To anyone interested in the future of the Union Square Greenmarket, see the letter written by Adrian Benepe, then the Borough Commissioner of New York, on the subject.Good luck is being 2 blocks from the Union Square Greenmarket. I plan to report on greenmarket news in general, and new arrivals in particular as often as I can. For a full year's cycle, telnet to ECHO at echonyc.com and log in as "newuser". Join FOOD and choose Item 30.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Everyone from the Wednesday market today will be in the Wednesday market next week before Thanksgiving, except Westport Aquaculture (who will be here through the winter). Beth's Jam has all sorts of cranberry sauce, jam, and chutney and Breezy Hill will have fresh cranberries next Saturday! You can still order apple crumb pies and pumpkin pies from Oak Grove in the market today or over the phone after today:908-782-9618. The large size is $12.75.
Stokes has big bunches of mixed herbs for flavoring poultry (sage,rosemary, thyme) and will be here on Wednesday and Saturday next week. Evolutionary will be here with several kinds of turnips and other root vegetables and mini greens. Locust Grove will have apples, pears, and cider. S&SO is here with a wide range of produce, including various onions and shallots, and Keith has his greens and garlic.
You can order a turkey from DiPaola today or Friday, after which you can still call over the weekend: 609-587-9311
Windfall has micro greens and other vegetables and will be here next Wednesday. Mountain Sweet Berry is here with crosnes and tiny potatoes and will have them next Wednesday as well. Hodgeson has orange, white, and Romanesco cauliflowers, brussels sprouts, spagetti squash and other squashes, cheese pumpkins, and sugar pumpkins. Oak Grove has squashes, pumpkins, peppers, and tomatoes, and will be here next Wednesday, but may not have tomatoes then.
Cherry Lane may be here next Wednesday, but aren't sure. Today they are here with cauliflower, broccoli, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and brussels sprouts. Shushan will be here next Wednesday with the same produce they have today -- hydroponic tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, lettuces, and herbs. Madura has shiitake, maitake, oyster, crimini, portabello, and button mushrooms and will be here next Wednesday as well. Miglorelli has their usual wide variety of produce and will be here next week. Van Houten is here with cauliflowers, brussels sprouts, cabbages, and sweet potatoes.
WARNING: Next Wednesday's market will include stands from all four Union Square Greenmarkets, so some of your favorites from Monday and Friday may be here as well as the Saturday stands. The Christmas Market is also going to be here, so you may have to search a bit to find the stands you want.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Buzzard Crest is here with grapes and grape juices. Paffenroth and S&SO have an excellent variety of produce and Stokes Farm and Oak Grove still have pretty good heirloom tomatoes. Stokes has potted lettuces, various cucumbers, and generous mixed bunches of herbs. This is the last day for Eckerton's cardoons. (They may not be here next Saturday.) They also have delicious seasoning and other peppers. Stokes and others have good looking pumpkins, but there are many fewer, so if you have pie or soup plans for Thanksgiving, you should pick up your pumpkin today!
Order your Thanksgiving turkey from Quattro's or an organic turkey from Norwich Farm (last day to order from Norwich is this Monday). Norwich will be bringing in orders on the Monday before Thanksgiving but will not be here that Wednesday. Beth's Jam has an assortment of cranberry options for the holiday, including sauce, chutney, and mixed fruit jams. Mountain Sweet Berry is here today with their delicious tiny potatoes and crosnes and will be here the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
I bought a bag of Rocambole garlic from Keith today. They would make a good gift for Thanksgiving or Christmas -- plain and delicious.
I'm having one of Oak Grove's pies for breakfast (the small size), and it's delicious. You can order a "Bette's Pumpkin Pie" or a "Susan's Apple Crumb Pie" until November 21 (next Saturday) for Wednesday, November 25's market. Telephone 908-782-9618. The large size is $12.75.
Wednesday,November 11, 2009
Locust Grove has beautiful apples, pears, and QUINCE. Oak Grove, Sycamore, Cherry Lane, and Stokes still have tomatoes, but this is the last week for heirlooms. Cherry Lane has good looking freshly dug sweet potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, and brussels sprouts. Their last Wednesday will be the day before Thanksgiving. Speaking of which, Tamarack Hollow Farm is taking Thanksgiving turkey orders today.
Westport Aquaculture is here with Bluepoint oysters, Cherrystone clams, and Little Necks. Paffenroth has several kinds of greens and lettuces as well as many wonderful root vegetables and herbs. Stokes has lettuces, including potted lettuces, celeriac, persian cucumbers, and generous mixed bunches of herbs.
Bulletin, November 10, 2009
I'm sorry to tell you the sad news that Donna of Cheerful Cherry passed away last weekend. She was a great character and I will miss her alot. I always looked forward to her cherries (the best in the Greenmarket every year) and her marvelous heirloom tomatoes, as well as her humor and sass. She and her husband have been stalwarts of the market for years.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Cherry Lane, Sycamore, Oak Grove, and Stokes still have tomatoes, including some heirlooms. Eckerton and Oak Grove have a variety of seasoning peppers, hot peppers, and, in Oak Grove's case, sweet peppers. Eckerton has cardoons and other greens and several farmers have pumpkins and squashes. Mountain Sweet Berry has crosnes, wild arugula, and sucrine lettuce, as well as tiny potatoes and Stokes has a great selection of cut herbs. Buzzard Crest is here with grapes and grape juices and Locust Grove and Breezy Hill have apples, pears, and cider. Cherry Lane has sweet potatoes and brussels sprouts as well as other greens.
Order your holiday birds from Quattros and Violet Hill. While you're at it, Beth's Jam has several cranberry options from jam to chutney.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Although things are slowing down, there are still many good reasons for checking out the Greenmarket. Stokes has the first of their MIXED HERB BUNCHES today, a must have for your Thanksgiving bird. They also have cauliflowers, rainbow kale, lettuces, broccoli, cucumbers, and some good looking late season heirloom tomatoes. Phillips has RASPBERRIES! Paffenroth has their usual wide variety of excellent produce and Miglorelli has a great selection of fruit and vegetables.
Westport Aquaculture has LOBSTERS, chowder clams, oysters, and clams. Cherry Lane has corn, beets, cauliflower, broccoli, brussels sprouts, spinach, lettuces, and tomatoes. Oak Grove has dried hot pepper bunches, apples, sweet peppers, pumpkins, husk tomatoes, and heirloom tomatoes. Caradonna has apples, pumpkins, and dried corn. Breezy Hill has apples, pears, and pastries. Sycamore has heirloom tomatoes, pumpkins, broccoli, and other produce.
Order your Thanksgiving turkey from DiPaola or Tamarack Hollow today!
Berried Treasures has sunchokes, garlic, small potato varieties, and several kinds of fresh handpicked dried beans (cannelini, adzuki, cranberry, and others). Locust Grove has apples, cider, and grapes, and Andrews Honey is here with tasty honeys and honey products for gifts. S&SO has their usual wide variety of excellent vegetables and Kernan has several kinds of cauliflower, broccoli, string beans, and tomatoes.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Eckerton has cardoons, celeriac, and several kinds of seasoning peppers. Sycamore has heirloom tomatoes, field tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, and pumpkins. Buzzard Crest is here today with grapes and grape juices. Oak Grove has heirloom tomatoes, large and small sweet and hot peppers, squashes, and pumpkins.
Deer ate Mountain Sweet Berry's greens, so they only have a wide variety of small potatoes, the last of their wild arugula, and CROSNES. S&SO has a great selection of onions and other produce and Paffenroth has colorful carrots, many kinds of greens and potatoes, and several kinds of herbs and radishes.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
I was happy to find most farmers in the market despite the weather. Eckerton is here with CARDOONS, Locust Grove has a few RASPBERRIES, Oak Grove and Sycamore have HEIRLOOM TOMATOES, and Paffenroth, S&SO, and Miglorelli are here with a surprisingly wide selection of good looking produce. Locust Grove, Breezy Hill, Terhune, and others have apples and pears and Locust has grapes.
New today in the Greenmarket, Westport Aquaculture, with oysters and clams!! It's a family run business and they bring in their stock directly from their boats.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Things are pretty much the same as last Saturday, except: Eckerton has CARDOONS, BUZZARD CREST is here, and there are still heirloom tomatoes to be had, particularly at Oak Grove.
Order your Thanksgiving capon, turkey, or other poultry today from Quattro's! They also bring in pheasant sausage meat for stuffing and other goodies. They will be here on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
I bought some delicious blueberry honey from Andrews Honey today. Locust Grove has a wide variety of delicious apples and pears, including Ida Reds, Baldwins, and Macouns. Evolutionary has many kinds of turnips and other root vegetables, lettuces, greens(kales, etc.), and good looking cut salad and other greens. Honey Hollow has dried chanterelles and other mushrooms, and fresh mitakes.
S&SO's greens, cut herbs, and other produce remain diverse and their pumpkins and other squashes and gourds look good. Cayuga is here with many kinds of dried beans and organic flours. Eckerton has CARDOONS as well as small heirloom tomatoes, seasoning peppers, various sweet potatoes, cherry tomatoes, brussels sprouts, rainbow kale, and celeriac. Berried Treasures has many kinds of small European style potatoes and SUNCHOKES as well as various dried beans(jacobs cattle, adzuki, blackeyed peas).
Keith has arugula, braising greens, kales, potatoes, and the ever popular Rocambole garlic. Sycamore has tomatoes, brussels sprouts, and pumpkins. Oak Grove has good looking heirloom tomatoes, hot and sweet peppers, and corn. Cherry Lane has broccoli, heirloom tomatoes, cauliflower, candy cane and red beets, brussels sprouts, and spinach. Paffenroth has delfino cilantro, cilantro, lambs quarters, rutabagas, broccoli rabe, squashes, several kinds of shallot, and leeks.
Van Houten has huge cabbages and cauliflowers. Stokes has LEMON GRASS, cauliflower, tomatoes, pumpkins, TOMATILLOS, and cheese pumpkins.
BULLETIN LATER:Saturday, October 17, 2009
Things I missed earlier this morning -- Milk Thistle is still here, Violet Hill is here with mitake mushrooms (beautiful -- and he will have them next Saturday) and Fantasy Fruit is here with what they say (!) is their last day for blueberries and for the season.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Cheerful Cherry is back!!! They have Italian plums, grapes, tomatoes, apples, and jams. Locust Grove is here with honey crisp and macoun apples as well as pears and some tomatoes and raspberries. S&SO, Paffenroth, and Norwich are here with a wide variety of produce and Gorzynski and Keith have greens and root vegetables. Stokes has heirloom tomatoes, cut herbs, lettuces, and other vegetables. (I've been drying their herbs for the winter and find their tarragon, thymes, and other herbs particularly good for that purpose.)
The frost affected Mountain Sweet Berry's beans -- they only had flageolets early today -- but they have an interesting kind of broccoli and CROSNES as well as sucrine lettuce, wild arugula, and delicious European style small potatoes. D'Attolico has flavorful carrots, sprouts, and other vegetables and Oak Grove has heirloom tomatoes, squashes, pumpkins, and hot peppers as well as corn and many kinds of cherry tomato.
I didn't see Buzzard Crest, but they could have been held up somehow. It's worth checking to see if they've arrived late -- their grapes and grape juices are delicious.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Phillips and Berried Treasures have raspberries. Locust Grove has apples, pears, and grapes. Evolutionary has tasty greens. Honey Hollow has several kinds of interesting mushroom. S&SO has greens, chives, and other good looking produce. Eckerton has seasoning peppers and beautiful rainbow chard. Keith has collards, kales, arugula, several kinds of organic potato, and their excellent rocambole garlic. Sycamore has corn, brussels sprouts, sweet peppers, broccoli, and tomatoes.
Oak Grove has heirloom tomatoes, corn, and melons. Cherry Lane has heirloom tomatoes, lima beans, strawberries, raspberries, cauliflower, eggplants, and brussels sprouts.Stokes has cut herbs, lemon grass, lettuces, beans, and sweet peppers. Paffenroth has their usual excellent selection of root vegetables, herbs, and other produce. Windfall has various greens, turnips, and cherry tomatoes.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
The recessional continues, with Cheerful Cherry gone until next May. Fantasy Fruit is still here, with blueberries. Buzzard Crest has delicious grape juices and several varieties of seeded and seedless grapes. Locust Grove has apples, pears, tomatoes, tomatillos, and grapes. Eckerton has gorgeous Scotch bonnet and other seasoning peppers, heirloom cherry tomatoes, pepper bunches, pumpkins, squashes, and beautiful rainbow chard. Everyone is talking about the coming frosts, so get to the market asap!
S&SO has cut herbs, boxes of various onions, huge radishes and carrots, lettuces, and other produce. Cherry Lane and Paffenroth have their usual abundance of wonderful vegetables and Gorzynski has lovely lettuces and other greens. Windfall hasMexican sour gherkins, Hakusai (sweet Japanese turnips), various cherry tomatoes, and small and large greens. Vilet Hill has beautiful Mitake mushrooms. Northshire has astonishing cabbages, sucrine lettuce, Tuscan Black Kale and other Italian greens, bok choi, wild watercress, and several kinds of Chinese cabbage.
Sycamore has corn (I had some Wednesday -- delicious), tomatoes, sweet peppers, and other tasty produce. Mountain Sweet Berry has the same beans they had on Wednesday (maybe one more week on those), wild arugula, sucrine lettuce, and strawberries(maybe one more week on those). Oak Grove has delicious ready to eat heirloom tomatoes, melons, corn, hot peppers, and ground husk cherry tomatoes. Norwich has heirloom tomatoes, greens, squashes, and eggplants and say that soon they'll be down to root vegetables and winter squashes.
Cato has delicious cheeses and Ronnybrook has drinkable yogurts, excellent butters, and various milks and ice creams. Binder has great flowering and herb plants. Quattro's has already started taking TURKEY ORDERS for Thanksgiving. Van Houton has several kinds of cauliflower, squashes, and pumpkins. Stokes has heirloom tomatoes, big bunches of cut herbs (including purple and Thai basil, Vietnamese coriander, lemon grass, and several other vegetables.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
I'm late, so just giving you the headlines:
Locust Grove--apples, grapes, cider
Andrew's Honey
Evolutionary -- lettuces, root vegetables, Asian turnips, pumpkins, squashes
S&SO -- boxes of mini potatoes, onions, shallots, ceppolini, huge sauce tomatoes
Berried Treasures -- red and golden raspberries, sauce tomatoes, cut herbs
Eckerton -- heirloom cherry and other tomatoes, squashes, will have CHESTNUTS on Saturday, pumpkins, seasoning peppers
Keith -- Japanese turnips, Rocambole garlic, kales, squashes
Beth -- FIG JAM! (If you have figs in your city garden, she'd love to hear from you!)
Windfall -- zucchini blossoms, raspberries, edible flowers
Sycamore -- corn, heirloom tomatoes, broccoli, sweet peppers, cauliflower
Mountain Sweet Berry -- Sucrine lettuce, Borlotti beans, flageolets, cannelini, strawberries
Oak Grove -- hot peppers, okra, red and yellow watermellons, heirloom tomatoes pepper plants
Cherry Lane -- brussels sprouts, many kinds of eggplant, heirloom tomatoes, corn, San Marzano sauce tomatoes.
Ronnybrook -- Ginger creme brule ice cream, among many others
Fantasy Fruit -- raspberries, blueberries
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Mountain Sweet Berry has Borlotti, flageolet, and cannelini beans, as well as pea shoots, greens, and strawberries. Buzzard Crest has delicious grape juices and several varieties of seedless and seeded grapes. Cheerful Cherry, Sycamore, Stokes, Oak Grove, Norwich, and others have heirloom and field tomatoes, and Eckerton has heirloom cherry and other tomatoes and several kinds of seasoning peppers as well as pumpkins. Sycamore and others still have some corn.
Cherry Lane has their first Brussels sprouts and has brought in tomatoes, lima beans, eggplants, and other tasty vegetables. Oak Grove has melons, squashes, eggplants, and corn. Many farmers have string beans and Paffenroth has a marvelous selection of root vegetables, including several kinds of carrots and potatoes, and other produce, including leeks and many kinds of shallot.
Cheerful Cherry has great looking Italian plums, heirloom tomatoes, and grapes. Violet Hill has excellent pork products and Belle Rouge chickens as well as amazing wild mushrooms. Northshire has outstanding cabbages and other greens.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Locust has raspberries, grapes, heirloom tomatoes, new crop apples, and cider. Evolutionary has dragon tongue beans(cook like a romano), cherry tomatoes, squashes, and greens. Honey Hollow has porcini, hunters hearts, chanterelles, saffron cups, sweet clubs, and wild mitakes. Cayuga has dried beans, wheat berries, spelt berries, farro, freekeh(frik), and flours. Eckerton has pumpkins, squashes, potatoes, wonderful hot peppers, and heirloom tomatoes. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries. Berried Treasures has red and golden raspberries, romano beans, sunchokes, romanesco zucchini, cherry tomatoes, cabbages, haricots verts, flageolets, and cabbages.
Keith has Rocambole garlic, greens, and herbs.Sycamore has corn, beautiful eggplants, heirloom tomatoes, sweet peppers, and cucumbers. Windfall Farm has good looking zucchini blossoms, baby zucchini, and greens. Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Stars, Lamborn pea shoots, wild arugula, and other greens, and tiny European style potatoes. Eckerton has delicious seasoning hot peppers, chestnuts, big leafy rainbow chard, celeriac, pumpkins, and squashes.
Cherry Lane has okra, lima beans, heirloom tomatoes, tiny fairy tale eggplants, green and wax beans. Miglorelli has a wide variety of produce, including Clapp pears and seckel pears. (A greenmarket fan advised me to buy the $2 a pound pears at the back as she thinks them especially good.) Try Paffenroth's red potatoes, along with their usual wonderful array of vegetables. Madura has several types of mushroom.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Yuno, Norwich, and Maxwell are all here with tasty looking produce. There are a couple of other stands with good looking vegetables as well. (Norwich has delicious golden raspberries, Yuno has excellent greens, including tatsoi and baby bok choi, and Maxwell has several kinds of tomatoes.) Red Jacket is here with apples and other fruit and juices and Fantasy Fruit has blueberries and raspberries. River Garden has beautiful flowers and Newfield has lovely dahlias and sunflowers. Several stands have (sob!) pumpkins (a sign of the recessional). Gather ye heirloom tomatoes while ye may!
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Headlines: Buzzard Crest is back with grapes and grape juices!! Last of Fantasy Fruit's blueberries today! No second corn delivery at Sycamore's stand, but they do have corn now. Gorgeous heirloom tomatoes at Cheerful Cherry, Stokes, Sycamore, Oak Grove, and Cherry Lane -- grab them now while there's still time!!! Beautiful young pheasants at Quattro's!! Raspberries at Locust Grove!! Cheese pumpkins and small heirloom tomatoes and hot peppers at Eckerton!! Okra and lima beans at Cherry Lane!! Didn't see Mountain Sweet Berry today! Turns out (I found out later) that they were so surrounded by shoppers and people after their Tri-Stars that I didn't see them!!! Belle Rouge chickens at Violet Hill! Ailsa Craig Scottish onions at Northshire! Oak Grove has all kinds of hot peppers!!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Locust Grove has corn, grapes, plums, and new apples. Evolutionary has beans, tomatillos, heirloom tomatoes, and greens. Honey Hollow has porcini, hunters hearts, chanterelles, saffron cups, sweet clubs, and wild mitakes. Cayuga has dried beans, wheat berries, spelt berries, farro, freekeh(frik), and flours. Eckerton has pumpkins, squashes, potatoes, wonderful hot peppers, and heirloom tomatoes.
Berried Treasures has golden raspberries, heirloom tomatoes, strawberries, La Ratte potatoes, blackeyed peas, shelling peas, and squash blossoms. Keith has rocambole garlic, beautiful radishes, mesclun, arugula, chards, kales, celeriac, and cut herbs. Sycamore has heirloom tomatoes, corn, eggplants, field tomatoes, and cucumbers. Windfall has tiny greens, edible flowers, and other specialized produce. S&SO has artichokes, delicious looking string beans, and their usual wide variety of vegetables. Oak Grove has heirloom tomatoes, corn, cherry tomatoes, hot peppers, eggplants, squash, and sweet potatoes.
Cherry Lane has okra, lima beans, and eggplants. Paffenroth has corn, all kinds of beautiful potatoes, purslane, leeks, radicchio, Red Long of Tropea shallots, celeriac, several kinds of carrots and beets, Black Tuscan kale, collards, five kinds of radishes, and mini celery. Van Houton has orange cauliflower, broccoli, and corn. Stokes has great lettuces, heirloom tomatoes, tomatillos, eggplant, sweet peppers, cut herbs, beans, and lemon grass. Migliorelli has melons, corn, tomatoes, apples, and pears. Mountain Sweet Berry has gorgeous flageolets and Borlotti beans.
September 21, 2009
Norwich is here with delicious watermelon, tomatoes, and eggplants. Yuno is here with heirloom tomatoes, greens, herbs, squashes, and other produce. River Garden and Newfield Farm have beautiful flowers. Fantasy Fruit is here with raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries. Signs of the recessional are here, including pumpkins at the stand next to Newfield Farm's flower stand.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Locust Grove has apples, plums, and nectarines today. Cheerful Cherry has lovely heirloom tomatoes and has brought in sour cherry,raspberry, and grape jams this week. Eckerton has a fine selection of hot peppers, including Trinidad seasoning, scotch bonnets, and grenada seasoning peppers. They also have pumpkins, squashes, and other tasty produce. S&SO also has pumpkins, squashes, and gourds, a sure sign of the recessional. Cherry Lane has their excellent beefsteak tomatoes, lima beans, okra, and eggplants. Paffenroth has all kinds of great potatoes, carrots, and other root vegetables, as well as herbs, radicchio, and Treviso radicchio. Violet Hill has Hen of the Woods and Chicken of the Woods mushrooms.
Sycamore has corn, but will not have a second delivery this week. They expect to have a second next Saturday, though. They also have heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, broccoli, and big bunches of basil. Mountain Sweet Berry has their excellent sauce tomatoes, wild arugula, Tri-Star strawberries, Barlotti beans, string beans, baby French leeks, and tasty tiny potatoes. The Binders are here with great potted herbs and flowering plants.
Oak Grove has alot of delicious heirloom tomatoes and large and small hot and sweet peppers. Norwich has a wide selection of heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, greens, and other produce. Stokes has their excellent heirloom tomatoes, big bunches of cut herbs, and other produce. Cato is here with wonderful cheeses and Three Corner Field Farm has lamb, cheeses, and yogurts.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Although the recessional continues and there are fewer heirloom tomatoes and other summer produce, there are still many great vegetables available. Mountain Sweet Berry has delicious Canistorio heirloom tomatoes, pea shoots, sucrine lettuce, and fennel pollen. Eckerton has boxes of mixed small heirloom tomatoes and flavorful hot peppers, and Paffenroth has their usual wide variety of produce, but less.
Sycamore has a new crop of corn as well as sweet peppers, heirloom tomatoes, and broccoli. Cherry Lane has lima beans, fairytale eggplants, string beans, tomatoes, and other vegetables. Oak Grove has heirloom tomatoes, many kinds of large and small hot peppers, sweet peppers, and herbs. Miglorelli has alot of beets, greens, and other produce. Evolutionary has greens, turnips, and heirloom tomatoes.
Locust Grove has raspberries and apples. I also got a lovely hit of fresh apple smell from the Oak Grove area and Breezy Hill has apples and pears that look scrumptious. Honey Hollow has porcinis, chanterelles, sweet clubs, saffron caps, and birch boletes.
It's time to start thinking about picking up some Rocambole garlic for the winter from Keith and various tomatoes from all around the market for the freezer! And if you're looking for something sweet to have with cheese, try Beth's Jam's fig jam!
Monday, September 14, 2009
The French call it the "rentre", the return, but I call it the recessional, when fruits and vegetables begin to disappear with the change of season. We still have heirloom tomatoes (Norwich and Yuno) today, along with squashes, eggplants, beans, sweet and hot peppers, edamame, husk cherry tomatoes, beautiful salad greens and herbs, but carpe diem, folks! Seize the day! There's an Autumn feeling in the air despite the sun and warmth. Newfield has the last of their lycianthus this week and there are fewer bouquet options at River Garden's stand. Red Jacket has lots of plums, including delicious purple Italian plums for pies and cakes, but their summer fruits are definitely disappearing. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, and honey, but say they'll soon be vanishing into memory. Norwich has raspberries as well, but it's time to grab the moment!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Fantasy Fruit has blueberries and honey. Locust Grove has raspberries, blackberries, grapes tomatoes, peaches, and nectarines. Eckerton has many sizes of heirloom tomatoes and a full variety of small hot peppers. S&SO has baby eggplants, boxes of hot peppers and shallots as well as their usual herbs, greens, and other produce. Cheerful Cherry has delicious Polish plum tomatoes and a number of other tasty heirloom varieties. This is the last Saturday for their peaches, although they will have them on Friday. Cherry Lane has their usual great vegetables and Gorzynsky has beautiful lettuces. Oak Grove has hot peppers, heirloom tomatoes, Silver Queen and bicolor corn, and melons.
Paffenroth has many kinds of carrot, potato, and beet, in addition to their greens onions, and herbs. Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens and many sorts of bacon. Northshire has lots of porcini mushrooms, 2 kinds of Chinese broccoli, bok choi, callaloo, and endive. Sycamore has corn, heirloom tomatoes, and cucumbers and will not have a second corn delivery today. They should have one next Saturday.
Cato has aged Dairyere, Bloomsday, Aged Bloomsday, and other tasty cheeses. Norwich has delicious golden raspberries, melons, heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, artichokes, and greens. Keith has baby red onions, big purple radishes, many kinds of kale, salad greens, and herbs. Stokes has big bunches of cut herbs and heirloom tomatoes.
Friday, September 11, 2009
This will be my last Friday report for a while, since I'm starting back to school next week. I missed Wednesday due to a computer problem and today's weather is particularly ugly, so the stars are just not aligned in my favor!
Anyway, ugly weather or not, the farmers are all here and a visit to the Greenmarket this morning brought me the last of Samascott's blueberries, so I'm glad I went. Norwich is also here, with their great vegetables and lovely golden raspberries (which I'm having for breakfast). Yuno has long beans, string beans, lettuces and other greens, heirloom tomatoes, squashes, and other tasty produce. Cheerful Cherry has their excellent heirloom tomatoes and grapes.Berried Treasures has several kinds of bean, including a couple of varieties of shelling bean, and their Tri-Star strawberries.
Newfield Farm is here with lovely lycianthus and gladiolas and River Garden has gorgeous bouquets of assorted wildflowers. The weather is only going to get worse, so get out there early and pick up some excellent produce from Muddy River, Sycamore, and other farmers before the tornedo winds chase them home!!
Monday, September 7, 2009
I'm not doing an elaborate report today, but since farmers don't take the day off I will tell you that everyone is here (Norwich, Yuno, Race, Scarborough, Phillips, Newfield, River Garden, Tello, etc.). Red Jacket has several kinds of plum as well as their other fruit.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Locust Grove has raspberries, peaches, nectarines, blackberries, and grapes. Bulich Mushrooms has oysters, shiitaki, portabello, and criminis. Flying Pig has bacon, sausages, and chickens. Eckerton has a full assortment of their excellent hot peppers as well as heirloom tomatoes and onions. S&SO has several kinds of onion and shallot, sweet and hot peppers, tomatillos, and tomatoes. Cheerful Cherry has about 11 kinds of heirloom tomatoes today, including their great Polish sauce tomato, black zebras, brandywines, black crims, and pink pompoms. Cherry Lane has corn, okra, kirbys, yellow wax beans, string beans, and heirloom tomatoes.
Northshire has heirloom squash, watercress, baby eggplants, chinese cabbage, yellow romano beans, green and red romaine, sucrine lettuce, quail eggs, and cherry tomatoes. Sycamore has corn (note: no second load today), sweet peppers, tomatoes, and heirloom tomatoes. Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-star strawberries, golden and green romano beans, zucchini blossoms, baby sucrine lettuce, tiny Italian basil, and wild arugula. Oak Grove has yellow and white peaches, heirloom tomatoes, melons, corn, and a wide variety of hot and sweet peppers.
Three Corner Field Farm has delicious yogurt, cheeses, and lamb. Norwich has tomatillos, heirloom tomatoes, pearl onions, aztec runner beans, baby turnips, winter squash, spagetti squash, and yellow and green flat beans. They will have golden raspberries next Friday, but ran out of them yesterday. (I ate two boxes of those succulent berries yesterday!) D'Attolico has their terrific salad and other greens this week as well as onions, many kinds of sprout, garlic, and their beautiful zucchini blossoms. Keith has chards, collards, mustard greens, sorrel, purslane, and rocambole garlic. Stokes has the first of this year's lemongrass, large tomatillos, cut herbs, including fragrant Vietnamese cilantro, cuban oregano, good looking broccoli, white and red onions, baby yukon gold and red potatoes, and sweet peppers.
Friday, September 4, 2009
I'm sitting here nibbling on Norwich's delicious golden raspberries and anticipating a great breakfast of those with their excellent Charentais melon. They also have heirloom tomatoes, all sorts of eggplants, peppers, greens, and other tasty vegetables. Yuno has good looking heirloom tomatoes, mini eggplants, fairytale eggplants, various other eggplants, squashes, cut herbs, lettuces, and other greens and squash blossoms.Sycamore has corn today and will have it tomorrow, but no second load. This is a gap week and they won't have corn at all next weekend. They do have heirloom tomatoes, some cukumbers, and gorgeous basil today. Cheerful Cherry has heirloom tomatoes, serrano and jalapeno peppers, grapes, peaches, and peach juice.
Newfield Farm has gorgeous purple, bicolor, pink, and white lyciantus (prairie rose), sunflowers, gladiolas, and other flowers. River Garden has beautiful bouquets of country flowers. Berried Treasures has flowers in addition to their excellent beans, mini squashes, Tri-Star strawberries, and tiny potatoes. Oak Grove has white and yellow peaches, many kinds of hot and sweet peppers, ready to eat heirloom tomatoes, husk cherry tomatoes, tomatillos, and melons. Treelicious has many kinds of fruit, including Italian purple plums. Samascott has strawberries and other fruit. Red Jacket has greengage plums.
Muddy River has potatoes, shallots, watermelons, and other vegetables and Miglorelli has a vast selection of produce, including fruit, corn, salad greens, and beets. Vermont Maple Syrup is here with various grades of syrup as well as flavored maple syrups (blueberry, raspberry, ginger). Beth's Jam is here with wonderful raspberry, strawberry, and mixed fruit jams and chutneys.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Stokes Farm has eliminated Friday from their schedule and will only be here in the Greenmarket on Wednesdays and Saturdays. They have heirloom tomatoes, herbs, and other delicious produce. Paffenroth has their usual extensive variety of vegetables and herbs and Cherry Lane has okra, corn, and small heirloom tomatoes, fairytale and other eggplant, and potatoes. Evolutionary has good looking heirloom tomatoes and greens. Eckerton has all sizes of heirloom tomatoes. Locust Grove has blackberries, grapes, heirloom tomatoes, peaches, nectarines, and plums. Fantasy Fruit has Tri-Star strawberries and blueberries. Red Jacket has greengage plums (the apricots are over! sigh). Honey Hollow has chanterelles, sweet club mushrooms, and chicken of the woods. Mountain Sweet Berry isn't in the Greenmarket today.
Berried Treasures has Tr-stars, heirloom tomatoes, haricots verts, golden Romano beans, eggplants, cannellini beans, and potatoes. Eckerton has excellent yellow watermelons.Sycamore has their usual great vegetables but say they will not have a second delivery of corn this Saturday, as there will be a brief slowdown in the corn crop. Keith has rocambole garlic, salad onions, and other delicious organic produce. Oak Grove has heirloom tomatoes, canteloupes, watermelons, many kinds of hot and sweet peppers, peaches, and corn. Windfall has raspberries, edible flowers, cherry tomatoes, and husk tomatoes.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Just about all of the farmers are here today, despite the lousy weather. Everyone has brought in pretty much the same produce, with some new entries. Eckerton has red okra, in addition to their heirloom tomatoes and peppers. Northshire has foraged callaloo (amaranth), in addition to their heirloom squashes and other greens.
Mountain Sweet Berry has their haricots verts, yellow beans, Romano beans, etc., and says they are taking next Wednesday off. Locust Grove has peaches, raspberries, plums, and other fruit. Red Jacket has apricots and plums. Norwich has beans, eggplants, heirloom tomatoes, and great greens. Oak Grove is here with peaches, heirloom tomatoes, and hot and sweet peppers. D'Attolico has onions and sprouts and some greens today.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Yuno has their usual excellent variety of produce, including heirloom tomatoes, beans, greens, Asian and other peppers, and herbs. Cheerful Cherry has white and yellow peaches, raspberries, heirloom large and cherry tomatoes, and their delicious fresh peach juice. Berried Treasures has shelling beans (cannellini, perignon, and cranberry), Tri-Star strawberries, and potatoes. Sycamore has corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, heirloom tomatoes, and other tasty produce. Norwich has their extraordinary golden raspberries, red raspberries, cannellini, flageolets, favas, squashes, heirloom tomatoes, lovely lettuces, and other greens. Oak Grove has heirloom tomatoes (ready to eat), melons, hot and sweet peppers, and white and yellow peaches.
Newfield Farm has dahlias, lycianthus, gladiolas, cosmos, and other beautiful flowers. Milk Thistle is here with various milks and yogurt.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Locust Grove has tasty raspberries, heirloom tomatoes, seedless and seeded grapes, tomatillos, blackberries, white and yellow peaches, and plums. Red Jacket has good looking apricots and juices. Evolutionary has their usual great produce, including heirloom tomatoes and mini greens. Honey Hollow has chanterelles, trompettes de morts, chicken of the woods, and other mushrooms, elderberries, watercress, and dried mushrooms. S&SO has small artichokes as well as their usual reasonably priced greens, herbs, and other produce. Berried Treasures has cannellini beans, jacobs cattle, and perignon beans, wild blueberries, cherry tomatoes, three kinds of mini squash, and Tri-Star strawberries.
Eckerton has all sizes of heirloom tomato, hot peppers, and gerkin cukes. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries and strawberries. Keith has rocambole garlic, tomatoes, beautiful salad greens, and cut herbs. Windfall has borage flowers, squash blossoms, other edible flowers, raspberries, husk cherries, and cherry tomatoes. Sycamore has bicolor and white corn, tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, sweet peppers, and cherry tomatoes. Oak Grove has their prize winning white peaches, yellow peaches, sweet and hot peppers, and ready to eat heirloom tomatoes and corn.
Paffenroth has thai basil as well as other basils, many varieties of carrot, beet, epazote, puntarelle, potatoes of many sizes and types, salad and other greens, generous bunches of cut herbs, and corn. Cherry Lane has corn, heirloom tomatoes, okra, san marzano plum tomatoes, fairytale and other eggplants, and melons. Terhune has white and yellow peaches.Miglorelli has their usual variety of produce including peaches, beets, celeriac, and corn. Stokes has lettuces, garlic, basil, eggplants, beets, and heirloom tomatoes.
Monday, August 24, 2009
I'm taking the morning off from the Greenmarket for a dental emergency, but thought I'd say that IF Norwich is here today and they have golden raspberries, it's worth trying them. They were succulent and sweet on Friday. Yuno and Norwich both had good looking heirloom tomatoes in addition to their wide choices of other produce. (See the Friday report for some idea of their offerings.) I bought some beautiful lycianthus from Newfield Farm on Friday and they should have them again today, along with beautiful sunflowers and gladiolas.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
It's pretty sticky and unpredictable out there today and the Park Avenue side of Union Square is closed to traffic, so it's not the best morning to be in the Greenmarket -- except that there's a raspberry festival going on there! Locust Grove has three kinds, with the darkest the sweetest, D'Attolico has tiny tart and flavorful ones, and Norwich has an intensely sweet and raspberry flavored golden variety. Fruit is definately the star this week, with Oak Grove's white and yellow peaches, Locust Grove's delicious yellow varieties, and Cheerful Cherry's outstanding yellow peaches. There are also nectarines in the market and Red Jacket has apricots. Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Star strawberries.
Eckerton, Cheerful Cherry, Sycamore, Norwich, Stokes,and Oak Grove all have tasty heirloom tomatoes. S&SO has large artichokes as well as their reasonably priced and tasty salad greens, cut herbs, and other excellent produce. Paffenroth has their usual unique and well priced multiple varieties of beet, potato, carrot, salad and other greens. Gorzynsky has beautiful lettuces, herbs, and other organic produce, including beets and cabbages.
Cherry Lane has several kinds of sweet pepper, eggplant, and bean, as well as okra. Northshire has beautiful bok choi, heirloom Italian squashes, romano beans, and broccoli. Sycamore has corn, cukes, field tomatoes, basil, and peppers. Mountain Sweet Berry has green romano beans, lovage, sucrine lettuce, haricots verts and jaunes(yellow), and wild arugula. (They say they'll have their tasty flageolets in a week or two.) Norwich has various eggplants, squashes, melons, husk cherry tomatoes, cabbages, favas, and sweet peppers.
Oak Grove has about 20 kinds of hot peppers as well as sweet peppers, musk melons, corn, and okra. Keith has string beans, various potatoes, rocambole garlic, cut herbs, salad greens, Hakurei turnips,and other organic produce. Stokes has beans, big red and white onions, small red and white potatoes, cut herbs, eggplants, and salad greens.
Friday, August 21, 2009
I'm drinking my coffee with Milk Thistle's two percent milk and finding it making my decaf richer and tastier. Yuno has beautiful greens, heirloom tomatoes, Asian peppers, sweet peppers, eggplants, and squashes. Dancing Ewe has their tasty cheeses and Cheerful Cherry has two varieties of peach, Redheart plums, heirloom tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, and cherry tomatoes. Sycamore has their excellent corn, heirloom tomatoes, and cauliflower. Newfield Farm has lovely sunflowers, gladiolas, and lycianthus.
Berried Treasures has blackberries, mini squashes, red okra, three kinds of shelling beans (jacobs cattle, china gold, and others), squash blossoms, and strawberries. Norwich has heirloom tomatoes, fava beans, purple and green long beans, purple string beans, various eggplants, and golden and red raspberries. (The golden raspberries are especially intensely raspberryish today!)
Samascott has blueberries, strawberries, plums, white and yellow peaches, corn, and potatoes. Oak Grove has heirloom tomatoes, tomatillos, husk tomatoes, corn, sweet and hot peppers, melons, yellow peaches, and (prize winning, by the way)white peaches! Red Jacket has apricots and juices. Muddy River has sweet peppers, watermelons, artichokes, garlic, various carrots, and two kinds of beet.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Honey Hollow has fresh chanterelles and hen of the woods mushrooms, and mixed dried mushrooms. S&SO has artichokes, salad greens, cut herbs, and other produce. Berried Treasures has blackberries, wild blueberries, flat beans, several varieties of shelling bean, Tri-star strawberries, and potatoes.
Eckerton has a huge selection of gorgeous heirloom tomatoes in all sizes, as well as some watermelons and Mexican mini-cucumbers. Sycamore has eggplants, sweet peppers, bicolor and white corn, and basil. Breezy Hill has red and golden raspberries, peaches, pears, and apples. Mountain Sweet Berry has green Romano beans, lovage, Tri-Star strawberries, tiny potatoes, german butterball potatoes, hyssop, sucrine lettuce, chamomile flowers, and chives.
Oak Grove has white and yellow peaches, heirloom tomatoes ready to eat, hot peppers, corn, and canteloups. Cherry Lane has red, yellow, and orange sweet peppers, several kinds of eggplant, including fairytale, mini sweet red peppers, okra, and beefsteak tomatoes. Paffenroth has their usual wide variety of delicious produce, including sweet corn, Colorado rose potatoes, cut herbs, Black Tuscan kale, purslane, several kinds of beets, radishes, and carrots. Stokes has tomatillos, lettuces, zucchinis, cut herbs, sweet peppers, and heirloom tomatoes.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Well, I got up too late to do a report, but for anyone still checking at noon, the only thing different from last Monday's report is that Ronnybrook has made a one time only on Monday appearance! Great ice cream, so get there if you can.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, strawberries, and red currants. Locust Grove has peaches, plums, red currants,and other fruit. Eckerton has mixed boxes of heirloom cherry tomatoes, small heirloom tomatoes, and hot peppers, as well as large heirloom tomatoes and basil. S&SO has their large variety of reasonable produce as well as artichokes. Cheerful Cherry has peaches, Shiro plums, tomatoes, and cherry juices. Cherry Lane has heirloom tomatoes, field tomatoes, sweet peppers, beefsteak tomatoes, and fairytale eggplant. Paffenroth has their amazing variety of unique produce.
Gorzynski has their usual tasty organic produce, including lush lettuces and herbs. Northshire has unique cucumber varieties and squashes. Mountain Sweet Berry has fennel fronds with pollen, golden and green Romano beans, sucrine lettuce, baby French leeks, and tasty Tri-Star strawberries. Sycamore has corn, tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, cauliflower, and other produce.
Oak Grove has ready to eat heirloom tomatoes, squash, eggplants, sweet and hot peppers, husk tomatoes, herb and pepper plants, and peaches. Three Corner Field Farm has fragrant soaps, tasty cheeses and yogurts, lamb cuts, and natural knitting wool. Norwich has heirloom tomatoes, many kinds of sweet pepper, eggplants, squashes, and other delicious vegetables.
Cato has delicious cheeses, among them Hooligan, Misty Morning blue, Vivace, and tasty Dirty Cow(!). D'Attolico has onions, garlic, and sprouts, and expect to have their luscious raspberries next week. Keith has sorrel, Italian dandelion, Rocambole garlic, and interesting potato varieties. Stokes has their excellent heirloom tomatoes, large tomatillos, squashes, kirbies, and sweet yellow peppers, as well as generous bunches of cut herbs.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Most of the regular Friday Greenmarket farmers are here, with similar produce to their offerings last week. Yuno has several kinds of heirloom tomato, Shishito sweet peppers, Pimiento de padrone sweet/hot peppers, other sweet and hot peppers, long beans, cranberry beans, and purple, green, and yellow string beans. Queens County Farm Museum is here with heirloom tomatoes, various cut basils, and greens. Dancing Ewe has their tasty pecorino fresco, ricottas, and other cheese, as well as merguez sausage.
Tamarack is here with tasty bacon and other pork cuts. Miglorelli has a wide selection of produce. Cheerful Cherry has peaches, donut peaches, field tomatoes, black berries, plums, and the start of their excellent heirloom tomatoes, including sweet black cherry cherry tomatoes. Berried Treasures has wild blueberries, Jacob's Cattle, Parignon, and Cannelini beans, LaRatte, Red Norland, and purple Peruvian potatoes, squash blossoms, and Tri-Star strawberries.
Sycamore has heirloom tomatoes, field tomatoes, corn, basil, and cauliflower. Oak Grove has yellow and white peaches, heirloom tomatoes ready to eat, hot pepper plants, and several kinds of hot peppers, in addition to canteloupe. Norwich has red and golden raspberries, heirloom tomatoes, small favas, squash, okra, eggplant, sweet peppers, and pearl onions. Red Jacket has beautiful apricots. Samascott has blueberries, strawberries, corn, plums, string beans, and other produce. Miglorelli has corn, greens, peaches, and other vegetables and fruit.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Locust Grove's raspberries have intense raspberry flavor and sweetness. They also have excellent peaches, nectarines, plums, and other fruit. Kernan also has great nectarines and peaches. Evolutionary is here with interesting squashes and squash blossoms. Berried Treasures has Jacob's Cattle shelling beans, beautiful baby zucchini and yellow squash, La Ratte, Peruvian fingerling and other tasty potatoes, haricots verts and jaunes, and berries.
Eckerton has a wide variety of sizes and types of heirloom tomato, hot peppers, and basils. Fantasy Fruit has red currants, blueberries, and strawberries, at 3 boxes for $10. Cato has Dutch Farmstead and Bridgid's Abbey cheeses. Keith has luscious Rocambole garlic, green tomatoes, and Kentucky Colonel mint, in addtion to salad and other greens and cut herbs.
Sycamore's corn was delicious on Saturday, stayed fresh over the weekend, and was still tasty on Tuesday. They have their excellent bicolor corn today as well as field tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, good looking cauliflower, and cucumbers. Mountain Sweet Berry has fragrant sweet Tri-Star strawberries today, in addition to German chamomile, Romano beans, sucrine lettuce, and wild arugula.
Ronnybrook has coconut and ginger creme brule ice creams today. Cherry Lane has corn, Korean Melons, cantaloupe, okra, large sweet peppers, and lima beans. Paffenroth has their excellent wide variety of produce, including potatoes (La Ratte, fingerling, etc.), many types of carrots, beets, onions, herbs, greens, and other vegetables.
Monday, August 10, 2009
There's a comparitively small but excellent greenmarket today.Yuno has all of the wonderful and unusual peppers, heirloom tomatoes, beans, squashes, zucchini blossoms, and salad greens that they usually bring in, including long beans and edamame. Norwich has shelled fava beans, raspberries, strawberries, baby bell peppers, husk tomatoes, tomatillos, artichokes, white kerbies, and a big selection of heirloom tomatoes. Madura has several varieties of mushroom.
Maxwell has sweet peppers, eggplants, beans, edamame, tomatoes, fingerling potatoes, and serrano and jalapeno peppers. Red Jacket has peaches, plums, apricots, and blueberries. Eckerton has large, medium, and small heirloom tomatoes, including sungolds, tiny Mexican cherry tomatoes, mixed heirloom cherry tomatoes, three kinds of basil, and onions. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, red and black currants, and strawberries.
Newfield has lovely lycianthus, gladiolas, and other flowers. River Garden has beautiful bouquets of country flowers.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Stokes Farm has beautiful tomatillos today. Keith has several varieties of potato, four sizes of Rocambole garlic (including the new Colossal!), cut herbs, and some heirloom tomatoes (not many). Quattro's has several kinds of interesting sausage, including chicken/apple/pistachio, turkey/tomato/basil, and today's experiment, duck/cranberry, all this in addition to their usual stellar poultry and eggs.
Mountain Sweet Berry has potatoes, sucrine lettuce, baby French leeks, various delicious beans, and Tri-Star strawberries. Cherry Lane has heirloom tomatoes, corn, and berries. Cheerful Cherry has black cherries, sour cherries, and their excellent peaches. Breezy Hill has blackberries, red currants, plums, and nectarines. Norwich has beautiful heirloom tomatoes and D'Attolico has sprouts, garlic, cucumbers, and one crate of their tasty carrots (deer ate most of their current carrot crop!!!). Northshire has heirloom zucchini, baby asian greens, quail eggs, wild watercress, puntarella, and baby zucchini with blossoms. Windfall has four varieties of cherry tomato. Eckerton has boxes of mixed heirloom cherry tomatoes, small and large heirloom tomatoes, and several kinds of hot pepper including poblanos.
Fantasy Fruit has boxes of berries (3 for $10), blackberries, strawberries, blueberries, and red and black currants. Red Jacket has apricots and juices. Norwich has lovely little watermelons.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Queens County Farm Museum has heirloom tomatoes, various cut basils, and greens. Dancing Ewe is here with their tasty sheeps milk ricotta, pecorino fresco, caciotta, and merguez sausage. Yuno has heirloom tomatoes, edamame, long beans, cranberry beans, squashes, and salad greens. Cheerful Cherry has (probably) the last of their sweet black cherries and the first of their slurpy delicious peaches. Try Cheerful Cherry's "black cherry" cherry tomatoes, sweet and tomatoey! Berried Treasures has wild blueberries and strawberries, Tri-Star strawberries, red currants, baby squashes, small potatoes, cut herbs, haricots verts, squash blossoms, and dragon's tongue beans. Sycamore has great bicolor corn, kirbys, tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, and other delicious produce.
Norwich has heirloom tomatoes (cherokee purples, copra, ananas noirs, etc.), eggplants, peppers, beans, squashes, raspberries, baby artichokes, okra, and melons. Oak Grove has cherry and large varieties of heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, corn, squashes, sunflowers, and potted herbs and peppers. Samascott has donut peaches, plums, strawberries, blueberries, peaches, corn, and green and yellow beans. Red Jacket has apricots and juices. Muddy River has artichokes, fennel, and other produce.
Newfield Farm has beautiful lycianthus, gladiolas, and sunflowers. Beth's Farm Kitchen has delicious raspberry, apricot, and many other jams, jellies, and chutneys.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Cherry Lane has terrific "San Marzano" sauce tomatoes today, as well as their excellent greenhouse heirloom tomatoes. Oak Grove has more heirloom tomatoes today, several kinds of hot peppers and eggplants. Paffenroth has more of their tasty varieties of potato, as well as their extensive array of unusual greens, many colors of carrot, many kinds of beet, and other great produce. Mountain Sweet Berry has sucrine lettuce, wild arugula, haricots verts and yellow beans, tiny potatoes, baby French leeks, and Tri-Star strawberries.
Eckerton has several sizes and varities of heirloom tomatoes, including sungolds, mixed boxes of small tomatoes (3 boxes for $9 today), mixed boxes of mediums, and several kinds of large tomatoes. Sycamore has sweet white and bicolor corn and has started to bring in their heirloom tomatoes as well. Keith has tomatoes, greens, rocambole garlic, and cut herbs. Stokes has greenhouse tomatoes, cut herbs, and squashes. Evolutionary has many small greens, heirloom tomatoes, beans, and zucchini blossoms. Berried Treasures has strawberries, black raspberries, wild blueberries, blackberries, baby zucchini, zucchini blossoms, and cut mints.
S&SO has artichokes as well as salad greens, radishes, carrots, and herbs. Locust Grove has black and red currants, plums, peaches, and other fruit. Red Jacket has juices and fresh apricots. Honey Hollow has chanterelles and trompettes du Mortes. Fantasy Fruit is here with blueberries, raspberries, and currants. (I may have seen strawberries on their table as well.)
Monday, August 3, 2009
Yuno has edamame, purple and green long beans, several kinds of string bean, heirloom tomatoes, young lettuces, green and purple peppers, and zucchini blossoms. Eckerton is back on Mondays!!! with various sizes of heirloom tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, and fresh basil. Norwich has all sorts of peppers, eggplants, beans, greens, cut herbs, and other produce.
Fantasy Fruit has red and black currants, strawberries, and blueberries. Red Jacket has currants, delicious apricots, plums, and other fruits and juices. Newfield Farm has lycianthus, gladiolas, dahlias, white lilies, and sunflowers. River Garden has beautiful bouquets of country flowers.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
EXTRA: Just have to say that I have had wonderful experiences recently at The Modern, The Modern Bar Room, Union Square Cafe, and other restaurants who get alot of their produce and other ingredients in the Greenmarket. Just this afternoon I had a meal to remember forever at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, where I had tomatoes from Tim Stark and Cherry Lane, apricots from Red Jacket, beans, chervil and tiny potatoes from Mountain Sweet Berry, corn fritata and corn ice cream(!) made from Sycamore's corn, Ronnybrook's butter, beans from Miglorelli and Samascott, Mountain Sweet Berry's baby zucchini, Locust Grove's sweet and sour cherries, and Phillips' red currants. All of these ingredients were used in a parade of delicious and original taste treats. I'm so impressed with New York's bounty, especially in a season when late blight is affecting so many of our farms so adversely. Thank goodness for the Greenmarket farmers!!!
Saturday, August 1, 2009
It's "Squash Fest" at Stokes today, with zucchini, 8 Ball zucchini, Cousa squash, and other squashes going for 99 cents a pound! Stokes also has kirbies, red and yellow onions, generous bunches of cut herbs, shallots, and delicious small red potatoes. Oak Grove has heirloom tomatoes and peppers, peaches, eggplants, and beautiful herb plants. Keith has lovely salad greens, Rocambole garlic, blue and red potatoes, Kennebec potatoes, squashes, herbs, and mints. River Garden has their usual stunning country flowers. Gorzynski has beautiful organic salad greens. D'Attolico has several kinds of sprouts as well as onions, garlic, and carrots.
Mountain Sweet Berry has baby French leeks, sucrine lettuce, Italian leaf broccoli, haricots verts and jaunes, baby beets, sorrel, favas, and strawberries. Norwich has heirloom tomatoes, peppers, many varieties of eggplant, beans, greens, and other produce. Three Corner Field Farm has lamb, lamb sausages, yogurt, and cheeses. Cherry Lane has heirloom tomatoes, zucchini, okra, fairy tale and other eggplants. Northshire has puntarella, wild watercress, baby Asian greens mix, zucchini, French sorrel, and chanterelles. Windfall has green eggs, edible flowers, and many greens from micro to macro. Paffenroth has large and small potatoes, including French fingerlings, and baby fennel, wild arugula, and many unusual greens.
Locust Grove has peaches, several kinds of plum, donut peaches, red currants, and blueberries. Their excellent raspberries have unfortunately ended, but they should have late season raspberries in a few weeks.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Cheerful Cherry has great peaches, dark sweet cherries, sour cherries, jalapeno peppers, Shiro plums, and cherry juices. Sycamore has heirloom tomatoes, sweet corn, green beans, and cucumbers. Samascott has blueberries, sour cherries, corn, beans, and peaches. Norwich has several varieties of eggplant, peppers, beans, heirloom tomatoes, favas, and baby flower melons (sweet red melon with seeds). Oak Grove has heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, a wide variety of potted herbs, and peaches.
Evolutionary is here with greens, garlic, zucchini flowers, beans, and herbs. Berried Treasures has beans, peas, wild strawberries, wild blueberries, cut herbs, mints, raspberries, and black raspberries. Muddy River has lettuces, radishes, and artichokes, as well as other good looking produce.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Cherry Lane has lima beans and heirloom tomatoes. Locust Grove has delicious raspberries and other berries and fruit. Berried Treasures has wild blueberries, strawberries, squashes, and other tasty produce. Sycamore is here with excellent bicolor corn, cucumbers, and tomatoes. Mountain Sweet Berry has haricots verts and jaunes, sucrine lettuce, baby French leeks, strawberries, and wild arugula. Oak Grove, Cherry Lane, and others have several kinds of eggplant. Keith, Stokes, and others have great fresh garlic.
It's a terribly humid day and is working itself up to some kind of storm this afternoon, so I'd get to the market asap!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Norwich has two kinds of favas, including a small "Egyptian" fava. Yuno has edamame and cranberry beans. Yuno has zucchini blossoms, all sorts of peppers, several kinds of bean (including purple string beans),many varieties of squash, and other produce. Norwich has several types of eggplant, squash, cabbage, lettuce, and cut herbs, as well as beans, and big bunches of cut herbs. Fantasy Fruit has raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, and red and black currants.
Newfield Farm has gorgeous flowers, including lycianthus, gladiolas, sunflowers, and beautiful lilies. River Garden has beautiful country flowers. Scarborough has lush herb plants and the farmstand next to them has a wide variety of good looking produce. Red Jacket has cherries, sour cherries, berries, plums, and apricots.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Cheerful Cherry has sweet and sour cherry juices, Black Tartarian sweet cherries, sour cherries, jalapeno peppers, and greenhouse tomatoes. Cherry Lane has OKRA, heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, fairytale eggplants, and other delicious produce. Gorzynsky has organic greens, sugar snaps, flat beans, burdock, gorgeous salad greens, and herbs. Northshire has chanterelles and other mushrooms, and a wild green mix including mustard flowers, arugula, and watercress, and Italian puntarella.
Mountain Sweet Berry has the last of their fava beans. They also have yellow Romano beans, French green and yellow beans, chamomile, squash blossoms, strawberries, lovage, chives, and French baby leeks. Locust Grove has delicious raspberries, blackberries, red currants, plums, peaches, and other fruit. Eckerton has heirloom tomatoes, small potatoes, peppers, beets, and other produce.
Sycamore has all bi-color corn today, as well as tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, and other vegetables. Norwich has artichokes, beets, kohlrabi, red and white pearl onions, and fava beans, as well as a wide variety of greens. Three Corner Field Farm is here with their excellent sheeps milk yogurt, cheeses, and lamb.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Yuno has purple string beans, long beans, cranberry and other beans, heirloom tomatoes, and squash blossoms, in addition to their excellent salad and other greens and peppers. Cheerful Cherry has sour cherries, Black Tartarian sweet cherries (one more week), gooseberries, sweet and sour cherry juices, and peaches.
Red Jacket has good looking apricots. Muddy River has fennel, Yukon gold potatoes, ARTICHOKES, and other tasty produce. Sycamore is here with their excellent white and bicolor corn, and Oak Grove has heirloom tomatoes and several varieties of pepper. Samascott has blueberries, yellow and dark sweet cherries, as well as green and yellow string beans, flat beans, strawberries, and plump blueberries. Norwich has eggplants, greens, the beginning of their tomatoes, and other excellent produce.
Berried Treasures has wild blueberries that remind me of my childhood in the Adirondacks, red currants, raspberries, black raspberries, petits pois, herbs, cut mints, and chamomile. Newfield Farm has beautiful lycianthus, a flower that lasts for at least a week and a half, sunflowers, gladiolas, and other flowers.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
I just had delicious sweet corn from Sycamore and luscious fresh raspberries from Locust Grove for breakfast. Very fresh, sweet, and tasty.
Fantasy Fruit has red and black currants, blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries. Eckerton has several kinds of cherry and other small tomatoes, heriloom tomatoes, sungolds, white cucumbers, three kinds of basil, and corn. Berried Treasures has wild blueberries, black raspberries, red currants, cut herbs, beans, and flowers. Mountain Sweet Berry has squash blossoms, baby French leeks, yellow French beans, and strawberries. Paffenroth has Laratte, French fingerling and other potatoes, purslane, Red Long of Tropea onions, shallots, cut herbs, epazote, Black Tuscan kale, baby fennel, and other unusual produce.
S&SO has red and golden beets, celery, mini squash, radishes, and several kinds of salad green, as well as ARTICHOKES! Evolutionary has mini squash, many interesting greens, and other produce. Locust Grove has tasty raspberries, currants, peaches, apricots, plums, and other fruit.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Yuno has beautiful zucchini blossoms, all sorts of peppers, ASPARAGUS!!, several kinds of bean (including purple string beans and cranberry beans), many varieties of squash, and other produce. Norwich has several types of eggplant, squash, cabbage, lettuce, and cut herbs, as well as fava and other beans, and big bunches of cut herbs. Fantasy Fruit has raspberries, blueberries, and red and black currants. Newfield Farm has gorgeous flowers, including lycianthus, gladiolas, sunflowers, and beautiful lilies. Scarborough has lush herb plants and the farmstand next to them has a wide variety of good looking produce. Race is here with pastries, fruit, and vegetables, as well as potted plants.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Cheerful Cherry's Black Tartorian cherries are luscious today, as are their Queen Annes (which are only available this week). Eckerton has heirloom tomatoes, haricots verts, and all sorts of greens and cherry tomatoes. Bulich Mushrooms is here with oyster, shitake, portabello and crimini mushrooms. Cherry Lane has their tasty greenhouse heirloom tomatoes, green and wax beans, new potatoes, and cucumbers. Sycamore has corn, greenhouse tomatoes, and cucumbers. Mountain Sweet Berry has favas, hellow and white spring onions, tri-star strawberries, feno verde basil, squash blossoms, and wild baby arugula.
Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, red and black currants, and strawberries. Locust Grove has plums, peaches, berries, currants, and gooseberries.Oak Grove has at least 12 varieties of potted heirloom peppers. Norwich has favas, middle eastern cucumbers, all sorts of greens, and purple and white spring onions. Binder has their excellent potted herb plants. D'Attolico has onions, young garlic, green and wax beans, and some of the sweetest carrots in the Greenmarket.
Stokes Farm has garlic, shallots, squashes, cut herbs, and persian cukes as well as greenhouse tomatoes. Miglorelli has cherries, peaches, plums, corn, greens, beets, herbs, and other produce. Keith has lettuces, Rocambole garlic, wscapes, red russian kale and beautiful lettuces. Terhune has raspberries. Durr has gorgeous country flowers and Duva is here with beautiful gladiolas and lilies.
BULLETIN: Wondering when the field tomatoes will finally show up? Apparently I have been missing the stories in the NY Times and elsewhere about the Late Blight which has resulted from June's extensive rain. It is the same disease which caused the Irish potato famine and is very serious. It is spread by standing water and any attempts to wash it off just spread it. There is no known cure, but it can be managed. Conventional farmers can use sprays to contain it, but organic farmers have few solutions available. One possibility is to spray it with a copper solution, but that is difficult and time consuming.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Cheerful Cherry has tasty big dark cherries, sour cherries, and Queen Annes, as well as black raspberries. Norwich and Yuno have fava beans, various string beans and flat beans as well as other beautiful produce. Yuno has started their heirloom tomatoes and Norwich has a mix of tiny new potatoes.
Oak Grove has slurpy peaches, bags of cut herbs, and heirloom pepper plants and small heirloom tomatoes. Sycamore has corn, greenhouse tomatoes, broccoli, and a couple of types of cucumber. Berried Treasures has tiny tasty wild blueberries, black raspberries, Tri-Stars, and beans. A couple of farmers have cranberry beans. Muddy River is here with all kinds of delicious produce and Miglorelli has a wide variety of greens and fruit. Samascott has blueberries, cherries, and other great fruit and pastry.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Beth's Jam will be here on Wednesdays as well as Fridays and Saturdays from now on! Petal Plants and Flowers has 14 varieties of basil! Evolutionary has good looking mini squash. Honey Hollow has fava beans, chanterelles, plump black currants, and porcini (out of season, but the weather has produced these). Eckerton has all sorts of tasty heirloom cherry tomatoes, small tomatoes, and Cherokee purples, as well as raspberries, white cucumbers, beets, and other delicious produce. Fantasy Fruit has black currants and raspberries.
Sycamore has corn, broccoli, string beans, various cucumbers, and greenhouse tomatoes. Mountain Sweet Berry has favas, tiny squashes, chicory salad mix, fino verde basil, sage leaves for frying, and sucrine lettuce, in addition to their excellent tri-star strawberries. Miglorelli has corn, peaches, and other vegetables. Breezy Hill has peaches and raspberries. The trout guy has wild watercress, Windfall has squash blossoms, micro mesclun, mesclun, other greens, and tiny cherry tomatoes. Locust Grove has white and red currants.
Keith has rocambole garlic and beautiful lettuces and cut herbs. Eckerton has heirloom cherry tomatoes, small tomatoes, and medium heirloom varieties. Berried Treasure has favas, black raspberries, cut herbs and mints, and sweet wild blueberries. Cayuga has dried organic beans and organic flours (whole cornmeal, spelt, and wheat). Red Jacket's apricot season has started.
Silva Orchids has many beautiful varieties. Duva has lovely gladiolas and other flowers. Flora Perfecta has gorgeous lilies and River Garden has beautiful country flowers.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
James Durr has four or five colors of lycianthus today! Fantasy Fruit has gooseberries, black currants, and raspberries. Locust Grove has red and black currants, gooseberries, cherries, peaches, and blue plums. Eckerton has HARICOTS VERTS, corn, small heirloom tomatoes, and several kinds of new potato. Cheerful Cherry has Queen Anne, Oxheart, and sour cherries, as well as greenhouse tomatoes and wild cherries. Cherry Lane has their tasty greenhouse heirloom tomatoes, bunches of basil, raspberries, and cucumbers.
Paffenroth has their many varieties of carrot, beet, radish, lattuce, and other produce, including baby fennel and lush greens. Gorzynsky has lovely lettuces, herbs, and other greens, as well as beans and raspberries. Northshire has porcini, chanterelles, and other mushrooms, as well as tasty Italian greens and quail eggs. Sycamore has corn, basil, and greenhouse tomatoes.
Mountain Sweet Berry has beautiful Tri-Star strawberries, sucrine lettuce, lovage, chervil, sugar snaps, baby rainbow chard, spring onions, wild arugula, and fava beans. Norwich has flat beans, fava beans, shelling peas, Middle Eastern cucumbers, and Chinese cabbage. Three Corner Field Farm is here with yogurt, lamb, cheeses, and soaps. D'Attolico has green beans, wax beans, and young onions. Van Houton has beans, corn, and cucumbers. Stokes has shallots, squashes, beans, and Persian cucumbers, as well as many cut herbs. Keith has yellow and white spring onions, garlic and garlic scapes, herbs, and good looking lettuces and other greens.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Samascott has three varieties of cherry, all of which look great, as well as tasty blueberries. Oak Grove has two kinds of PEACHES, as well as several varieties of squash. Berried Treasures has lovely tiny petits pois as well as sugar snaps and shell peas, black raspberries, and Tri-Stars (Franca says there's a lull, but she has strawberries today and will have more later). Cheerful Cherry has delicious sweet and sour cherries. They also have brought containers of PITTED SWEET AND SOUR CHERRIES!!! (Less work for Mother!)
Norwich Farm's fabulous fava season has just started. Yuno has great looking greenhouse tomatoes. Both farms have extensive delicious greens, beans, and other produce. Conuco Farm has tasty looking baby greens. Sycamore has CORN, as do Miglorelli and Muddy River.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Honey Hollow Farm's chanterelles are looking terrific today. Berried Treasures has tasty Tri-Stars, cut herbs, mints, edible flowers, chamomile, and tiny red currants. Eckerton has heirloom tomatoes and black raspberries and Keith has rocambole garlic and lots of mini squash. Fantasy Fruit has gooseberries, black currants, and raspberries. River Garden has fragrant lavender and Flora Perfecta has beautiful lilies. Sycamore has young CORN today and will have much more on Friday and Saturday if the weather holds.
Mountain Sweet Berry has tiny squash, squash blossoms, sucrine lettuce, baby sorrel, petit pois, French baby leeks, and is out of arugula. Oak Grove has the first of their heirloom cherry tomatoes and is selling cucumbers and squashes with a special --buy one pound, get a pound free! Miglorelli has corn, peas, beets, and other greens. Terhune has cherries, raspberries, and strawberries.
Friday, July 3, 2009
BULLETIN: QUATTRO'S is in the Greenmarket today and will NOT be here tomorrow. The corn wasn't ready in time for Sycamore to bring it in tomorrow, but they will have corn on Wednesday.
Cheerful Cherry has sweet cherries, black raspberries, and red currants today. Samascott has cherries, blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries. Other stands also have blueberries and raspberries.
Norwich has all sorts of good-looking beans and both they and Yuno have great favas. They also both have beautiful greens, onions, squashes, and other vegetables. Muddy River is also here with great produce.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Locust Farm has blackberries, cherries, red currants, and gooseberries. Andrews Honey is here, as well as Hoeffner (purple and green asparagus). Evolutionary has lush greens and garlic scapes. Kernan has strawberries, peaches, and green and wax beans. Honey Hollow has beautiful chanterelles and porcini. Eckerton has sungold cherry tomatoes, wild cherries, currants, black berries and various lettuces. Keith has green garlic and rocambole scapes, as well as beautiful salad and other greens, herbs, and various young onions.
Sycamore is here today with greenhouse tomatoes, shelling peas, sugar snaps, and seedless cucumbers, and are hoping to have corn on Saturday for the 4th. Breezy Hill has strawberries and raspberries. Mountain Sweet Berry has SQUASH BLOSSOMS, pea shoots, wild arugula, green garlic, chervil, and Lamborn mini-leaf pea shoots for garnish. Cherry Lane has beautiful new red and yukon gold potatoes, candy cane and bulls blood beets, and tasty greenhouse heirloom tomatoes.
Paffenroth has seven kinds of radish, six kinds of carrot, five types of beet, seven kinds of onion, and kales, purslane, collards, leeks, red dandelion, puntarelle, shunkijo, purple and white scallions, and cutting celery. Miglorelli has cherries, big bags of lettuces, sugar snaps, squashes, beets, and carrots. Phillips has blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries. Terhune has raspberries, strawberries, and cherries. Stokes has cherry tomatoes, squash, kirbys, beautiful tarragon, lemon basil, and other cut herbs.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Norwich has purple kohlrabi, fava beans, pole beans(yellow and green), SNOW PEAS, small lita and other summer squash, young garlic and garlic scapes, and beets. They also have Middle Eastern cucumbers, bok choi, Chinese cabbage, cut herbs, fennel, kales, chard, and collards. Maxwell has GOOSEBERRIES, and had blueberries and raspberries this morning. Race has Queen Anne cherries, raspberries, and blueberries. Scarborough Fields has bee balm, chervil, marjoram, epazote, and lemon grass plants. The wheatgrass stand has pea shoots, buckwheat greens, and sunflower greens. Yuno has SWEET PEPPERS, cut herbs, calaloo, edible flowers, squash blossoms, and various beans, including wax beans, favas, and romano beans.
Newfield Farm has snapdragons, lilies, and other flowers and started their gladiola season today (unfortunately, I bought the last ones today).
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Cheerful Cherry is back with CHERRIES!!! Eckerton has little wild black cherries, black berries, sun gold cherry tomatoes, and beets. In fact, it's a beet festival, with great ones from Cherry Lane, Mountain Sweet Berry, and Paffenroth. Mountain Sweet Berry also has squash blossoms, sucrine lettuce, rainbow chard, pea shoots, and other beautiful produce. Cherry Lane has the last of their asparagus and Hoeffner has purple and green asparagus.
Everything is pretty much the way I reported it was last week but Sycamore, who has squash in addition to their tomatoes and cucumbers this week, says they're hoping for corn for the 4th. There are still several stands with good strawberries and raspberries are showing up at Cherry Lane and other stands.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Evolutionary has rainbow chard, Kernan has blueberries, new potatoes, green beans and wax beans. Locust Grove has cherries. Hoeffner has brought in sugar snaps and tomatoes, in addition to their flowering and herb plants.
HONEY HOLLOW FARM IS BACK!!! with beautiful chanterelles., various dried mushrooms, and lovage. S&SO has mini squash in addition to their salad and other greens and produce. Berried Treasures has several types of mint, Tri-Star strawberries, and beautiful flowers. Eckerton has fava beans, sungold cherry tomatoes, and several kinds of new potatoes and beets.
Keith has rocambole garlic, garlic scapes, kale, lovage, and yellow and white spring onions. Sycamore has shelling peas, strawberries, tomatoes, and sugar snaps. Mountain Sweet Berry has chervil, wild baby arugula, baby rainbow chard, petits pois, and young garlic. Oak Grove has sugar snaps, nasturtium, tomato, and pepper plants, herbs, and salad sets. Cherry Lane has candy cane beets, sunglow cherry tomatoes, strawberries, heirloom tomatoes, and close to their last delicious slim asparagus. (They may have a little on Saturday, but this is the end of their asparagus season.)
Paffenroth has baby fennel, five kinds of beet, 6 varieties of radish, upland cress, puntarella, 2 kinds of kohlrabi (red and green), black tuscan kale, and five kinds of carrot! Phillips has blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries. Terhune has what looked like three varieties of sweet cherry, and Stokes has herbs, strawberries, and tomatoes.
I tried Valley Shepherd's gnocchi last week -- delicious! They also have ravioli in addition to their cheeses. Flora Perfecta is here with beautiful lilies and River Garden has lovely country flowers.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Newfield Farm has beautiful freesias and lilies. Yuno has fava beans, asparagus, and other greens. Phillips has blueberries. Things are pretty static for the moment, but if you are a lover of kale and other greens, there are plenty to choose from.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
PETITS POIS!!! The first are here and Mountain Sweet Berry has them, along with unusual pea shoots for garnishing, sucrine lettuce, and their other delicious greens. FANTASY FRUIT IS BACK!!! They have Tri-Stars and honey today. Locust Grove has RED CURRANTS, raspberries, and cherries. Eckerton has FAVA BEANS, radish microgreens, and new red potatoes. S&SO has golden beets and gorgeous red and white onions in addition to their usual great reasonable produce.
Cherry Lane has new red potatoes, strawberries, candy cane beets, and their excellent greenhouse heirloom tomatoes and thin tasty asparagus. Paffenroth has purslane, lambs quarters, chards, collards,red dandelion greens, Black Tuscan Kale and cut herbs. Gorzynski has beautiful pea shoots, lovely lettuces and other greens, and shungiku (green edible chrysanthemum). Northshire has sorrel, garlic scapes, Italian chicory, and goose and other eggs.
Mountain Sweet Berry has baby rainbow chard and baby leeks. Sycamore has shelling peas, sugar snaps, seedless cucumbers, and strawberries. Norwich has mini squash, tiny baby beets, garlic and garlic scapes, and turnips, as well as a wide variety of greens.
THREE CORNER FIELD FARM IS BACK!!! with their excellent sheeps milk yogurts, cheeses, and delicious lamb cuts. Cato has several great cheeses, including a mild "Dutch Farmstead", a rich Misty Morning Blue, and a tasty Aged Bloomsday.
BULLETIN FOR DRIVERS: If you are considering parking on 17th Street, be aware that you'll probably be ticketed today!!!
Friday, June 19, 2009
Samascott has delicious strawberries and very good looking rhubarb as well as asparagus and broccoli. Yuno has fava beans, shell peas, peas out of the shell, tasty onions and beets, purselane, and herbs (including a Japanese herb called shiso. Miglorelli has sugar snap peas, thubarb, Lita squash, and beets. Sycamore has beautiful strawberries, tomatoes, sugar snaps, and shelling peas.Berried Treasures has frais de bois, Tri-Star strawberries, several kinds of mint, peonies, and chamomile (perfect today, Franca says).
Norwich has several varieties of mini-squash, all sorts of tasty greens, middle eastern cucumbers, and Chinese cabbage. Oak Grove has sweet sugar snaps, herb sets, mesclun sets, nasturtiums, and heirloom tomato plants. Samascott has picture perfect sweet strawberries,gorgeous rhubarb, sugar snaps, and the last of their asparagus. Muddy River has fennel, garlic scapes, greens, and garlic. Stokes has cherry tomatoes, garlic, salad greens, cut herbs, and strawberries.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Locust Grove has RASPBERRIES and CHERRIES. Kernan has BLUEBERRIES and new red potatoes. S&SO has good-looking greenhouse tomatoes in addition to their extensive variety of salad and other produce.Eckerton has new potatoes, zucchini, beets, and shell and sugar snap peas. Keith has garlic, garlic scapes, many lush lettuces, several cut mints and other herbs, red Russian Kale and Italian dandelion greens.
Sycamore has shell peas, greenhouse tomatoes, basil, seedless cucumbers, and strawberries. Mountain Sweet Berry has wild arugula, French baby leeks, lovage, chervil, sorrel, chicory salad mix, and Tri-Star strawberries. Cherry Lane has several varieties of their remarkably tasty greenhouse heirloom tomatoes, strawberries, shell peas, asparagus, new potatoes, and zucchini.
Paffenroth has red cipollini onions, among other varieties, all sorts of lettuce, shallots, many different carrots and radishes, cut herbs, and baby fennel. Miglorelli has many kinds of beet, carrot, turnips, baby fennel, and greens. Stokes has greenhouse cherry tomatoes, yellow and red greenhouse tomatoes, lettuces, cut herbs, chard, sorrel, and strawberries. Phillips has BLUEBERRIES.
Windfall has nasturtium and pea blossoms, pea shoots with flowers, fava greens, sugar snaps, green eggs, and lots of tasty looking spinach. Berried Treasures has beautiful peonies, many kinds of cut mint, frais de bois and Tri-Star strawberries. Evolutionary has many kinds of salad and other greens and sweet strawberries. Cayuga is here with several types of dried beans. Valley Shepherd has ricotta, ravioli, and gnocchi, in addition to their cheeses. Tello is here with eggs.
River Garden, Flora Perfecta, and others are here with beautiful flowers.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Yuno has three beautiful varieties of young beet, FAVA BEANS, asparagus, strawberries, lettuces, and various onions. Maxwell has shell peas, snow peas, sugar snaps, summer squash, cut herbs, onions, and salad greens. P.E.& D.D. has flounder, sea scallops, gray sole, squid, little necks, and other seafood. Madura has sugar snaps, portabello mushrooms, criminis, young beets, garlic, and garlic scapes. Several stands have strawberries.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
S&SO has garlic scapes, cut herbs, salad mix, lettuces, and radishes. Eckerton has FRESH FAVA BEANS, new red potatoes, and greens. Cherry Lane has strawberries, asparagus, and tasty greenhouse heirloom tomatoes. Hoeffner has green and purple asparagus. Locust Grove has early tart cherries, strawberries, and rhubarb. Paffenroth has various radishes, onions, colorful carrots, dandelion greens, and a wide variety of other produce. Bulick has several kinds of mushroom, including criminis, portabellos, and shiitake. Gorzynski has rhubarb, burdock, cut herbs, and lettuces. Northshire has burdock, baby romaine, and other greens, and eggs.
Sycamore has Late Glow,Raritan, and Early Glow strawberries in mixed boxes, as well as sugar snap peas, tomatoes, and cucumbers. Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Star strawberries, sucrine lettuce, chervil, pea shoots, young scallions, young onions, wild baby arugula, sorrel, and other goodies. Oak Grove has sugar snaps, nasturtiums, salad sets, herb gardens, individual herb sets, heirloom tomato plants, and pepper plants.
Norwich Farm has sugar snaps, mixed miniature squash, kales, beet greens, lambs quarters, collards, and Middle Eastern cucumbers. They should have fresh fava beans in two weeks. Cato's Misty Morning blue cheese is unique and delicious. Binder has beautiful herb and flowering plants. Miglorelli has arugula, mizuna, dandelion greens, and baby fennel.
Ronnybrook has a delicious "Camembert" as well as their milks, yoghurts, flavored and unflavored butters, and ice creams. D'Attolico has young onions, young garlic, and some of the sweetest shell peas I've had so far. Shushan is here with cherry tomatoes, tomatoes, and herbs and will be coming in until the first week in July. Quattro's has pheasant eggs and wild turkey eggs as well as their poultry, sausages, and smoked poultry. Keith has garlic scapes, spring onions, green rocambole garlic, and red mustard, as well as cut herbs and salad greens.
Stokes has lettuces, strawberries, tomatoes, tasty cherry tomatoes, lettuce mix, garlic,and a wide variety of cut herbs.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Stokes has strawberries with stems (for dipping in chocolate?), greenhouse tomatoes, and cut herbs and lettuce. Yuno has sugar snap peas, Calaloo (Jamaican spinach), cut herbs, fresh onions, beets, Tuscana kale, red and green spinach, asparagus, Swiss chard, and greenhouse tomatoes. Muddy River has garlic scapes, lettuces, chervil, cilantro, and spring beets.
Samascott has sweet strawberries, rhubarb, sugar snaps and garlic scapes. Oak Grove has mesclun sets, nasturtiums, and heirloom tomatoes. Berried Treasures has frais de bois, tasty Tri-Star strawberries, last of the watercress, and beautiful peonies and lupins. Sycamore has delicious strawberries, kohlrabi, greenhouse tomatoes, burpless cucumbers, other cucumbers similar to Persian cucumbers, and sugar snap peas (they'll have alot of sugar snaps next week).
Cheerful Cherry has beautiful flowering plants and Madura has several kinds of mushroom, including creminis, shitakis, king oysters, pompoms, and maitakis. Queens County Farm Museum has summer squash, turnips, lettuces, beet greens, and eggs. Dancing Ewe Farm has delicious ricottas, sheep or cow, Caciotta cheese, and a Pecorino Fresca with a wonderful winey flavor.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
S&SO has young carrots, big shallots, garlic scapes, and beautiful beets. Berried Treasures has tasty Tri-Star strawberries, comfry, black mint, peonies, and wintered over ruby red French fingerling potatoes and La Ratte potatoes. Evolutionary has strawberries, garlic scapes, young garlic and herb and flowering plants. Silver Heights has heirloom tomato plants, flowering plants, and vegetable sets (okra, peppers, etc.). Keith has rhubarb, yellow and red spring onions, young garlic, stinging nettles, lovage, various cut mints, spring shallots, and green garlic. Sycamore has succulent Early Glow strawberries, kohlrabi, sugar snaps, and cucumbers. Hawthorne Valley Farm has beautiful lettuces. Mountain Sweet Berry has chicory salad mix, chervil, baby sorrel, wild Italian arugula, lovage, and Tri-Star strawberries.
Cherry Lane has shelling peas, good-looking thin asparagus, tasty greenhouse heirloom tomatoes, and strawberries. Kernan has strawberries, asparagus, new red potatoes and sugar snap peas. Paffenroth has cut herbs, stinging nettles, many varieties of lettuce (frisee, red romaine, etc.), young carrots, baby fennel. Stokes has greenhouse tomatoes and cherry tomatoes, strawberries, young garlic, salad greens and cut herbs. Oak Grove has nasturtiums, salad sets, potted herb "gardens", and heirloom tomato plants.
River Garden has pretty country flowers, Berried Treasures has fragrant peonies, and Duva is here with amaryllis and calla lilies. Flora Perfecta has tulips and elegant lilies.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Newfield Farm has beautiful freesias. Red Jacket has rhubarb and strawberries. Scarborough has borage and Thai Basil. Maxwell has strawberries, dried beans, cut herbs, dandelion greens, garlic scapes, radicchio, shell peas, and rhubarb. Wheatgrass has pea shoots and buckwheat sprouts. P.E.&D.D. Seafood has many kinds of fish, including bluefish, and other seafood, such as sea scallops, squid, and live lobster. Yuno has strawberries, greenhouse tomatoes, beets, asparagus, baby greens, Tuscana and Russian Kale, and escarole. Madura has cremini, shitake, oyster, and maitake mushrooms, greens, and herb plants. Race has vinegar, honeys, baked goods, strawberries, basil, and salad greens.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Stokes has their greenhouse cherry tomatoes, cut herbs, (sorrel, dill, chamomile, etc.), and "music" variety garlic.S&SO, at the end of the market, has salad greens, salad mix, young onions and other sensibly priced produce. Eckerton has salad greens, strawberries, rainbow chard, beets, Hakurai turnips, and other interesting greens. Cherry Lane has awesome greenhouse heirloom tomatoes (I had one the other day and it was delicious), strawberries, lambs quarters, salad, and shelling peas. Locust Grove has rhubarb (for those strawberry rhubarb pies you'll be baking). Among Paffenroth's excellent wide variety of produce, you'll find baby fennel, puntenella, and other unique vegetables. Gorzynski has purple goosefoot, a green to use in salads or lightly sauteed, fava bean greens, romaine and crispelle lettuce, and strawberries.
Northshire has sorrel, wild mustard, Shanghai bok choi, baby romaine, Chinese broccoli leaves and flowers, and a few ramps. Sycamore is back with luscious strawberries and cucumbers. Mountain Sweet Berry has lovage, chervil, baby sorrel, sucrine lettuce and young onions.Oak Grove has sugar snaps as well as the other vegetables and plants mentioned in Friday's report (heirloom tomato plants, etc.). Norwich has all sorts of organic produce including kohlrabi, fennel, turnips, Russian Kale, collards, beet greens, bok choi, spinach and MINI SQUASH.
Catskill Merino has merquez and other sausages, lamb cuts, and beautiful wool.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Miglorelli has sugar snap peas, beets, arugula, and rhubarb. Pura Vida has clams, oysters, mussels, sea scallops, and several kinds of fish, including bluefish and skate. Sycamore has sweet strawberries and seedless cucumbers. Oak Grove has lettuce sets, mini herb gardens, heirloom tomato plants, nasturtiums, and pepper plants. Samascott has strawberries, thubarb, sugar snaps, and baked goods. Muddy River has several lettuces and young garlic. Yuno has young lettuces, radishes, beets, young garlic, Tuscan kale, Swiss chard, young spinach, baby greens, strawberries, eggs, and shell peas. Berried Treasures has lamb's quarter, watercress, and lupins, and will have Tri-Star strawberries on Wednesday.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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Friday, May 15, 2009
Samascott has RHUBARB today! Can strawberries be far behind?
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Evolutionary Organics is back with a wide variety of greens. Duva has gorgeous irises today and will have them on Saturday as well. Flora Perfecta has lovely tulips. Cherry Lane says they should have their excellent asparagus through June.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Yuno has a wide variety of young greens, young onions, and their delicious asparagus. They also have excellent eggs. Newfield Farm has lovely tulips and irises and there are several stands with herb plants. River Garden has beautiful lilacs and lilies of the valley. Race Farm has baked goods and flowering potted plants. Madura has interesting mushrooms.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
ECKERTON'S BACK! They have beautiful greens and radishes today. Durr has fabulous PEONIES and many stands have lilacs. Norwich has BABY TURNIPS, radishes, and many varieties of greens. Mountain Sweet Berry has wild arugula, fiddleheads, and what may be their final ramps of the season. Northshire has ramps and other vegetables and Paffenroth has a wide range of produce, including stinging nettles and dandelion greens. Cherry Lane has good looking asparagus, broccoli rabe, and bags of baby lettuces.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
FIDDLEHEADS!!It's really Spring and Mountain Sweet Berry has fiddleheads, ramps, lovage, and wild arugula! Norwich has purple asparagus, RADISHES, young onions and garlic, tuscan kale and other delicious greens. Cherry Lane has spinach, arugula, and their excellent slim and gorgeous asparagus. There are many stands with beautiful LILACS, including Locust Grove and Terhune. Oak Grove has bags of tasty fresh mints and great potted heirloom tomato plants, potted herbs, and mesclun in sets and pots for apartment gardening. Paffenroth has stinging nettles, dandelion greens, and other greens. Gorzynsky has the beginnings of their great organic salad and other greens. Northshire has French SORREL (great with salmon).
Friday, May 1, 2009
Berried Treasures has WATERCRESS, DANDELION GREENS, Chives, Jerusalem artichokes, potatoes, and RAMPS. Ask Franca about the different kinds of dandelion greens and her trout!
DANCING EWE is back with their delicious ricotta and other cheeses. Newfield Farm has gorgeous parrot tulips, some purple and some red and yellow.
The asparagus is especially good this year and I've been enjoying the purple and green varieties from Stokes, the slim green ones from Yuno and Cherry Lane, and others. Yuno has many delicious greens, including Toscana Kale, and cut herbs.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Cherry Lane has beautiful young asparagus today. Stokes has a few bunches of their delicious purple and green asparagus, and Hoeffner and Kernan have asparagus as well. Windfall has all sorts of greenhouse greens and Mountain Sweet Berry has big bunches of tasty ramps and LOVAGE. Oak Grove has heirloom tomato plants, herb sets, and potted herb gardens. Berried Treasures has ramps and small potatoes.
Flora Perfecta has lovely red and yellow parrot tulips and Cherry Lane has LILACS!
Monday, April 27, 2009
Yuno has ASPARAGUS today, along with beautiful salad greens, cut herbs, and Tuscan kale both tiny and large, Asian cucumbers, and eggs. Maxwell has asparagus also, as well as other greens, potatoes, and dried cannellini and other beans. Madura was just pulling in when I left, so I didn't see what they have today, but other farmers have asparagus, cut herbs, and greens.
There are potted herb plants next to Maxwell's stand and Newfield Farm has herb plants as well as their gorgeous tulips today. It's really worth getting to the market early now!
Saturday, April 25, 2009
ASPARAGUS!!! At last, Cherry Lane is back with their first asparagus of the Spring and Stokes is already sold out of their purple and green varieties. Mountain Sweet Berry has gorgeous ramps and D'Attolico has baby leeks and young onions. All of these will go well in the wild turkey egg omelette I'm planning to make from Quattro's wild turkey eggs. (They also have duck eggs, goose eggs, chicken eggs, and pheasant eggs!!)
Norwich has a wide variety of excellent greens today, including a new mild member of the mustard family, Tokyo Bekana, red and green mizuna, lots of delicious arugula, and cilantro. I'll have the mizuna and arugula with their mixed salad greens and a Ronnybrook camembert for dinner later. (I served the cheese at a party a week ago and it was a big hit.) I'll be mixing in some shallot cress from Gorzynsky.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Franca of Berried Treasures is back with fresh dug Jerusalem artichokes, ramps, tiny potatoes, and her fabulous dried beans. (I've been using her beans and Mountain Sweet Berry's all winter in salads and soups and have found them delicious!)
Flora Perfecta has lovely yellow and red tulips and lilies and Duva is here with beautiful tulips as well.
Monday, April 20, 2009
On a grim day, it was good to see Newfield Farm's gorgeous tulips. I just had a delicious omelette made with Yuno's eggs. It's been too cold for their asparagus, but they think they may have some next week. So much for global warming! Race is here with their cider donuts and other pastry.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Silver Heights herb and vegetable farm is back with good looking heirloom vegetable and herb plants. Binder has vegetable and herb plants as well and Cheerful Cherry has tomato plants as well as herb plants, flowering plants, and succulents. Oak Grove Farm has heirloom tomato plants and herbs and delicious cut mesclun as well as mesclun sets for gardeners.Mountain Sweet Berry has ramps and say that the next thing will be fiddleheads, sometime soon.
Milk Thistle organic dairy farm is here with various milks and will be here on Saturdays from now on. The orchid farm will be alternating with the honey farm on Saturdays as well.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
NORWICH FARM is back with greens and root vegetables!! Mountain Sweet Berry has RAMPS today and D'Attolico has young onions and baby leeks. Most farm stands are back in their normal spots on 17th Street and down the West side of the park. Norwich is in the middle of the 17th Street stretch today.
Stokes, Oak Grove, and Binder have beautiful herb and vegetable plants. Check out Stokes's pansies and other flowering plants.
Quattro's, Violet Hill, and Flying Pig are all here with delicious poultry and meats. Quattro's and Northshire have DUCK EGGS and Quattro's has pheasant eggs. Quattro's also has various cuts of venison, soups, and sausages.
Cato's has the last of their wonderful Jeremy's cheddar (until next year), so if you're a fan, it's worth braving the nasty weather to get some.
Friday, April 10, 2009
The weather has been too cold for Yuno's asparagus, but they're hoping to have some next Friday. They have lovely salad greens, spinach, and broccoli rabe today. Miglorelli has tiny baby salad greens. Stokes has a few cut herbs. Ted Blew of Oak Grove has wonderful little apartment herb gardens, potted herbs, nasturtium plants, and tomato plants. If you buy one with flowers you should start getting tomatoes in about six weeks, Ted says.
Muddy River is here with some greens and root vegetables. Madura has good-looking mushrooms and Tello has excellent eggs. Our Daily Bread is here with several tasty offerings.
Tremblay is here with various honeys and Beth's Jams has beautifully wrapped jams and chutneys for gifts. Newfield Farm has beautiful tulips and the rose people are here with several bouquets of pretty flowers.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Flora Perfecta has brought in some stunningly beautiful tulips today. Cato has outstanding "Vivace" cheese and Madura has good-looking mushrooms. There are gorgeous flowering plants all over the Greenmarket, including Stokes', Hoeffner's, and others. Stokes and Oak Grove have lush herb plants and Oak Grove has a variety of tomato plants. Duva is back with hyacinths.
Most of the market is back where it belongs, but there are a few outposts on the West side of the park towards 14th Street.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
RAMPS!!!!! MOUNTAIN SWEET BERRY is here with Rick's first ramps of the season and with their lovely tiny potatoes. TOMATO PLANTS!!! Ted Blew of Oak Grove has brought in several varities for city gardeners. Windfall Farm has gorgeous edible flowers either in mixes or separate, including arugula flowers (which they should have for at least another week).
Almost all the stands are back in their usual places on 17th Street and down the West side of the square. CHEERFUL CHERRY is back, located near the Gandhi statue, with a generous display of beautiful potted plants. The BINDERS are back, too, near Sixteenth Street on the West side of the market, with beautiful lettuce and other lush potted plants. Hoeffner is back with potted plants.
James Durr is located near the lower crosswalk with gorgeous flowering branches and tulips. Violet Hill has all sorts of tasty bacon in addition to their delicious egg varieties and is located near 16th next to Northshire. They also have many different sausages, including kishka!
Cato is here with their great cheeses and Valley Shepherd is back with their cheeses and an opportunity to learn how to make your own in a cheesemaking class at the Creamery.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Cheerful Cherry is back with beautiful flowering and other potted plants. Yuno is here with lovely young salad greens and broccoli rabe, as well as other delicious greens, and Oak Grove's Ted Blew is here in the first of his midweek markets (Wednesdays and Fridays as well as Saturdays).
Newfield Farm has gorgeous tulips and Madura is here with a wide variety of mushrooms. Beth's Jam is also here.
NOTE: The Greenmarket is slowly extending back to their usual spots during the week and will be back on 17th Street on Saturdays. The stands will also stretch down the West Side of the square. Your favorites may be a little hard to find, but they'll be there.
BULLETIN!!!!
The Saturday Greenmarket is moving back to their 17th Street venue!!! There will still be stands on the West Side of Union Square as well, as there are some spaces still taken up by construction.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
There really is such a thing as getting to the Greenmarket too early, but most farmers were there and at least partially set up when I got there at 8A.M. Durr has flowering magnolia and other cut branches and tulips. Cato has succulent Jeremy's Cheddar, Gorzynsky and Hawthorne have mache and other greens, D'Attolico has green onions, salad greens, and sprouts. There are several stands with beautiful potted plants, including Stokes Farm which also has potted herbs. Ted Blew of Oak Grove has potted herbs as well as their delightful tiny mesclun.
Quattro's has all sorts of beautiful chickens and other poultry as well as pheasant and chicken eggs. Northshire has duck eggs. Shushan was just setting up their excellent hydroponic tomatoes and cut herbs and lettuces.
Friday, March 27, 2009
BULLETIN!!! YUNO IS BACK with fresh spinach and other greens! She'll be here Mondays and Fridays and possibly another day!
Several stands are here with beautiful flowering plants and Newfield Farm has gorgeous tulips.
Madura has great looking mushrooms and Flying Pig is here with pork cuts and sausage.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
People looked pretty happy in the Greenmarket today, probably because the weather is wonderful. There are alot of gorgeous potted flowering plants all over the market and Van Houton is back with lovely pansies and other flower sets for city gardeners.
Cayuga is here with great fresh dried beans, Windfall Farm has delicious greenhouse greens, and Andrew's Honey is here with several kinds of honey, soaps, and other honey related items.
Monday, March 24, 2009
On a cold morning, it's great to find Newfield Farm's beautiful tulips in the market. Queens County Farm Museum is here with heritage pork (although they've run out of bacon and sausage already!), honey,eggs, and mesclun. Race is here with their pastries, root vegetables, and some greens.
It's still a tiny market, but you'll find great apples, cider, potatoes, and other goodies. One farmer told me that the market will be moving back up towards 17th Street in a couple of weeks. We can only hope!
Saturday, March 21, 2009
STOKES FARM is back! They have beautiful potted flowering plants and potted herbs. Hoeffner visited today, but isn't back yet.
They've hidden Gorzynsky's organic farmstand on the west side of the market sort of near the statue of Gandhi. Their mache, broccoli rabe, and other greens and root vegetables look good.
Oak Grove and Windfall have delicious mesclun and Windfall has mache, miners lettuce, and other tasty greens.(They have a web site: http:/windfallfarms.com)
LAST DAY FOR THREE CORNER FIELD FARM until June 6! They have excellent lamb, yogurt, and cheeses today. Violet Hill also has fresh lamb this week, as well as their tasty multivarieties of chicken's eggs. Quattro's has PHEASANT EGGS! They also have wonderful smoked chickens, ducks, pheasants, and turkey, as well as their other excellent produce. Flying Pig is here as well with various pork cuts.
There are several stands with beautiful flowering Spring plants and Durr is back with various flowering branches, including magnolia.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Saturday will be the last day for Three Corner Field Farm's delicious lamb, cheese, and yogurt until Saturday, June 6. It's lambing season!
Glad to see that the New York Times recognised Cayuga's great fresh dried beans today. They're here on Wednesdays.
Windfall Farm has delicious greens, including miner's lettuce, fava sprouts, and mesclun.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Quattro's has PHEASANT EGGS, chicken eggs, heirloom varieties of chicken, delicious small chickens, ducks, turkeys, and SMOKED TURKEY. GORZYNSKY is back with root vegetables and some greens and will have a wider variety of organic greenhouse greens next week. D'Attolico has tasty arugula and othr greens. Paffenroth has great potatoes and other root vegetables and Windfall Farm has pea shoots and other delicious greens. Flying Pig has canadian bacon, smoked ham slices, liverwurst, pig's trotters, and other goodies. Violet Hill has smoked pig's feet, succulent sausages, belle rouge chickens, and eggs.
Several greenhouses have returned with beautiful potted flowering and other plants.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Tamarack has great bacon and other pork products, including jowl meat. Flying Pig has beautiful smoked ham slices, canadian bacon, and liverwurst, as well as pigs trottrs and other pork cuts.
It's Ana of Newfield Farm's second Friday here and she has a wider selection of lovely tulips. If you are a wheat grass fan, the stand on the West side of the market has healthy looking grasses. Tello is here with excellent eggs.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Ted Blew of Oak Grove has great looking FRESH POTTED HERBS -- a wide variety. The flower vendor next to Violet Hill has beautiful bunches of roses and other flowers and Windfall has a great selection of greenhouse greens. D'Attolico has excellent greens and sprouts. Northshire Farm has duck and quail eggs and Violet Hill and Flying Pig have tasty pork products. Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens as well.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Newfield Farm is back! Anna has gorgeous fragrant tulips and will be here on Fridays and Mondays, starting today!!!
Queens County Farm Museum is here with pork, eggs, and great looking arugula. They're having a benefit dinner at the farm on Saturday, March 14, serving an elegant dinner at 7PM after an afternoon of a farm tour and field workshop on raising rabbits (not a vegetarian event, folks). For information about the farm and tickets, check out: www.queensfarm.org or www.slowfoodnyc.org.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Mesclun!!!! First sign of Spring vegetables!!! Ted Blew of Oak Grove Farm has brought in beautiful tiny greens. I picked up a fresh sheep's milk cheese from Three Corner Field Farm to go with it and some Aged Farmstead cow's milk cheese from Cato for a nibble later.
We're really rich with all sorts of meats and poultry in the Greenmarket. Quattro's Game Farm has luscious chickens, ducks, and other poultry (Can't wait for their own signs of Spring -- pheasant, duck, and turkey eggs. Soon!). Violet Hill has delicious chickens, bacon, pork roasts, sausages, and flavorful smoked pig trotters. Flying Pig has various tasty cuts of pork and excellent liverwurst.
Ted Blew says he stores his excellent popcorn in the refrigerator. I generally put it in the freezer, which he also recommends. I get fluffy popcorn every time!
Cato has an interesting wine-washed cheese and a number of other great varieties today. There's plenty of good bread and Ronnybrook has delicious butters, fresh cheeses, milks, and flavored yogurts.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Flora Perfecta has beautiful tulips, as befits the surprise Spring day we're having. Beth's Jam has pickled asparagus, ramps, and fiddleheads, a delicious hint of the fresh versions to come. Muddy River is here with root vegetables and Flying Pig has their terrific pork products.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Cayuga is here again with their fresh dried heirloom Jacob's Cattle and other beans and spelt. Andrew's Honey has several tasty varieties, including whipped wildflower honey. Flora Perfecta has beautiful tulips, lilies, and hyacinths. Beth's Jam is in a new spot on the 14th Street end of the market and you'll find wheatgrass on the west side of the market.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Ted Blew says that Oak Grove will most likely have MESCLUN next Saturday! It's the first sign of Spring! The only thing that might make it happen later is a bad weather day this coming week, but it would have to be really awful.
D'Attilico is here with beautiful greens and Paffenroth has their delicious winter vegetables. Cato is here with cheeses and Three Corner Field Farm has delicious cheeses, yogurts, and lamb. Catskill Merino Sheep Farm has delicious lamb and beautiful wool. Violet Hill has great looking chickens, pork products, and eggs, and Flying Pig has their tasty liverwurst and various cuts of pork. Quattro's has venison, poultry, soups, sausages, and smoked poultry. Ronnybrook is here with milk, yogurt, ice cream, butters, and other dairy products.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Here for their second week is Cayuga Pure Organics with good-looking dry beans -- navy beans, Jacobs Cattle beans, and several others. They made a one pound mixture for me that looks excellent.
Windfall Farm has a number of different greens and sprouts, including tasty Fava greens.
It's a beautiful day in the greenmarket, with tulip farmers, fruit farmers, Andrew's honey, Cato's cheeses, and vegetable stands (Shushan tomatoes, etc.) There's also an interesting (non-Greenmarket) stand with Himalayan rock salt!
Saturday, February 7, 2009
I'm trying lamb chops from Catskill Merino Sheep Farm today. I had to walk away quickly from their gorgeous knitting wool -- lovely textures, natural dyes -- too tempting!! They have an interesting web site at www.catskill-merino.com
Cato has luscious farmstead cheese and Bridgid's Abbey, and Ronnybrook has various desserts and cheeses in addition to their milks, butters, yogurts, and ice creams.
Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens, pork, lamb, sausages, and eggs, and Quattro's has good looking ducks, chickens, and other poultry, and eggs. Flying pig is here as well, with great pork items and chickens.
Paffenroth has their usual wide array of root vegetables, including salsify and burdock as well as shallots, potatoes, and onions. There are stands with great looking mushrooms,
Saturday, January 24, 2009
We have a full compliment of meat choices in the Greenmarket today. Violet Hill has pork and Belle Rouge chickens. Quattro's has all sorts of poultry, soups, and sausages. Lynhaven has goat meat and Three Corner Field Farm has lamb. The buffalo meat stand is here and Flying Pig has pork and poultry. Three Corner Field Farm and Lynhaven have cheeses as well. and Three Corner Field has delicious sheeps milk yogurt.
All the winter stalwarts are here this week, including Ronnybrook Dairy, D'Attolico greens and sprouts, Cato cheeses, Paffenroth produce, Locust Grove and others with apples and cider, and Beth's Jam. Our Daily Bread is here and Shushan has good looking hydroponic tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, and cut herbs. If you're into wheat grass, you'll find that here as well.
Last week I bought a smoked ham hock from one of the farmers and made "stone soup" -- that is, without a recipe. I used mixed beans from the summer greenmarket that I froze (bought from Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures last September), stock from last week's batch, onion, carrots, celery, and frozen heirloom tomatoes from last summer. I used dried herbs from Stokes Farm. It was so delicious that I ate it all week.
Friday, January 23, 2009
The Friday market is smallish, but there are plenty of good things there. Muddy River has squashes and other winter vegetables, Madura has beautiful mushrooms, and Beth's Jam is here with all sorts of jams, chutneys, and pickled vegetables. (It may be time to have Spring in Winter with pickled ramps and asparagus.) You'll find maple syrups, apples, and cider, as well as Flora Perfecta's gorgeous roses and tulips.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Tamarack is here with their pork products. Beef is available as well and Windfall has salad and other greens and root vegetables. Paffenroth has their usual great potatoes, herbs, greens, onion variety, and other produce. Ronnybrook has milks, butters, ice creams, and yogurts. Three Corner Field Farm has yogurt and lamb. Flora Perfecta has beautiful tulips, roses, and other flowers. There are several stands with apples and cider.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
All of the meat and poultry farmers are in the Greenmarket today. You can buy your chickens, ducks, lamb, and pork today from Violet Hill, Quattro's, Flying Pig, and Three Corner Field Farm. Paffenroth has come in with their usual delicious potatoes, onions, carrots, and other produce. Shushan is here with tomatoes and cut herbs and Oak Grove has delicious pies and their great pancake mixes and popping corn. Ronnybrook has milk, butter, and yogurt.
Cato is here with tasty cheeses and Tonjes has buttermilk and cheese. Violet Hill has eggs and Northshire has eggs and cabbages. Beth's Jam is here with pickled vegetables,jams, and chutneys. I was glad that I suited up with fleece and silk turtlenecks and got out to the market. It was worth the trip!!!
Saturday, January 10, 2009
The Greenmarket has moved back to the southern end of Union Square, and you'll find most stands where they were during the summer. All of the winter stalwarts are here -- Ronnybrook Dairy, Miglorelli produce, Paffenroth, D'Attolico, Flying Pig(with their delicious liverwurst today), Violet Hill (guinea hen, pork products, delicious eggs), Northshire Farm (great eggs and cabbages), Quattro's (poultry, sausages), Tonjes(buttermilk, yogurt), Cato (cheeses), Three Corner Field Farm(yogurt, cheeses, lamb), and Beth's Jam.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
BULLETIN!!! The Greenmarket will be moving South for the winter, to 14th Street, while construction (and re-construction to fix things that were missed) goes on on the North end. The first market day down on 14th will be January 5, Monday, according to the word I got from one of the farmers.
Quattro's is back, with chickens, ducks, sausages, and other poultry. Three Corner Field Farm has lamb. S&SO has various root vegetables and Paffenroth has brought in all sorts of interesting onions and onion relatives (shallots, cipolini, leeks, and others), and potatoes, carrots, etc. Windfall has tasty greenhouse greens and D'Attolico has jerusalem artichokes, sprouts, and greens. Northshire has eggs and cabbages.
River Garden is here with dried flowers. Absent at 9AM were Flying Pig, Violet Hill, and Ronnybrook. They may be here later, but I wouldn't count on it.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Windfall is here with beautiful greenhouse greens and turnips. S&SO has leeks, potatoes, shallots, and other root vegetables. New York Beef has good looking cuts of beef and Three Corner Field Farm has their excellent lamb and yogurt. Ronnybrook has various butters, milks, drinkable and edible yogurts, and ice creams. Flora Perfecta has beautiful tulips and roses. You can find apples, squashes, and other produce as well as cider and bread today. I bought Beth's wonderful cranberry sauce today for tonight's capon.
BULLETIN!!! The Greenmarket will be moving South for the winter, to 14th Street, while construction (and re-construction to fix things that were missed) goes on on the North end. The first market day down on 14th will be January 5, Monday, according to the word I got from one of the farmers.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
D'Attiloco is back! He has several salad and other greens and various sprouts. Windfall Farm is also here with root vegetables and greenhouse greens. Paffenroth has a big selection of root vegetables and some greens and S&SO has root vegetables. Paffenroth has some herbs and spinach.
Quattro's is here with poultry, sausages, soups, and chicken eggs. Ronnybrook has their usual great assortment of milks, drinkable yogurts, butters, eggnog, and cream. Cato has their delicious cheeses and Three Corner Field Farm is here with lamb, cheese, and yogurt.
It's a smallish market for a Saturday, but there are many orchards and other stands and it is well worth the visit.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
As damp and unpleasant as it is out there, you can still get your Christmas meats from Tamarack, DiPaolo, and Three Corner Field Farm, your eggnog and other dairy products from Ronnybrook, your vegetables from Stokes, S&SO, and others, and your roses and TULIPS from Flora Perfecta. If you're still looking for gifts, before you go to the Christmas market check out Beth's beautifully wrapped jams, chutneys, and pickled vegetables.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
Saturday, December 19, 2008
Say goodbye to Stokes Farm (cut herbs, herb wreaths, broccoli), Mountain Sweet Berry (wreaths, garland, tiny potatoes), and Norwich Farm (produce, eggs, pickled vegetables and sauces). Stokes and Mountain Sweet Berry will be gone for the winter and Norwich won't be back after today until late February. Today is the last full market Saturday for quite a while. Check here to find out who's still coming after the holidays.
Pick up your holiday orders at Quattro's, Flying Pig, and Violet Hill today. All of them are here with their usual delicious assortment of meats and poultry. Flying Pig has their excellent liverwurst today. Three Corner Field Farm has tasty lamb (and great natural soaps for gifts). All of these stands will be here through the winter, although Violet Hill is taking next Saturday off and others may do the same.
Cato has a wide variety of cheeses and will NOT be here on Wednesday. Ronnybrook WILL be here, but just until 1PM. Several stands normally here on Saturday and Wednesdays will only be here on Saturdays until the Spring.
River Garden is here with beautiful dried flower arrangements and wreaths and Oak Grove has boxes of their excellent dried peppers for cooking (looked like the hotter tiny varieties).
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Due to technical difficulties, this is a bit late. You can usually find the early report on http://lwollin.googlepages.com/greenmarketnewspage
Stokes Farm will be here this Friday and Saturday and next Monday and Wednesday, weather permitting, and then will be gone until March or April. They are here today with broccoli, cut herbs, herb wreaths and herb vinegar. Saturday will be Mountain Sweet Berry's last market of the season, with beautiful wreaths and garland and some potatoes and crosnes. James Durr and others are here with trees, wreaths, and other Christmas greenery. S&SO is here with root vegetables and Paffenroth has great squashes, potatoes, and other tasty vegetables. Shushan is here with hydroponic tomatoes and cut herbs.
Talk to Tamarack about their Christmas geese and pork products and to Three Corner Field Farm about delicious lamb, yogurt, and cheeses. Beth's Jam is here with beautifully wrapped jams and chutneys for gifts.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Deep Mountain Maple Syrup has their full assortment of grades of syrup, sizes of containers, flavored syrups (blackberry, ginger, raspberry, hot pepper), and decorated tins of maple candy for gifts. They will be here next Wednesday and Saturday and then will be gone until the middle of January. Beth's Jam has beautifully wrapped jams, chutneys, and pickled vegetables for gifts as well. (They have Spring in a jar, with pickled ramps and fiddlehead ferns!)
Mountain Sweet Berry is still bringing in their delicious tiny potatoes and crosnes. They have beautiful decorated wreaths and garland as well. Gorzynsky has good looking root vegetables and Paffenroth has their amazingly wide variety of potatoes, onions and their relatives, carrots in many colors, and other produce. Northshire has gorgeous Savoy cabbages. S&SO has mostly root vegetables and Oak Grove has squashes and delicious pies.
Quattro's is here with poultry, soups, and sausages and is taking orders for holiday birds (you'll need to pick them up in the market on the Saturday before Christmas and New Years). Violet Hill has fresh pork, smoked pork (bacon, etc.) sausages, and poultry. Flying Pig also has pork roasts, sausages, pork chops, and poultry.
Cato's has delicious cow's milk cheeses. (I'm not sure I saw Three Corner Field Farm's stand today, but look for their sheep's milk yogurt and cheeses and their lamb and lamb sausage.) Ronnybrook is here with tasty butters, milks, creams, and a new "Camembert".
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Norwich is here today with some interesting vegetables, including fennel, various greens, and root vegetables. In addition, they have some unusual pickles and preserves, among them husk tomato jam! They will be here until December 22 and then will be back in February.
If you love winter squash and brussels sprouts, this is your lucky day! Ted Blew (Oak Grove Farm) has several kinds of squash and the stand across from his has plenty of sprouts. Paffenroth has great potatoes and other root vegetables and S&SO has squash and other produce. Gorzynski is here with organic vegetables and Stokes is on the Park Ave end with herb wreaths, cut fresh herbs, and tasty herb vinegar. Mountain Sweet Berry has crosnes and several delicious tiny potato varieties, as well as gorgeous Christmas wreaths and garland. If you want a taste of Spring in this cold day, try Beth's pickled ramps and fiddleheads!
There are several orchards with cider and apples. Oak Grove has many good looking pies and pastries and Breezy Hill has their delicious apple pastries as well.
Quattro's is here with ducks, BIG chickens, Cornish game hens, and sausage. Flying Pig has many pork products and Violet Hill has sausage, bacon, and other meats.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Flora Perfecta has TULIPS!!! and beautiful roses. River Garden is here with dried flower arrangements and Silver Orchid has lovely orchids. There are many stands with Christmas greenery and Mountain Sweet Berry has decorated wreaths and gorgeous garland.
Mountain Sweet Berry has tiny potatoes and crosnes. Paffenroth is here with an array of tasty root vegetables and both they and S&SO have some greens. Stokes has greenhouse ZUCCHINI BLOSSOMS as well as various cut herbs and herb wreaths. Windfall Farm has several unusual kinds of turnip as well as various greenhouse greens. Keith is here with rocambole garlic, shallots, and winter greens.
I saw at least three chefs shopping for and finding interesting winter vegetables, so there still are some, although several farms will stop coming after the Christmas holiday.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
The Greenmarket is almost a full market today, with plenty of produce, cheese, milk, bread, and other delicious items. Only Quattro's, Flying Pig, and Violet Hill are not here -- oh, and the cranberry farmer is gone, too. S&SO is here with great vegetables and herbs, Paffenroth has their excellent wide variety of potatoes, onions, and other root vegetables, and Miglorelli has good looking fennel, carrots, and spinach, as well as apples, cider, and other treats. Stokes Farm has tasty cut herbs, herb wreaths, and their very good herb vinegar (I've been giving the vinegar for Christmas presents).
Mountain Sweet Berry has beautiful Christmas wreaths and garland as well as the lovely little potatoes I used under my Quattro's capon for Thanksgiving. Keith's delicious shallots went under the bird as well, along with tiny turnips from D'Attolico. While I'm at it, I should mention that we served Beth's Jam's knockout cranberry sauce. She's here today with jams and chutneys, cranberry items, and prettily wrapped items for gifts.
Oak Grove has pork products, pastries, pumpkins, and peppers! Cato's here with Bridgid's Abbey, Farmstead, and other fine cheeses, and Ronnybrook has eggnog, various milks, yogurt, ice cream, and cheeses.
River Garden has beautiful dried flowers and other stands have potted flowering plants.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
FRESH CRANBERRIES! The cranberry stand is right next to Cato's cheese stand on the north end of the market. Many farmers are in their usual spots, but you may have to hunt for the ones who are not normally here on Wednesdays. Quattro and DiPaolo are here with poultry orders and with many non-order birds and other items. Ted Blew of Oak Grove has many tasty pies in addition to pumpkins, great squashes, pork products, and popcorn. Ronnybrook has eggnog, plain and flavored butters, yogurt, ice cream, and various milks. (They will be here on Saturday as well.) Stokes Farm has herb wreaths and cut herbs and Mountain Sweet Berry has delicious tiny potatoes and crosnes. Paffenroth has all sorts of great produce and Berried Treasure is here with tasty potatoes.
Jim of Northshire has beautiful cabbages and other greens and Windfall has many root vegetables and greenhouse greens. Eckerton is here for their last day with assorted hot peppers and some tomatoes. Keith's Farm has a few heads of their French Crisp redleaf lettuce, so get there right away if you want some. They also have excellent shallots and Rocambole garlic.
There are actually more stands here today than I can list now, but take it from me, your Thanksgiving dinner will benefit from a visit to the Greenmarket ASAP! And if you want to take flowers, Flora Perfecta has beautiful lilies and roses, River Garden has lovely dried flower arrangements, and the orchid people have wonderful plants.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
This is Buzzard Krest's last day for their grapes and grape juices. The fresh cranberry farmer isn't here today, but will be here on Wednesday on the 17th Street side of the Greenmarket. Almost all farmers here today will also be here on Wednesday.
Quattro's has some turkeys today for those who haven't ordered already, but their order book is closed. They often have some poultry available on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, though. Violet Hill and Flying Pig are also here today. Cherry Lane, Paffenroth, Keith, S&SO, D'Attolico, Stokes, Norwich, Blew,Windfall, Gorzynsky, and other produce farmers are here, as well as Locust Grove, Terhune, Breezy Hill, and other orchards. Norwich is now bringing in pickled vegetables and tomato sauce. (They won't be here on Wednesday and will be back two weeks from today.)
Paffenroth has a colorful variety of potatoes today and Mountain Sweet Berry has lovely small fingerlings, "golden nuggets", and other excellent mini-style potatoes. There are several farmers with orange, white, and purple cauliflower, and brussels sprouts.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
The Greenmarket is back on the North end of Union Square, and has been pushed North on the West side as well (by the Christmas market).
Despite the cold, most farmers are here. For many, including Berried Treasure, next Wednesday will be their last for the season. Di Paolo will be here next Wednesday with turkey orders and a showcase of other meats and poultry, as will Quattro. Paffenroth is here with great root vegetables and greens, as is Miglorelli. Stokes has great mixed bunches of fresh herbs for seasoning your holiday bird and will be here next week as well. Several farmers have gorgeous purple, white, and orange cauliflower, and have brought in brussels sprouts and cabbages, squashes, pumpkins, and root vegetables. Eckerton has cherry tomatoes! If you leave them out for a week, they'll be ready for Thanksgiving dinner. Eckerton also has tasty hot peppers and Berried Treasure has great dried beans. Mountain Sweet Berry has lovely little potatoes this week and will be here with them again next Wednesday. (I'm planning to roast them and shallots under my holiday capon.)
Terhune and Locust Grove apple orchards are back in their positions on the North end of the market, along with Stokes, Ronnybrook, Three Corner Field Farm (lamb, cheese, yogurt), and others.
Flora Perfecta is at the 15th Street end of the Greenmarket with mums and roses and will be there next Wednesday. The wonderful orchid stand is there also. River Garden is further up north with beautiful dried flowers, near Beth's Jam.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Check out a newcomer to the Monday Greenmarket, Queens County Farm Museum. Their stand has winter vegetables, eggs, honey, and cotton. Yes, cotton! They grow their own!
Norwich and Yuno still have lots of good produce, including many greens and root vegetables. Race is here with apples, potatoes, and other Fall fare, as well as pastries. You can find good bread, cheese, and other goodies in the Monday USG!
Saturday, November 15, 2008
The Greenmarket has moved back North to the space at 17th Street.
Friday, November 14, 2008
BULLETIN! The Saturday market will be back on the North side of Union Square tomorrow!!!!
Berried Treasure has gorgeous cabbages, sunchokes, and several kinds of potato. They'll be here the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, as will Oak Grove, Paffenroth, Quattro's, all the usual Wednesday stands and several of the Saturday farms. (Oak Grove will be here on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, but many stands will not.)
Yuno is here today with great cauliflower varieties, white and orange cauliflower, several kinds of greens, and tomatoes. Oak Grove and Stokes also have tomatoes and Oak Grove has various pumpkins and squashes as well as flours, popping corn, pancake mixes, and many delicious pies. Samascott has apples, cider donuts, apple cake, and ciders. The Vermont maple syrup people have some delicious new flavored syrups, including raspberry and ginger, as well as their excellent variety of plain maple syrups and candies.
Dancing Ewe's season will be ending in a couple of weeks, so get their tasty lamb and cheeses while you can. Flying Pig is here with pork and chicken products, including rendered leaf lard and chicken livers.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008BULLETIN! The Saturday market will be back on the North side of Union Square next Saturday!!!
Berried Treasure has various dried shelled beans and European style small potatoes. Paffenroth has a wide range of produce, including many greens, root vegetables, and herbs. Cherry Lane has gorgeous broccoli, cauliflower, broccoli rabe, and fresh dug sweet potatoes. Evolutionary has squashes, big turnips and other root vegetables. Windfall has various tasty looking turnips and greens. S&SO has all sorts of delicious produce and Eckerton is here with wonderful lettuces, arugula, and many kinds and sizes of hot peppers. Keith has gift bags of rocambole garlic. Stokes has beautiful herb wreaths, mixed bunches of cut herbs(sage,rosemary, and thyme), and tomatoes. Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes and herbs.
Andrew's Honey is here with honeys, honey products, and beautiful scented soaps for gifts. Beth's Jam is here with many tasty jams, chutneys, pickled vegetables (ramps! fiddleheads!), and gift wrapped items. Flora Perfecta has beautiful roses, and River Garden has wonderful dried flower arrangements.
Cato's Cheese is here, as is Valley Shepherd. Ronnybrook has their usual wonderful butters, ice creams, fresh cheeses, and EGGNOG!
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Order your Thanksgiving bird from Quattro's -- turkey, pheasant, or capon -- and pheasant sausage stuffing as well or talk to Violet Hill or Flying Pig about holiday poultry and meat.
Cherry Lane has sweet potatoes, Paffenroth has a wide variety of potatoes large and small, and Mountain Sweet Berry has delicious tiny European potatoes. Norwich has a good looking cauliflower mix -- orange, white, and purple. Northshire has big, beautiful greens. Oak Grove, Cherry Lane, and Eckerton have tomatoes. Eckerton and Oak Grove have delicious hot peppers.
Mountain Sweet Berry has brought in frozen shelled flageolets and tarbais beans, which are great but need to be cooked this weekend. Shushan is here with tomatoes and fresh cut herbs. Stokes Farm has beautiful herb wreaths, squash, and heirloom tomatoes.
This is the last Saturday market for Valley Shepherd cheeses this season, but they will be here on Wednesdays. A few stands will also lose their Saturday spots while the Christmas Market is here.
BULLETIN! The Saturday market will be back on the North side of Union Square next Saturday!!!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Today is the last for Cherry Lane's excellent heirloom tomatoes, but they'll be continuing for another few weeks with tasty sweet potatoes and other delicious produce. Paffenroth is here with some really interesting potato and onion varieties and Keith has begun to bring in his gift bags of Rocambole garlic, a bargain at $10.
Speaking of gifts, Beth's Jam is here today and will be here on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays until Christmas, with their excellent jams, chutneys, and pickled vegetables, some in beautiful packages. Flora Perfecta has lovely roses and other flowers, River Garden has dried flowers and dried flower arrangements, and the orchid people are here with gorgeous flowers.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
This is the last Saturday for Mountain Sweet Berries marvelous fresh vacuum packed canellinni, tarbais, borlotti, and flageolet beans. You can freeze them for the winter, and we have alot of competition for them from some great restaurants, so get there early!
Eckerton has outstanding hot peppers and has made beautiful bunches for drying or gifts. Oak Grove also has great peppers, tomatoes, and baked goods, including pumpkin and other pies.
Cherry Lane (great sweet potatoes, tomatoes, brussels sprouts), Miglorelli(a wide range of produce), Paffenroth (many varieties of potato, onion, carrot, and other produce), and others will be featured in the next New York Magazine, according to one of the farmers.
This is Sycamore's last market for the season. They're here with beautiful fresh brussels sprouts, tomatoes, and cauliflower. Stokes has the last of their tomatoes, big bunches of cut herbs, and their mixed bunches of herbs (rosemary, thyme, sage) with or without garlic.
Friday, October 31, 2008
HALLOWEEN! Get your pumpkins from Sycamore, Oak Grove, Stokes, or other stands if you haven't already! Beth's Jams has Halloween gift-wrapped jams and chutneys, and Berried Treasures has autumn leaves. River Garden has beautiful dried flowers.
Berried Treasures has great fresh dried beans and beautiful European and other small potatoes. Sycamore has gorgeous brussels sprouts and cauliflower and the last of their tasty tomatoes (tomorrow is their last market of the season, by the way).
Stokes Farm has beautiful big bunches of cut herbs and excellent garlic. Norwich has all sorts of peppers, potatoes, tomatoes, root vegetables and greens. Yuno has a wide variety of delicious greens, tomatoes, cauliflower both white and orange, herbs, and peppers.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Cherry Lane's delicious sweet potatoes may be featured in New York Magazine's next issue, deservedly so. Potato fans should be having a great time right now with Paffenroth's excellent wide variety as well. Berried Treasure and Mountain Sweet Berry, neither of whom I saw this morning, both have great small European-style potatoes. And what goes better with potatoes than onions? Paffenroth has many kinds as well as leeks.
Cherry Lane says that Saturday will be the last day for their excellent heirloom tomatoes, but they'll be here through Thanksgiving with winter vegetables. Sycamore is here with gorgeous pumpkins in many sizes, but will have their final market day this coming Saturday. Eckerton has their wonderful hot peppers and pepper bunches today and will be coming in as long as they are able.
The orchid people are not here today, but Flora Perfecta is, with beautiful roses and other flowers.
You can order your holiday turkey from DiPaolo today or from Quattro's on Saturday.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Today is Cheerful Cherry's last for the season. They have grapes, grape juice, and plants. Sycamore's last day will probably be next Saturday, although there's a slight chance that they will be here with pumpkins and other vegetables for another day or two after that. (By the way, if you like Newfield Farm's flowers, as I do, you should know that they ended their season yesterday.) Berried Treasure is hoping to keep coming on Wednesdays and Fridays until Thanksgiving. Dancing Ewe will be coming in on Fridays with lamb and cheese until the middle of December.
Mountain Sweet Berry has four kinds of fresh shelled beans vacuum-packed: canellinni, tarbais, borlotti, and flageolet. You can keep them in the refrigerator for about three weeks or freeze them in their packages for the winter. He also has crosnes.S&S0, Gorzynski, Norwich, D'Attiloco, and Paffenroth still have plenty of beautiful produce.
Northshire has gorgeous vegetables, including genuine black Italian kale and huge cabbages. Three Corner Field Farm is here with tasty lamb and yogurt.
Cherry Lane has good-looking heirloom tomatoes and says next weekend will be the last for those. They also have lima beans and fresh dug sweet potatoes. Stokes has great pumpkins at $3.50 for any size.
BULLETIN: The Greenmarket is scheduled to move back to the North end of the square on November 13 to accommodate the arrival of the Christmas Market at the South end!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Oak Grove has brought back their wide variety of fruit pies, pumpkin pies, and other desserts, in addition to heirloom tomatoes, hot and sweet peppers, and other produce. Berried Treasures has several kinds of shelled beans and European-style small potatoes. Cherry Lane, Sycamore, Cherry Lane, Eckerton,and Stokes still have good looking heirloom tomatoes, and many stands have cauliflower and broccoli. Evolutionary has several kinds of kale and squash.
Several stands are here with apples, pears, and cider.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Mountain Sweet Berry has flageolets and other beans in the shell AND shelled, baby French leeks, sucrene lettuce, wild baby arugula, and other delicious and unusual produce. Sycamore, Cherry Lane, and Oak Grove all still have heirloom tomatoes, but carpe diem -- the chill of this morning tells me we're just about done. Stock up on garlic at D'Attolico, Stokes, and Keith, and raspberries at D'Attolico's stand. Northshire has gorgeous escarole and other beautiful Italian greens and Violet Hill has marvelous wild mushrooms. Gorzynsky has lovely lettuces and other greens and root vegetables. Oak Grove, Stokes, S&SO, and other farmers have pumpkins in many sizes. Stokes has big bunches of cut herbs and cilantro berries. The Binders are here with herb plants and beautiful flowering plants.
Oak Grove has tasty Macoun, Asian pear, and other fruit. Breezy Hill and other stands also have great apples and pears as well as ciders.
Quattro's has great poultry and eggs, as well as sausages and smoked meats. Violet Hill has poultry and meats and wonderful bacon and eggs and Three Corner Field Farm has lamb, cheeses, and yogurts.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Shushan is here with herbs and hydroponic tomatoes and will be here on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Berried Treasure has black valentine shelling beans and STRAWBERRIES! Cherry Lane has lima beans, fairytale eggplants, and heirloom tomatoes. Stokes has heirloom tomatoes, cut herbs, and cilantro berries(fresh coriander seeds).
Several stands have good looking apples and pears and Paffenroth is here with a wide array of unusual produce, including baby fennel. Miglorelli has apples and several tasty vegetables. Ted Blew of Oak Grove has purple cauliflower, heirloom tomatoes, hot and sweet peppers, and squashes. Eckerton has hot peppers and attractive mixed boxes of small heirloom tomatoes.
Flora Perfecta has lovely roses and stock and River Garden has beautiful bunches of wildflowers.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Violet Hill has hen-of-the-woods wild mushrooms. Stokes has big bunches of fresh gone-to-seed coriander. Fantasy Fruit is here with grapes and blueberries and Buzzard Krest has grapes and grape juices. Cheerful Cherry has grapes, tomatoes, and plants. Several farmers still have heirloom and other tomatoes and Sycamore and others have corn. Norwich has tomatoes, peppers, and Chinese cabbage.
Mountain Sweet Berry has cranberry and other shelling beans as well as Tri-Star strawberries. Northshire has peppers and other Italian produce and Gorzynsky and Keith have gorgeous organic produce. Several farmers have orange and white cauliflower. and Sycamore and others have beautiful pumpkins.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Dancing Ewe is back with their tasty cheeses. They'll have lamb starting next Friday and will be coming in on Fridays until December 12. Bufala di Vermont is here for the first time today, with cheeses, yogurts, fresh mozzarella, and meats. Beth's Jam is here with delicious raspberry and other jams, jellies, chutneys, and pickled vegetables.
I saw one of my favorite restaurant buyers picking up beautiful grapes from Cheerful Cherry, and there are strawberries still in the market as well. Several stands have heirloom tomatoes, including Berried Treasure, Sycamore, Oak Grove, Norwich, Stokes,and Yuno. All of those have other interesting produce as well. Sycamore has good looking pumpkins and hot and sweet pepper enthusiasts will find great ones at Oak Grove and Norwich. Muddy River has big bunches of herbs and Norwich and Samascott have string beans.
I bought the last lycianthus of the season from Newfield Farm. They and River Garden have beautiful wildflowers and the rose people have lovely flowers as well.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
I didn't get a chance to post yesterday, but I did stroll through the market in the afternoon and saw that Shushan, the hydroponic tomato farm, is back with tomatoes and herbs.
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.