautiful salad greens and pea shoots. Mountain Sweet Berry has LOVAGE, RAMPS, and chives. D'Attolico has NETTLES, young garlic, greens, and sprouts. Cherry Lane has spinach, asparagus and zucchini. Northshire has some interesting greens.
Duva has beautiful and unusual parrot tulips and Durr has LILIES OF THE VALLEY and other seasonal flowers. Many stands, including Terhune and Locust Grove, have various flowering branches, including lots of LILACS.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Mountain Sweet Berry has generous bunches of chives and lovage, bunches of ramps, and delicious little potatoes. Cherry Lane has their tasty asparagus, spinach, and ZUCCHINI BLOSSOMS! Windfall has various edible flowers as well as mesclun and other greens. Berried Treasures has excellent wild watercress, ramps, and potatoes.
Flora Perfecta has beautiful tulips, as does Duva (who says that he'll have bearded irises in two weeks).
Monday, April 28, 2008
I've decided to stay in this rainy morning, but if you are going to the Greenmarket, I'd recommend checking out Yuno, who had great asparagus on Friday, and Newfield Farm for beautiful tulips.
By the way, New York Magazine online gives a recipe for a salad of miners lettuce with pheasant eggs mentioning that pheasant eggs are available from Quattro's on Saturday and that miners lettuce can be found at Gorzinsky's organic farm stand on Saturday as well!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Gorzynski has RHUBARB! as well as miner's lettuce, pea shoots, and other goodies. Mountain Sweet Berry has ramps and LOVAGE! Cherry Lane has their delicious ASPARAGUS and spinach, and other stands have asparagus as well. Windfall has beautiful edible flowers and various greens and D'Attolico has sprouts and salad greens. Stokes Farm has their excellent cut herbs.
Durr has LILACS and Locust Grove, Binder, and others, have flowering branches. Binder has beautiful herbs, windowsill herb gardens, and flowering plants, as do Oak Grove (Ted Blew) and other stands.
Quattro's has their delicious poultry, soups, and smoked meats. They also have WILD TURKEY eggs, pheasant eggs, duck eggs and chicken eggs.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Berried Treasures is back with ramps and WILD WATERCRESS! They're here on Wednesdays and Fridays. Newfield Farm has some of her gorgeous fragrant lilacs left as well as beautiful tulips. Yuno had a very few bunches of their excellent asparagus as well as tasty salad and other greens. Tello is here with great eggs and Flying Pig has good looking sausage, bacon, and pork. Cheerful Cherry has lush plants, pussy willow branches, and forsythia.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
ASPARAGUS!!! Cherry Lane has returned with their luscious asparagus, spinach, arugula, and zucchini. Mountain Sweet Berry has tasty pea shoots, chives, and RAMPS!!! Max Creek Hatchery also has ramps.
Flora Perfecta has beautiful lilies and tulips and Duva has interesting and lovely tulips as well. Several farmers have pussy willows and River Garden has various daffodils.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Yuno should have a plentiful supply of asparagus next Monday and may even have some this coming Friday! Newfield Farm had LILACS this morning, but ran out by 9 A.M.! They say they will probably have bearded irises in two weeks, but that if you love tulips, get them soon. Their season will be over when the irises come in!
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Nine-Jay is back today with good-looking greenhouse tomatoes, jars of tomatoes for cooking, and other produce. Oak Grove has mesclun, salad and herb sets, and potted herbs. Quattro's and Our Daily Bread are on the second level close to 14th Street.
I was in the Greenmarket a bit too early this morning and didn't see some farmers who will probably be here later, like Violet Hill. Cherry Lane was possible for today but I didn't see them, either.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Yuno has a beautiful array of salad and other greens today as well as broccoli rabe. Newfield Farm has gorgeous tulips and Our Daily Bread is here with challahs and other delicious breads.
By the way, I was in the Greenmarket before 8 A.M. and Yuno's small supply of asparagus had already been bought out! We're back in the season to get to the market at the crack of dawn!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Blue Moon is here with fresh fish. Windfall Farm has their beautiful green Aracuna eggs, edible flowers, and greenhouse greens, including fresh catnip!
Flora Perfecta has several types of tulip and is taking orders today for the Passover weekend. Silva has lovely orchids and Fantastic Gardens, Stokes, and others have beautiful potted flowering plants and herbs. Oak Grove has salad sets, herb sets, and mesclun.
Our Daily Bread, Bread Alone, and other bakers are here today. Madura has fresh mushrooms and Locust Grove, Miglorelli, Red Jacket, Breezy Hill,and other orchards are here with apples and cider.
Just FYI, get to the Greenmarket early on Saturday, when Rick of Mountain Sweet Berry is expecting to bring in RAMPS!!
Monday, April 14, 2008
Yuno is here with beautiful salad and other greens. She will have ASPARAGUS!!! next Friday! Today's special treats included mizuna in big bunches.
Newfield Farm has lovely tulips today and will be here Friday as well.
Race is back with potted flowering plants, potatoes, and baked goods. You can also find lovely herb plants at other stands, mushrooms, beef, eggs, and other goodies.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Deep Mountain says they will have their Grade B maple syrup next week. They have various other lighter syrups today.
Cheerful Cherry has beautiful plants today. They are more or less in their regular spot, as are most of the farmers whose stands are usually on the West Side of Union Square. You'll find Oak Grove's lovely mesclun and herb plants on the second level of the market on the South end of the square, along with Quattro's Game Farm (they have great Heritage chickens as well as ducks, geese, pheasant eggs, and other goodies today). Our Daily Bread and Shushan's hydroponic tomatoes and herbs are also on the second level. Rick Bishop (Mountain Sweet Berry) is here in his usual place on the West side of the market with crosnes and lovely tiny potatoes and Windfall Farm has great eggs and beautiful greens and edible flowers.
D'Attolico's luscious looking greens are to be found on the West side of the market, while Ronnybrook's butters, milks, ice creams, and yogurts are on the East end of the market along with Stokes beautiful herb and flowering plants, Durr's cut flowers and flowering branches, and other stands with potted plants.
NOrthshire is here with eggs and cabbages and Paffenroth (great root vegetables and herbs) and Gorzynsky (organic produce) are in their usual spots. Violet Hill hadn't arrived yet (sausages, eggs, pork and poultry), but Beth's Jams is in their usual place and there's another maple syrup stand near the West side subway entrance (they have grade B).
Friday, April 11, 2008
Yuno's back! They have beautiful salad greens and broccoli rabe. They say that they will only have enough eggs for the Abingdon Square market, but the rest of their great produce will be here on Fridays and Mondays.
There's a new beef farmer in the Friday market, Grazin' Angus Acres, with Black Angus beef, pastured chicken, and eggs. I haven't tried their food yet, but it looks interesting. There's also a new dairy, Milk Thistle organic dairy farm.
Cheerful Cherry is here! They'll be here on Fridays and Saturdays with their good looking plants, tasty jams, and flowers. I can't wait for their luscious cherries to arrive!
New York Magazine's article about Deep Mountain's maple syrup was fine, except that the Grade B that they were rhapsodizing about isn't available yet. It's certainly worth the cudos, so keep checking.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
The setup of the Greenmarket is a bit strange today, with half of the stands on the South end of the park and the rest on the West side, with odd spaces (soon to be filled by returning farmers) and other sorts of venders in between. Nonetheless, the farmers are here and their delicious produce is starting to show stirrings of things to come. (By the way, Cheerful Cherry and Cherry Lane should be back on Saturday, and I understand that they will be in or near their usual spots.)
Ted Blew of Oak Grove has lovely tasty tiny mesclun. Shushan has fresh herbs, salad, and hydroponic tomatoes. Stokes, Blew, and others have lush and healthy herb plants and salad sets, including windowsill herb garden and planted mesclun.
Cato and Artisan cheesemakers are here and Ronnybrook has flavored and plain drinkable yogurt, yogurt cheeses, creme fraiche, and various butters, in addition to their assortment of milks and creams. Rick's Picks is here with a variety of pickles (you can taste before you buy).
Our Daily Bread has all sorts of scones and breads as well as cookies. Bakers Bounty is here on Wednesdays, too. Flora Perfecta and others are here with tulips and lilies. Silva's orchids, right next to Flora Perfecta, are absolutely gorgeous. The fish people have an interesting range of seafood and Di Paolo has turkey and sausages.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Gorzynski is back! They have salad greens and their great eggs. Rick Bishop IS here with CROSNES and tiny European style potatoes in his usual spot for the moment. Cheerful Cherry and Cherry Lane should be back in the Greenmarket next Saturday!!! The Binders are back with herb plants!
Many farmers have been moved to the South end of Union Square. Locust Grove begins the new arrangement at the East end of the Greenmarket with apples and flowering branches. Oak Grove (Ted Blew) will be moving there next weekend, but is on the West side of the market with gorgeous mesclun sets, herb plants and addictive popping corn. Stokes is on the South East side of the market with beautiful flowering plants and herb plants. D'Attolico is here, on the West side of the market, with a variety of greens, Jerusalem artichokes, and sprouts. Flying Pig, Northshire, and Violet Hill are all in or near their usual spots.
This month is going to be a bit strange, with many stands in new locations. It is beautiful today, though, with gorgeous flowers all around the market.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
The market is full of flowers this week. Flora Perfecta has some gorgeous parrot tulips if you get there early and Stokes has lovely potted flowers and herbs. Blew also has beautiful herb plants (and great popcorn!). The rose people have lovely flowers as well.
Try Our Daily Bread's tasty mixed grain bread with some Ronnybrook butter and Locust Grove cider.
This is the last week for Valley Shepherd's excellent all wool blankets. Spring may be here, but these are too good to miss, even if they go right into the closet until next Fall! Attractive, lightweight, warm, and unique.
Next week your favorite farmers will all have moved to the Southern end of the square, so you'll have a bit of a challenge, but they'll be there!
BULLETIN!!! According to New York Magazine, Rick Bishop will be back in the Greenmarket this Saturday -- with CROSNES!!! I'm hoping he'll have RAMPS and FIDDLEHEAD FERNS or will know when they're coming.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
What's new? Quattro's pheasant and duck eggs and Cornish game hens, Northshire's duck eggs, and beautiful flowers and flowering branches at many stands. It's a beautiful day and D'Attolico's baby garlic is almost gone already!They still have lovely fragrant arugula, though. Blew and Stokes have beautiful potted herb plants and Stokes has gorgeous potted flowers.
CAUTION! Next week construction will begin on the North end of Union Square and the farmers will be moving to the South end. You'll have to do some searching to find your favorites, but they'll all be there.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Ted Blew has over 100 beautiful herbs in pots. Cato has delicious cheeses, including a new Manchego-style one that is very tasty.
Breezy Hill has tasty apple crumb cake and turnovers and Our Daily Bread has great cranberry cornmeal scones.
There are signs of Spring in the swelling of the buds on the trees in Union Square, so surely the vegetables of Spring will be here soon! While we're waiting, we can enjoy Flora Perfecta's beautiful tulips and the rose people's lovely flowers. Locust Grove has flowering branches which require a bit of patience which will be amply rewarded with blossoms, and River Garden has lovely pussywillows.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Quattro's has PHEASANT EGGS! It really is Spring. They also have duck and chicken eggs, tiny tasty chickens, beautiful ducks, and other poultry. Violet Hill had plenty of their colorful variety of chicken eggs as well as pork products and other poultry. Northshire also has eggs, as does Knoll Krest.
Stokes is back! They have all sorts of potted herbs and flowers. Ted Blew has potted herbs (in the truck -- ask for them), delicious mesclun, and some of the best popping corn anywhere. D'Attolico has fragrant baby garlic, salad greens, and sprouts as well as Jerusalem artichokes.
There are plenty of flowers in the market, including James Durr's flowering branches, tulips, and daffodils, Locust Grove's flowering branches, and a stand with blossoming branches at the West end of the market near 15th Street. Beth's Jams has beautifully wrapped jams and chutneys for gifts.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Windfall Farm has GREEN EGGS! Flora Perfecta has beautiful cut tulips and lilies and there are stands with flowers in pots today.Things are showing up a little late this year, but there are encouraging signs.
There are good looking turkeys and pork products in the Greenmarket. Order your holiday ham today! Our Daily Bread has lemon cake today in addition to their delicious breads and Windfall Farm has good looking greenhouse greens. Shushan has tomatoes and cut herbs. It may be rainy and chilly, but it is Spring!
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Spring! James Durr is back with beautiful flowering branches. Other stands also have pussywillows, flowering fruit tree branches, and decorative dry grasses.
Ted Blew has MESCLUN! The real thing! And Cato has Hooligan, a French muenster style cheese that will go beautifully with the mesclun and a loaf of tasty bread from Our Daily Bread! Locust Grove is back after a couple of weeks off for bad weather.
Ted Blew also has a wide array of herb plants!
Road problems have made Windfall (greens) and Violet Hill (sausage, eggs, pork products) late, but they should be here by 10:30 or so. Flying Pig IS here, with bacon, pork roasts, rendered lard, sausages, and other porky goodies. Quattros has beautiful little 2 1/2 pound or so chickens, duck and chicken eggs, soup meat, and other poultry.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
The weather report kept some farmers home today, but many are here. Paffenroth, Windfall, D'Attolico, Shushan (tomatoes!), and others are braving the cold and rain with beautiful produce. Terhune, Breezy Hill, and others are here with apples, cider, and pastries. Cato has cheeses and Three Corner Field Farm has yogurt, cheeses, lamb, and other goodies. Quattro's has lovely chickens, other poultry, and duck and chicken eggs. Violet Hill has pork products, beautiful eggs, and other meats. Northshire has rabbits, Omega-3 eggs, and cabbages.
It's certainly worth running over there asap!
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Flora Perfecta has beautiful parrot and other tulips today. Other than that, there really isn't anything new in the Greenmarket, but there are several stands with interesting produce. Shushan has fresh herbs, salad greens, and hydroponic tomatoes. Windfall has greenhouse salad and other greens. Several stands have apples and cider and Our Daily Bread has great bread and scones.
If you walk East to Third Avenue, try Amai, the new teahouse on Third Avenue between 16th and 17th Streets. They use Greenmarket produce in their baked goods.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
TULIPS!!! FORSYTHIA! PUSSY WILLOW! It's Spring, at least this morning, in the Greenmarket. Quattro's has delicious small chickens, Three Corner Field Farm is here with lamb, Blew has big pork roasts, and Violet Hill will be here after 10:15 with all sorts of good things. Paffenroth has black salsify, burdock, and jerusalem artichokes and D'Attolico has good looking salad greens and sprouts.
The weather report calls for a cold afternoon, so get out there as soon as you can!
Saturday, February 23, 2008
You'd think that on such a dreary day, you'd find nothing to attract you in the Greenmarket -- you'd be wrong! TOMATOES, fresh CILANTRO, fresh BASIL, and salad greens are available at Shushan's stand! D'Attolico and Windfall also have good looking greens and Paffenroth has an amazing variety of root vegetables and herbs.
Violet Hill has marvelous pork chops, pork ribs, bacon, and sausages and Flying Pig has sausages, bacons (both with and without nitrates), and other pork products. Violet Hill has plenty of his excellent eggs this week.
Cato and Three Corner Field Farm have cheeses and Three Corner Field Farm has lamb. Locust Grove, Terhune, and Breezy Hill have apples and ciders. Breezy Hill and Terhune baked have baked goods. There are also stands with fresh flowers, jams, and wine, and Our Daily Bread has all sorts of European style breads. If you are thinking about pancakes or waffles for Sunday brunch, there are mixes (Ted Blew), maple syrup, and butter (Ronnybrook) to be had today!
Saturday, February 9, 2008
YUNO is here! One day only, until April. Everyone around her stand was so happy to see her and her tasty greens, eggs, and frozen strawberries!
Shushan's tomatoes, salad, and herbs look very good, too. It's a pleasure to have them here on Wednesdays and Saturdays during the winter when tomatoes more or less vanish otherwise.
Windfall and D'Attolico have greenhouse greens and Paffenroth has excellent root vegetables and herbs.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Shushan has brought in fresh dill, cilantro, and basil, along with their tasty hydroponic tomatoes and salad mix. Flora Perfecta has TULIPS! and other flowers. It's nice to be able to talk about something new in the middle of winter! The Greenmarket was certainly worth a visit today, even with the mixed up arrangement of stands due to the "snowboarding" event.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Northshire has RABBIT today and Violet Hill has guinea hens. Quattro's has many different cuts of venison and Three Corner Field Farm has tasty looking cuts of lamb. Ted Blew has fresh herbs in pots in his truck and the mushroom people are here with several varieties. D'Attolico has greens and sprouts and Windfall has greenhouse greens and various turnips as well. Paffenroth has great potatoes, herbs, leeks and other vegetables.
Jazz up your Mardi Gras with luscious chutneys, jams, and jellies from Beth's Jams and cheeses from Three Corner Field Farm, Cato, Tonjes, and others.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
I have to confess to a rigorous week of Restaurant Week indulgences, all at lunch, so my cooking adventures were minimal. However, I did eat (no surprise to anyone who knows me) delicious baked potatoes from Paffenroth, alternating nights with poultry stock made from Quattro's wonderful chicken parts, Paffenroth's leeks, onions, carrots, and turnips, and the last of Miglorelli's celery.
I made wonderful venison chili from stew meat I bought from Quattro's last week, and have some stored in the freezer for winter-chilled days like today.
Ted Blew has alot of FRESH HERB PLANTS, but you have to ask. He's got them in his truck, protected from the cold. He also has squashes and great popping corn.
OUR DAILY BREAD is back! They have great cheddar-jalapeno scones, all sorts of good looking breads, and their delicious rolls. Beth's Jams and Cato's cow's milk cheese stand are here, too. There are plenty of farms with apple cider, including Locust Grove, Terhune, and Breezy Hill.
Flying Pig and Violet Hill are here with pork products and eggs and Northshire has tasty looking vegetables and eggs as well.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Cato has a full compliment of excellent cow's milk cheeses today. Ronnybrook is here with milks, yogurts, cheeses, ice creams, and butter, both flavored and sweet. Three Corner Field Farm has sheep's milk yogurt, cheese, and lamb. Violet Hill has bacons, sausages, guinea hens, and pork. Quattro's has ducks, geese, capons, poultry parts, chickens, and eggs.
PE&BB Seafood has a good-looking assortment of fish, seafood, and prepared fish salads. Beth's Jams are, as usual, delicious, and can be purchased wrapped attractively for gifts.
The mushroom people have tasty looking shitakes, criminis, oyster, and button mushrooms. Paffenroth has a stunningly varied supply of potatoes and onions, shallots, and other root vegetables.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Back from my Saturdays only visits to the Greenmarket, I found plenty to be happy about at the market today. I bought beautiful and tasty hydroponic tomatoes and basil from Shushan (here Wednesdays AND Saturdays), mache from Windfall Farm, cider from Locust Grove, and tulips (!!!!) from Flora Perfecta. You will find mushrooms, apples, turkey, chicken, sausage, cider, bread, and fish here on Wednesdays, through the winter. You can even get wheatgrass, eggs, Ronnybrook yogurts, butters, and farmer cheeses, and Three Corner Field Farm lamb, sheep's milk yogurt, and cheeses. Valley Shepherd also brought in beautiful reasonably priced natural wool blankets.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Ted Blew has FRESH HERBS IN POTS today! The plants look healthy and full, well worth a trip to the market. He also has good looking squashes, various flours and popping corn, and pork products.
Northshire is here with chinese cabbage, eggs, and rabbit. Flying Pig has pork products, rendered leaf lard, and eggs. Violet Hill has fennel pollen sausage, bangers, various kinds of bacon, fresh pork, and guinea hens. Quattro's has beautiful little chickens, large chickens, ducks, poultry parts, and various smoked poultry, as well as eggs.
Paffenroth has a wide variety of potatoes, onions, and other root vegetables. D'Attolico and Windfall have salad and other greens.
Cato is here with delicious cheeses and Three Corner Field Farm has tasty cheeses, yogurt, and lamb. Beth's Jams is back with lovely raspberry, sour cherry, apricot, and other unique flavors.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Stars of the market today include Paffenroth's La Rouge potato, a creamy delicious variety that bakes nicely in a microwave or oven, venison stew and capons from Quattro's, fennel pollen sausage from Violet Hill, greens and sprouts from D'Attolico, and salad greens from Windfall Farm. Tasty eggs are available from Quattro's, Violet Hill, Northshire, and Knoll Krest. Paffenroth has many other varieties of potato, in addition to various root vegetables. Several orchards are here with apples and cider, including Breezy Hill, Locust Grove, and Terhune. Ted Blew has gorgeous sugar pumpkins (I made a wonderful Haitian pumpkin soup from one of those and stock from Quattro's soup meat), kale, cabbage, and pies. The mushroom people are here -- great time to make hot mushroom soup! Miglorelli has some greens and Shushan is here with greenhouse tomatoes and basil.
Ronnybrook is here with milk, yoghurt, ice creams, and eggnog. Cato has wonderful cheeses, as does Three Corner Field Farm (they're here with lamb and other sheep products as well).
There are a few farmers taking this week off who will be back next Saturday. With the winter here, you'd think that pickings would be sparse, but there are plenty of options available this weekend.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Just picked up my capon for Monday night from Quattro's. They have all kinds of poultry and eggs. Northshire is here with chicken and quail eggs and Violet Hill has bacon and poultry (but no eggs, if you were intending to have a rainbow egg display as I was!). Our Daily Bread and Rock Hill are here and Paffenroth and S&SO have alot of good looking root vegetables. The Blews have their excellent cider, apples, a few hot peppers, and squashes. Locust Grove has big bags of apples for sauce as well as their tasty apples and pears. Windfall Farm has mache and other greenhouse greens as well as some unusual turnips.
We're definitely into the winter market, but there are good things to be had. Three Corner Field Farm is here with yogurts and lamb, Flying Pig has pork products and their famous liverwurst, and the mushroom people are here as well.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
Saturday, December 22, 2007
It's a little raw out there today, but the Greenmarket is here and there are plenty of things to make a trip worthwhile. Quattro's, Flying Pig, and Violet Hill are here with delicious poultry and meats. Quattro's has tasty smoked pheasant and chicken and Violet Hill has a variety of luscious bacons. Flying Pig has the elusive liverwurst, other sausages, and meats. Violet Hill's eggs are temptingly colorful.
Stokes has their excellent mixed bunches of herbs, herb wreaths, and mini yukon gold potatoes with rosemary or thyme sprigs. Mountain Sweet Berry has beautiful wreaths, various small potatoes, and crosnes. Paffenroth has their wide variety of root vegetables, herbs, and other produce. Keith is here with rocambole garlic and shallots and Gorzynsky has various organic vegetables. Ted Blew has pumpkins, hot peppers, cabbages, and delicious looking pies.
Northshire Farm has good looking squashes, including some cut up for cooking. Windfall has gorgeous varieties of turnip. D'Attolico is here with sprouts and greens. Cato has delicious cow's milk cheeses and Three Corner Field Farm has sheep's milk cheeses and yogurt as well as various cuts of lamb.
There are several stands with Christmas greenery and Beth's Jam has beautifully wrapped jams, jellies, and chutneys for gifts.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
I got to the market a bit late, having taken Mr. Fitz to the vet for his yearly checkup, but I'm glad I got there! Several farmers said that Saturday, December 22, will be their last day in the Greenmarket until next Spring. Some, like S&SO, are thinking about coming on the 29th also, and this is Keith's (rocambole garlic, shallots, greenery) last Wednesday. The 22nd will be his last Saturday. Stokes is here with herbs, herbal wreaths, and potatoes, and may not come in past the 22nd, depending on the weather. Beth's Jam, here with beautifully wrapped gifts, will be taking off until January 10 after the 22nd. Three Corner Field Farm is here today with cheese, yogurt, lamb products, and beautiful soaps for gifts. (They plan to be here all winter.)
Windfall will be here all winter with greenhouse produce and is here today with various root vegetables. Mountain Sweet Berry has lovely Christmas wreaths and garland today as well as crosnes and potatoes. S&SO has the widest variety of produce today, including all types of onions and potatoes.
The last day for a relatively full Greenmarket will be Saturday, but there are farmers planning to be here on Monday, so check with your favorite stands.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Order your Christmas and New Years birds from Quattro's today! They'll have ducks, geese, capons, pheasants, and other poultry for the holiday. Those farms that are still coming in have lots of root vegetables and Christmas greenery. Paffenroth has the biggest variety and the mushroom people are here as well. Mountain Sweet Berry has beautiful Christmas greens as does James Durr, and Mountain Sweet Berry and Paffenroth have excellent potatoes. Stokes's small potatoes come with sprigs of rosemary for delicious roasted yukon golds and red skinned varieties.
Most farmers who are here are expecting to be here for the next two Saturdays. D'Attolico, here all year round, takes the weekend before New Years Day off. Stokes may not be here after next week either, depending on weather, but you can order their Christmas herb wreaths online at their website.
Check out Beth's stand for beautifully decorated jams and chutneys and the maple syrup stand across the way for delicious maple syrup products.
Flying Pig is here with leaf lard, bacon, pork products and other meats. Violet Hill has sausages, bacons, eggs, and other meats as well.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
LETTUCE IN DECEMBER! Stokes has good-looking mesclun sized lettuces in sets, along with herbal wreaths and cut herbs. Windfall also has mesclun and other greens and root vegetables. Miglorelli, S&SO, and Paffenroth also have a surprisingly wide selection of produce (Migorelli has fennel, for instance). Mountain Sweet Berry has crosnes, "golden nugget" potatoes, and beautiful wreaths. Shushan is here with tomatoes and basil!
Cato is here with great cheeses and Ronnybrook has flavored butters, drinkable yogurts, ice creams, and other dairy goodies. Three Corner Field Farm is here with yogurt, lamb, soaps, and other sheep related products.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
As it turned out, the cranberry farmer is in the Borough Hall market and may have just enough to make this his last day until next year. The variety of produce is shrinking, but there are still several farmers with carrots, onions, and cauliflower. Mountain Sweet Berry still has crosnes and little potatoes as well as beautiful Christmas greenery. Paffenroth has plenty of root vegetables, herbs, and mache. Miglorelli has fennel and Northshire has big cabbages and squashes as well as sausage and eggs. S&SO has good looking cauliflower, various types of onions, and other vegetables. Stokes has herb wreaths, cauliflower, and potted rosemary. D'Attolico has greens and sprouts and Windfall has fancy turnips and greens. Ted Blew has good looking apples, cider, squashes, some hot peppers, and tomatoes for sauce.
James Durr has decorated wreaths and other Christmas greenery.
Order your Christmas goose from Quattro's today and talk to Ted Blew about the smoked hams he will have for Christmas and New Years!
Friday, December 7, 2007
Yuno says that if it stays this cold, today is their last day! They are here with beautiful salad greens and herbs, root vegetables, and TOMATOES! Stokes has cut herbs, herb wreaths, and other produce.
The fresh cranberry farmer is here today, near Yuno's stand, and is hoping the market can find them a space for their unique item tomorrow. Just in case, it's probably a good idea to get there today. The market is packed on Saturdays, especially with the Christmas market taking up so much of its room.
River Garden is here with dried flower arrangements and Beth's Jam has prettily wrapped jams and chutneys. I've done alot of my Christmas shopping right at those two stands!
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Cherry Lane is back!!!They have lovely sweet cherry tomatoes, broccoli rabe, spinach, and cauliflower. Next week will be their real last week for the season.
Stokes is here with herb wreaths, squash, and some cut herbs. Mountain Sweet Berry has potatoes, crones, and beautiful Christmas wreaths. Paffenroth and S&SO have extensive selections of produce and Ted Blew and Northshire have great cabbages. Ted also has his terrific apple cider, squashes, and cauliflower. Gorzynski, Keith, and D'Attolico are here with tasty produce and several orchards have good looking apples. Windfall has beautiful greenhouse greens and various turnips.
OUR FARMERS NEED HELP RIGHT AWAY! The USDA is seeking comments, DUE DECEMBER 3, on proposed national leafy greens handling regulations that would create expenses many of our local farmers could not afford. Gorzinsky has the full information at his stand. This seems to be an un-thoughtout solution to the panic caused by the ecoli problem that could better be solved in other ways. The information sheet has info on how to email your reactions to the gov't this weekend.Go to www.regulations.gov In the middle of the screen, you will see "Search Documents." In Step 1, choose "Documents with an open comments period" In Step 2, choose "Department of Agriculture" In Step 3, choose "PROPOSED RULES" In Step 4, choose "Docket ID and then type in AMS-FV-07-0090 Hit "Submit" Next, you will see a column titled "Comments, add/due by." Click on the tiny tan dialogue icon, and you are now ready to submit your information and your comments.
I JUST CHECKED THE ABOVE WEBSITE AND IT IS DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE UNTIL 8pm!!! What a coincidence!
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
If you love dried flower arrangements, you're in luck today! Blooming Hill Farm is back with their lovely offerings and River Garden has beautiful ones as well. The rose people are here with fresh rosebuds and Flora Perfecta is offering exceptional lilies and potted flowering plants.
Mountain Sweet Berry has decorative wreaths and garland for the holidays and other farmers have brought in Christmas trees and flowers. Stokes Farm has edible herb wreaths as well.
Keith's rocambole garlic makes a great gift. They will be here until December 22, with colorful net bags of garlic and shallots.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
I got to the market a bit early today, so some of the farmers there hadn't set up yet, but most of the Saturday stands are here. Violet Hill has poultry, sausage, and other goodies and Stokes is here with generous bunches of cut herbs and herb wreaths. Paffenroth has beautiful produce and S&SO has great produce at good prices. Breezy Hill, Locust Grove, and other orchards are here with fruit and cider and Ted Blew has excellent cider, peppers, and squashes as well as pork products, flours, and popping corn. Mountain Sweet Berry is here with the first of their Christmas greens. Check to see if they still have those lovely tiny potatoes (I used some on Thanksgiving and they were delicious).
Gorzinsky has organic greens and root vegetables and Hoeffner has cauliflower and cabbages. James Durr has cauliflower and broccoli in addition to their flowers and River Garden has beautiful dried flower arrangements and is in their winter location on 17th Street today. Ronnybrook has drinkable yogurt, eggnog, ice cream, garlic and other butters, and other dairy products.
Our Daily Bread has whole wheat and white pain levains, cheddar jalapeno bread, scones, cookies, and various baguettes. Beth's Jam is here with delicious jams, jellies, chutneys, and pickled vegetables, some of which they've wrapped beautifully for gifts.
Friday, November 23, 2007
There is no Friday Greenmarket today, but there will be a market tomorrow.
I have to thank the following for the delicious meal we had yesterday: Quattro's -- capon, pheasant sausage stuffing meat; Stokes -- mixed fresh herb bunch (thyme,rosemary,sage); Ronnybrook -- garlic butter; Keith -- shallots; D'Attolico -- tiny turnips; Mountain Sweet Berry -- "golden nugget" potatoes; Yuno -- orange cauliflower
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
This is Eckerton's last day for the season and they're here with beautiful chili peppers and the last of their heirloom tomatoes. Cherry Lane has gorgeous produce, especially their sweet potatoes. Paffenroth, Miglorelli, and others have brought in a variety of produce, including many colors of cauliflower, carrots, beets, and other root and green vegetables. Stokes has their marvelous mixed herb bunches for poultry and beautiful herb wreaths for gifts. There are two stands with several kinds of mushroom and many farmers have broccoli. Keith has lovely rocambole garlic and small tasty shallots and Mountain Sweet Berry has various small European style potatoes. Several orchards are here with apples and pears and ciders and Ted Blew and others have brought in good looking fruit pies. Mountain Sweet Berry also has crosnes. Hoeffner and Northshire have gorgeous huge cabbages. Berried Treasures has good looking potatoes.
I didn't see Ronnybrook or the organic cranberry farmer, but I was in the market at 8 A.M., so they may be coming later. Our Daily Bread is here with great baguettes and other delicious loaves and rolls and Bread Alone has a huge stand with breads and dessert pastries. Breezy Hill has alot of pastries in addition to their fruit and cider.
I picked up my capon at Quattro's stand and saw that they have several turkeys and other poultry besides ordered birds, so if you're doing a last minute shopping, you should be able to find something at their stand. DiPaola is here with turkeys and Violet Hill should be here as well.
Your favorite stands may not be in their usual spots, so check the CENYC website listed in yesterday's report for a map of today's market. Flora Perfecta is here with lovely lilies and the rose people have great choices as well. River Garden has wonderful dried flower arrangements for gifts.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Check out the CENYC website for a map of the locations of your favorite farm and other stands in the Greenmarket tomorrow: http://www.cenyc.org/files/gmkt/112107layout.pdf
The website also features cauliflower, which will be available at many stands. There is a new variety this year, orange in color, that turns out to be tasty and sweet. Several stands have brussels sprouts and Mountain Sweet Berry, Paffenroth, and Berried Treasures have a wide variety of potatoes. D'Attolico, S&SO, Stokes Farm, Windfall Farm, Hoeffner, and others have salad greens, herbs, and other produce. Oak Grove Plantation (Ted Blew) and Breezy Hill have pies and cider. There is a new entry in the market with organic cranberries (Ed DeNike of DeNike Bog from Plymouth, Massachusetts) and several orchards will be here with apples and other fruit. Beth's Jams will be here with cranberry chutneys, cranberry sauce, and cranberry jams.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Just a reminder that Norwich Farm (squashes, frozen fava beans and tomatoes, various other produce) and Eckerton (luscious hot peppers, pepper bunches for decorations and gifts) are expecting to be in the Greenmarket today. Other farmers usually here on Saturday may be here as well, since the Christmas Market has crowded them out, so it's worth an exploratory visit. Yuno is definitely going to be here. If I get the laundry done early enough, I'll check it out myself! There's a new farmer in the market, by the way, bringing in organic cranberries. He'll be here on Wednesday as well!
Saturday, November 17, 2007
City Harvest is in the market today collecting food and suggests that you buy an extra bag of produce and donate it to City Harvest. They're offering a free guidebook for anyone who donates a bag of produce.
Today is Sycamore's last day until next summer, and they've brought in field tomatoes, broccoli, and pumpkins. Just about everyone else who is here today will be here Wednesday, including Jim Grillo of Northshire, who may have his excellent CARDOONS. He has beautiful cardoons and Savoy cabbages today. Violet Hill has good looking bacon and other meats, but no eggs! Stokes Farm has beautiful herb wreaths and mixed herb bunches for flavoring your Thanksgiving bird. He also has persian cucumbers and other produce.
S&SO, Paffenroth, and Cherry Lane will have their delicious vegetables on Wednesday as well as today. Buzzard Krest is here and will be here Wednesday with their grapes and grape juices. Quattro's and Violet Hill are here today and will be here on Wednesday. Talk to them if you haven't ordered for Thursday yet. I saw an amazing array of poultry at Quattro's stand today.
Locust Grove and other orchards will be here on Wednesday with apples, cider, and baked goods. Ted Blew is here with mixed berry and other pies and will have them on Wednesday as well. Beth's Jam has all sorts of cranberry preserves and sauce.
Mountain Sweet Berry has their unique European style mini and mid sized potatoes and Cherry Lane has beautiful sweet potatoes.
If you're planning to shop on Wednesday, remember that the Christmas Market is up and your favorite farmers may be in different spots than their usual.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Today is Evolution's last day until next year. They have beautiful root vegetables, greens, and squashes today. Eckerton is here today with gorgeous lettuces, outstanding hot peppers in all stages of heat, bunches of hanging pepper branches, and HEIRLOOM TOMATOES! They will be here on Monday, but not on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Sycamore's last day will be Saturday -- they have broccoli, squashes, and field tomatoes today. Stokes will be here next Wednesday and has a variety of herbs, some heirloom tomatoes, and herb wreaths for gifts. Mountain Sweet Berry will be here next week with a variety of small and large potatoes and possibly baby leeks. Berried Treasures has shallots and potatoes and will be here next week as well.
You can still order a Thanksgiving turkey from DiPaola in the Greenmarket today. Three Corner Field Farm is here today with lamb, yogurt, and cheese and will be here next Wednesday as well. Cato will not be here next Wednesday, so the last time you can pick up their excellent cheeses before the holiday is Saturday.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Jim Grillo of Northshire Farm has beautiful orchid radicchio and CARDOONS! Eckerton has a wide range of hot peppers and branches of red and Thai peppers. Cherry Lane has their knockout sweet potatoes and broccoli rabe. Stokes has lemongrass, heirloom tomatoes, big bunches of herbs, and herb wreathes.
Order your Thanksgiving bird from Violet Hill or Quattro's today. I've had delicious capons for the holiday from Quattro's, by the way. Both farms bring in great poultry.
Beth's Jams has a variety of cranberry items and Ted Blew has some luscious looking pies, including lemon-blueberry, apple crumb, mixed berry, and strawberry.
This is the last Saturday for Norwich Farm and may be the last for Sycamore, although they'll be here on Wednesday. Norwich will be here on Mondays with squashes and other vegetables, frozen favas and tomatoes, and pickles.
Many farmers will be here on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving who are normally just here on Saturdays, including Quattro's and Violet Hill.
Friday, November 9, 2007
Ted Blew has delicious looking fruit pies today as well as his excellent apple cider, tomatoes (Yes!) and squashes. Samascott has many varieties of apples, pears, and potatoes, as well as other vegetables. Yuno has tomatoes, lettuces, "Okanowan" purple potatoes and other interesting produce. Miglorelli is here with greens and apples and Stokes has lemongrass, herbs, and heirloom and other tomatoes. Red Jacket is here with fruit flavored apple ciders.
Beth's Jams has many cranberry options including cranberry sauce, raspycran jam, and other jams and jellies. They also have interesting pickled vegetables, chutneys, and herb preserves. Our Daily Bread has delicious scones, cookies, rolls, and breads.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Eckerton is here with gorgeous hot peppers, including big hanging bunches of red and Thai orange ones. Stokes has heirloom tomatoes today, but Saturday may be their last day for those. Sycamore has tasty looking late season field tomatoes today. Paffenroth has their usual extensive variety of unique produce and herbs and Mountain Sweet Berry has crosnes and flageolets. Berried Treasures has a wide variety of good looking potatoes and some red and yellow raspberries. Evolution is here with squashes and says that next week will be their last in the market for the season. Sycamore has pumpkins and broccoli and several farms are here with crisp apples and pastries. You can also find fish, bread, and maple sugar products.
Flora Perfecta has beautiful lilies and flowering potted plants today and River Garden has dried flower arrangements for gifts.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Ted Blew and Stokes have beautiful heirloom tomatoes today. Other farmers have good looking field tomatoes. Eckerton is not here, but Cherry Lane and Sycamore are. Stokes will be making mixed bunches of fresh herbs for roasts, drying, etc., later today. They have started bringing in herbal wreaths as well.
Hoeffner has squashes and brussels sprouts and Cherry Lane has big bags of spinach as well as cherry peppers and their excellent fresh-dug sweet potatoes and yukon golds. Mountain Sweet Berry has "golden nugget" potatoes -- great for under your turkey or other roast. They also have crosnes again!
Norwich Farm has frozen fava beans, frozen tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, peppers and eggplants and has brought in their own pickled cucumbers. Buzzard Krest is here with grapes and grape juices. Keith has wonderful big heads of rocambole garlic, beautiful turnips, and has a half price sale on small shallots. He is also giving a rebate to those who use reusable cloth bags!
Alot of the farmers will only be here until Christmas and some will have gone after Thanksgiving, so get there while you can!
Friday, November 2, 2007
The recessional continues with the absence of Cheerful Cherry and Sycamore. There are some good tomatoes available today, but you need to choose carefully. There are plenty of varieties of cauliflower, peppers, and other produce, but the cold weather has definitely had an effect. Several farmers have good-looking potatoes, apples, and pears. Blew still has his great apple cider and many farmers have pumpkins and other squash. Stokes has big generous bunches of herbs -- if you dry herbs for the winter, you can still find a good variety, but seize the day. I'm very happy with the fresh coriander seeds on stems that are perfuming my kitchen as we speak.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Keith has fresh BLACK WALNUTS! I didn't think anything new would be showing up now that there's been a frost, but these are definitely interesting. They need a certain amount of work, but anything worth doing probably needs work. Stokes has another rarity, fresh coriander seeds on the stalk -- pungent and tasty.Try Mountain Sweet Berry's wonderful European potatoes under your roast Turkey -- especially La Ratte, Gold Nuggets, or Ruby Crescents.
Stokes, Sycamore, Cherry Lane, Eckerton, and Keith all have tomatoes, but this is late in the season and there aren't many. The frost has affected several farmers. Cherry Lane has beautiful broccoli rabe, okra, field tomatoes, brussels sprouts, and fairytale eggplant. Paffenroth and Miglorelli have plenty of produce and Evolution has good-looking greens. S&SO, Blew, Sycamore, and others have excellent pumpkins and there's plenty of broccoli around the market.
Flora Perfecta has beautiful lilies and autumn-colored bouquets of fall flowers. Phillips has pretty tasty raspberries and there are plenty of apples and pears to be had. Sign up in the DiPaola book to order your Thanksgiving turkey today.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Just when you thought there'd be nothing else new this late in the season, Mountain Sweet Berry has brought in CROSNES, a tiny jerusalem artichoke-like crunchy tuber which does well roasted, slightly sauted in butter, or parboiled and sauced. If you are eating out tonight, you may have some along with raviolis under lobster! It's a versatile French vegetable.
This may be the last weekend for most farmers to bring in heirloom tomatoes. There's a frost threatened for tonight that may finish off the astoundingly late season. You can find them today at Eckerton, Sycamore,Blew, and Stokes. D'Attolico and other farmers still have a variety of tasty eggplants and Stokes has their excellent Persian cucumbers. Paffenroth has a wide array of produce, including burdock, salsify, baby fennel, and all sorts of carrots, radishes, onions, potatoes, and other root vegetables. Northshire has gorgeous Italian produce and delicious chicken and quail eggs.
This is Cheerful Cherry's last week in the market until next Spring, so stop by to pick up their grapes and apples. Locust Grove, Breezy Hill, Terhune, and others have excellent apples and Red Jacket is here with fruit flavored ciders. Ted Blew has gooseneck squash as well as other squashes, peppers, and delicious cider.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
You wouldn't believe it was the middle of October to see beautiful heirloom tomatoes at the stands of Eckerton, Stokes, Blew, Sycamore, Norwich and others. Norwich and Cherry Lane also have lovely little "fairytale" eggplants and Cherry Lane has okra. Sycamore still has excellent CORN and Paffenroth has their immense selection of interesting produce. S&SO has a great variety of produce as well and Northshire has good looking greens. Norwich has frozen fava beans and fresh strawberries today and Mountain Sweet Berry has cranberry beans and flageolets! Eckerton also has a wide array of delicious hot and sweet peppers and had raspberries this morning!
Once in a while a new vegetable shows up in the greenmarket. This season has introduced orange cauliflower! It's sweet and tasty and definitely worth trying. I also like the now familiar purple variety a few farmers are bringing in.
Gorzynski, D'Attolico, and Keith have gorgeous lettuces and other greens.
Cheerful Cherry has apples and several kinds of grapes and Buzzard Krest is here with various grapes and grape juices. Several farms have apple cider, including Blew, who has some of the best and freshest. Terhune, Breezy Hill, Locust Grove, and others have great new apples and cider.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Many farmers still have eggplants, tomatoes, and peppers today. Yuno, Blew, Stokes, and Sycamore have heirloom tomatoes. Miglorelli has good looking produce and Samascott is here with terrific apples and other fruit. Several farmers have great cider, including Blew and Samascott. Stokes has generous cut herb bunches, including lemon verbena, peppermint, basil, parsley, sage, rosemary and lemon thyme, and lemon grass. Blew, Sycamore, and others have pumpkins for soup and for decorating.
This crazy weather has stretched the summer vegetable season so that we have Yuno with three kinds of cauliflower and out of season heirlooms at the same time. Given that the weather is unpredictable, we shouldn't be surprised to find the Shushan hydroponic tomato farm back -- they are scheduled to take over when the field tomato season is gone, but so it goes. We'll be glad to have them when this weirdness finally ends.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
We still have heirloom tomatoes! They're not peak quality, but they're still tasty and several farmers have good-looking choices, including Blew, Stokes, Cherry Lane, Berried Treasures, Keith, Sycamore and Eckerton. Paffenroth has their wide variety of produce, including baby fennel, puntarella, cresses, two kinds of cilantro, big bunches of various herbs, and all kinds of delicious potatoes. Stokes still has lemongrass, bunches of cut herbs, and other produce. Berried Treasures has golden and red raspberries and many kinds of cherry tomatoes. Cherry Lane has big bags of spinach, okra,and brussels sprouts. Sycamore still has corn and kirbys. Locust Grove, Breezy Hill, and Terhune are here with many kinds of apple.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Some farmers came close to a frost last night, but the market is still going strong today. There are several farmers with cauliflowers, pumpkins, and various gourds and squashes, but there are some with good looking late season heirloom tomatoes as well, including Blew, Norwich Meadows, Stokes, Sycamore, and Mountain Sweet Berry (heirloom sauce tomatoes). I roasted Northshire and Mountain Sweet Berry's San Manzano tomatoes last week and they were so good I'm going to do i