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.
For photos of the Union Square Greenmarket, copy and paste the following into your browser: http://lwollin.googlepages.com/greenmarketnewspage.
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.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Stokes Farm has many varieties of basil as well as other cut herbs. Honey Hollow has baskets of beautiful mixed mushrooms, including chanterelles, black trumpets, and many others. Cherry Lane has many kinds of eggplant, including Fairytale and Asian varieties. There are several stands with excellent looking heirloom tomatoes, including Sycamore, Eckerton, Evolutionary, Oak Grove, and Stokes. Windfall has lovely edible flowers and bags of mixed squash as well as their excellent greens. Berried Treasures has wild blueberries, Tri-Star strawberries, and blackberries, as well as tasty green Romano beans, purple string beans, and others. Mountain Sweet Berry has the first of their unique Italian heirloom sauce tomatoes as well as interesting Italian beans, and haricots verts.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Yuno has beautiful heirloom tomatoes, beets, squashes, hot and sweet peppers, long beans, bunches of cut herbs, various eggplants, and greens. Norwich has many varieties of eggplant, squash, root vegetables, onions, and heirloom tomatoes. Maxwell has cut herbs and good looking produce. Red Jacket has many kinds of stone fruit and juices and Fantasy Fruit has blueberries and strawberries.
Newfield Farm has gorgeous lycianthus and gladiolas and River Garden has beautiful bouquets of colorful wildflowers.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Norwich has beautiful heirloom tomatoes, tomatillos, eggplants, and tasty ready to eat melons. Northshire Farm has cardoons and other greens. S&SO has artichokes, peppers, salad greens, and other produce. Paffenroth has many kinds of onion, herbs, fennel, celeriac, and other delicious vegetables. Gorzynski has lovely organic salad greens. Check out Eckerton, Sycamore, Cheerful Cherry, Stokes, Oak Grove, and Norwich for height-of-the-season excellent heirloom tomatoes. Eckerton and Oak Grove both have a wide variety of large and small hot and sweet peppers. Windfall has edible flowers, many varieties of salad vegetables, and other goodies. Cherry Lane has fairytale eggplants, heirloom tomatoes and other excellent produce, including lima beans. Mountain Sweet Berry has cranberry and other beans and Tri-Star strawberries. Violet Hill has bacon and poultry and gorgeous tasty eggs.
Oak Grove, Cheerful Cherry, Locust Grove, Terhune, and others have delicious peaches and other stone fruit. Berried Treasures has terrific Tri-Stars and outstanding wild blueberries.
A thought for Saturday
I just had a piece of perfect Charontais melon from Norwich. They bring in their melons ready to eat and this one was delicious -- flavorful and juicy. They'll be in the market tomorrow and, I hope, will have more wonderful melons!
Friday, August 15, 2008
Berried Treasures has many kinds of tasty beans, including flageolet, green and yellow romano, haricots verts, and a shelling bean called something like perignon (which looks like the "violette" bean in my Larousse). They also have blackberries and other berries. Yuno and Oak Grove both have a wide variety of hot and sweet peppers and squashes and Oak Grove has peaches. Cheerful Cherry has sour cherries, luscious peaches, and heirloom tomatoes. You can't go wrong with heirloom tomatoes from Cheerful, Norwich Farm, Sycamore, and Oak Grove. Stokes has fresh lemongrass, lemon verbena and other generous bunches of cut herbs, tomatoes, and other produce. Norwich and Muddy River have baby artichokes and Norwich has Charentais melons in addition to many other varieties. By the way, there were no lima beans in the market today, but check Cherry Lane on Saturday or Yuno on Monday.
I just tried 2% milk from Milk Thistle Farm --it tastes fine and is organic. They're in Union Square on Fridays and at Grand Army Plaza on Saturdays, as well as other Greenmarkets.
A hint for tomorrow -- Sycamore's second load of fresh picked corn comes in around noon. I had some last weekend and it was even more delicious than the early morning supply.
Monday, August 11, 2008
River Garden and Newfield Farm both have gorgeous flowers today. Yuno and Norwich have beautiful squashes and heirloom tomatoes. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, strawberries, and blackberries.
Martin's Pretzels, one of the favorites in the Greenmarket, has small bags of breakup as well as various sizes of pretzels with and without salt.
Red Jacket has stone fruit and blueberries as well as various flavored apple juices and cherry stomp.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
It's all heirloom tomatoes all the time now! You can find delicious ones at Sycamore, Eckerton, Cheerful Cherry, Norwich Farm, and Cherry Lane. Cherry Lane also has tomatillos. Mountain Sweet Berry has green and yellow haricots and flat beans as well as sucrine lettuce. Paffenroth has a full display of all sorts of produce, including baby fennel, celeriac, celery, all sorts of carrots, onions, and radishes. Gorzynsky has beautiful organic greens, as does D'Attolico. D'Attolico also has lovely golden cherry tomatoes.Berried Treasures is here with all kinds of beans and Tri-Star strawberries. Stokes has great looking eggplants, squashes, tomatoes, and big bunches of herbs, including several varieties of basil, parsley, and tasty lemon verbena. Ask Eckerton about their interesting new cucumber variety. They also have hot peppers, as does Oak Grove (along with their watermelon, peaches, and heirloom tomatoes). Mountain Sweet Berry has excellent cranberry beans.
Sycamore will definitely have a second shipment of corn today.
Quattro's has 4 pound chickens, all kinds of other poultry, chicken cutlets and other chicken parts, sausages, and soup meat.
Locust Grove has several varieties of plum, peaches, and berries. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, strawberries, and blackberries. Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Star strawberries.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Muddy River has good looking baby artichokes. Norwich, Sycamore, Yuno, Stokes and Oak Grove all have delicious heirloom tomatoes.Esopus, Yuno, Muddy River, and others have salad and other greens and Stokes has great bunches of herbs.
Cheerful Cherry has a new variety of peach, tasty heirloom tomatoes, and sour cherries. They'll have their luscious cherry juice next week. Sycamore has delicious corn and will have an early and a second load of corn tomorrow.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Had to take a couple of cats to the vet, so I missed the Greenmarket today.
Friday, August 1, 2008
I'm having Dancing Ewe's sheep's milk ricotta with one of Sycamore's delicious heirloom tomatoes as I write, and am going to finish my brunch with Sycamore's bicolor corn and Yuno's long green beans. Dessert will be a peach from Cheerful Cherry. Ted Blew of Oak Grove Farm has watermelon today as well as peaches, hot and sweet peppers, heirloom tomatoes, and other produce. Yuno also has watermelons and hot and sweet pepprs as well as herbs and squashes. Muddy River has gorgeous produce as usual.
I bought more lycianthus (Prairie Rose) from Newfield Farm and was glad to see that River Garden has beautiful wildflowers.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Cherry Lane has tiny Fairytale purple and white eggplants. Evolutionary, Oak Grove, and Cherry Lane have various types of okra. Eckerton, Oak Grove, Cherry Lane, and Sycamore have heirloom tomatoes. The big hit of the day is beans -- all kinds of beans, from Berried Treasures purple and green stringbeans, delicious Romano flat beans, and favas to Cherry Lane's string beans and Mountain Sweet Berry's haricots verts, there are many farmstands with tasty varieties.
Many stands also have corn, including Eckerton, Sycamore, and Cherry Lane. Stokes Farm has great looking onions and garlic as well as big bunches of cut herbs, and Berried Treasures has chamomile. Miglorelli has a wide variety of good-looking produce.
Peaches are coming in and Terhune, Oak Grove, and others have them as well as apricots and other stone fruit. Berried Treasures has big succulent strawberries and blackberries, and Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries.
Ronnybrook has drinkable yogurt, both plain and fruit flavored, and some of the best butter to be had in the city, both flavored (garlic) and salt or sweet.
BULLETIN!!!! ,Saturday, July 26, 2008
Northshire has CARDOONS!!!! Sycamore won't be bringing in their usual second loads of fresh picked corn on Saturdays this year due to the high cost of gasoline for the second trip ($100!). They weren't selling enough to make up for the gas prices.
S&SO has artichokes. (Ask them how they grow them in this region!) Stokes Farm has big beautiful bunches of herbs and delicious pale green squash. Mountain Sweet Berry has excellent flat and string beans, both green and yellow.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
It's a beautiful day for the Greenmarket and the produce is hitting its summer stride. Check Cheerful Cherry for their last sweet dark cherries, Oak Grove for watermelons, peaches, and tomatoes, Sycamore for bicolor corn, Eckerton for tomatoes, peppers, herbs, and other delicious vegetables, and Cherry Lane and others for heirloom tomatoes, okra, and corn.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Muddy River Farm has young ARTICHOKES, beautiful onions, and big bunches of herbs. Norwich has heirloom tomatoes, many varieties of eggplant, flat beans, fava beans, fresh young garlic, and various squashes. Sycamore has white and bicolor corn, big bunches of basil, field tomatoes, and other produce.
This is the last weekend for Cheerful Cherry's outstanding black cherries. They have their delicious cherry juice today, as well as the first of their peaches. Samascott has blueberries and Red Jacket has apricots. Oak Grove has cut and whole watermelon, peaches, and peppers.
River Garden is here today with beautiful bouquets and Newfield Farm has gorgeous bunches of "Prairie Rose" (Lycianthus).
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Sycamore, Oak Grove, and Eckerton all have the beginnings of their heirloom tomato crop today. Oack Grove also has red and yellow watermelons, yellow and white peaches, corn, and other produce. Eckerton has Walla Walla onions, hot peppers, fresh cut herbs, and wineberries. Sycamore has corn, peppers, cut basil, and cucumbers. Evolutionary has leafy greens, various squashes, and other vegetables. Cherry Lane has new red and yukon gold potatoes, corn, and heirloom tomatoes. Evolutionary has good looking okra. Honey Hollow has chanterelles, dried mushrooms, and other goodies. Fantasy Fruit is here with raspberries and blueberries. Berried Treasures has black raspberries and strawberries. Stokes Farm has squashes, fresh garlic, tomatoes, and generous bunches of cut herbs and salad greens.
River Garden has beautiful wildflowers and Flora Perfecta has lovely lilies.
Monday, July 21, 2008
I picked up the first of Yuno's excellent long beans, zucchini blossoms and some summer squash,Madura's good looking new red potatoes, Fantasy Fruit's raspberries and blueberries, and beautiful lycianthus from Newfield Farm. Norwich and Yuno both had okra and Norwich has alot of fava beans today, as well as young fennel and many other greens, beans, and tasty onion varieties. Maxwell's Farm has generous bunches of cut herbs as well as other good looking produce. Red Jacket has apricots which look ready and Race is here with produce, plants, and baked goods.
I'm happy to say that the Monday market has several great shopping options!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
I'm taking today off to stay with my new kitten while he adjusts to the new place, but I can tell you the following: This will be the next to last week for Cheerful Cherry's amazing dark sweet cherries, so I'd definately stop there for a big box. Sycamore's corn was delicious yesterday, and they're in the market today. Paffenroth's array of interesting produce is growing with the season, especially their decorative and unusual root vegetables and green vegetables such as baby fennel.
Fantasy Fruit's blueberries and raspberries made for an outstanding cobbler last week (in which I also mixed some of Cheerful Cherry's sour cherries, which they have this week as well). Norwich has great produce, including many mini-squashes and fava beans. Oak Grove has excellent hot and sweet peppers and delicious red and yellow watermelons as well as tasty peaches.
Fantasy Fruit, Locust Grove, and others have gooseberries and red and black currants. Locust had blackberries last week and may have them today. Eckerton had black raspberries this week and may have them today.
Friday, July 18, 2008
I'm going to have Dancing Ewe's delicious ricotta with Oak Grove's peaches and Samascott's blueberries for breakfast, after a couple of ears of Sycamore's corn. I'll finish off with Cheerful Cherry's outstanding dark sweet cherries.
Oak Grove also has their great hot and sweet peppers, okra, and succulent yellow and red watermelons. Yuno has excellent peppers, tomatoes, several types of bean, and various root vegetables and greens. Muddy River has big tasty red and white onions.
River Garden is here with beautiful wildflowers and Newfield Farm has exquisite lycianthus and gladioli.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
It's going to be hellishly hot later today, but right now the Greenmarket is cool and beautiful. Summer fruit is in all over the market, with Fantasy Fruit, Locust Grove, Berried Treasures, Oak Grove, and others offering all sorts of berries, peaches, apricots, and watermelon.
S&SO has a wide variety of gorgeous and reasonably priced produce. Paffenroth also is here with delicious produce, and Windfall Farm has tasty greens, edible flowers, and other vegetables. Eckerton has beautiful Cherokee Purple tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, fresh cut herbs, and other greens. I picked up a copy of Tim Stark's new book, HEIRLOOM:NOTES FROM AN ACCIDENTAL TOMATO FARMER, and will be reading it later. (I'm developing quite a shelf of Greenmarket authors, including Keith's IT'S A LONG WAY TO A TOMATO.)
Flora Perfecta has wonderful lilies today and the rose people have beautiful roses, sweet peas, and other flowers.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Got a late start this morning because I was watching the Bastille Day parade on TV5 -- very impressive! I especially enjoyed the Foreign Legion and the guards on horseback. The parachutists at the end were pretty exciting, too.
Summer fruit is finally in full supply. Red Jacket has several kinds of cherries, apricots, and berries. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, raspberries, and plump black currants. Other stands have berries, apricots, and peaches. Red Jacket also has juices.
I bought beautiful zucchini blossoms and field tomatoes from Yuno. They also have several kinds of hot and sweet peppers, beans, salad greens, and purslane. Norwich has beautiful produce as well, including several kinds of onion, fava beans, lettuces, and good-looking fennel. Maxwell has cut herbs, berries, and beans. Madura's varieties of produce are increasing and there are meat and bread stands as well.
Newfield Farm has beautiful flowers, including lycianthus, gladiolas, lilies, and others. River Garden has lovely wildflowers.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
The Greenmarket is absolutely gorgeous today, with lush greens, cherries in many colors, and greenhouse heirloom tomatoes in reds, greens, yellows, and orange. Cheerful Cherry has delicious sour, dark, and Queen Anne cherries. Locust Grove's cherries and berries are also tasty. Stokes Farm has summer squashes, generous bunches of cut herbs, juicy red greenhouse tomatoes, and salad and other greens. Mountain Sweet Berry has baby rainbow chard, chervil, chives, and tiny potatoes. Paffenroth has big bunches of many varieties of carrots, beets, radishes, and baby fennel.
Check Norwich for squashes, eggplants, and a wide variety of unique produce. Sycamore has bicolor corn, tomatoes, shell peas, and cucumbers. Cherry Lane has heirloom tomatoes and basil plants. Gorzynski has beautiful organic greens and D'Attolico has lovely zucchini blossoms. Eckerton has great greens, spray-free yellow corn, and heirloom tomatoes.Northshire has CARDOONS!
Quattro's has young heritage chickens, other young chickens, great eggs, and sausages. They've moved from the rise to the Park Avenue end of the market. Look on the rise for Keith's rocambole garlic and other organic vegetables, and for Norwich Farm.
Friday, July 11, 2008
It's an absolutely beautiful day and the Friday Greenmarket is colorful and getting bigger! There are new produce stands and some delicious new vegetables. Yuno has a wide array of flavorful peppers and squashes, Norwich has all sorts of squashes, beans, savory greens, and other vegetables. Muddy River has excellent garlic.
I bought a couple of ears of bicolor corn from Sycamore. The ones I bought on Wednesday were very good, so I was encouraged to try them today for breakfast! Eckerton also had delicious corn on Wednesday. Both of them will be here tomorrow.
Samascott has wonderful fresh blueberries and other berries and cherries as well as good looking strawberries. Cheerful Cherry has even more delicious cherries than last week's stunners and Ted Blew (Oak Grove has delicious peaches and big slices of cut red and yellow watermelon.
Newfield Farm has the first LYCIANTHUS and beautiful gladiolas.River Garden has lovely bouquets of wildflowers and the rose people have purple sweet peas.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Breezy Hill has apple cider sorbet. Berried Treasures has fresh chamomile, big tasty Tri-Star strawberries, and black raspberries. Eckerton has sweet yellow corn, tomatoes, and other excellent produce. Cherry Lane has beautiful vegetables and gladiolas. Stokes has sweet cherry tomatoes, summer squash, and generous bunches of cut herbs. Honey Hollow Farm has good looking mushrooms. Mountain Sweet Berry has baby kale, wild baby arugula, chervil, chives, and fava beans.
The orchid stand next to Flora Perfecta has beautiful and unusual orchids. Flora Perfecta has lovely lilies, roses, and other flowers. The rose people have gorgeous roses and sweet peas. Sycamore has bicolor corn, bunches of basil, and delicious sugar snap peas and shelling peas.
Monday, July 7, 2008
We're lucky to have such a complete market on Mondays. Yuno and Norwich are here with beautiful produce, there is a stand with terrific seafood and fish, and you can find meat, fruit, and flowers as well as a couple of good bread options. Phillips has berries and peaches and Newfield Farm is bringing in the first of her lovely gladiolas. Yuno and Norwich have fava beans and Norwich has an unusual variety of purslane as well as other unique vegetables. Yuno has some interesting peppers and beans. Red Jacket has ciders.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Northshire has QUAIL, Violet Hill has several different kinds of bacon, including delicious butt bacon, and Quattro's (in a slight change of location on the Park Ave side of the market) has plump young chickens, great eggs, and pheasant sausage.
Mountain Sweet Berry and Norwich Farm have fava beans. D'Attolico has shelling peas. Several farms have beautiful lettuces and other greens and S&SO and Norwich have mini squashes. Stokes has big bunches of herbs, greenhouse tomatoes, and delicious summer squash. Sycamore has corn and fresh basil. Cheerful Cherry has wonderful cherries and Fantasy Fruit has GOOSEBERRIES! Oak Grove (Ted Blew) has PEACHES!
The rose people have beautiful sweet peas in addition to two types of lovely roses.
Friday, July 4, 2008
Sycamore has CORN today! Cheerful Cherry has sweet and delicious deep red and Queen Anne cherries today, as well as their excellent sour cherries. I'm planning a cobbler! Red Jacket has their first apricots today, but a bit early. They also have this year's sour cherry Stomp. Esopus has beautiful greens and Yuno has green and yellow string beans (the slim haricots variety), the beginning of their tasty peppers, and greens. Samascott has asparagus, raspberries, blueberries, and several cherry varieties. Muddy River Farm has excellent new garlic, huge bunches of fresh cilantro and other herbs, and other vegetables and Norwich has mini squashes,large squashes, several kinds of beans, and greens.
Newfield Farm has the first of her gladiolas.
There are 16 farmers who didn't come in this Friday.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Several farmers have scapes, young garlic, various spring onions, and chives. Keith has young shallots and Mountain Sweet Berry has red and white baby onions. Mountain Sweet Berry also has fava beans, chervil, chives, and wild baby arugula. Eckerton has CORN and will have heirloom tomatoes in a couple of weeks. They have excellent cherry tomatoes and pear tomatoes now. The Greenmarket is lush and green with many farmers bringing in cherries, tasty greens, and sugar snap peas.Sycamore will have CORN on Saturday!!!
Berried Treasures has good looking Tri-Star strawberries and there are a couple of stands with blueberries. Eckerton has black raspberries. Sycamore has strawberries ad well.
River Garden has beautiful wildflower bouquets and Flora Perfecta has lovely lilies and potted begonias.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Mountain Sweet Berry has two types of young onions, young garlic, chervil, wild baby arugula, and sucrine lettuce. Northshire has CARDOONS! Terhune has beautiful wild asparagus, strawberries, and tasty raspberries. Sycamore has the last of their excellent sweet strawberries, greenhouse tomatoes, cauliflower, cucumbers, and basil. Cherry Lane has fresh dug red and yukon gold baby potatoes, greehnouse heirloom tomatoes, and basil. Norwich has several varieties of baby squashes, zucchini, fava beans, and other greens. Eckerton has CHERRY TOMATOES, red and BLACK RASPBERRIES, rainbow kale, Tuscan kale, haricots jaunes, fava beans, and their first CORN!
The rose people have two types of roses, sweetpeas, and other flowers and River Garden has beautiful wildflowers.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Check out Cheerful Cherry today and Saturday for their delicious dark cherries and great sour cherries for baking. Sycamore has delicious big fragrant tasty strawberries today, and thinks that tomorrow may be the last day for them. Samascott has asparagus, cherries, strawberries, and cider. Stokes has the last of their tasty strawberries and the start of their delicious squashes, generous bunches of cut herbs, and greenhouse tomatoes. There are farmers with shell peas, sugar snaps, and leafy greens.
River Garden has wonderful lavender and are bringing in more and more of their lovely wildflowers. Newfield Farm has pretty lilies and snapdragons.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Several farmers have RASPBERRIES today. Sycamore has strawberries, as does Cherry Lane, and there are stands with tiny Tri-Star strawberries, including Berried Treasures. Sycamore and Shushan have basil, as does Stokes (who also has raspberries). Mountain Sweet Berry has wild baby arugula, delicious tiny red beets, irresistable petit pois, sugar snaps, and sucrine lettuce. Several farmers have garlic scapes and Keith's stand has young Rocambole garlic.
I'm going to have Cato's Bloomsday cheese with Our Daily Bread's whole wheat pain levain and Ronnybrook's sweet butter for breakfast, followed by Ronnybrook's Blueberry-Pomegranate drinkable yogurt.
Flora Perfecta has fragrant lilies and pretty roses and River Garden has beautiful wildflowers.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Norwich Farm has garlic scapes and other greens. Eckerton has fava beans, young carrots, and new potatoes. Mountain Sweet Berry has baby French leeks, young garlic, young shallots, baby wild arugula, and Sucrine lettuce. Gorzynsky has beautiful lettuces, herbs, and root vegetables. Locust Grove has RASPBERRIES, strawberries, and cherries. Terhune has dark cherries and wild asparagus. Paffenroth has several kinds of radish and baby fennel. D'Attolico has delicious shelling peas, and Mountain Sweet Berry has tasty petit pois.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Had some errands this morning, so this is a late posting, but I wanted to drop in at the Greenmarket anyway. I found out that Samascott lost half of what was going to be a bumper crop of their outstanding blueberries -- they had a huge hailstorm and apples were also damaged. Fortunately, their fragrant strawberries survived and were here today. Dancing Ewe has their excellent cheeses and a new cheesemaker, Millport Dairy, is here with Coolby, baby swiss, and cheddar cheeses.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Mountain Sweet Berry has young shallots, baby French leeks, wild baby arugula, and delicious petit pois, along with chervil and their excellent roasting mix of tiny potatoes. Cherry Lane has greenhouse heirloom tomatoes. Berried Treasures has Tri-Star strawberries, black mint, and other herbal treats. Stokes had raspberries! Paffenroth and S&SO are here with gorgeous produce and Windfall has green eggs and beautiful edible flowers as well as all sorts of greens. Kernan and Phillips have BLUEBERRIES!
Monday, June 16, 2008
Look for sugar snap peas, strawberries, mini squashes, asparagus, pea shoots, and delicious leafy greens, young garlic, young onions (red and white), and fava beans. (Yuno has great favas today.)
The Monday market has become a great source of fresh produce, both organic and otherwise, with outstanding farmers such as Yuno (with a great assortment of beets, salad greens, greenhouse tomatoes, asparagus, and squash blossoms), Norwich (with mini squash, beautiful salad greens, and other tasty produce), and Maxwell (new potatoes, herbs, asparagus, strawberries). Race Farm is here with fragrant strawberries. Norwich should have fava beans in a couple of weeks and may even have tomatoes then!
SUNDAY, June 15, 2008
I just checked out the Stuyvesant Town Greenmarket and I'm happy to say that it is small, but excellent! In addition to familiar stands, like Miglorelli, Beth's Jam, Bread Alone, and Samascott, there are new (to me) farmstands, meats, and fish. Seatucket Fish has a great stand, with excellent fresh fish. I tried their smoked bluefish and it was really delicious -- just the right (light) saltiness and subtle smoke. Glebocki Farms has good looking produce. Other farmers will be coming into the market soon. It is located in the middle of Stuyvesant Town, near the fountain, in a beautiful setting. Well worth checking out. For pictures, copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://lwollin.googlepages.com/greenmarketnewspage
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Three Corner Field Farm is back with lamb, yogurt, and cheeses. Ronnybrook has brought in their delicious drinkable blueberry/pomegranate yogurt.
Norwich Farm is here with their excellent produce, including Japanese turnips and all sorts of greens and should have their fresh fava beans soon. You'll find them on the second level of the 14th Street side of the Greenmarket.Mountain Sweet Berry has delicious sweet petit pois, chervil, chives, sucrine lettuce, and little potatoes. Paffenroth has gorgeous produce and S&SO has lovely lettuces and other produce. Gorzynsky has delicious organic lettuces, herbs, and root vegetables. Sycamore has delicious sugar snap peas and greenhouse tomatoes. Cherry Lane has tasty greenhouse heirloom tomatoes. Eckerton has mini zucchini, various radishes, and beautiful lettuces.
It's still the height of the strawberry season. If you can smell their perfume, they're fresh. They all look good to me, so I bought some from Stokes and some from Sycamore. Locust Grove has strawberries this week, as do Phillips and other farmers.
Friday, June 13, 2008
If you want strawberries from Sycamore, you will find them in the Market today in the usual spot. They are delicious, as are Stokes's and Samascott's. Berried Treasures has tasty Tri-Stars. Sycamore also has sweet sugar snaps and greenhouse tomatoes. Muddy River, a comparatively new farm stand on the East end of the Market, has beautiful produce, and a farm new today, Esopus Creek Farm, had good looking salad.Tello is here with aracuna eggs.
Cheerful Cherry has great succulent plants and Oak Grove has excellent windowsill herb gardens. Newfield Farm has lovely wildflowers.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
It's strawberry heaven today in the Greenmarket! Sycamore has fabulous berries, with many other farmers having good looking strawberries as well. Stokes has their delicious variety and Berried Treasures has the first of their Tri-Stars. Sugar snap peas are available at many stands as well. I tried one of Ted Blew's ample supply and it was sweet and flavorful. Evolution, Paffenroth, and other farmers have lovely produce. Mountain Sweet Berry has tasty wild baby arugula, young garlic, sucrine lettuce, and CHERVIL! Sycamore has crisp "burpless" cucumbers and greenhouse tomatoes. Cherry Lane has asparagus, spinach, and greenhouse heirloom tomatoes.
Regarding tomatoes: Albany, N.Y. -- New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker on Tuesday told consumers that New York grown tomatoes are safe to consume, and they have not been linked to the recent salmonella outbreak in raw red plum, raw red Roma, or raw round red tomatoes.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed this information and expanded its list of production areas NOT associated with the outbreak to include New York.
Tim Faoro of Flora Perfecta has exquisite peach-colored lilies, purple lilies, and other flowers. River Garden has beautiful wildflowers and grasses. Berried Treasures has lupins!
Monday, June 9, 2008
It may be horribly hot, but the farmers are here with beautiful produce. Madura's variety of produce is widening, Yuno has beautiful greens, herbs, asparagus, and strawberries, and Race is here with baked goods, vegetables, and plants. Scarborough has potted herbs and Newfield has lovely wildflowers and lilies.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Get to the Greenmarket as early as you can today! The weather will be hard on the produce and today's offerings are so good it's a shame to let that happen! Sycamore is back! They have lovely strawberries and greenhouse tomatoes. Norwich Farm is back! Their greens are as terrific as ever. Stokes Farm has wonderful strawberries as well as tasty cherry tomatoes and Mountain Sweet Berry has CHERVIL!!! D'Attolico has gorgeous cilantro and oregano as well as tasty greens and sprouts. Cherry Lane has beautiful asparagus and strawberries.
Durr has beautiful wildflowers and other farmers have some peonies. The season is definitely changing.
Friday, June 6, 2008
I'm eating delicious cheese from Dancing Ewe on whole wheat levain from Our Daily Bread. I saw a new bakery, Wild Hive, on the 17th Street end of the West side of the Greenmarket, with a selection of what looks like tasty multigrain breads and pastries, but I haven't tried them yet. I missed some good looking strawberries at Stokes Farm, but got some at Yuno's stand.Dancing Ewe has delicious cow and sheep ricotta, as well as the medium hard cheese I'm having for breakfast.
I was happy to see that there are still peonies in the market! Blew, Newfield, Cheerful Cherry, and others have them and other flowers as well. Berried Treasures said that they will have peonies later on, too!
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Evolution is here with a wide variety of delicious greens and plants. Cherry Lane has strawberries, sugar snap peas, and shell peas, along with spinach and asparagus. Stokes Farm has BLACK PEPPERMINT, other cut herbs,strawberries, cherry tomatoes, and plants. Windfall Farm has great greenhouse greens and several varieties of edible flower. Keith is here with rocambole garlic and herbs, and Honey Hollow Farm has ANGELICA!
River Garden has wildflowers and Berried Treasures has lupins as well as stinging nettles, wild watercress, and other goodies.
Monday, June 2, 2008
The fish people are offering a lobster special -- one steamed lobster for $12 or two for $22. They also have tasty looking scallops and other seafood. Yuno's strawberries are delicious today. They also have good looking young garlic, thin and beautiful asparagus, and purselane. Tello is here with great eggs and Maxwell has strawberries, herbs, rhubarb, and other produce.
Newfield Farm has the last of her lovely peonies, as well as bachelor buttons and sweet william in many colors.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Keith is back!! He's got various spring onions, lovage, and green garlic. Eckerton has sugar snap peas and beautiful lettuces and had some shell peas but ran out by 8 A.M.! Mountain Sweet Berry has gorgeous fragrant green garlic, large Sucrine lettuces, wild arugula, and chives. Terhune has wild asparagus and various flowers, including colorful lupins.Paffenroth has delicious onions and onion-related vegetables, various radishes, assorted herbs, and exotica like burdock.
Durr has what may be the last of their peonies this week. Duva has the last of his gorgeous bearded irises and has brought in lupins, as has Terhune.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Miglorelli has big baskets of good-looking sugar snap peas. Yuno has delicious asparagus, young onions, salad greens, and strawberries. Stokes has tasty greenhouse tomatoes, lettuce, and a wide variety of cut herbs. Berried Treasures has wild watercress, stinging nettles, potatoes, and lilacs. Oak Grove has beautiful mesclun sets and windowsill herb gardens, as well as potted herbs, and pork products.
Newfield Farm has beautiful peonies, bachelor buttons, and sweet william, as well as herb plants, and says that Monday will be the last for her peonies.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
SUGAR SNAP PEAS!! Cherry Lane has them, as well as their excellent asparagus, spinach, and their first strawberries. Kernan also has sugar snaps and Berried Treasures has fiddleheads and ramps. Mountain Sweet Berry has Sucrine lettuce and Andrew's honey has their delicious blueberry and other honeys.
This is the last week for Duva's exquisite bearded irises and the first for Flora Perfecta's beautiful begonias.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
BULLETIN:Keith's Coming Back!!!! Rocambole Garlic!!! Keith's Farm will be back on Saturday, May 31 and Wednesday, June 4, on the south end of Union Square across from Whole Foods up the steps on the second level.
Monday, May 26, 2008
It's a small but elegant market today, with many farmers having strawberries, Red Jacket having rhubarb (bake a strawberry rhubarb pie, make a strawberry rhubarb compote to put over ice cream), and Maxwell and Yuno having beautiful herbs and greens. Yuno has wonderful asparagus and young red and white onions. Maxwell has asparagus and strawberries. Phillips has flowers, strawberries, and potted flowering plants. Scarborough has lush potted herb plants, including some unusual mints and stevia.
Newfield Farm has her lovely peonies and cornflowers and says next week will be the last for peonies (Friday and possibly Monday).
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Cherry Lane's knockout strawberries are going fast! There are several other stands with strawberries, including James Durr, the stand with the incredible peonies in many varieties. Eckerton has beautiful lettuces and radishes and Paffenroth has an extensive array of radishes, herbs, potatoes, and other delicious vegetables. Try Mountain Sweet Berry's spicy wild arugula and crisp Sucrine lettuce. Northshire has FRENCH SORREL!
BULLETIN!!!!!!:
ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHEF'S TOURS OF THE GREENMARKET BY CENYC:
Chef Tours & Tastes Join us for a Market-to-Table Tour and lunch or dinner with some of New York's finest chefs.
Discover how Greenmarket ingredients influence these chefs' menus, what they love most about the farmers markets, and, back at the restaurant, feast on a unique meal featuring Greenmarket's bounty.
Chef/Owner Peter Hoffman of Savoy Wednesday, June 25 - Union Square Market tour 10am, Lunch 12pm at Savoy
Chef/Owner Colin Alevras of The Tasting Room Wednesday, July 16 - Union Square Market tour 4pm, Dinner 6pm at The Tasting Room
Chef Alex Guarnaschelli of Butter Wednesday, August 20 - Union Square Market tour 10:30am, Lunch 12:30 at Butter
Chef/Owner Saul Bolton of Saul Saturday, September 13 - Grand Army Plaza Market tour 10:30am, Lunch 1pm at Saul
Chef/Owner Bill Telepan of Telepan Saturday, September 20 - Union Square Market tour 10:30am, Lunch 1pm at Telepan
Chef Galen Zamarra of Mas (farmhouse) Saturday, October 8 - Union Square Market tour 10am, Lunch 12:30pm at Astor Center
Chef Marcellus Coleman & Owner John Tucker of Rose Water Saturday, Oct 18 - Grand Army Plaza Market tour 12:30pm, Lunch 2:30pm at Rose Water
Space is limited
Tickets $125 (exclusive of beverages and gratuity) A portion of the ticket price is tax deductible.
CHECK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION: (COPY AND PASTE url INTO YOUR BROWSER)
http://www.cenyc.org/greenmarket/cheftoursandtastes
Friday, May 23, 2008
Yuno has plenty of luscious strawberries, pea sprouts, salad greens, asaragus, and other tasty produce. Madura has several kinds of mushroom and Van Houton and others have lush potted plants. Berried Treasures has delicious spicey wild watercress, fiddleheads, and La Ratte potatoes. The farmer at the corner of Park and 14th has leeks, young garlic, and other good looking produce. Oak Grove has herb plants, nasturtiums, and a wide variety of tomato plants.
Newfield Farm has several varieties of beautiful peony flowers. The rose people also have lovely flowers. Berried Treasures has some pretty lilacs.
Beth's Jam, Our Daily Bread, milk, and honey are all here today!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Mountain Sweet Berry has lovage, chives, small potatoes, and Sucrine lettuce. Honey Hollow Farm has beautiful MORELS and wild garlic. Windfall Farm has arugula flowers, their first CATNIP, and many tasty greens, including their delicious green aracuna chicken eggs. Cherry Lane has the first of their strawberries! Berried Treasures has fiddlehead ferns and ramps as well as other goodies.
Andrews Honey stand is here with several varieties and treatments of honey, including big pieces of honeycomb. Our Daily Bread has some new types of scone as well as a wide selection of breads.
Flora Perfecta has stunning lilies and Duva has gorgeous irises in many colors.
Monday, May 19, 2008
I almost forgot to go to the Greenmarket this morning! It's a good thing I remembered, or I would have missed Yuno's table full of beautiful STRAWBERRIES, as well as her young garlic, young onions, salad greens, and asparagus! I wouldn't have seen Newfield Farm's Sweet William, irises, peonies, and herb plants, and Tello's eggs! The market is small, but there are several farmers with asparagus, rhubarb, and greens, as well as greenhouse stands with herb plants and flowering potted plants.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
ECKERTON is back with gorgeous salad greens and radishes!! S&SO has their very reasonable tasty salad mix and other great produce. Duva has gorgeous irises and Durr has wonderful peonies in a variety of colors, including a new salmon colored flower (already sold out!). Stokes has beautiful cut herbs and plants. Quattro's has heritage chickens, young chickens, ducks, and other poultry. They're in a different space, on Park Ave near Ronnybrook and Stokes. Mountain Sweet Berry has lovage and a wonderful French style lettuce as well as ramps (no fiddleheads today, though). Beth's Jam has pickled ramps -- buy some and have Springtime in February!
Its a gorgeous day in the Greenmarket!!!
Friday, May 16, 2008
It's another damp and windy day, but not as bad as it was on Monday. Newfield Farm has gorgeous irises, peonies, and cornflowers that brighten things up and the rose people have lovely flowers as well. Cheerful Cherry has beautiful lilacs in addition to their healthy and vibrant flowering plants and succulents.
Yuno is here with beautiful asparagus, salad greens, herbs, young onions and STRAWBERRIES (although those may be gone already). Flying Pig is here with delicious bacon, sausages, eggs, pork roasts, and other goodies. Tello is here with eggs, Our Daily Bread is here with great bread (but no scones today), and DiPaolo has various turkey items. Ted Flew (Oak Grove) has excellent herb plants and Samascott has RHUBARB!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Got to the market late, but not too late to score some MORELS from Honey Hollow Farm, wild watercress and fiddleheads from Berried Treasures, ramps and fiddleheads from Mountain Sweet Berry (who will have LOVAGE on Saturday), spinach and asparagus from Cherry Lane, and beautiful irises from Duva and Flora Perfecta. Honey Hollow will have morels again next Wednesday! Madura has some good looking mushrooms today.
Monday, May 12, 2008
WINDY!!! RAINY!!! Unless you have a desperate need for a potted plant or asparagus from Phillips, or cider from Red Jacket, or eggs from Tello, or bread from Bread Alone, there's little or no reason to head over to Union Square today, and every reason to stay indoors. Of course, I was there at 8:30 and some farmers might come in later, but the weather is really ugly.
Saturday, May 10
Duva has sensational irises. James Durr has irises, PEONIES, LILIES OF THE VALLEY, interesting tulips, and other flowers in addition to asparagus.
Cherry Lane has asparagus, spinach, and potatoes. Mountain Sweet Berry has FIDDLEHEADS, RAMPS, and little potatoes. Gorzynski has miners lettuce, pea shoots, and gorgeous salad greens and cut herbs. Stokes has cut herbs, herbs in pots, and other potted plants. D'Attolico has salad and other greens and Oak Grove (Ted Blew) has mesclun and other sets and cut mesclun. Binder has beautiful herb and other potted plants.
Hothouse strawberries and raspberries can be found near the West 15th Street end of the market.
Friday, May 9
It's pretty unpleasant out, but you will be rewarded with Berried Treasures' stinging nettles, fiddleheads, and green garlic, Yuno's beautiful greens and asparagus, Our Daily Bread's delicious loaves, and Cheerful Cherries' lovely lilacs!
BULLETIN!
this is an email I received yesterday: Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 7:02 PM Subject: Free trees at select Greenmarkets! 1,250 Free Trees Available to NYC Homeowners and Families in May! Through the generous sponsorship of BNP Paribas - presenting sponsor of MillionTreesNYC Month - 1,250 FREE trees will be available for adoption throughout the City's five boroughs this May. Trees will be distributed by New York Restoration Project (NYRP) at four Council on the Environment of New York City (CENYC)
Greenmarkets and the Riverdale, Bronx YM-YWHA's Environmental Fair - with 250 trees being given away to homeowners and families at each tree-distribution site. Note - individuals and families are limited to adopting one tree per household and required to register their new tree at www.milliontreesnyc.org. NYRP horticulture specialists will be on hand to provide instruction on proper tree-planting and maintenance techniques. For CENYC Greenmarket and Environmental Fair participants who do not have their own yard to plant a tree, information on volunteering, educational programming and contributing to MillionTreesNYC will also be available.
Adopt your FREE tree in May at the following locations, and be one in a million!
Saturday, May 10 - 8 am to 2 pm NOTE - NEW DATE Borough Hall CENYC Greenmarket - Staten Island St. Mark's and Hyatt
Saturday, May 10 - 8 am to 2 pm Grand Army Plaza CENYC Greenmarket - Brooklyn Prospect Park NW Entrance
Saturday, May 17 - 8 am to 2 pm NOTE - NEW DATE Inwood CENYC Greenmarket - Upper Manhattan Isham St - Seaman & Cooper
Saturday, May 17 - 8 am to 2 pm Sunnyside CENYC Greenmarket - Queens Skillman between 42nd and 43rd Streets
Sunday, May 18 - 8 am to 2 pm Riverdale YM-YWHA Environmental Fair - Bronx 5625 Arlington Avenue at 256th Street
Limited quantities of the following species of trees will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis: Red Bud, Dogwood, Cherry, Crabapple, Service Berry, Linden, Sweetgum and Oak.
About MillionTreesNYC Led by the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and New York Restoration Project (NYRP), MillionTreesNYC is a citywide, public-private initiative with an ambitious goal: to plant and care for one million new trees across the City's five boroughs by 2017.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
FIDDLEHEADS! Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures both have them! They also have RAMPS, as does Max Creek. Cherry Lane has their excellent asparagus and spinach. They're keeping their zucchini blossoms in the truck so they won't wilt, but ask about them! Berried Treasures has NETTLES!
Flora Perfecta has beautiful tulips and Duva has Dutch irises in several colors. I bought the last of his bearded irises, but he says he'll have alot more on Saturday.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Yuno has STRAWBERRIES, and will have alot more on Friday. They also have great asparagus, salad greens, and cut herbs. I got the last of their basil, but they have plenty of chives and other herbs.
Newfield Farm has beautiful tulips and iris. River Garden has lilacs and Tello has fresh eggs.
By the way, New York Magazine has discovered green garlic, but gives no further guidance than look in the Greenmarket. FYI, D'Attolico on Saturday, Mountain Sweet Berry on Wednesday and Saturday, Yuno, and Gorzynski on Saturday, will probably be able to fill your needs.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Gorzynski is out of miners lettuce at 9AM! They do have their beautiful salad greens and pea shoots. Mountain Sweet Berry has LOVAGE, RAMPS, and chives. D'Attolico has NETTLES, young garlic, greens, and sprouts. Cherry Lane has spinach, asparagus and zucchini. Northshire has some interesting greens.
Duva has beautiful and unusual parrot tulips and Durr has LILIES OF THE VALLEY and other seasonal flowers. Many stands, including Terhune and Locust Grove, have various flowering branches, including lots of LILACS.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Mountain Sweet Berry has generous bunches of chives and lovage, bunches of ramps, and delicious little potatoes. Cherry Lane has their tasty asparagus, spinach, and ZUCCHINI BLOSSOMS! Windfall has various edible flowers as well as mesclun and other greens. Berried Treasures has excellent wild watercress, ramps, and potatoes.
Flora Perfecta has beautiful tulips, as does Duva (who says that he'll have bearded irises in two weeks).