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 maps showing Union Square Greenmarket farmstands for Fri, Sat, Mon, Wed, check this URL: http://www.grownyc.org/unionsquaregreenmarket
If you see that this version of my report is out of date click here.
Saturday, May 11, 2013 STRAWBERRIES at Lani! FIDDLEHEADS at Deep Mountain Maple! OLD FASHIONED IRISES AND PEONIES AT DURR! Garlic scapes and other interesting greens and edible flowers at Lani! Bags of ramp leaves at Violet Hill! Soft shelled crabs at Seatuck! Asparagus at Stokes, Miglorelli, Cherry Lane, Lani, Hoeffner, and others. Lilacs at Durr, Locust Grove (many colors there), and other stands. Fava bean greens and other interesting greens at Lani. Windfall has wild violets and other edible flowers as well as many kinds of green and salad.
To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/c7757k5
Friday, May 10, 2013 FIDDLEHEADS at Lucky Dog and Deep Mountain Maple! RHUBARB at Samascott and Muddy River!! RAMPS at Samascott, Lucky Dog, and others. ASPARAGUS at Bodhitree, Stokes, Miglorelli, Queens County Farm, and others. LILACS at River Garden and others. HERB SETS at Oak Grove, Stokes, and Binder.
To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/c2zbntw
Saturday, May 4, 2013 RHUBARB at Hoeffner! Beautiful baby radishes at Eckerton! Asparagus at Stokes, Hoeffner, Cherry Lane, and others. Ramps at Mountain Sweet Berry, Lani, Northshire, Violet Hill.
Binder has beautiful blossoms in addition to vegetable flats, herb flats, and pretty flowers. Oak Grove also has lovely potted herbs and heirloom tomato plants as well as design-your-own windowsill herb gardens. Stokes has lots of gorgeous potted flowers and herbs and Van Houten has flower flats and flowering trees. I Fiori, Duva, River Garden, and others have interesting tulips and other cut flowers, and Lani has an extensive selection of edible flowers, as does Windfall Farms. Hudson Valley Organic and Windfall have tiny mesclun selections and Eckerton has several kinds of green, including broccoli rabb.
Three Corner Field Farm is back today with their delicious lamb, yogurt, and cheeses! Violet Hill has rabbit and Quattro's has poussins, pheasant eggs, and wild turkey eggs.
To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/d8p45au
Friday, May 4, 2013 RHUBARB at Muddy River and Samascott! ASPARAGUS at Bodhitree, Miglorelli, Samascott, Lucky Dog. RAMPS at Samascott, Lucky Dog, and others. Purslane at Rogowski!
To see these and other stands and produce:
http://tinyurl.com/cltuygz
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 FIDDLEHEADS!! at Tamarack, Garden of Spices, and other stands. Asparagus at Bodhitree, Hoeffner, S&SO, and others. Ramps at Mountain Sweet Berry and others.
To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/cz62omb
Saturday, April 27, 2013 RAMPS!! ASPARAGUS!! Mountain Sweet Berry, Lani, Violet Hill, Northshire have ramps and Paffenroth, Lani, Hoeffner, and Cherry Lane have asparagus!
Many like D'Attolico, Norwich, Paffenroth, and Lani have all kinds of onion family items -- young shallots, scallions, and garlic. Windfall, Lani, and others have edible flowers and other beautiful greens and mini-greens.
To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/c46elh5
Friday, April 26, 2013 Bulletin! Bodhitree and Queens County Farm Museum have ASPARAGUS (not alot!)
Rogowski has wild garlic, nettles, other greens, and baby carrots. Lucky Dog has RAMPS and other Spring greens. Bodhitree also has beautiful edible flowers, lovely salad and other greens, and eggs. Stokes also has gorgeous salad greens, kale, and cut herbs. Muddy River has new season leeks and other produce and Madura has several mushroom varieties.
To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/bvesysu
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Rampfest at Mountain Sweet Berry, baby carrots at Rogowski, Bordeaux spinach at Bodhitree!! Heirloom tomato plants at Oak Grove!!
Things are getting greener, although the weather has slowed things down. Tamarack's greens season has begun, finally, and Rogowski has many more options than it did last week. Bodhitree has stunning (yes, I said stunning) Tuscan kale and many other beautiful greens and edible flowers, including spignarella (know how to use it?, I don't, but it looked tasty). Miglorelli has lots of arugula and broccoli raab, and Madura has salad and other greens as well as mushrooms. Bulich is here with several kinds of mushroom and $5 grab-and-go bags of some varieties.
Locust Grove, Terhune, and others have blossoming branches, and River Garden has some pretty fresh flowers in addition to their quince branches and dried flower arrangements. Rose Meadow has roses, anemones, and snapdragons and Dutchmill has some new varieties of their lovely tulips.
To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/c98m2vr
Saturday, April 20, 2013 RAMPS at Mountain Sweet Berry and Lani! Young garlic, shallots, etc. at several stands. Eckerton has beautiful baby carrots and beets!
Check out Silver Heights for a wide variety of vegetable plants and Stokes, Oak Grove, Silver Heights, Hoeffner, and Binder for beautiful herb plants. Oak Grove has many types of heirloom tomato plants and small potted herb gardens for windowsill gardeners.
Quattro's has largish chickens this week (I got the last smallish one) as well as other tasty poultry (ducks, pheasants, etc.), soup meat, turkey and pheasant eggs, smoked poultry, and other goodies. Flying Pig has pork cuts and sausages, Roaming Acres has ostrich meat, Tonjes has veal, and Grazin' has beef and other meats.
Breezy Hill has hard and soft ciders, apples, pastries, and other fruit items. If you want to help them rebuild their cider mill, stop by and ask them how.
To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/cnowwz2
Friday, April 19, 2013 Lucky Dog has ramps, Bodhitree has edible flowers, baby salad greens, and other greens, and their excellent eggs, and Rogowski has stinging nettles, edible flowers, and baby spinach and carrots. Consider Bardwell has Grade B maple syrup, meat on sale, and delicious cheeses. To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/cvlxccn
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Silver Heights is back with beautiful potted vegetable and other plants for home gardeners!! Mountain Sweet Berry has a great supply of RAMPS!
Cherry Lane has lovely rainbow chard, brussels sprouts, spinach, and salad greens, and is hoping for asparagus in a couple of weeks. Rogowski has beautiful baby carrots, stinging nettles, and other greens. Bodhitree has Bordeaux spinach and other unique greens and salads.
Bulich has several of their excellent mushroom varieties in "grab and go" bags as well as pick-your-own options. Madura has several greens as well as various good-looking mushrooms and potted plants.
River Garden has fresh flowers and flowering branches and Dutchmill is here with double daffodils and other unique Spring tulips. Duva also has tulips and there are beautiful orchid plants in the market as well.
To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/cgpkxbr
Monday, April 15, 2013 Lani has ramps! Race says they will have ramps next Monday.
Lani has beautiful edible flowers. Race, Healthway, and others have potted herb plants. Madura has mushrooms and greens and Race and Phillips have potted flowering plants. Hudson Valley Duck Farm is here with delicious rillettes, ducks, and other duck products and Roaming Acres has pork, ostrich, and bison.
To see these and other stands and products here today: http://tinyurl.com/cg2raqz
Saturday, April 13, 2013 Cherry Lane is back[and says ASPARAGUS in two weeks]! RAMP madness at Lani and Mountain Sweet Berry! Poussin at Violet Hill!
Those ramps are going fast! I saw foragers from Blue Hill and Gramercy Tavern stocking up and I'm sure there were more shopping for restaurants coming and going. Eckerton has gorgeous French breakfast radishes and baby carrots and Gorzynski has all sorts of Spring greens. Violet Hill has turkey, duck, and chicken eggs as well as their beautiful little poussins.
Grazin' has a new product -- butter! Cherry Lane has spinach, brussels sprouts, and other produce, and Monks Hood has various mini greens and baby carrots.
Seatuck has eels, flounders, crabs, clams, and other fresh fish and shellfish. Flying Pig has bacons and other pork products and Violet Hill, Northshire, and Quattro's have various kinds of egg. Quattro's also has chickens and other poultry, sausages, and smoked poultry. PE&DD has fresh fish, shellfish, and fish salads.
To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/dxjj3px
Friday, April 12, 2013 BULLETIN! LUCKY DOG HAS RAMPS!!! LATER BULLETIN -- NO MORE RAMPS TODAY!! But they will have them next time they're here. (Those restaurants get there early!) Rogowski had baby carrots, but I saw a restaurant forager buying a lot of them a few minutes ago!
Despite the cold, damp, and rain, most of the usual Friday stands are here today, including Las Delicias with pastries and Francesca with breads, savories and other baked goods. Samascott, Miglorelli, Muddy River, Madura, Queens County Farm Museum, Two Guys, and Bodhitree are all here with various greens. Finnish Ruis has their breads and Our Daily Bread and Hot Bread Kitchen are here as well.
Dutchmill has beautiful tulips, including some new varieties.
TO SEE THESE AND OTHER STANDS HERE TODAY: http://tinyurl.com/bozwrs3
From Greenmarket:List of who is NOT HERE today
UNION SQUARE GREENMARKET, NEW YORK NY OPEN YEAR-ROUND, 8AM-6PM, M/W/F/SAT Friday, 04/12//203
Who's OUT today... -------------------- BERRIED TREASURES FARM Vegetables, Berries & Herbs.
BETH'S FARM KITCHEN Pickled Goods, Jams & Chutneys.
BINDER FARM Potted Plants, Vegetable starters & Herbs.
DANCING EWE Raw/Aged Tuscan-style Cow & Sheep's Milk Cheeses. Merguez.
GREENER PASTURES Wheatgrass Plants & Juice. Micro green Shoots.
HAMMOND DAIRY Grassfed Cow's Milk Yogurt & Granola.
LAVENDER BY THE BAY Dried Lavender Sachets & Culinary.
MOUNTAIN SWEET BERRY FARM Vegetables.
RIVER GARDEN Dried Flower Arrangements.
STONE ARCH FARMS Baked Goods & Eggs.
VAN HOUTEN Potted Plants & Herbs.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 Gandhi has his magnolias and daffodils!
Spring has sprung and the first thing I saw this morning was Dutchmill's beautiful tulips! Lavender by the Bay has lavender plants and lavender products. Stokes, Van Houten, and Binder have beautiful potted flowering plants and Stokes, Binder, and Oak Grove have lovely herb plants.
Bodhitree, Two Guys, and Shushan have salad greens and Windfall has cut mesclun and all sorts of edible flowers and sprouts. Hoeffner has salad plants.
To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/clwu73e
Monday, April 8, 2013 Magnolias budding! Flowering branches flowering! Tulips and Daffodils! Edible flowers! SPRING!
Lani has many types of edible flowers, along with young garlic, shallots, and leeks. Race and Phillips have potted flowering plants and herbs. Lavender By the Bay has lavender and lavender gifts. Dutchmill has beautiful tulips. Butterfield has goat cheeses with herbs and Las Delicias has lavender cookies. The sun is not only out, but warm, and the Greenmarket is humming. In fact, Andrew's New York based honeys are here -- try "Brooklyn" or "Union Square"!
To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/cxtjvhb
Saturday, April 6, 2013 Lani's in a new spot near 16th St.! Gorzynski is back! Eckerton is back! Seatuck and Binder are back!
Eckerton has mache, baby Tuscan kale, French breakfast radishes, and other greens. Gorzynski has root vegetables and mache. Lani has various edible flowers (tatsoi and others). Windfall has many delicious minigreens as well as rutabagas and other root vegetables and their aracuna eggs. Binder has beautiful young flowering and herb plants.
Violet Hill has petit poussins, duck,goose,turkey, eggs, and several chicken varieties, along with pork, lamb, and chickens. Quattro's has pheasant eggs, wild turkey eggs, and lovely little half chickens as well as chickens, ducks, and other poultry, and venison. Seatuck has several sizes and types of clam and other seafood.
James Durr has magnolia and other flowering branches and tulips. I Fiori has peony tulips and other unique tulips and lilies. Cato Corner has several remarkable cheeses, including my favorite of this year, Dairyaire.
To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/blclh5x
Friday, April 5, 2013 Green garlic! Tatsoi! New Bakery! Dancing Ewe is back! Magnolias are budding! SPRING!!
Muddy River and Norwich Meadows have different varieties of young garlic. There's a new bakery, Francesca's, with a wide selection of breads and pastries, in the spot previously held by Hot Bread Kitchen (who've moved to a new location near 16th Street). Dancing Ewe has their delicious cheese and sausages. Las Delicias is back after a break with tasty tarts, muffins, lavender cookies, madeleines, and other baked goods. Stokes has cut thyme and rosemary in addition to beautiful flowering plants and herb plants.
To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/dxmravg
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Tulips! Flowering Branches! Baby Spinach! Pea Shoots! SPRING!!!
Dutchmill has lovely tulips and DAFFODILS! Locust Grove has flowering fruit tree branches and many have pussy willows. Tamarack, Rogowski, Madura, and Bodhitree have spinach, and several stands have salad greens and other greens, including Two Guys, Shushan, and Bodhitree.
I had some of Beth's Farm Kitchen ketchup on my burger this week -- very tasty! I might try their hot sauce on a Tamarack sausage today.
Roaming Acres has bison, beef, pork, and ostrich! (They'll have all of those Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Just ostrich on Saturdays.)
Stokes is here with potted flowering plants and herbs. Oak Grove has potted herb plants, popcorn, pastries, pork and beef. Caradonna, Terhune, Locust Grove, and others have apples and ciders, and Breezy Hill has hard cider and other cider items as well as pastries.
To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/dypkxk8
Saturday, March 30, 2013 Pheasant and wild turkey eggs at Quattro's! Goose, duck, and turkey eggs at Violet Hill! Green eggs at Windfall! AND S&SO is back!!
Stokes, Van Houten, and others have beautiful potted flowers, and James Durr and Phillips have cut tulips. Rose Meadow has beautiful roses, anemones, and other flowers, and Durr, River Garden, and Phillips have flowering branches.
Quattro's has venison, pheasants, chickens, and other poultry, as well as smoked poultry and sausages. Flying Pig and Violet Hill have pork cuts and Violet Hill and Catskill Merino have lamb and lamb products. Violet Hill also has rabbit.
Windfall has all kinds of greens, including radish sprouts and various mesclun combinations. (I had some of their radish sprouts in a dish at Union Square Cafe, and they were a perfect garnish for the potato tortelli. Just saying...) Monks Hood has various minigreens and cut organic sage and rosemary. Lani has tatsoi flowers and other delicious and interesting minigreens.
S&SO is back with root vegetables and gift items and Beth's Farm Kitchen has strawberry, apple, and blueberry syrups for ice cream or waffles (only today -- catch them while you can!).
Mountain Sweet Berry has great potato chips for hors d'oeuvres as well as lovely small potatoes (I'm roasting some of them under my chicken this weekend.). (Rick says don't expect ramps before the middle of April.)
To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/btvcdpu
Friday, March 29, 2013 Bodhitree has interesting rose shaped chicory, Mountain Sweet Berry is predicting ramps in about two weeks, Queens County has their great salad mix and spinach, and Dutchmill has wonderful tulips. River Garden has flowering branches and Flying Pig is able to display their delicious pork products (including leaf lard pastry ready to roll out) in a temptingly visible way. Muddy River has fresh cut thyme and Van Houten has lovely pansy flats and other Spring flowers. Leaves are getting ready to burst open and the magnolia tree on 15th Street is definitely on its way to blossoming.
To see these and other stands and what they've brought:
http://tinyurl.com/d96pbcb
Monday, March 25, 2013 Weather has kept some stands home, including Dutchmill. Las Delicias is out for the holiday. Many Monday regulars are here:
Roaming Acres -- bison, pork, ostrich. Lani -- chickweed and other unusual greens, Japanese sweet potatoes, herbs. Central Valley -- Butter, cheeses, vegetable soup. Hudson Valley Duck Farm -- Ducks and duck products. Phillips -- vegetables and potted flowers, flowering branches. Race -- apples, pastries, cider vinegar, honey. Madura -- Mushrooms, vegetables, potted flowers. Healthway -- potatoes and apples. Red Jacket -- juices, ciders, apples, jams.
To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/cc5x5d8
Saturday, March 23, 2013 STOKES is back with cut and potted herbs and flowers! Van Houten is also back with flats of pansies and other Spring flowers! Hudson Valley Duck Farm is having a special on rillettes and Violet Hill has their beautiful bacon, rabbits, pork and lamb cuts, and boxes of mixed poultry eggs (TurDuckEn). Seatuck is back with fresh fish and shellfish!!
Lani is here with unusual greens and fresh cut herbs and Hudson Valley Organic and Monks Hood have minigreens. Windfall has all sorts of greens, including mesclun, as well as root vegetables. Paffenroth has all kinds of potatoes and other root vegetables and Mountain Sweet Berry has lovely little potato varieties and potato chips (ask if they still have some of their pickled "crosnichons"). Paffenroth has fresh horseradish!
Quattro's has gorgeous capons as well as a new flock of chickens and other poultry, smoked poultry, and eggs. Flying Pig has pork cuts, chickens, and pork products (sausages, bacon, etc.).
To see these and other stands and products: http://tinyurl.com/bm4aqq4
Friday, March 22, 2013 Try Mountain Sweet Berry's "Crosnichons" made from their unique crosnes! Queens County Farm has their excellent salad greens, salad mix, and spinach! Bobolink has tasty homemade matzoh! Rogowski has baby spinach and baby carrots. Boditree has lovely greens, herbs, and Japanese sweet potatoes. Pura Vida has gorgeous fresh fish and shellfish and Flying Pig has tasty sausages, pork cuts, and bacons.
Dutchmill has beautiful and unusual tulips and River Garden has flowering branches and willow.
Las Delicias has many kinds of baked goods, including tarts both sweet and savory, muffins, cookies, and scones. Treelicious has vegan pies!
Two Guys and Madura have mushrooms and other produce and Hot Bread Kitchen is here with many regional baked items.
To see these and other stands in Union Square today: http://tinyurl.com/akr7hh5
BULLETIN!!! 2013 STOKES FARM WILL BE BACK THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 23, at Union Square, Tucker Square, and Tribeca Markets!!
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 First Day of Spring and Dutchmill's Tulips are Here!!! It's a beautiful day, if cold, and Dutchmill and Rose Meadow are here with beautiful flowers to celebrate the arrival of Spring!
For some reason Dutchmill's stand is located far away from the rest of the market in their usual summer spot, but they have gorgeous flowers and it is well worth the walk to the West side of the park around 15th Street.
To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/c7b4vfn
Monday, March 18, 2013 Lani has interesting new greens! Try Hudson Valley Duck Farm's rillettes!
Roaming Acres has bison, pork, and ostrich meat. Buon Pane has tasty looking breads and Las Delicias is here with wonderful pastries both savory and sweet. (They will be off from March 25 to April 2 for the holidays and back after that.)
Consider Bardwell has lovely cheeses and meats and PE&DD has steamers and other shellfish as well as very fresh scallops and other fish and fish salads. Lani has many greens, herbs, and interesting salad blossoms.
Healthway has excellent potatoes and carrots and Madura has various mushrooms and other produce. Race has cider vinegar and honey in addition to their baked goods.
To see these and other stands and products: http://tinyurl.com/br9go5b
Saturday, March 16, 2013 James Durr is back with tulips and flowering branches! Last day until May 4 for Three Corner Field Farm's delicious cheeses, yogurts, and lamb cuts!!!! It's lambing season!
Lani has big gorgeous lettuces, other greens, sweet potatoes, and herbs. Hoeffner is here with cabbages and potatoes for the holiday. Violet Hill has lamb, pork, and chicken cuts as well as many kinds of eggs. Flying Pig has pork cuts, sausages, and a few chickens. Quattro's has pheasants, ducks, chickens, and poultry parts, in addition to various smoked poultry and sausages.
Monks Hood, Two Guys, D'Attolico, and Windfall have tasty greens and mini greens, and Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes and herbs.
It's cold and damp, but most stands are here and well supplied, particularly if you can't get enough of potatoes (Paffenroth and Mountain Sweet Berry) or carrots (Norwich Meadows and Paffenroth) or root vegetables in general (all of the above and Miglorelli). There are plenty of apples (Locust Grove, Terhune, Miglorelli, Caradonna) if you're planning apple sauce. Beth's Farm Kitchen has lovely gifts and Cayuga has tasty beans and pastas.
To see these and other stands and products: http://tinyurl.com/aj6577h
Monday, March 11, 2013 Lani's back on Mondays! Dutchmill has parrot tulips!
River Garden has several types of flowering branches. Dutchmill has beautiful red parrot tulips and other unique colors and types. Roaming Acres has all sorts of meats and meat products, including bison and ostrich. PE&DD has beautiful fish and shellfish today and Buon Pane has interesting breads. Lani has lovely salad and other greens, sweet potatoes, and eggs. Phillips has rosemary and other herb plants and cut rosemary, in addition to many kinds of preserves and root vegetables. Race has honey, pastries, and a sale on winter apples. Andrew's bear is back with all kinds of delicious honey and honey products. Las Delicias has great pastries, including tarts, caneles, muffins, savory tarts, ruggalah, and challahs.
To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/ah8dufa
Saturday, March 9, 2013 Lani is Back!!! Greens, salad, sweet potatoes!
Phillips has peach blossom branches and River Garden has willow branches. Other stands also have flowering branches. Phillips also has lavender, rosemary, and flowering potted plants.
Violet Hill is selling a box of eggs called TurDuckEn -- Turkey, duck, and chicken eggs, and boxes of multicolored chicken eggs, as well as duck and goose egg combinations! They also have lamb, Belle Rouge chickens, and pork cuts.
Quattro's has gorgeous chickens and other poultry as well as soups, sausages, and eggs, and Flying Pig has sausages, bacon, various pork cuts, and chickens.
To see these and other stands with root vegetables, greens, breads, honey, mushrooms, and other products: http://tinyurl.com/b2oedx7
Friday, March 8, 2013 Despite the slush and sleet, several stands are here today! Check out Rogowski's sweet baby carrots!! You can find Beth's hot sauces and jams, Hot Bread Kitchen's many kinds of breads and other baked goods, Las Delicias's pastries, Finnish Ruis black bread, and Miglorelli's frozen summer vegetables and tomato juice products. Tremblay is here with honey products and Deep Mountain with maple candies and syrups. Roaming Acres has bison, pork, and ostrich meat and Pura Vida has a rare type of John Dory, tasty mackerel, and other fish and shell fish. Central Valley has butters and cheeses as well as eggs, ricotta, and yogurt, and Our Daily Bread is here with many bread choices.
Rogowski, Norwich Meadows, Miglorelli, Lucky Dog, and Muddy River are here with greens, herbs, and root vegetables. Bodhitree was leaving as I got to their stand, so we'll have to wait until next week for their excellent salad greens and other delicious vegetables.
To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/aqxamnc
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 It's cold! It's damp! It's windy! But there are still many stands in Union Square's Greenmarket!
Perhaps not for long, though. Several farms have mini-stands and many plan to leave earlyish today. Still, you can buy your Ronnybrook butter, milk, and eggs, your Three Corner Field Farm lamb and yogurt (for one more Wednesday until lambing season takes them out until May), your Hot Bread Kitchen bialys, your Locust Grove cider, and your Tamarack and Roaming Acres pork! Rogowski has baby spinach, root vegetables, and beans, and Miglorelli has Bloody Mary mix and donuts in addition to apples, cider, and frozen summer vegetables.
Pura Vida is here with fish and shellfish and Hudson Valley Duck Farm has ducks and duck products, while Mountain Sweet Berry has little potatoes and potato chips and Windfall has greenhouse greens and root vegetables. Two Guys has lettuces and mushrooms, Madura has mushrooms and spinach, and Bodhitree has lettuces and other greens. See more stands and produce here: http://tinyurl.com/d333wnq
Saturday, March 2, 2013 Signs of Spring! Phillips and River Garden have flowering branches, and River Garden has pussy willows! Other signs are just whispers of greens soon to come and flowering plants at Phillips. The sun is out and everything just looks better, with beautiful poussins and mixed eggs (duck, turkey, chicken) at Violet Hill's stand, and all sorts of small salad greens at D'Attolico, Monks Hood, Shushan, Two Guys, and others.
I'm trying Beth's Farm Kitchen's ketchup this week, after enjoying their hot sauce a few weeks ago. If you can get a jar of their Meyer Lemon Marmalade, I strongly recommend it -- delicious.
I picked up one of Quattro's delicious chickens and some soup meat for what I'm hoping will be the last huge vat of poultry stock of the season. I'll use Norwich Meadows carrots and turnips, Paffenroth's onions and leeks, and some (choke!) non-market celery, chicken parts and a pheasant from Quattro's. Feeling much better now that I've replaced the stock I had to throw out after Sandy. I only wish there were a way to do the same for the gorgeous heirloom tomatoes I had to dump then.
To see these and many other stands: http://tinyurl.com/b8q47hz
Friday, March 1, 2013 Lots of good things this week, including spinach, salad greens, and gorgeous herb plants!
Queens County Farm Museum and others have spinach. For greens, check out Rogowsky, Bodhitree, and Muddy River. For lettuce: Bodhitree, Two Guys, and Queens County. Oak Grove has gloriously lush herb plants, including all kinds of mints, savory herbs, and other good things.
Mountain Sweet Berry has several mini potatoes and a variety of unusual potato chips and Oak Grove has tasty red popping corn. Hot Bread Kitchen has a wide selection of breads and other baked goods and Las Delicias has their excellent sweet and savory pastries, including spinach tarts and challahs.
Pura Vida has several kinds of shellfish and beautiful fresh fish. Roaming Acres has bison, pork, and ostrich meat and other ostrich products.
To see these and others: http://tinyurl.com/c8ygchp
Saturday, February 23, 2013 Many stands are here, despite the damp weather, but some of them are unrecognizably small!
Paffenroth's stand is small but the produce they have is great, including shallots, leeks, onions, potatoes, carrots, and other root vegetables. Mountain Sweet Berry, also small, has several kinds of delicious potato chips and small European style potatoes. Windfall has greens, squash puree, and root vegetables.
Hudson Valley Organic has sprouts and small greens and Two Guys From Woodbridge has lettuces and other greens as well as shitake mushrooms. Bulich is here with several kinds of mushrooms.
Violet Hill has beautiful POUSSINs, chickens, lamb cuts, and eggs. Flying Pig has pork cuts, sausages, and bacon. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has delicious smoked duck breast, rillettes, duck parts, and ducks, and Quattro's has many kinds of tasty poultry, smoked poultry, eggs, and venison.
To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/a3jkvhn
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Bodhitree (delicious and beautiful greens), Windfall (squash puree), Norwich Meadows (many colored carrots, black radishes)
Norwich has two kinds of Jerusalem artichokes, many root vegetables, honey, preserved vegetables, and eggs. Madura has several kinds of mushroom. Miglorelli, Norwich Meadows, and Tamarack have all kinds of root vegetables. Windfall has many greenhouse greens and root vegetables, and Two Guys has greens and shitake mushrooms.
Caradonna, Locust Grove, Terhune, and Breezy Hill have apples and pears, and Breezy Hill has pastries, donuts, hard cider, and sparkling cider, in addition to apple and pear ciders.
Feather Ridge Farm has chickens, chicken parts, pickled eggs, and fresh Omega 3 eggs. Roaming Acres has bison, pork, and ostrich meat and products. Pura Vida has tasty fish and shellfish.
Ronnybrook has ice creams, milks, creams, drinkable and other yogurts, garlic and other butters, and cheeses. Three Corner Field Farm has cheeses, yogurts, lamb cuts, soaps, wool, and other lamb products.Our Daily Bread and Hot Bread Kitchen are here with breads and other baked goods and Beth's Farm Kitchen has jams, chutneys, pickled vegetables, and knockout hot sauces.
To see these and other stands and products: http://tinyurl.com/a9dfm6g
Monday, February 18, 2013 It's FREEZING out there, but the farmers are here with delicious options. Check out this URL for pictures of stands and products: http://tinyurl.com/avncgvw
Saturday, February 16, 2013 Windfall, Monks Hood, Two Guys, Shushan, D'Attolico, Hudson Valley, all have greens!
Northshire and Hoeffner have cabbages and other large greens and Miglorelli, Paffenroth, Norwich Meadows, and others have many kinds of root vegetables. Paffenroth has good looking leeks and other onion family produce as well. Oak Grove has excellent dried hot peppers, Bulich has a great selection of fresh mushrooms.
Cayuga has terrific dried beans, pasta, flours, and a new selection of breads. Quattro's has many kinds of poultry, sausages, smoked poultry, and venison, as well as excellent eggs. Violet Hill has rabbit, chicken, and chicken parts, as well as tasty and colorful eggs. PE&DD has beautiful fresh fish and shellfish. Hudson Valley Duck Farm is here with ducks, duck parts, and other duck products.
Several orchards, including Locust Grove, Caradonna, and Breezy Hill have apples, pears, and ciders, and Breezy Hill has pastries. Miglorelli and Breezy Hill have cider donuts. Tonjes has buttermilk, yogurt, and cheeses. Cato Corner is here with their luscious cheeses and Three Corner Field Farm has lamb cuts, yogurts, cheeses, and wool. Violet Hill will be bringing in lamb next week!!
Rose Meadow has beautiful yellow roses and many colors of anemones today.
To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/col35py
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Cato Corner's once a month Wednesday is today! They have some delicious cheeses, including Misty Morning blue, Vivace, Dairyaire, Bridgid's, and others from stinky and strong to succulent and mild. Three Corner Field Farm also has tasty cheeses, as well as yogurt, wool, lamb cuts, and soaps.
Tamarack has root vegetables and various pork cuts as well as sausages and bacon. Roaming Acres has bison, beef, pork, and ostrich meat. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has ducks, duck parts, rillettes, smoked duck, and other duck products, and Feather Ridge has chickens, chicken parts, and eggs. Pura Vida has delicious fresh fish.
Bodhitree has several kinds of greens and root vegetables as well as eggs, Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, herbs, and greens, and Two Guys has hydroponic lettuces, herbs, and other produce. Madura has root vegetables, spinach, fresh herbs, and several kinds of mushrooms.
To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/bh96ud5
Saturday, February 9, 2013 A small but interesting group of Greenmarket stands today!
Paffenroth, Miglorelli, Windfall, Breezy Hill, Tremblay, Violet Hill, Deep Mountain maple, Nemeth, and a couple of others are here!!! Windfall has greens and Jerusalem artichokes, Paffenroth has their wide variety of potatoes, onion family veg, and celeriac, along with black radishes, beets, and other root vegetables. Tremblay has honeys, Violet Hill has chicken, chicken parts, eggs, and rabbit, and Breezy Hill has pastry, cider, and apples.
I would say it's worth the trip, but wear serious boots for the street corners. They're piled high and slushy. Check here for pictures: http://tinyurl.com/a5ve9v7
Wednesday,February 6, 2013 Check out this URL for other stands and produce here today: http://tinyurl.com/bkg5hpd
Tamarack now has extensive pork and lamb choices. Mountain Sweet Berry has their delicious potato chips in addition to a variety of small potatoes. Hudson Valley Duck Farm is here with ducks, duck parts, rillettes, and other duck products. Rogowsky, Madura, Norwich Meadows, and others have root vegetables, and Madura and Two Guys have mushrooms. Shushan and Two Guys have hydroponic vegetables, Windfall has squash puree and various greenhouse vegetables.Bodhitree is back and will be here on Wednesdays and Fridays!!!
Saturday, February 2, 2013 Violet Hill (poultry, rabbits), Quattro's(poultry, venison, sausages, soups, eggs), Flying Pig (pork, chickens), Grazin' (Beef, pork, milk, stock), Oak Grove (Pork, beef), PE&DD (fish and shellfish, fish salads), Three Corner Field Farm (lamb cuts, yogurt, cheese), Roaming Acres (ostrich), Hudson Valley Duck Farm, and others are here with various protein sources.
Monks Hood, Two Guys, Windfall, and others have greens, and Paffenroth, Mountain Sweet Berry, Miglorelli, and others have all kinds of root vegetables. Mountain Sweet Berry has all kinds of potato chips!
Cayuga is here with a new source for breads as well as beans, pastas, and grains. Several stands have apples, pears, and ciders (Caradonna, Breezy Hill, Locust Grove, and others), and Beth's Farm Kitchen and others have preserves. Deep Mountain is here with delicious maple syrups and maple products, and Nemeth has baked goods and apple sauces. To see who is here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/apkmz75
Friday, January 25, 2013 Northshire has the last of their QUAIL! Quattro's, Flying Pig, and Violet Hill are here with poultry, sausages, game birds, and other poultry and pork products. Hudson Valley Duck Farm is having a sale on their wonderful rillettes and are here with ducks, duck parts, and duck products.
Monks Hood and Windfall have various greens and Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes and herbs, Two Guys has hydroponic greens and oyster mushrooms.
Paffenroth has a wide variety of root vegetables, including leeks, carrots, many potato varieties, and other good things. Norwich Meadows and Northshire have various kinds of cabbage.
Tremblay has delicious honey and beth's Farm Kitchen has brought in their seasonal marmelades as well as many tasty hot sauces, mustards, jams, and chutneys.
Miglorelli has their excellent frozen summer vegetables, tomato sauce and juice, apples, and root vegetables. Cayuga has wonderful dried beans and pasta.
To see these and other stands, check out this url: http://tinyurl.com/bjj8jeh
Friday, January 25, 2013 Some stands are understandably not here today, but many are here.
Flying Pig, Roaming Acres(ostrich), and Sun Fed Beef are here. Muddy River, Rogowski, Miglorelli, Norwich Meadows, and Samascott are here with root vegetables, and Two Guys From Woodbridge has hydroponic lettuces, herbs, and mushrooms. Madura is here with several kinds of mushroom, garlic, and shallots.
Las Delicias has delicious pastries, Beth's Farm Kitchen has seasonal marmalades, and Finnish Ruis has tasty breads. Pura Vida has many kinds of fresh fish.
Samascott and Miglorelli have apples, pears, and ciders.
To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/aclk345
Saturday, January 19, 2013 It's Really Winter, Folks!
You'll find root vegetables, kales, cabbages, and hydroponic greens and tomatoes today. Also apples, pears, and ciders. River Garden is here with dried flowers and Rose Meadow has fresh roses and anemones. Valley Shepherd, Cato, and Three Corner Field Farm have cheeses, Tonjes has yogurts and cheeses, and Ronnybrook is here with milks, yogurts, and ice creams (!). Roaming Acres has ostrich meat, Violet Hill and Quattro's have poultry, and Flying Pig and Violet Hill have pork items. PE&DD has fish and shellfish. Norwich Meadows, S&SO, Paffenroth, Miglorelli, and Hoeffner have root vegetables, and Locust Grove, Breezy Hill, Caradona, and others have pears and apples as well as cider.
To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/ayczem6
Friday, January 18, 2013 A few Friday stands aren't here today, but most Winter people are here, with delicious chocolate croissants (Las Delicias), red and white potatoes (Samascott), kale and cabbages (Norwich Meadows), and delicious cream cheese (Central Valley). Roaming Acres has bison and pork in addition to ostrich eggs and meat, Flying Pig has chickens and pork cuts as well as sausages, and Pura Vida has good-looking fish and shellfish. Two Guys and Madura have mushrooms and Muddy River has root vegetables, herbs, and garlic. Rogowsky has squashes, root vegetables, and vegetable stock.
Check this URL to see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/ahumscs
Monday, January 14, 2013 I didn't get to do the report this morning, but I did go to the market to get some mushrooms from Madura, rillettes from Hudson Valley Duck Farm, and take a look around in the afternoon. I was surprised and happy to find that Las Delicias is now in the Union Square market on Mondays as well as Fridays, with their wonderful pastries! The usual Monday stands were there, including Roaming Acres(ostrich meat) and Healthway (potatoes). Central Valley was there with a wide selection of cheeses, including ricotta, cheddars, and others, and butter. (By the way, Central Valley is now also in the Friday market!!)
Saturday, January 12, 2013 Greens in the Greenmarket Today!!
Monkshood is back with several greens and Windfall Farm has their excellent selection as well. Other stands like Northshire, Norwich Meadows, and Hoeffner have some greens as well. Oak Grove has cheese pumpkins and other squashes and S&SO, Paffenroth, Miglorelli, and others have root vegetables and a few onion family items. Shushan and Two Guys have hydroponic vegetables. Bulich has several types of mushroom and Two Guys has oyster mushrooms.
Hudson Valley Duck Farm is back in the Saturday market with delicious duck, smoked duck breast, succulent rillettes, and other duck products. Quattro's has wonderful capons, ducks, geese, and other poultry and poultry products, and Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens and parts as well as rabbit and really great bacon and other pork products. Flying Pig also has tasty pork cuts and sausages.
Cayuga has mysteriously given up bringing in their stellar whole wheat and ale breads, but is here with beans, pasta, flours, and other products.
Locust Grove, Caradonna, and others have apples and pears as well as ciders, and Breezy Hill has other apple products and pastries, in addition.
Beth's Farm Kitchen is not here today. To see who's here: http://tinyurl.com/bu2c8b9
Friday, January 11, 2013 It's a surprisingly rich offering for midwinter, with farms like Norwich, Rogowski, Miglorelli, and others here with *green* vegetables! Muddy River has great root vegetables and super garlic, and Miglorelli has excellent frozen corn, flat green beans, and other summer produce frozen for winter enjoyment.
Roaming Acres has bison, beef, and ostrich, and Flying Pig has pork and chickens. Central Valley has many good-looking cheeses as well as their yogurt, fresh butter, cream cheese, and tomato soup. Las Delicias is here with gorgeous baked goods and Rogowski and Queens County Farm have greens in addition to other produce.
For pictures showing who's here and what they've brought:
http://greenmarketstuff.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 Keith is here! S&SO is here! It's a root vegetable festival!
Keith is here later than their usual season with lots of gorgeous Rocambole garlic, rosemary, potatoes, and squashes. S&SO has a few greens as well as many root vegetables and winter squashes. Rick's Picks has pickled vegetables, as has S&SO. Mountain Sweet Berry has several kinds of small European style potatoes, including La Ratte, and Norwich has black radishes, purple topped turnips, Jerusalem artichokes, and other interesting root vegetables. Several stands have celeriac and Madura has mushrooms and other winter produce.
Pura Vida has delicious fresh fish. Roaming Acres has ostrich meat and other ostrich items. Feather Ridge Farms, new last Wednesday, has chickens, eggs, and other chicken products. Stony Mountain has various beef products and Hudson River Duck Farm has ducks, duck parts, rillettes, smoked duck breast, and other tasty duck products. Cato Corner has outstanding cheeses and Ronnybrook is here with milks, butters, yogurts, and cheeses. Three Corner Field Farm has succulent lamb cuts, luscious yogurt, and cheeses.
To see these and other stands, check out this URL: http://tinyurl.com/bxomaxg
Saturday, January 5, 2013 Thanks to Mark Bittman for his article on potato recipes in the NY Times Magazine!
I checked out the recipes and they all look good -- so I'm going to make one a week for ten weeks, by which time we'll see the first Spring vegetable, I hope. Maybe ramps!!
You'll find all kinds of great potatoes today at Paffenroth, S&SO, Mountain Sweet Berry, and Norwich Meadows. (S&SO may be gone after next weekend, by the way.) Cayuga has excellent dried beans -- check to see how long you should soak them as they are pretty fresh and will probably not need overnight soaking. Modesto recommends the yellow eye beans, in case you want to experiment.
Grazin' has soup stock in addition to their meat and milk offerings and Roaming Acres is here with meats as well. Violet Hill has pork, chicken, and eggs, and Oak Grove has pork and beef. Flying Pig has pork cuts and chickens and Quattro's has a wide range of poultry and game, sausages, soups, and poultry parts. Three Corner Field Farm has lamb, cheeses, and yogurt, and Tonjes has cheeses, buttermilk, yogurt, and other milk products. Northshire, Violet Hill, and Quattro's have eggs.
Two Guys has hydroponic greens and oyster mushrooms and Windfall has root vegetables and greens. Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes and herbs. There are several orchards including Locust Grove, Caradonna, and Terhune here with apples, pears, and cider.
To see these and other stands and products: http://tinyurl.com/afvhszs
Saturday, December 29, 2012 Many stands are gone for the winter, but many are here, too!
Stokes and others are gone for the winter, and some stands like Quattro's are taking the day off, but many are here as well. You'll find Violet Hill, Flying Pig, Miglorelli, Ronnybrook, Cato Corner cheeses, Ardith Mae cheeses, Paffenroth produce, Windfall specialty greens, Mountain Sweet Berry potatoes, Caradonna, Locust Grove, and Breezy Hill apples and pears, Ronnybrook and Grazin' Acres milks and creams, and other stands. You can buy beautiful roses at Rose Meadow and sweet cherry tomatoes at Shushan, as well as herbs and greens.
Check this URL for these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/d2jlmh5
Saturday, December 22, 2012 Last Day Until Spring For Lani, Stokes, Cherry Lane, Gorzynski!! To see which stands are here today, check out this URL:
http://tinyurl.com/d77vzl2
Chateau Renaissance vinegars are excellent -- not too acidy and with good flavor. Stokes uses their vinegar for their herb flavored variety. Both are great gift items. Beth's Farm Kitchen, Lavender By the Bay, Rick's Picks, Oak Grove's dried pepper branches, and others have good gift options as well.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 Cauliflower! Winter Squashes! Braising Greens! Mushrooms! Celeriac! There are plenty of gift options in the market today, including pickles, jams, chutneys, and lavender items. Here with interesting produce: Stokes, Paffenroth, S&SO, Madura, Bodhitree, Tamarack, Rogowski, Windfall, and others. Locust Grove, Caradonna, Breezy Hill, and others have apples, pears, ciders, and pastries. Tamarack, Blue Moon, Garden of Spices, Hudson Valley Duck Farm, Roaming Acres, and others have various protein items, and Mountain Sweet Berry, Bodhitree, S&SO,and others have many sizes and kinds of potato. Madura and Bulich have several kinds of mushroom and S&SO, Rogowsky, Caradonna, and others have good looking winter squashes, including butternut, hubbard, and some unique new varieties.
Saturday, December 15, 2012 Gorzynski, Lani, Paffenroth, Norwich, S&SO, Miglorelli, Oak Grove, Keith, Cherry Lane, and Windfall all have all kinds of winter vegetables and greens. Northshire has various vegetables and eggs and Quattro's, Violet Hill, Flying Pig, and others have delicious meats and/or poultry. Caradonna, Breezy Hill, Locust Grove, and others have apples, pears, and cider. Breezy Hill also has fresh cranberries. Shushan has sweet hydroponic cherry tomatoes, herbs, and other hydroponic vegetables. Mountain Sweet Berry has crosnes, tiny potatoes, and beautiful Christmas decorations. Stokes has a wide variety of good looking produce, including their excellent red skinned potatoes, beets, greens, and herb wreaths for gifts.
S&SO has pickled vegetables and flavored salts, Beth's Farm Kitchen has pickles, chutneys, jams, sauces, and mustards wrapped and unwrapped for gifts, and Stokes has delicious herb flavored vinegars.
To see these and other stands and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/cefrdnr
Friday, December 14, 2012 In the lead up to winter holidays, one of the major kinds of item available in the Greenmarket is gifts, and they're unique, often tasty, decorative, or all of the above. Mountain Sweet Berry and others have beautiful wreaths, Rick's Picks is here with all kinds of pickled vegetables, and Beth's Farm Kitchen has jams, chutneys, sauces, mustards, and other goodies beautifully wrapped for gifts.Samascott and others have jams as well, and River Garden has unusual dried flower arrangements and wreaths.
Las Delicias has lovely tarts, muffins, cookies, and other pastries, and Hammond has several kinds of yogurt. Bobolink is here with breads and cheeses and Consider Bardwell has veal and goat meat as well as several cheeses and cheese chips. Roaming Acres has beef, pork, bison, and ostrich meat. Norwich, Oak Grove, Samascott, Miglorelli, Rogowski, and Bodhitree are here with root vegetables, squashes, pumpkins, and greens. To see these and other stands:
http://tinyurl.com/c6e5tm5
Saturday, December 8, 2012 Christmas Decorations! Gifts! Cranberries!!
It's a potato-lover's paradise today, with Stokes's fabulous red-skinned potatoes, garlic, and rosemary for a great dish, Cherry Lane's lovely sweet potatoes, Paffenroth's extensive selection of many varieties and uses, and Mountain Sweet Berry's small European styles. You'll be equally happy with the many types of gourds and squashes at S&SO, as well as pumpkins like the cheese pumpkins at Oak Grove or the unusual squashes at Hoeffner's stand.
There are excellent gift ideas at Beth's Farm Kitchen, S&SO, and River Garden, as well as Stokes's tasty herb-flavored vinegar. Oak Grove and Eckerton both have bunches of hot peppers for gifts, and other stands have good ideas as well.
Cayuga is here with interesting pastas, but doesn't have their excellent breads today. Locust Grove, Caradonna, Breezy Hill, and others have apples. Breezy Hil has brought in hard cider and cherry liqueur (another gift idea) as well as apples, pears, and pastries.
To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/ag5cwd5
Friday, December 7, 2012 It's a grim drizzly day, but the Greenmarket is colorful and welcoming, with flowers, jams, Christmas decorations and gifts, and tasty pastries. Try Las Delicias's big and small fruit galettes, Flying Pig's sausages, chickens, and pork products, Beth's Farm Kitchen's ketchup, sauces, mustards, and jams, and Mountain Sweet Berry's beautiful wreaths. River Garden is here with pretty dried flowers and Rose Meadow has the first big selection of anemones, as well as lovely roses. Roaming Acres has bison, pork, and beef in addition to ostrich meat, and Norwich Meadows and Rogowsky have great root vegetables and greens.
Samascott and Oak Grove also have great root vegetables and pumpkins and Samascott and others have cider. Oak Grove also has colorful hot peppers. Mountain Sweet Berry has small potatoes and crosnes, and Treelicious has apples and vegetables. Queens County Farm Museum and Muddy River also have greens and root vegetables, and Madura has several kinds of mushroom.
To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/bhzvdap
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 Christmas Decorations, Crosnes, Cranberries!
Potatoes of all shapes and sizes and kinds are available all over the Greenmarket, with some interesting varieties to be found at Mountain Sweet Berry, Bodhitree, and Paffenroth. Turnips and all sorts of radishes, including watermelon radishes and black radishes, are to be found at Windfall, along with many sizes and kinds of greens. Breezy Hill has fresh cranberries and Bulich has several delicious mushroom varieties.
New at Beth's Farm Kitchen -- mustards, salad and other dressings, as well as their wide choice of jams, jellies, and chutneys. Locust Grove has quinces as well as apples and pears, and Caradonna, Breezy Hill, Locust, and others have apple cider. Rogowsky, Keith, and S&SO have all sorts of produce, and Hudson Valley Duck Farm is here with duck parts, rillettes, and other duck products. Roaming Acres has beef, Berkshire pork, and ostrich meat. Two Guys and Shushan have hydroponic greens and herbs and Shushan has their addictive cherry tomatoes and herbs.
To see these and other stands, check out this URL: http://tinyurl.com/aulo7mb
Saturday, December 1, 2012 Potatoes, Christmas Decorations and Gifts, Cranberries!!
We're at that time of the year when I have to look hard to find news. Other than Mountain Sweet Berries' crosnes, Breezy Hill's cranberries, and gift ideas from Beth's Farm Kitchen, S&SO, Deep Mountain Maple, and such, it's hard to discover much. Still, I have to say that Quattro's poultry, Violet Hill's Belle Rouge chickens and pork, Flying Pig's sausage and pork cuts, and Northshire's greens are great and worth the visit. S&SO and Paffenroth have a wide variety of produce, as does Miglorelli, and Quattro's, Violet Hill, Northshire, and others have tasty fresh eggs.
Keith has root vegetables and greens, as well as Christmas trees, and Van Houten, Mountain Sweet Berry, and others have trees and other decorations as well. To see who is here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/c77y67l
Friday, November 30, 2012 Berried Treasures Last Day until April!
Roaming Acres has pork, beef, and ostrich meat today. Consider Bardwell has veal and goat. Pura Vida has beautiful fresh fish.
Berried Treasures has lovely potatoes and Christmas decorations, as well as several dried bean varieties. Las Delicias has delicious pastries, including caneles, rustic fruit tarts both large and small, and amazing cookies and small chocolate "brownies". Norwich Meadows, Miglorelli, and Bodhitree all have greens, root vegetables, and other vegetables, and Two Guys have hydroponic lettuces, other greens, and minigreens.
To see these and others: http://tinyurl.com/d4tl2qu
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 Berried Treasures Last Wednesday. Friday is Berried Treasures Last Until Next Spring!
See this link for who's here today: http://tinyurl.com/bwrngjt
Franca says she's closing down after Friday until next year. Today she has several kinds of dried beans, autumn decorations, and wonderful potatoes.
Rose Meadow has beautiful roses and Lavender By The Bay is here today as well. Hudson Valley Duck Farm is here with tasty rillettes, ducks and duck parts, and Tamarack has great pork cuts as well as good vegetables. Paffenroth, S&SO, Madura, and other farms have delicious root vegetables, and Madura and Bulich have tasty mushroom varieties. Mountain Sweet Berry, Paffenroth, S&SO, Stokes, and others have lovely potato varieties. Mountain Sweet Berry also has crosnes and Christmas decorations.
Breezy Hill has interesting hard cider, spirits, and cider in addition to FRESH CRANBERRIES!!! Beth's Farm Kitchen, Lavender By The Sea, Tweefontain, Three Corner Field Farm, and others have great gift options.
Saturday, November 24, 2012 What I Bought Today and Other Beautiful Produce
I love Hudson Valley Duck Farm's Rillettes, so I bought some to replace the succulent appetizer I bought on Wednesday. I stopped at Stokes and picked up some red jacket small potatoes with rosemary and mixed bunches of cut herbs (they were so good in my capon -- I'm going to have them with a chicken next Saturday). Ronnybrook didn't forget their terrific garlic butter today, so I bought some to store for Christmas.
Among the absent: Cherry Lane, Quattro's. But check this out to see who's here: http://tinyurl.com/bv5klu7
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 Union Square Greenmarket Today, November 21, 2012 Note from Greenmarket:
THANKSGIVING MARKET! Wednesday, November 21st: The Union Square Greenmarket will be located in the North and West sides of Union Square Park (17th St & Union Square West). See the Market Layout Map at http://greenmarketstuff.blogspot.com
2012 scheduled changes: the market will be closed Friday 11/23/12. WIC and FMNP checks accepted at farmer stands EBT/Food Stamps accepted at the market info tent
Health Bucks now available - for every $5 spent in EBT, customers receive a $2 Health Buck coupon to purchase additional fruits and vegetables.
To see who's here today:
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Bulletin!!! NY Times article announces return of Greenmarket to Union Square this week!! http://tinyurl.com/abfqz9k From Greenmarket: MARKET UPDATE! Due to limited space at Madison Sq, we've been granted partial access to Union Sq's north plaza for tomorrow, Wed 11/14. The farms you regularly find above 16th St on Wed's (Ronnybrook, Stokes, Migliorelli, Hawthorne, etc) will be there tomorrow at Union Sq. The remainder of our farms will be at Madison Sq for one more day.
We will have the full market back by this Friday, Nov 16. Thank you everyone for your patience, and for continuing to support small family farms. See you out there!
View a version of the Wednesday map here: http://www.grownyc.org/images/gmkt/madsq1114.pdf
Saturday, November 10, 2012, 2012 It looks as if all of our Greenmarket Saturday stands are here in Madison Square Park!! The stands are spread all over around the park and it looked as if a few are on Broadway below 23rd Street. Check out this URL for most of the stands that are in Madison Square: http://tinyurl.com/b2ehvhh (I went back just now at the Gmarket at Madison Square and saw Nemeth, Mountain Sweet Berry, Norwich Meadows, D'Attolico, and a few others I missed earlier.)
Friday, November 9, 2012, 2012 REALLY?? THEY CAN'T FIND ANOTHER PARKING LOT FOR THE TRUCKS?
I was shocked to hear that the Christmas market will open next week but that the Farmers may still be displaced to Madison Square. Surely now that it is colder the trucks could be moved to school yards like the one on Greenwich Ave for PS 41 or the one in the 20's on Second Avenue. The people who came to help us are wonderful, but the farmers who came to Union Square the week after 9/11 were and are wonderful too. Anyone with a memory bigger than that of a gnat will remember that during a horrific time after the terror attack these people came, fed New Yorkers (some, like Windfall, for free), and gave us our courage back just by struggling into the city and giving us a feeling of normalcy.
To see who's here today: http://tinyurl.com/b69bbk9
Thursday, November 8, 2012, 2012 BULLETIN: This week's Friday and Saturday Greenmarkets will be at Madison Square Park!!
Friday's stands will be on the Broadway side of the Park:
The usual Friday stands are expected to be on the West side of Madison Square Park.Stands should include:Muddy River, Prospect Hill Orchard, Eve's Cidery, Las Delicias, Deep Mt. Maple, Body n Soul, Oak Grove, Miglorelli, River Garden, Berried Treasures, Dancing Ewe, Hammond Dairy, Lucky Dog, Two Guys, Roaming Acres Ostrich, Samascott, Norwich Meadows, Madura, Tremblay, and others.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 UNION SQUARE GREENMARKET WILL BE AT MADISON SQUARE PARK ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 7 Windfall Farms tweeted: We're back in Madison Square Park again on Wednesday. Thank you to everyone who came out on Saturday. Hope to see you all tomorrow. BULLETIN FROM STOKES FARM: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 Bulletin From Stokes Farm "Due to the poor weather predicted for Wednesday, November 7th, Stokes Farm will NOT be at the relocated Union Square Greenmarket at Madison Square Park. We will post updates on our Thursday and Saturday market attendance as soon as possible."
Monday, November 5, 2012 Monday Market is at Madison Square Park today.
Sunday, November 4, 2012 The Stuyvesant Town Greenmarket will be joining the Tompkins Square Greenmarket at E.7th and Avenue A on Sunday, November 4th. This amazing mega market will be open from 8am until 6pm. EBT/Food Stamps/Debit/Credit, and WIC & FMNP checks accepted.
Saturday, October 27, 2012 It's definitely pepper day in the Greenmarket. In addition to Eckerton and Oak Grove, several stands have peppers, both decorative and edible, including James Durr! Stokes and Cherry Lane have good looking heirloom tomatoes, and Buzzard Crest is here (and for a couple more weekends, they hope) with tasty grapes and grape juices. Lani has PEANUTS!! Try their boiled peanuts -- so good! Norwich and Lani have great beans -- many sorts -- and many stands including Sycamore, Van Houten, and Stokes have delicious cauliflowers, broccolis, and squashes. Sycamore has MANY pumpkins, as do S&SO, Hodgson, and Hoeffner.
Gorzynski has lovely salad greens, fresh dug potatoes, and other good organic produce, and D'Attolico has sprouts, greens, and other items. Flying Pig has pork and poultry, Violet Hill has pork products, Belle Rouge Chickens, and wild mushrooms as well as eggs. Northshire has eggs, greens, squashes, and various other produce, and Quattro's has eggs, poultry, venison, and sausages. To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/9zgrd2o
Friday, October 26, 2012 PUMPKINS!! Black and watermelon radishes! Brussels sprouts!
Roaming Acres has ostrich and pork meat. Pura Vida is here with beautiful fish and shellfish. La Delicias has a new small sized apple galette, the first candelas of the season, and many other delicious pastries and cookies.
Today is DUTCHMILL'S LAST DAY of the season. They'll be back in the Spring with lovely tulips. River Garden is here with dried flowers and bouquets.
Bodhitree and Norwich Meadows have gorgeous produce, including all kinds of beans, radishes, squashes, greens, and herbs, and Norwich has heirloom tomatoes, as does Berried Treasures. Sycamore has gorgeous broccoli!
Dancing Ewe has cheeses and sausages and Finnish Ruis is here with black breads. Hot Bread Kitchen has their delicious raisin challah as well as many other regional baked goods.
To see these and other stands and products, click here:
http://tinyurl.com/cxv445t
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 PEPPERS HOT AND SWEET!! BLACK RADISHES! BLACK WALNUTS AT PAFFENROTH!
Grenadan peppers,Agra dulce peppers and Cardoons at Eckerton. Surprisingly delicious late season heirloom tomatoes at Cherry Lane along with their excellent sweet potatoes. Unique sweet potatoes at Bodhitree! Gorgeous hot and sweet peppers at Oak Grove, along with apples, pumpkins, and all kinds of squashes. Delicious broccoli and many sizes of pumpkin at Sycamore! To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/9xrzgd2
Saturday, October 20, 2012 Wild ginseng at Mountain Sweet Berry and Violet Hill. Wild chantereelles at Violet Hill. Pumpkins everywhere! 9J and Cheerful Cherry are gone for the season, but most stands are planning to be here at least until Thanksgiving.
There are still heirloom tomatoes at Oak Grove, Stokes, Norwich Meadows, and others, and plenty of beans of all sorts at Norwich and Lani. Great peppers both hot and sweet are to be found at Eckerton and Oak Grove, as well as S&SO and D'Attolico. Beautiful lettuces are here at Gorzynski, Stokes, and Keith. Excellent potato choices are to be found at Paffenroth, Mountain Sweet Berry, and others. Northshire has beautiful produce , eggs, and other products.
Cayuga has great breads, grains, flours, beans, and pastas made with their flours, and Flying Pig has tasty pork and chicken. Violet Hill has Belle Rouge Chickens and various pork cuts and sausages, and Quattro's has wonderful poultry (ducks, chickens, pheasants, etc.) in addition to poultry cuts and products and eggs.
PE&DD has a wide variety of fish, shellfish, and seafood products and Seatuck has gorgeous scallops, fish, and shellfish.
Buzzard Crest is here with delicious grapes and grape juices.
To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/95uzgdq
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Grenadan flavoring peppers at Eckerton! Bags of Rocambole Garlic at Keith's! Fresh Ginger at Windfall Farms! Concord Grapes at Caradonna! Cardoons at Eckerton!!
Cherry Lane and Stokes have tasty heirloom tomatoes. Sycamore has beautiful broccoli and Windfall has purple topped turnips in many sizes. Mountain Sweet Berry has unusual greens and Paffenroth, Keith, Gorzynski, and others have gorgeous braising greens. Tamarack is here with unusual heirloom tomatoes, greens, and other lovely produce as well as meats and poultry, and Hot Bread Kitchen has many kinds of breads and other baked goods.
Cherry Lane, Bodhitree, and others have great looking sweet potatoes and Stokes has their excellent small red jacket and yukon golds. Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures have excellent small European potato varieties. Oak Grove has many hot and sweet pepper varieties, as well as tomatillos and other unique produce, pork, and beef.
Blue Moon is here with beautiful fish and seafood and Hudson Valley Duck Farm has rillettes, ducks, and other duck products. Rose Meadow is here, but Dutchmill and River Garden are gone, perhaps for the year.
To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/cwfj49q
Saturday, October 13, 2012 Windfall has fresh GINGER!! Violet Hill has beautiful WILD MUSHROOMS!!Sycamore is going to have pumpkin carving at their stand today!
Pumpkins are everywhere in all sizes! Breezy Hill has their tasty Russet apples and various other apples and pears. Sycamore has gorgeous broccoli and Van Houten has beautiful white and orange cauliflower. Stokes, Norwich, and Oak Grove have good-looking heirloom tomatoes, and many stands, including Locust Grove, Terhune, Caradonna, and others have apples and pears. Buzzard Crest has seeded and seedless grapes, white and red grape juice, and wines.
Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens, pork cuts, sausages, and bacon, as well as chicken eggs, mushrooms, and ginseng. Northshire has beautiful Italian greens, peppers, and eggs. Paffenroth has delicious looking celeriac, leeks, all kinds of potatoes, onions, herbs, and carrots. Miglorelli also has a wide variety of produce, as does S&SO, and Norwich has many kinds of beans and other vegetables.
Windfall has FRESH GINGER! Eckerton has CHESTNUTS and many kinds of small peppers, and Oak Grove has a wide selection of hot peppers. To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/8oneb4y
Saturday, October 6, 2012 As predicted, Cheerful Cherry's last day has arrived. Drop by to pick up their delicious canadice jelly and other preserves, hot peppers, and succulent plants.
Welcome back Shushan with their sweet cherry tomatoes and hydroponic herbs. There are still good looking heirloom tomatoes to be had at Norwich, Stokes, Oak Grove, Lani, and other stands, and Eckerton has tasty looking small tomatoes, a wide variety of hot peppers, as well as chestnuts. Oak Grove also has wonderful hot and sweet pepper varieties, tomatillos, and pepper bunches for drying.
I got in my Thanksgiving capon order at Quattro's, as well as pheasant sausage stuffing. They have all sorts of poultry, their delicious soups, sausages, and excellent eggs. Violet Hill is here with amazing wild mushrooms, pork products, Belle Rouge chickens, and various eggs.
Sycamore has gorgeous (not a word I usually use for this) broccoli, sweet peppers, and other produce, and won't have a second delivery of corn today. Mountain Sweet Berry has sucrine lettuces, tiny potatoes, and other interesting produce, and Windfall has sweet tiny tomatoes, summer squashes, and many greens. Paffenroth has many kinds of carrot and other delicious root vegetables, and Norwich Meadows has a wide selection of shelling and pole beans.
To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/8ksj9sl
Friday, October 5, 2012 There's been a warning for a 33 degree weekend in Cheerful's area, so catch them today or tomorrow to get their heirloom tomatoes and grapes -- it could be your last chance of the season. Other stands with good looking heirloom tomatoes: Norwich Meadows, Samascott, Oak Grove, Bodhitree.
Green salads and braising greens (Tuscan Kale, etc.) are available at Bodhitree, Queens County Farm Museum, Norwich Meadows, Miglorelli. Several farms including Sycamore and others have tasty cauliflower and Broccoli, and many many stands have winter squashes, including Van Houten, Oak Grove, Bodhitree, and others. There are pumpkins all over the market.
Today is Roaming Acres day for pork, ostrich, and other meat, and Sun Raised Beef and Flying Pig are here as well. Hot Bread Kitchen and Our Daily Bread are here with breads and Las Delicias has gorgeous fruit tarts and other delicious pastries and cookies. Consider Bardwell and other cheeses are here, along with Dancing Ewe's Italian varieties.
To see these and other stands and products: http://tinyurl.com/92pdh7s
Saturday, September 29, 2012 Chestnuts! Grapes from Buzzard Crest, Cheerful Cherry, and others! Cranberry Beans!
Eckerton has chestnuts and many kinds of peppers. There are heirloom tomatoes in the market, but there are fewer varieties and some stands have only small and cherry types. Gorzynski has beautiful organic lettuces and other vegetables, and Paffenroth has great looking leeks, carrots, potatoes, and other delicious produce. Northshire has excellent Tuscan and other kale and peppers, and Stokes, Cherry Lane, and Cheerful Cherry have great sauce and other tomatoes.
Buzzard Crest had a deservedly long line when I passed them about half an hour ago, with eager grape and grape juice fans and wine lovers patiently waiting. Cheerful Cherry has good looking concord grapes and tasty grape and other jellies. Oak Grove has many kinds of sweet and hot peppers, heirloom tomatoes, and all kinds of winter squashes. Oak Grove and Cayuga have interesting flours and Cayuga has great breads made from their flours.
Seatuck and PE&DD are here with fresh fish and seafood and Flying Pig and Violet Hill have pork products. Violet Hill also has their tasty chickens and Quattro's has all sorts of poultry and poultry products as well as soups, venison, and sausages.
Nemeth has spray-free apples as well as baked goods. Caradonna, Terhune, Breezy Hill, and others have apples and pears, and you should check Locust Grove for quinces as well as apples, pears, and grapes.
To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/8fogjkv
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 It's definitely tipping over into Fall, but there are still some heirloom tomatoes, haricots verts, and salad greens as well as summer squash and blossoms. There are even some peaches and plums!
Locust Grove has QUINCES!! Eckerton has CHESTNUTS!! Tamarack has PURPLE BROCCOLI/CAULIFLOWER! Berried Treasures has beautiful SORREL and Eckerton and Oak Grove have many kinds of sweet and hot peppers! Paffenroth has EDAMAME and Bodhitree has their delicious SWEET POTATOES. Several stands have gorgeous EGGPLANTS, including Tamarack and Bodhitree.
APPLES AND PEARS have taken over, although there are peaches and plums to be found at Caradonna and Locust Grove.
To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/9bketa8
Friday, September 21, 2012 Pumpkins and gourds are taking over! Grapes at Cheerful Cherry! Heirloom tomato supply shrinking at a few stands, still generous at Norwich, Oak Grove, Bodhitree, and others!
I ate my way through a jar of Cheerful Cherry's Canadice grape jelly, so had to buy another today! Picked up a delicious raisin challah from Hot Bread Kitchen, scented violet roses from Rose Meadow, beautiful purple and white gladiolas from Dutchmill, Indigo Rose tomatoes from Norwich Meadows, and a couple of beautiful heirloom tomatoes from Oak Grove. For dessert, I'm going to have a selection of Las Delicias pastry and cookies.
To see these and other stands and produce:
http://tinyurl.com/d4khoad
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 Bulletin! Eckerton has chestnuts!!
New crop apples at Terhune, Locust Grove, Breezy Hill, Miglorelli, Caradonna, and others. Heirloom tomatoes are available at Sycamore, Stokes, Bodhitree, Berried Treasures, Oak Grove, Eckerton, Cherry Lane, and others. Pumpkins and winter squashes are here at Rogowski, Oak Grove, S&SO, and many other stands. Stokes has good looking lettuces and cut herbs and S&SO and Paffenroth have many kinds of interesting potato varieties. Paffenroth has many varieties of carrots, beets, and other root vegetables and greens and Oak Grove and Eckerton have several types of hot peppers. Sycamore and others have sweet peppers and S&SO, Bodhitree, and Paffenroth have tasty greens.
We're definitely moving towards the end of summer vegetables, but Berried Treasures and Bodhitree still have great beans and Stokes and others have summer squashes. Windfall has beauties in all sizes.
To see these and others: http://tinyurl.com/9oqjgpe
Saturday, September 15, 2012 PUMPKINS!!!at Stokes, Oak Grove, and many other stands. GRAPES!!! at Buzzard Crest, Cheerful Cherry, and others.
The season is definitely changing, but there are still many summer vegetables here, including many stands with heirloom tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, and corn. Eckerton, Cheerful Cherry, Cherry Lane, Norwich Meadows, Stokes, Oak Grove, Sycamore, and others have wide varieties of heirlooms, field tomatoes, and peppers.
Cato Corner has wonderful cheeses, including the last of the tasty Abondance, and the unusual Vivace Bambino and Dairyaire. Buzzard Crest has many delicious grape varieties, juices, and wines, and Cheerful Cherry has tasty grape and other preserves.
Eckerton and Oak Grove both have many hot pepper varieties, with almost no duplications! Hoeffner and others have good looking sweet peppers.
Cayuga has a new product, artisanal pastas, as well as beans, flours, and breads made from their flours by Orwashers.
To see these and other stands and produce, check this URL: http://tinyurl.com/9kvgrvj
Friday, September 14, 2012 La Delicias challah, three new kinds of "roses" (rose shaped muffins)! Gorgeous heirloom tomatoes everywhere! BUT -- Van Houten has PUMPKINS --big ones! and Treelicious and Cheerful Cherry have many kinds of GRAPES! So, say hello to Fall.
Dutchmill has good-looking cockscombs, as do River Garden, Rose Meadow, and Oak Grove. Lots of fall flowers here today.
Peaches are more or less out of the picture, but Samascott has new crop apples, as do other stands, and there are pears and other autumn fruits to be had.
Dancing Ewe has the last of their pecorino tartuffo and pecorino alle Vinace today. They are expecting to be here with other cheese and sausages until the end of October. Beth's Farm Kitchen has fig and other unusual jams.
Las Delicias has many kinds of delicious pastry as well as savory tarts today. Finnish Ruis breads are here as well, with dark breads great with cheese. Consider Bardwell has luscious cheeses today.
Bodhitree, Norwich Meadows, Oak Grove, and Berried Treasures are here with delicious produce, and Madura has several good looking mushrooms. Roaming Acres has beef, pork, and ostrich cuts, and ostrich and emu eggs.
To see these and other stands and produce, check out this URL: http://tinyurl.com/8vsf44v
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Grapes and pumpkins, fewer stands with peaches, several stands with winter squash! You know the season is changing. There are plenty of heirloom and other tomatoes in the market, but it's really time to think about (and proceed to) canning or freezing for the winter. Corn also is nearing an end point, although there are still several stands with good ears. Another sign of change is the number of stands with hot and sweet peppers -- you can freeze some varieties for the winter. I also scrape a few ears of corn for freezing.
I know what I'm going to be doing! San Marzano tomatoes from Cherry Lane, Polish and other large plum tomatoes from Stokes, Bodhitree, and Cheerful Cherry(on Friday and Saturday), orange Thai hot peppers and Trinidadian flavoring peppers from Eckerton for the freezer, shelling beans from Berried Treasures for the freezer, and cut herbs from Stokes and S&SO to dry.
To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/8rcmx8c
Saturday, September 8, 2012 Pawpaws at Eckerton! Second delivery corn coming in at 11 AM! at Sycamore!! Buzzard Crest and Cheerful Cherry have delicious grapes!!
Eckerton has an extensive selection of peppers as well as a unique item, pawpaws! (I thought those were only in children's books or songs!) Oak Grove has an equally wide variety of peppers, and both have many delicious heirloom tomato varieties. This is the year to freeze heirlooms for the winter, as there are so many good ones! In addition to these two stands, some others with great ones are Stokes, Keith, Cherry Lane, Lani, and Cheerful Cherry.
There are still several stands with peaches, including Oak Grove, Locust Grove, and Caradonna. Excellent beans can be found at Norwich Meadows, Mountain Sweet Berry, S&SO, Lani, and others. Both Norwich Meadows and Lani have interesting Asian pepper varieties, and okra.
Flying Pig, Violet Hill, and Oak Grove have various pork cuts and sausages, and Oak Grove has beef as well. Violet Hill has some gorgeous wild mushrooms and Bulich has several kinds of cultivated mushrooms. Cut herbs can be found at Stokes, Keith, S&SO, Lani, and others and potted herbs are available at Oak Grove.
D'Attolico and Gorzynski have delicious greens and Paffenroth has beautiful carrots, radishes, onion family vegetables, and unusual greens. Cayuga is back with dried beans, flours, and breads.
To see these and other products and stands: http://tinyurl.com/8ndlos4
Friday, September 7, 2012 Dancing Ewe is back!!! Berried Treasures has delicious sweet heirloom tomatoes!! Dutchmill has still got a couple of bunches of lycianthus!!
I took the week off to sleep late and eat out for lunches, but I walked back through the Greenmarket and saw lovely heirlooms at many stands, including Berried Treasures, tasty tartufo cheese at Dancing Ewe, and wonderful pastries at Las Delicias. There are still peaches around the market, but pick carefully -- once grapes show up, you know that stone fruit is going to be finished soon. Berried Treasures excellent haricots verts and other beans are delicious at the moment and Norwich Meadows will be here tomorrow as well as today with great produce.
I'll be back in the market early tomorrow, when I expect to see Buzzard Crest and Cheerful Cherry grapes and many delicious vegetables and melons.
Friday, August 31, 2012 Today's breakfast will be a blueberry/almond muffin from Las Delicias, cheeses from Consider Bardwell, and melon from BodhItree and Norwich Meadows with yellow and red raspberries. Later, I'll have summer squash and beans from Bodhitree and Berried Treasures and corn from Sycamore, with a salad of heirloom tomatoes from Lucky Dog and Sycamore. For dessert -- Canadice grapes from Cheerful Cherry!
Today is the last day for lycianthus from Dutchmill. I've been enjoying them with gladiolas all summer -- sorry to see them go! Dutchmill also has other beautiful flowers, and River Garden has many kinds of country flowers and bouquets. Lavender By the Bay is also here.
Samascott, Norwich Meadows, Bodhitree, and others have wide selections of produce, including sweet and hot peppers, beans, corn, melons, etc. Oak Grove has a big selection of hot peppers as well as husk tomatoes and heirloom tomatoes. They also have pork and beef. Madura is here with several kinds of mushroom. Muddy River has taken the holiday.
To see these and other stands and products: http://tinyurl.com/9w67jyf
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Signs of Change
Two clues that indicate that it is time to start making sauce for the freezer -- tomato, pesto, pepper -- are the arrival of Buzzard Crest grapes and grape juices and the start of autumn squashes. I've already done a batch of San Marzano tomatoes (from Cherry Lane) and am planning another of those and a batch of heirloom tomatoes. I'll be making pesto base in ice cube trays as well. I'll get heirlooms from Eckerton, Cherry Lane, Stokes, Keith, and other stands with tasty varieties.
Several stands are into their pepper season. Today Oak Grove has a terrific selection and other stands like Tamarack, Rogowski, S&SO, and Bodhitree have interesting varieties as well.
Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures have Tri-Star strawberries and Fantasy Fruit has blueberries and strawberries. Terhune has good-looking peaches, although the peach season is just about over. I'd take the opportunity to can them while they are still sweet.
Windfall has their excellent fresh zucchini blossoms as well as many sizes of summer squash. I am planning to fill some with fresh goat cheese and saute them to go with roast chicken. I'll be serving Hudson Valley Duck Rillettes on crackers before that.
To see these and other stands and products: http://tinyurl.com/cjqb7vf
Saturday, August 25, 2012 Buzzard Crest is Back!!!
It's the beginning of grape season and Buzzard Crest is here with many varieties and juices, as well as wines. You can check out their web site at barringtoncellars.com, where you can order in advance to pick up on Saturdays! Cheerful Cherry also has two excellent grape varieties -- champagne and Canadice.
Great heirloom tomatoes are all over the Greenmarket, including Eckerton, Stokes, Norwich Meadow, Oak Grove, Sycamore, and Cherry Lane. Sycamore has been bringing in a second load of very fresh picked corn around 11:00 on Saturdays. Norwich has a huge variety of beans and squashes and many stands have peaches, including Locust Grove (also many kinds of plum), Oak Grove, Terhune, and others.
Eckerton's pepper crop is coming in and they and Oak Grove have many varieties. Cheerful Cherry and Lani also have peppers. Stokes and S&SO have big bunches of cut herbs and Stokes, Lani, and D'Attolico have onions and garlic, as well as greens. Gorzynski has beautiful lettuces and cut herbs and Norwich, Oak Grove, and Cherry Lane have okra. Norwich and Cherry Lane also have raspberries and Fantasy Fruit has strawberries and blueberries. Mountain Sweet Berry has strawberries, great tiny potatoes, and interesting greens.
To see these and other products and stands: http://tinyurl.com/8uzjb3g
Friday, August 24, 2012 Las Delicias is here with delicious sweet treats, including madeleines, muffins, chocolate mini-croissants, savory tarts and fruit tarts. Bobolink Dairy is NOT here this week or next week -- they're taking a well-deserved vacation! Queens County Farm Museum is here with heirloom tomatoes, greens, and flowers. Lavender by the Bay is here with gifts and new crop lavender. Dutchmill has beautiful gladiolas and lycianthus today and Berried Treasures has Tri-Star Strawberries, new crop small potatoes, and other delicious produce. Hot Bread Kitchen has many kinds of regional breads and Consider Bardwell has luscious cheeses, including a great fresh goat cheese and several cow's milk cheeses.
Bodhitree is here with unique greens, peppers, squashes, and heirloom tomatoes and melons. Norwich Meadows also has a wide variety of wonderful produce, including eggplant and pepper varieties, heirloom tomatoes, and many kinds of beans. Cheerful Cherry has heirloom tomatoes, various jellies and pepper spreads, and champagne and other grapes.
For these and other stands and produce, check out this URL: http://tinyurl.com/ckhjyfl
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 Just Plain Gorgeous!!
The Greenmarket is beautiful today and all your favorite Wednesday stands are here. Windfall has a pungent delicious unique basil, Bodhitree has padron peppers, and Locust Grove has slurpy plums! Hot Bread Kitchen has all kinds of delicious baked goods, and Dutchmill has beautiful gladiolas. I bought some of Stokes Farm's wonderful Aunt Ruby tomatoes, Dutchmill's purple gladiolas and lycianthus, Kernan's peaches, and Windfall's tiny sweet red cherry tomatoes and basil. I'm looking forward to a sauce day this weekend with Cherry Lane's San Marzano plum tomatoes, Paffenroth's onions, and Eckerton's tomatoes and peppers. I'm considering using Bodhitree's padron peppers in a sauce as well.
To see these stands and many others: http://tinyurl.com/93olkm6
Saturday, August 18, 2012 Nasty morning with lots of puddles in the market, but almost every stand is here!
Rose Meadow is here with beautiful roses and other flowers. Everyone else is here, including River Garden and Duva. D'Attolico is here with greens, sprouts, garlic, and onions. (They were a little late -- accidents on the rainy road.)
There are plenty of stands with heirloom tomatoes, including Norwich Meadows, Stokes, Eckerton, Sycamore, Lani, and Cherry Lane. Several stands have beans, including Mountain Sweet Berry, Stokes, Paffenroth, Norwich Meadows, S&SO and Miglorelli. Stokes, Windfall, and others have plenty of squashes, and Lani and Cherry Lane have okra. Eckerton is here with the first of their seasoning and other peppers, Oak Grove has plenty of varieties of hot and sweet peppers, and Cheerful Cherry has peppers and pepper spread as well. Sycamore will have their second delivery of corn at around 11 AM.
Cheerful also has luscious champagne and other grapes and grape jellies as well as succulents for window gardens. Binder and Oak Grove have lush herb plants and S&SO, Paffenroth, and Sycamore have generous bunches of cut herbs.
Locust Grove and Caradonna have several kinds of plum and Oak Grove, Terhune, Caradonna, and others have slurpy peaches. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries and strawberries, and Phillips has berries as well.
To see these stands and many others: http://tinyurl.com/bt7b8jk
Friday, August 17, 2012 Champagne Grapes at Cheerful Cherry!! Artichokes at Muddy River!! Baby artichokes at Norwich Meadows! Heirloom tomatoes and Peaches all over the market!!
Cheerful Cherry has champagne grapes and Canadice grapes today, as well as Canadice grape jelly! They also have tasty heirloom tomatoes and peppers. Bodhitree, Sycamore, Oak Grove, Norwich Meadows, and others have slurpy heirloom tomatoes, and Sycamore and others have corn. Oak Grove has their fabulous yellow and white peaches and melons. Others with great melons -- Norwich, Bodhitree, Oak Grove, and more. Bodhitree and Norwich have wide varieties of beans and greens and Muddy River has beautiful small artichokes, herbs, garlic, and other produce. Berried Treasures has lovely small potatoes, Tri-Star strawberries, and baby squashes.
Consider Bardwell has some delicious cheeses today. I had a great goat cheese from them on Monday and am trying Pawlet today (cow's milk cheese). I'll have a wonderful breakfast -- Sycamore corn, Pawlet, and tomatoes from Sycamore and Oak Grove. I may finish it with some Champagne grapes from Cheerful and a peach from Sycamore or Oak Grove. Or maybe a lavender cookie from Las Delicias!
To see these and others: http://tinyurl.com/98rmuer
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 It's High Summer and Tomatoes and Melons are King!
Peaches, too! and Plums!! Kernan, Locust, Oak Grove, Terhune, and others have peaches today. Caradonna and Locust also have a wide variety of plums and berries. Oak Grove, Bodhitree, and others have all kinds of melon, and heirloom tomatoes are everywhere, including at Stokes, Bodhitree, Oak Grove, Keith, Eckerton, S&SO and others. Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures have delicious Tri-Star strawberries and Fantasy Fruit and Phillips have blueberries and strawberries.
There are plenty of greens in the market, especially at Paffenroth, S&SO, Miglorelli, and Two Guys. Madura and Bulich have several kinds of mushroom and there are squashes and squash blossoms everywhere, particularly at Windfall and Bodhitree. I went a little gaga at the flower stands and ended up with fragrant roses from Rose Meadow and beautiful lycianthus and gladiolas from Dutchmill.
Mountain Sweet Berry has tasty strawberry sorbet and Ronnybrook has many of their great ice cream flavors. Hot Bread Kitchen and Our Daily Bread are here and Andrew's Honey is as well. To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/dyb3a4v
Monday, August 13, 2012 Peaches! Melons! Beans! Plums! Blueberries! Blackberries!
I'm having Consider Bardwell Dorset cheese on Buon Pana mini-baguette for breakfast, along with a peach from Healthway. PE&DD has cooked lobsters today, so I bought one to make lobster salad for lunch. My dessert will be a Cavaillon melon from Norwich Meadows Farm (which you should try to buy today -- they all came in due to the heat and will be over any minute) with blueberries from Fantasy Fruit and yogurt from a newish stand, Butterfield Farm.
Tonight I will have a salad of heirloom tomatoes from Eckerton and Norwich, Romano beans from Norwich, and cucumber from Maxwell's Farm. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has delicious duck products and Roaming Acres has pork, bison, and ostrich.
Dutchmill is here with lovely gladiolas, lycianthus, and other flowers. River Garden has beautiful country flower bouquets and the lavender stand has gifts and other lavender items. To see these and others: http://tinyurl.com/9jlv5yj
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 Peaches! Heirloom Tomatoes! Plums! Squashes! Beans! Greens! Beets!
Kernan, Oak Grove, Locust Grove, Caradonna, Terhune, and others have luscious peaches! Locust Grove and Caradonna have beautiful plums -- many varieties -- and Locust still has red currants!
Eckerton, Oak Grove, Sycamore, Keith, Stokes, Bodhitree, and others have slurpy heirloom tomatoes, and Sycamore and others have kirbys.
Oak Grove has a wide selection of hot and seasoning peppers and they and others have sweet peppers as well. Many stands, including Miglorelli, Sycamore, Van Houten, and others have corn and Bodhitree, Oak Grove, and others have all sorts of melons. Berried Treasures and Mountain Sweet Berry have Tri-Star Strawberries, and Fantasy Fruit has blueberries and strawberries. Phillips also has blueberries.
It's high summer at last and there are plenty of salad greens, cut herbs, edible flowers, and squashes, especially at Stokes, S&SO, Windfall, and Paffenroth. To see these and other stands and produce:
http://tinyurl.com/bqszdvz
Monday, August 6, 2012 Eckerton's First Monday Market!! Roaming Acres has beef, bison, pork and ostrich - it's every meat Monday1
I was glad to see Eckerton here -- and bought three of their great variety of tomatoes. They also have bush basil. Can't wait for the Thai peppers!!
Hudson Valley Duck Farm has duck parts, rillettes, and other duck items. PE&DD is here with delicious fish and prepared fish items. Central Valley has the first of their heirloom tomatoes as well as vegetarian soup and eggs. Norwich is here with delicious melons, heirloom tomatoes, all kinds of peppers and beans, squashes, and other fine produce. Lani has greens, squashes, heirloom tomatoes, and cut herbs. Healthway has potatoes and herbs and Madura has several kinds of mushroom as well as other produce. Race, Troncillito, and Red Jacket have peaches, nectarines, and other delicious fruit. Maxwell's Farm has great cut herbs, corn, beans, tomatoes, and several varieties of hot and sweet peppers.
Dutchmill and River Garden are here with beautiful flowers and Andrew's honey is here, as well as their bees! Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, blackberries, and the last of their strawberries.
Saturday, August 4, 2012 Second delivery corn at Sycamore around 11 AM!
Stokes, Eckerton, Sycamore, Oak Grove, Norwich Meadows, Lani and others have great looking heirloom tomatoes today. You can also find gorgeous squashes and melons at most of those. S&SO has good looking produce and Paffenroth has the first CELERIAC of the season. Keith and Stokes have great cut herbs as do S&SO, and Gorzynski. Norwich Meadows has a wide choice of excellent beans and eggplants and Paffenroth has many kinds of radish and carrot. Mountain Sweet Berry has some unique greens, including sucrine lettuce and wild arugula and Northshire Farm has excellent produce and eggs.
Quattro's has lovely little chickens as well as larger roasters and pheasants. They also have duck parts but no whole ducks today. Their excellent eggs are also here. Flying Pig has sausages and pork cuts and Violet Hill has great chickens and pork as well as colorful chicken eggs. Windfall Farm has many kinds of greens and mesclun as well as tiny to large squashes and various kinds of cherry tomato.
Locust Grove, Oak Grove, Terhune, and Miglorelli have peaches and Caradonna and Locust have several kinds of plum in addition to berries. Fantasy Fruit and Phillips are here with blueberries and you can find strawberries at several stands as well. Mountain Sweet Berry didn't have their usual line for their Tri-Stars, probably due to the hot and sticky weather.
Seatuck is here with fish and shellfish and PE&DD has a huge selection of prepared fish dishes in addition to lobsters and fish. Cato Corner Farm is here with cheese, as is Valley Shepherd, and Three Corner Field Farm has yogurts, cheeses, and wools.
To see these and other stands and products check out: http://tinyurl.com/d2urel6
Friday, August 3, 2012 LAST DAY UNTIL FALL FOR DANCING EWE'S DELICIOUS CHEESES AND SAUSAGES!!!
I bought Bodhitree's "froggy" melon -- the last, unfortunately--and Norwich's Cavaillon melon for a sweet treat. This is the last day for Berried Treasures red currants and they have very few boxes of tiny wild blueberries, but plenty of Tri-Star strawberries. Sycamore, Oak Grove, Bodhitree and others have plenty of good looking heirloom tomatoes and Oak Grove has a wide selection of hot and sweet peppers and pepper plants. Norwich has many kinds of eggplant and Oak Grove, Samascott, Treelicious, and others have lots of peaches. Binder and Oak Grove have lush herb plants as well as other plants, and Bodhitree and Lucky Dog have cut herbs.
Queens County Farm has greens and flowers and Flying Pig has pork cuts and sausages. Roaming Acres has bison, beef, pork, and ostrich meat today. Pura Vida is here with many kinds of fish and Hot Bread Kitchen and others have many kinds of bread. Las Delicias has their outstanding pastries, including madeleines, tiny chocolate brownies, muffins, and small savory tarts.
Two Guys has lettuces and mushrooms and Madura has several kinds of mushrooms and shallots. Muddy River has excellent produce, including artichokes, fennel, and fresh garlic.
To see these and other stands and produce, check this URL: http://tinyurl.com/c9mso5d
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 Melons! Berries! Beans! Heirloom Tomatoes! Corn! Peaches!
Oak Grove, Sycamore, Eckerton, Keith, Stokes, Tamarack, Bodhitree, and others have great heirloom tomatoes. Bodhitree and others have luscious melons, and Oak Grove is the place for sweet and hot peppers today. Caradonna, Kernan, Sycamore, Oak Grove, and others have peaches, and Berried Treasures and Mountain Sweet Berry have Tri-star strawberries and tiny wild blueberries. Berried Treasures also has knockout beans and Bodhitree has some interesting bean and pepper varieties. Miglorelli and Paffenroth have several kinds of beets.
Stokes and S&SO have cut herbs. I used Stokes's in my roast chicken last Sunday and the flavors were bright and full. Keith also has good-looking herbs and Rogowski has some interesting looking greens today. Bulich and Madura are here with several kinds of mushroom and Bulich has produce as well. Tamarack and Keith both have tasty looking produce and Tamarack has meats as well. Roaming Acres is here with ostrich meat and other ostrich items and Stony Mountain has beef.
Hot Bread Kitchen and Our Daily Bread are here with all kinds of breads and other baked goods.To see these and others, check out: http://tinyurl.com/cp8mqnt
Saturday, July 28, 2012 Sycamore's Second Delivery Corn at 10:30ish Today!!
Bought a chicken from Quattro for a repeat of last Sunday's sensational roast -- with Ronnybrook garlic butter, Stokes herbs, Paffenroth's red celery, D;Attolico's onion, Keith's Rocambole garlic, with salad of Stoke's basil, Gorzynski's lettuce, Eckerton's sungold cherry tomatoes, and Muddy River's parsley (bought yesterday). Dessert will be Norwich's Cavaillon melon and golden raspberries with Fantasy Fruit blueberries (and the lavender cookies I bought yesterday from Las Delicias).
Many farmers now have heirloom tomatoes, squashes, melons, and peaches. Locust Grove, Fantasy Fruit, Cherry Lane, and others have berries and currants, and Stokes, S&SO and others have cut herbs. Oak Grove and Eckerton are starting to have more peppers and Oak Grove and Norwich have tomatillos.
To see these and others and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/d9lskmx
Friday, July 27, 2012 Bodhitree and Norwich Melons! Hot Bread Kitchen's Raisin Challah! Las Delicias Chocolate "Brownies" are back!
Heirloom tomatoes -- Bodhitree, Norwich, Oak Grove, Lucky Dog, Miglorelli, Berried Treasures
Raspberries -- Norwich (golden and red), Berried Treasures
Peaches -- Oak Grove, Miglorelli, and others
Romanesco beans, both yellow and green -- Norwich, Bodhitree
Beans in general -- Those and others, with Berried Treasures having lovely haricots verts
Las Delicias -- Delicious fruit and savory tarts, madeleines, and other great pastries
Hot Bread Kitchen -- All sorts of ethnic baked goods
Finnish Ruis -- Tasty dark breads
Dutchmill Gardens -- lycianthus, gladiolas, sunflowers, and other beautiful flowers
River Garden -- Lovely country flowers
Tasty Greens -- Queens County Farm Museum, Norwich Farms, Muddy River Farm (ARTICHOKES!!), Lucky Dog, and others.
To see these and others: http://tinyurl.com/buyqoba
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Bodhitree has succulent sweet melons! Eckerton has tasty creamy baby potatoes. Corn, zucchini, and beans are bountiful.
I roasted a Quattro's chicken with Stokes fresh herbs and Ronnybrook's wonderful garlic butter on Sunday and am looking forward to a repeat this weekend. With them I roasted zucchini from Stokes, onions from D'Attolico, and tiny potatoes from Eckerton. I had a salad of Gorzynsky's lettuce, Cherry Lane and Oak Grove's heirloom tomatoes, and cucumbers from Sycamore. That was all from Saturday's haul. Today, I'm steaming Sycamore corn, making a salad of leftover chicken, Eckerton's heirloom tomatoes, and Paffenroth carrots. Dessert will include a fruit pie from Breezy Hill and peaches from Locust Grove and Kernan.
Who else is here today?: Hudson Valley Duck Farm, Valley Shepherd cheeses, Hot Bread Kitchen, Rogowski's produce, Fantasy Fruit's blueberries, Berried Treasures strawberries, haricots verts, baby squashes, wild blueberries, and Oak Grove's peaches, Terhune's peaches and other fruit, and Caradonna's peaches and berries.
For these and others: http://tinyurl.com/ccdnvoe
Saturday, July 21, 2012 Red Tailed Hawk!!
A kind Greenmarket regular pointed out the red-tailed hawk regally observing the market action. There were many things to check out today -- particularly red and black currants, heirloom tomatoes, corn, squashes, beautiful salad and other greens and stone fruit, including all kinds of plums and peaches. Golden, red, and black raspberries, Tri-Star and other strawberries, all kinds of kales, and artichokes are available today and the weather is perfect.
Three Corner Field Farm is here with cheeses, yogurts, and lamb. Cato Corner has their tasty cheeses and Valley Shepherd has a variety of interesting cheeses as well. Quattro's and Violet Hill have wide varieties of poultry and Violet Hill has smoked and fresh pork cuts today. Quattro's has pheasant and other eggs and VH has duck and chicken eggs. Norwich also has eggs and chickens.
You'll find beautiful stone fruit at Locust, Caradonna, Terhune, Oak Grove, and others. Heirloom tomatoes are here at Cherry Lane, Oak Grove, and Eckerton as well as Stokes, where you'll also find heirloom cherry tomatoes, all sorts of cut herbs, squashes, and other produce. S&SO also has heirloom tomatoes and Paffenroth has many kinds of produce including red celery, puntarella, and many colored beets, carrots, and radishes. Conuco, Mountain Sweet Berry, and Windfall have beautiful edible zucchini flowers.
To see these and others: http://tinyurl.com/d9b5aop
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Lots of Bees!! Oak Grove, River Garden, Dutchmill -- all have beautiful flowers and bees! That's what we need to make Andrew's beautiful honey varieties, so buzz away!
Today I bought corn from Sycamore, lycianthus and gladiolas from Dutchmill, heirloom tomatoes from Eckerton, Stokes, and Oak Grove, peppers from Eckerton and Oak Grove, parsley and coriander from S&SO, and slurpy peaches and nectarines from Kernan. Most of our farmers are here today, including Bodhitree with many kinds of bean, pepper, and greens, Paffenroth with baby fennel, puntarella, and other unique greens, Stokes with fresh cut herbs, tomatoes, squashes, and lettuces, and Berried Treasures and Mountain Sweet Berry with berries, potatoes, and unusual greens.
Tamarack has produce and meats, Madura has only vegetables (no mushrooms today), and Caradonna has all kinds of stone fruits and berries. Red Jacket has good looking apricots and Rogowski and Keith are here with organic vegetables. Eckerton has his delicious cherry tomatoes and large heirlooms and the first of his peppers. Oak Grove has a big selection of hot peppers and pepper plants, heirloom tomatoes, and other vegetables as well as pork and beef.
Locust Grove, Fantasy Fruit, Caradonna, Kernan, and others have berries and currants. To see these and others: http://tinyurl.com/bnuo3x6
Monday, July 16, 2012 Dutchmill's Lycianthus (Prairie Rose) is here!!
It's already getting steamy, so I'm glad I got to the market early. I bought a beautiful bluefish filet from PE&DD, lycianthus and gladiolas from Dutchmill, and Romanesco beans and golden raspberries from Norwich Meadows. The elk meat at Raghoo looks good and Roaming Acres has Berkshire pork, bison, and ostrich meat today. Maxwell's Farm, Lani, and Norwich have wide varieties of beautiful produce and Red Jacket has good-looking stone fruit. Madura and Race have great looking vegetables and Lavender By The Bay is here with fragrant lavender gifts, dried lavender, and other products.
Andrew's Honey has all sorts of NY based honeys and Hudson River Duck Farm has various duck products and ducks. Buen Pana has baguettes and other baked goods. A new stand in the market, Butterfield, has goat's milk products and cheeses. Consider Bardwell will take orders for meat in addition to having their delicious cheeses and crisps today. To see pictures of these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/7ekl9z8
Saturday, July 14, 2012 HAPPY BASTILLE DAY!! Norwich melons! Eckerton, Cherry Lane, Oak Grove, Norwich, and others, HEIRLOOM TOMATOES!!
Today I bought corn from Sycamore, cherry tomatoes from Shushan *it's there last day until the Fall), raspberries from Norwich, milk from Ronnybrook, and wonderful fragrant roses from Rose Meadow. Paffenroth has their gorgeous radish, beet, and carrot varieties as well as unusual greens and a wide variety of onion family vegetables. Stokes has tasty cherry tomatoes and Oak Grove has beautiful pepper plants. Cornuso has good looking haricots verts and Locust Grove has gooseberries, currants, raspberries, cherries, and peaches.
Violet Hill has bacon and other pork products and Quattro's has all kinds of smoked poultry and meat as well as duck eggs. Lani and Windfall have interesting unusual produce including edible flowers, squashes, and peppers, and Eckerton has their excellent sungold tomatoes, other heirloom tomatoes, and other organic greens Gorzynski has my favorite lettuces, other delicious greens and herbs as well as some raspberries. Bulich has several kinds of mushroom and Caradonna has berries and stone fruit. Tremblay has honeys and Beth's Farm Kitchen has their wild blueberry and other jams and chutneys.
For pictures of these and other stands and produce, check out this URL: http://tinyurl.com/6v7yatd
Friday, July 13, 2012 New at Las Delicias -- Delicious fruit tarts! Artichokes at Muddy River and Norwich Meadows!! I'm having Las Delicias's peach tart for breakfast. So lovely! Bought a few beautiful purple gladiolas from Dutchmill, truffle cheese and sausage from Dancing Ewe, corn from Sycamore, a huge "half" bunch of coriander from Muddy River (they will split a gigantor bunch for you if you ask), red raspberries and fragrant fresh garlic from Norwich, sweet blueberries from Samascot, and a tasty bread from Hot Bread Kitchen. Cherry is back with tomatoes, jams, and other good things. To see these and others:http://tinyurl.com/7nh2kgc
Wednesday,July 11, 2012 Husk tomatoes at Bodhitree! Multicolored sweet carrots at Paffenroth! Slurpy peaches at Kernan! Heirloom field tomatoes at Eckerton, Cherry Lane, and Oak Grove!!
Today I bought roses at Rose Meadow, corn at Sycamore, gladiolas at Dutchmill, and peaches at Kernan. The melons at Bodhitree taste great and the mushrooms at Bulich look fresh and delicious. Stokes and Keith have different garlic varieties -- both of which are excellent -- and there are plenty of berries and currants around the market, including Caradonna, Locust Grove, Berried Treasures, and Mountain Sweet Berry.
I just ate one of Kernan's peaches. OMG! how perfect! And Mountain Sweet Berry's Tri-Star strawberries! They finally have enough to put out several boxes (for those of you who have been disappointed to find them sold out). Berried Treasures wild blueberries are tiny nuggets of essence of blueberry and Locust Grove's currants are great for baked desserts and jams. To see these stands and others:
http://tinyurl.com/6lzmzln
Monday, July 9, 2012 Artichokes at Norwich!! Bluefish at PE&DD! Bison at Roaming Acres! CSI choices at Central Valley!!
Monday's market is smaller, but very impressive, with Consider Bardwell's delicious cheeses, Hudson Valley Duck Farm's ducks and duck products, Norwich Meadows, Maxwell,'s and Lani's produce, and Healthway's excellent potatoes. Red Jacket has great looking apricots and other fruit, and Race has blueberries, cherries, and other produce as well. Madura has several kinds of mushroom in addition to other vegetables, and Truncillo has tasty looking fruit.
Rising Sun Beef, PE&DD, Raghoo (elk meat!), and Roaming Acres have various kinds of delicious protein, and Hudson Valley Duck Farm has several duck products as well as ducks. Andrew's Honey and other stands complete the food options. A new entry on Monday -- Butterfield Farm's goat milk items.
Dutchmill has beautiful gladiolas and River Garden has unusual flower choices. Both have lovely sunflower varieties.
To see these and other items, check out this url: http://tinyurl.com/82ago4y
Saturday, July 7, 2012 Just about every Saturday stand is here! Best advice -- go early today!
Locust Grove -- currants, gooseberries, raspberries, cherries, peaches, etc. Stokes -- cut herbs, garlic, greens, squashes Cornuco -- Organic produce Van Houten -- flowering plants, squashes, tomatoes, corn Miglorelli -- root vegetables, peas, fruit
Paffenroth -- many kinds of radishes, carrots, baby fennel, puntarella, onions of all sorts D'Attiloco -- garlic, onions, greens, sprouts Ryder -- organic produce Gorzynsky -- organic produce, raspberries, blueberries, gorgeous lettuces Oak Grove -- tomatoes, flours, sunflowers, popcorn
Windfall -- edible flowers, mesclun, squashes, greens Mountain Sweet Berry -- wild arugula, chamomile flowers, golden nugget potatoes, greens. Their Tri-stars are probably gone by now Sycamore -- Corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, basil, cauliflower Ronnybrook -- ICE CREAM!!!
Cato Corner Farm-- cheese Three Corner Field Farm-- cheese, yogurt, lamb cuts Cayuga-- breads,grains, beans Tonjes -- goat milk, yogurts, cheeses
Rose Meadow, James Durr, Silva, and others, flowers.
To see these and others, check out this URL:
http://tinyurl.com/7lkdumd
Friday, July 6, 2012 Headlines: Bodhitree has heirloom tomatoes! Norwich has WATERMELON!!
Otherwise, the same stands here last Friday are here today. Norwich also has white and red wild strawberries, red, yellow, and black raspberries, and a wide variety of beans and peppers. Divine Brine is not here, but Las Delicias is definitely here with beautiful fruit tarts, madelines, and other lovely pastries and savory tarts. Dancing Ewe has great Italian cheeses and Samascott has delicious fruit., including blueberries. Dutchmill has gladiolas in many colors.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 Union Square Greenmarket is open today. A few stands took the day off, but many are here! To see who's here and what they've brought, check this out:
http://tinyurl.com/7sp6yrx
Saturday, June 30, 2012 Bulletin!! Cheerful Cherry is back with plants and jams. Oak Grove has heirloom tomatoes!! Eckerton has heirloom tomatoes and peppers! Sycamore has corn!! For other stands and produce, check out: http://tinyurl.com/753gx9m
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Sycamore's CORN!! Eckerton's BLACK RASPBERRIES! Berried Treasures' TRI-STAR STRAWBERRIES! Kernan's SLURPY PEACHES!
I am enjoying one of Kernan's delicious peaches as I write. Sycamore's corn is here and their shelling peas are sweet and tasty and the price of shelling peas there and in the market in general is good. Locust Grove has sweet black cherries, queen anne cherries, GOOSEBERRIES, RED CURRANTS, red raspberries and blueberries. Caradonna also has a variety of stone fruit and berries. Cherry Lane has raspberries and Terhune and Phillips are here with berries as well.
Stokes has sorrel and many other cut herbs, garlic, tomatoes, and squashes. Keith has organic cut herbs, spring onions, Rocambole garlic, and many kinds of green. Paffenroth is here with an excellent variety of beets, carrots, and other produce as well as corn.
Dutchmill, River Garden, and Silva are here with various kinds of flower, and Tamarack, Hudson Valley, Roaming Acres, and others are here with meats and poultry. Hot Bread Kitchen has an assortment of ethnic breads and Andrew's honey is here as well. Blue Moon has fish and shellfish.
For these and other stands and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/7bvo4mr
Saturday, June 23, 2012 Sycamore says CORN next Saturday! Stokes has sorrel!! Shushan's sweet cherry tomatoes!
Mountain Sweet Berry has no strawberries today, but they do have several interesting greens, including "Dan's Chicory", wild arugula, and two kinds of pea shoots. D'Attolico has great young onions and garlic and delicious greens and sprouts. Cherry Lane has heirloom tomatoes, and Eckerton has carrots, new potatoes, and greens. Lani, Mountain Sweet Berry, Norwich, and others have fava beans, and Lani has all kinds of other beans, greens, and various onions and fresh garlic. Stokes and Keith also have new crop garlic, greens, herbs, and other vegetables, and Stokes has tasty cherry tomatoes, other greenhouse tomatoes, blueberries, and squashes. Gorzynsky, Conuca, and Hudson Valley are here with various greens and Hawthorne Valley has all kinds of produce, breads, and dairy products. Catskill Merino has various sheep products and wool, and Three Corner Field Farm has yogurts, cheeses, and lamb cuts. Cato Corner is here with delicious cheeses.
Hodgeson and Locust Grove have strawberries and blueberries, and Locust has RED CURRANTS, raspberries, and GOOSEBERRIES. Caradonna has many kinds of berries and cherries.
Seatuck has several kinds of seafood, including bags of mussels. PE&DD has cooked lobsters, seafood salads, crabcakes, fish, and shellfish. Flying pig is here with pork products and Violet Hill has sausages, chicken and chicken parts, and mushrooms. Quattro's has pheasant and wild turkey eggs, poultry, venison chili, smoked poultry and other delicious meats.
Rose Meadow has beautiful roses, snapdragons, and sweet peas. River Garden has fresh cut lavender and grasses. Duva has lilies. For these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/7y8zljk
Friday, June 22, 2012 It's too darned HOT, but our farmers are here!!
Samascott, Norwich, and others have strawberries, and Berried Treasures and Norwich have wild strawberries. Norwich has both red and yellow wild ones. Samascott has rhubarb, too, and various vegetables. Norwich has favas, various string beans, squashes, greens, and other tasty organic produce. Berried Treasures has small La Ratte and other unique potatoes, as well as cut herbs. Stokes has greenhouse cherry tomatoes, tomatoes, cut herbs, fresh garlic, and other produce. Miglorelli has huge piles of peas and beets, as well as CORN! Queens County Farm Museum has beautiful produce and Bobolink is next stand over with great cheeses. Hot Bread Kitchen has all sorts of interesting breads and Ruis is here with their dark Finnish style.
Raghoo has elk and other meats, Roving Acres has ostrich and ostrich eggs, Rising Sun has beef, and Pura Vida is here with fish. Divine Brine has all sorts of pickled vegetables and Dancing Ewe has ricotta and other delicious Italian cheeses. Las Delicias has wonderful pastries, including addictive gluten free brownies(!). Beth's Farm Kitchen is here with all sorts of jams, jellies, chutneys, and pickled vegetables. Tremblay has lovely honey and Deep Mountain has tasty maple syrups and candies. For these and others: http://tinyurl.com/6wxdtwe
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 It's pretty warm already, and uncomfortably humid, but all of our farmers are here. Locust Grove has blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, and several kinds of cherry. Mountain Sweet Berry has pea shoots, Tri-Stars, and interesting greens, and Eckerton has cherry tomatoes, some heirlooms, and great French breakfast radishes. Bodhitree, Keith, Stokes, and others have cut herbs, and Berried Treasures has La Ratte potatoes, and several other potato varieties. Bulich and Madura both have great looking mushrooms, and Rogowski, S&SO, Tamarack, and others have excellent produce.
Dutchmill is here with lilies, gladiolas, sweet peas, and other beautiful flowers, and Ronnybrook is here with milks, drinkable yogurts, butters, cheeses, and ice creams. Tweefontein has herb teas and other herbal products. Cherry Lane and Rogowski have snow peas. Kernan has peaches, string beans, and squashes, and Hoeffner has rhubarb, tomatoes, and other produce. Caradonna has cider, flowering and other plants, and cherries.
Hudson Valley Duck Farm, Roaming Acres (ostrich meat), Blue Moon fish and seafood, and others are here with various meats, poultries, and eggs.
Oak Grove has beef and pork and Stony Mountain has beef cuts.
Two Guys and Shushan have hydroponic produce and Sycamore has broccoli, cucumbers, tomatoes, and basil. For these and others: http://tinyurl.com/d7s4xga
Saturday, June 16, 2012 Check out Locust Grove, Phillips, Lani, Hodgson,and Cherry Lane for berries. Hoeffner and others have rhubarb. Cherry Lane and others have gorgeous new crop onions and Norwich Meadows, Stokes, and others have young garlic, onions, and shallots. Paffenroth has baby fennel, upland cress, and other unique vegetables, and Mountain Sweet Berry and Northshire have sucrine and other interesting greens. Stokes has beautiful sorrel and they and S&SO have beautiful cut herbs. Binder and Oak Grove have great herb plants, and Silver Heights has many kinds of vegetable plants. Gorzynsky and Eckerton have great organix produce and D'Attolico and Monkshood have many kinds of interesting sprouts. Ryder Farm is back with beautiful produce!!
Seacliff has softshell crabs,many other kinds of shellfish, and fish, and PE&DD have cooked lobsters as well as seafood salads, shellfish, fish, and crab cakes. Violet Hill has fresh pork cuts, chickens, and sausages, as well as interesting eggs and mushrooms,and Quattro's has wild turkey eggs, pheasant eggs, and chicken eggs. Bulich is here with many kinds of mushroom as well.
River Garden has fragrant lavender and other flowers, Rose Meadow has beautiful roses, sweetpeas, and snapdragons, and James Durr is here with beautiful country flowers. Duva has several kinds of lily.
For these and other stands and produce, check this out: http://tinyurl.com/737ql4a
Friday, Jun3 15, 2012 Blueberries! Strawberries! Sorrel! Multicolored broccoli! Fava Beans! Shishito peppers!
Bodhitree and Norwich have several kinds of beans, including favas, as well as greens, lettuces, and other fresh produce. Several stands have cucumbers and kirbys, and there are beautiful greenhouse tomatoes at many stands as well. Oak Grove has pepper and tomato plants and windowsill herb gardens with various mixes. Binder, Dutchmill, Oak Grove, Stokes, and others have herb plants of all kinds and Muddy River, Stokes, Norwich, and others have gorgeous garlic. Mischick and Muddy have beautiful onions and Muddy has carrots (if you get there early enough(. Miglorelli has a huge supply of beets, radishes, and other root vegetables as well as broccoli rabe, sugar snaps, and shelling peas. Bodhitree has shishito pappers and Stokes has BLUEBERRIES.
Queens County Farm Museum is here with lovely flowers and produce and Dutchmill has beautiful gladiolas, lilies, sweet peas, and other country flowers. Divine Brine is here with succulent pickles, Beth has tasty jams and chutneys, and Las Delicias has amazing pastries, including fruit tarts addictive lavender cookies and chocolate brownies, and wonderful vegetable tarts. For pictures of today's offerings: http://tinyurl.com/bu3g459
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Chervil! Snow Peas! Greenhouse heirloom tomatoes! Elephant Garlic! Romano Beans! Edible Flowers!
Mountain Sweet Berry has chervil, wild arugula, and other tiny unusual greens. Bodhitree has elephant garlic, Romano and other beans, and many kinds of greens and salad greens. Windfall has several kinds of edible flowers, mini mesclun and other unique greens and salad. Cherry Lane has tasty greenhouse heirloom tomatoes and what may be the last of their strawberries, as well as snow peas, snap peas, and asparagus.
Dutchmill has the first of their gladiolas as well as several beautiful field flowers, lilies, and a wild looking variety of sweet pea, and Rose Meadow has unique country roses, snapdragons, and sweet peas.
To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/8ydpk74
Monday, June 11, 2012 Norwich has favas and other beans as well as sveral kinds of summer squash, cucumbers, salad greens, and young garlic. Maxwell, Lani, and others also have favas and other beans and peas. Madura has many kinds of mushroom as well as other produce and Healthway has several good looking varieties of potato, as well as apples and herb plants.
Dutchmill has gorgeous lilies and other country flowers and the lavender stand has lavender plants as well as dried flowers and gift items.
Raghoo is here with poultry and other meats and Roaming Acres has Berkshire pork, bison, ostrich and other meats. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has ducks and duck items including smoked duck breast and PE&DD is here with great fresh fish and shellfish, including cooked lobsters. Several farms including Race, Red Jacket, Lani, and others have strawberries. Race also has donuts and other pastries. Central Valley has yogurt, vegetarian soup, eggs, and other products, and Tello has several sizes of egg. For these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/7by54jv
Saturday, June 9, 2012 Sweet and sour cherries! Onion scapes at D'Attolico!
D'Attolico has mache, young onions, onion scapes, greens, and sprouts. Locust Grove has sweet and sour cherries. Lani, Windfall, and others have edible flowers, and Norwich Meadows, Lani, and others have fava beans, sugar snaps, and shelling peas. Cherry Lane has greenhouse heirloom tomatoes, and Stokes and Shushan have sweet cherry tomatoes. Cayuga is here with delicious breads, beans, and grains, and Beth's Farm Kitchen has jams, chutneys, and a tasty apricot ginger salad dressing.
Flying Pig has sausages and pork cuts, Quattro's has poultry, rabbits, soups, and smoked meat and poultry as well as pheasant eggs, wild turkey eggs,and chicken eggs, and Violet Hill has chickens, chicken parts, various chicken eggs, and mushrooms. Northshire has honey, greens, and eggs.
Stokes and Keith have different garlic varieties and all sorts of greens and cut herbs. Oak Grove has pepper plants and heirloom tomato plants as well as popping corn, lettuces, edible nasturtiums, and sunflowers. Cherry Lane, Lani, and others have asparagus and other greens. Tweefontein is here with various herbal products. For these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/cp7oe6m
Friday, June 8, 2012 Red and Yellow Cherries at Treelicious!! Mischick has moved from the 17th Street end of the market to the 15th! Las Delicias has Gluten Free pastries!
Sycamore has strawberries, tomatoes, and basil. Bodhitree and Norwich have favas and D&J has unique Asian vegetables. Stokes has sweet and tasty cherry tomatoes and more and more cut herbs. If you've never seen a flowering garlic stalk, check them out at Bodhitree!
Treelicious does have cherries, and you will probably find other stands with cherries this season, but many orchards from the North lost their crops and the season will probably be shorter than usual. There are plenty of strawberries and rhubarb today, so check out Samascott, Miglorelli, and others. Berried Treasures has their wild strawberries a bit early this year.
Several stands have asparagus, including Samascott, Miglorelli, and Bodhitree. Bodhitree and Norwich Meadows have various kales and other greens, and Queens Farm Museum, Stokes, and others have good looking lettuce and cut herbs. Binder is here with herb and other flats of plants for gardens and Van Houten is here as well with flowering plants, trees, and other potted plants. Oak Grove has gorgeous lush herb plants and tomato plants.
To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/82dv5f4
Monday, June 4, 2012 It's Rainy, But Everyone's Here!
Race has knockout strawberries, pastries, and plants. Maxwell's, Lani, Phillips, and others have good-looking strawberries as well. Norwich Meadows, Lani, and Phillips all have great looking FAVA BEANS, and Norwich has young summer squashes with blossoms, small squashes, greens, and other tasty produce. Lani has tomatoes, squashes, herbs, salad greens, and asparagus. Central Valley has eggs, tomato sauce, cheeses, and yogurt. Maxwelll's has herbs, sugar snaps, beets, greens, shell peas, and asparagus.
Dutchmill has beautiful peonies, lilies, and other lovely flowers. Hudson Valley Duck is here with ducks and duck products and Raghoo has all sorts of meats and poultry as well as eggs. Consider Bardwell has cheeses and crisps, and Healthway is here with potatoes, apples, and small plants. To see what these and others have brought today, check this URL: http://tinyurl.com/7qfeuqo
Saturday, June 2, 2012 Sugar snaps, English peas, lettuces, herbs, heirloom tomatoes, strawberies, tart cherries, sucrine, pea shoots! Stokes -- salad and other greens, delicious cherry tomatoes, herbs. Keith -- Salad greens, young rocambole garlic, herbs. D'Attolico -- Young garlic, broccoli rabe, sprouts, salad and other greens. Miglorelli -- sugar snaps and other greens, tomato juice, apple sauce, strawberries. Norwich Meadows -- Kirbys, salad, kales, mustard greens. Oak Grove -- Tomato, herb, nasturtium, and sunflower plants.
Tremblay -- Honey Caradonna -- cider, plants. Binder -- herb and flowering plants and flats. Rose Meadows -- Beautiful country roses. Violet Hill -- Mushrooms, chickens, eggs. Northshire -- Eggs, sucrine lettuce, honey. Bulich -- Mushrooms. Eckerton -- Salad greens, carrots, radishes, sugar snaps, English peas. Paffenroth -- a wide variety of interesting greens. Lani -- asparagus, greens, strawberries.
Check this URL for these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/6p95etm
Friday, June 1, 2012 Sycamore, Samascott, Stokes, Bodhitree, and others have strawberries, and Berried Treasures has Tri-Star strawberries
Lucky Dog and Berried Treasures have pea shoots and wild watercress, and Bodhitree, Samascott, and Miglorelli have asparagus. Norwich Meadows has baby summer squashes with blossoms, and middle eastern cucumbers as well as other late spring vegetables.
Las Delicias has new fruit tarts and scones, in addition to their addictive lavender cookies, tiny rich chocolate brownies, madeleines, and other treats. Hot Bread Kitchen has a wide variety of interesting and tasty baked goods.
Pura Vida is here with their delicious seafood, Roaming Acres with beef, pork, and ostrich meat, Sun Fed with beef, and Flying Pig with pork.
Queens County Farm Museum is bringing in more and more great produce, and Bobolink is here with excellent cheeses.
To see these and other stands and what they've brought, check this url: http://tinyurl.com/cab2ulo
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Stokes has delicious cherry tomatoes and the beginning of their heirlooms, and Cherry Lane has tasty greenhouse heirlooms as well. Eckerton has the first of their sungold cherry tomatoes today. KEITH is here as well, with cut herbs, greens, young garlic, and lettuces. Madura has good-looking greens and other produce and Rogowski has a beautiful new Japanese turnip variety as well as other produce. Berried Treasures has small potatoes and sunchokes and Mountain Sweet Berry has Lamborne pea shoots, baby arugula, and other small greens, including beautiful sucrine lettuce. To see who's here today and what they've brought, click on this: http://tinyurl.com/7pzuzmu
Monday, May 28, 2012 Consider Bardwell's Fresh Goat Cheese! Hudson Valley Duck Farm's Ducks!! Roaming Acres Berkshire Pork, Bison, Ostrich! Raghoo's elk! PE&DD's fish and seafood! There's plenty of protein in the market today. Several stands have beautiful greens, including Norwich Meadows, Maxwell's, Madura, and others, and Healthway has many kinds of tasty potatoes. Red Jacket has rhubarb and Lani has lots of gorgeous fresh new crop garlic. The lavender people are here with edible lavender as well as gift options, and Madura has mushrooms. PE&DD has beautiful fish and other seafood, but has run out of skate already! Check this URL to see who's here today: http://tinyurl.com/7pzuzmu
Saturday, May 26, 2012 Cherry Lane's snow peas! Edible flowers from Lani and Windfall! Strawberries from Cherry Lane, Phillips, Stokes, and others.KEITH IS BACK!! WITH BEAUTIFUL GREENS AND HERBS.
Sugar snaps -- Miglorelli, Cherry Lane, Eckerton.
Lettuces -- S&SO, Eckerton, Stokes, Cherry Lane, Windfall
Young garlic, onions -- D'Attolico, Eckerton, Lani
Greenhouse heirloom tomatoes -- Cherry Lane
Hydroponic cherry tomatoes -- Shushan
Mache -- D'Attolico
Asparagus -- Stokes, Durr, Miglorelli, Hoeffner
Purple Asparagus -- Hoeffner
Rhubarb -- Hoeffner
Lambs quarters -- Windfall, Paffenroth, Lani
LAST SATURDAY FOR TWO GUYS HYDROPONIC GREENS and HUDSON VALLEY DUCK FARM (who will be here on Mondays and Wednesdays). Last week for Durr's peonies.
Sucrine lettuce -- Northshire
Rabbit, pheasant eggs, turkey eggs -- Quattro's
Chicken parts for the grill -- Violet Hill
GORZYNSKY IS NOT HERE
GARDENERS! FLOWERING PLANTS, TREES, TOMATO PLANTS, ALL SLOWING DOWN FOR THE SEASON!
Check this URL for who else is here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/6mn6xbz
Friday, May 25, 2012 A rainy day, but everyone's here!
Las Delicias -- delicious challahs -- three kinds -- chocolate "brownies" -- canneles, madelines, etc.
Divine Brine -- many kinds of savory pickles
Samascott -- rhubarb, asparagus
Stokes -- herbs, asparagus, greens -- and their beautiful potted flowering and edible plants, for which the season is almost over. There are several plant nurseries in the market right now. Binder, Oak Grove, Van Houten, and others are here today and will be here tomorrow, as will Heffner and Hodgeson.
Ronnybrook Dairy, Hammond (yogurt), and Red Jacket are here, and Muddy River has sorrel, dill, cress, and breakfast radish, in addition to their other tasty produce.
Rose Meadow has roses, anemones, and snapdragons. Miglorelli has snap peas and shelling peas.
Roaming Acres has all sorts of meat today, including ostrich, beef, and pork. Raghoo has many kinds of meat and poultry as well. For great Italian cheeses, check out Dancing Ewe.
To see who else is here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/7ubgazq
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Sugar Snap Peas!Green Garlic! Greenhouse Heirloom Tomatoes! Purple and Green Asparagus!!
Sugar snap peas -- Cherry Lane, Eckerton, Miglorelli
Purple asparagus -- a little at Bodhitree and Hoeffner
Green asparagus -- Bodhitree, S&SO, Miglorelli, Hoeffner, Cherry Lane
Unique small potatoes -- Mountain Sweet Berry, Berried Treasures
Young scallions, green onions, mushrooms -- Madura
Hydroponic lettuces and mushrooms -- Two Guys
Greenhouse heirloom tomatoes -- Cherry Lane
Hydroponic tomatoes, herbs, cherry tomatoes, lettuces -- Shushan
Peonies -- Dutchmill and others
Rose sale, beautiful anemones -- Rose Meadow
Radishes, carrots, lettuces, greens -- Rogowski, Bodhitree, Eckerton, Madura, Migloreilli
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 BULLETIN!! Keith's Farm will be back in the Saturday Greenmarket on May 26th!!! Look for his excellent garlic and other tasty vegetables this weekend!
Saturday, May 19, 2012 Next to last chance for Durr's Exquisite peonies!
Durr has beautiful dark peonies this week as well as fragrant white and pink varieties, and mixed bunches of old fashioned irises. Duva has Dutch irises and pretty old fashioned irises and Rose Meadow has snapdragons, sweet peas, anemones, and lovely roses. River Garden has grasses and wildflowers.
Cherry Lane has tasty greenhouse heirloom tomatoes and Shushan has their succulent red cherry tomatoes. Stokes has had the last of their asparagus and Hoeffner, Cherry Lane, Lani, S&SO and others have green asparagus today. The market is getting greener in general, with many sources for lettuces, such as Two Guys, Lani, Eckerton, S&SO, Gorzynski, Stokes, and others. Paffenroth, Lani, Windfall, Mountain Sweet Berry, Norwich Meadows, and others have unique greens and cut herbs.
Northshire has sucrine, eggs, honey, and MORELS today and Bulich has several kinds of mushroom. Cayuga is here today with many kinds of grains and beans, including "bumblebee beans" (Ask what to do with those!), and delicious beer and wholewheat breads. Violet Hill has interesting mushrooms along with many varieties of chicken egg and a large supply of chicken parts and whole chickens.
For pictures of these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/78h2ntw
Friday, May 18, 2012 Too late to post for today
However, here's a message from Northshire Farm for tomorrow:
Ramps, sucrine, rocket, and rabbit! Also honey and chicken eggs. See you all tomorrow!
Who was here at 1PM today? http://tinyurl.com/6uhjes4
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Miglorelli has sugar snap peas!
Hoeffner, Bodhitree, Cherry Lane, and others have delicious asparagus. Cherry Lane has their tasty greenhouse HEIRLOOM TOMATOES! Berried Treasures has good-looking ramps, ramp bulbs, sunchokes, and small potatoes. Bodhitree, Cherry Lane, and others have STRAWBERRIES. Rogowski has all kinds of greens, including stinging nettles, and Bodhitree, Miglorelli, and others have baby beets. Stokes has several kinds of cut herb, as do Bodhitree, Shushan, and others.
Beth's Farm Kitchen has a new product -- ramp pesto!
See this URL for who else is here and what they've brought:http://tinyurl.com/7egmf2a
Monday, May 14, 2012 Strawberries! Bags of Root Vegetables! Fresh duck, elk, bison, bluefish!
PE&DD has good looking fish and seafood, including excellent fresh bluefish. Raghoo has elk, but no lamb today, and Hudson Valley Duck Farm has fresh ducks, duck parts, rillettes, smoked duck breast, and other goodies. Roaming Acres has beef, pork, and bison, in addition to ostrich meat and eggs.
Lani, Phillips, and Maxwell have tasty looking strawberries and Lani has many kinds of Italian and Asian greens, edible flowers, and herbs. Race, Phillips, and Madura have flowering and other plant sets, and Andrew's honeys, D&J organic vegetables and kimchees, and the lavender stand are here. Dutchmill is taking a well-deserved after-Mother's Day Weekend day off, and will be back on Wednesday.
See this URL for the stands here today: http://tinyurl.com/bt4hb2c
Saturday, May 12, 2012 Eckerton has gorgeous lettuces and other greens. Miglorelli has several kinds of baby beets, turnips, and greens. Stokes has many cut herbs as well as potted herbs, vegetables, and flowers. Silver Heights has flats of vegetables and herbs. Binder and Oak Grove have herb flats and flowering potted plants and Hoeffner, Stokes, and Hodgson have great flowering plant and herb sets as well. Paffenroth has unique greens as well as many kinds of onion and potato. D'Attolico has greens, sprouts, and young garlic.
Cherry Lane, Lani, and Phillips have STRAWBERRIES, and all of those and Hoeffner have asparagus.
James Durr has several varieties of peony and iris as well as other flowers. Rose Meadow has pretty anemones, roses, sweet peas,and snapdragons. There are plenty of Mother's Day options, if that's your pleasure, including honeys from various stands and wrapped jams from Beth's Farm Kitchen.
For pictures of these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/7buyesb
Friday, May 11, 2012, 2012 Sorry to have been out of touch for the week -- had a cold!
I'm back now, though, and did manage to get to the Greenmarket a bit late, but not too late to see Queens County Farm's pea shoots, Consider Bardwell's first fresh goat cheese of the year, and to score the last purple asparagus of the day from Stokes. I also managed to get some of Las Delicias's wonderful canneles, chocolate "brownies", and madeleines, and Dutchmill's gorgeous peonies. I also snagged a raisin challah from Hot Bread Kitchen! I'll be much earlier and more helpful tomorrow morning! Meanwhile, check this URL for pictures of the stands here today: http://tinyurl.com/6nv86yr
Saturday, May 7, 2012 Peach colored peonies!! Lilacs! Lilies of the Valley! Old-Fashioned bearded irises!
James Durr has many peony varieties as well as irises, tulips, and other flowers. River Garden has lilacs and lilies of the valley. It's a flower-lover's paradise in the Greenmarket today! If you like sweet purple asparagus, Hoeffner still had some when I left a few minutes ago. Many stands have green asparagus and broccoli rabe. D'Attolico and many others have young onions and garlic and several have ramps. Eckerton has beautiful radishes and greens. Norwich Meadows has greens and root vegetables.
Three Corner Field Farm has sheep yogurt as well as lamb cuts and cheeses and Tonjes has goat's milk, yogurt, cheeses, and other goat milk items. Violet Hill has chicken and duck eggs and Quattro's has pheasant, wild turkey, and chicken eggs. Northshire also has chicken eggs as well as honey and various greens. Mountain Sweet Berry has potatoes, potato chips, and ramps.
Stokes has a huge selection of herb, vegetable, and flowering plant flats, as do Van Houten, Oak Grove, Binder, Hodgson, Hoeffner, and others. Rose Meadow is having a sale on roses today and has anemones and other flowers. Nemeth and Breezy Hill have pastries.
For pictures: http://tinyurl.com/8a4d6aj
Friday, May 4, 2012 Asparagus, Salad Mix, Ramps, Fiddleheads, Beautiful Baby Beets!
Muddy River has gorgeous baby beets, arugula, young garlic, and other delicious produce. Bodhitree has excellent asparagus, greens, edible flowers, herbs, strawberries,and fresh eggs. Miglorelli has lots of broccoli rabe for those who want to try New York Magazine's recipe, and Queens County Farm Museum has excellent salad mix, spinach, and other produce. Berried Treasures has sunchokes, ramps, and elegant small potatoes.
Las Delicias has lovely pastries and Dancing Ewe has succulent cheeses. Rose Meadow Farm has beautiful anemones and roses and Dutchmill has many colors of Dutch iris and Sweet William.
Raghoo has all kinds of meats, including lamb, and Roaming Acres has ostrich, pork, and beef, along with emu and ostrich eggs. Flying Pig has sausages and pork cuts and Pura Vida has very fresh fish and seafood.
Check this for pictures of who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/7x549yc
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 BULLETIN
Bodhitree has sugar snap peas!!!
Monday, April 30, 2012, 2012 Last of Dutchmill's Parrot Tulips Today!!
I had to buy more of Dutchmill's wonderful tulips, since today is the last time we'll see those this year! I picked up some donuts from Race and the first bluefish of the season from PE&DD. I checked out the elk meat at Raghoo and think I might try their elk burger next Monday, although Roaming Acres bison also looks interesting. Central Valley has good-looking mozzarella and Rising Sun beef has several kinds of steak and other cuts. Lani has young shallots and garlic -- I bought some shallots to have with my bluefish tonight. Phillips was apparently the only stand with asparagus today, but Madura has a variety of produce as well as many kinds of mushroom.
To see who is here and what they've brought, check out this URL:http://tinyurl.com/7zfqhf4
Saturday, April 28, 2012 Peonies!! Old Fashioned Irises!! Lilies of the Valley!! James Durr has beautiful flowers this week, including many colors and kinds of peonies, irises, lilies of the valley, flowering branches, and more. Stokes, Hoeffner, Miglorelli, and others have asparagus, and Lani, Mountain Sweet Berry, and others have ramps. S&SO has asparagus, new season spinach, and other vegetables, and Eckerton is back with gorgeous radishes and greens. Gorzynski has interesting organic vegetables and Silver Heights, Binder, Van Houten, Oak Grove, and others have vegetable and flowering plant flats for gardens.
Seatuck has wonderful shellfish, including soft-shelled crabs, several kinds of clam, and lovely scallops, as well as other seafood. PE&DD also has great fish and seafood, as well as prepared fish salads and other items.
Check this URL for who's here today: http://tinyurl.com/bukdwyr
Friday, April 27, 2012 Delicious pastries, elegant Italian cheeses, tasty pickles, gorgeous old fashioned irises! Friday's market is getting pretty wonderful, with Bodhitree's mixed purple and green asparagus, Samascott's rhubarb, Dutchmill's old fashioned irises, Divine Brine's many pickle varieties, and Las Delicias's excellent pastries. There are Binder's vegetable and flowering plant flats, Beth's wide variety of jams, Queens County Farm Museum's salad mix, Berried Treasures sunchokes, Lucky Dog's fiddleheads, and Mountain Sweet Berries unique potato chips. There are plenty of ramps and asparagus offerings from many stands and Rose Meadow has beautiful unusual anemones today.
See this URL for pictures of the stands here today: http://tinyurl.com/89udwoz
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Purple asparagus -- Hoeffner, Stokes
Strawberries -- Bodhitree
Young spring spinach -- S&S0, Bodhitree, Rogowski
Mini kale, mustard greens, other mini-vegetables -- Rogowski, Two Guys, Windfall
Green Asparagus -- Stokes, Hoeffner, Miglorelli, Bodhitree, and many others
Ramps -- Berried Treasures, Mountain Sweet Berry, and others
Check this out for pixtures of who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/6n74mza
BULLETIN! TAMARACK AND GARDEN OF SPICES HAVE FIDDLEHEADS!!
Monday, April 23, 2012 Rain has kept a few stands home, but many are here.
I bought flounder filet from PE&DD, young shallots and garlic from Lani, cheese from Consider Bardwell, and yogurt from Hammond Dairy (who has started to bring in drinkable yogurt as well). Race is here with many flowering and other plants as well as honey and baked goods. Madura has many vegetables, mushrooms, and flowering plants. Lani has edible flowers, greens, scapes, cut herbs, and salad greens, along with various kinds of onion family items. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has smoked duck breast this week along with ducks and other duck products.
Check this URL for these and other stands who've braved the rain to get to Union Square Greenmarket:
http://tinyurl.com/d6lknqd
Saturday, April 21, 2012 Eckerton is back!!! They've got greens and radishes today. Otherwise, things are pretty much as they were last week, with plenty of asparagus, spinach, and ramps around the market. More later.
Friday, April 20, 2012 BULLETIN! Strawberries and asparagus at Bodhitree!! Berried Treasures is back with ramps, tiny potatoes, sunchokes. Muddy River is back with greens, shallots, and young garlic. Samascott has RHUBARB!!
New in the Greenmarket -- Las Delicias has brought in delicious pastries and cookies. I'm having a couple of mini croissants for breakfast -- delicious indeed!
See this URL for pictures of most of the stands here today: http://tinyurl.com/7wf36gb
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 BULLETIN!! Cherry Lane is back with ASPARAGUS!!!
Cherry Lane and Bodhitree have asparagus, as do several other stands. I missed Bodhitree's STRAWBERRIES because I was late, but they should have them again on Friday. Cherry Lane also has spinach and sweet potatoes and Bodhitree has salad and other greens and herbs. Hoeffner and Kernan also have asparagus as well as other produce. To see who else is here today and what they've brought, check out: http://tinyurl.com/8a9oedc
Monday, April 16, 2012 Greens, scapes, and young garlic are in!!
The market is looking up, with many good-looking herb and flowering plant sets available at Race, Phillips, Madura, Dutchmill, and others. Lani has tatsoi and other edible flowers and new lettuces, kales, mustard greens, and other Spring vegetables. Check out Andrew's bees at his honey stand. Otherwise, things are more or less as usual, with Raghoo's elk meat, Roaming Acres bison, pork, and beef, and PE&DD's delicious fish. Central Valley has a new product -- cream cheese -- and Dutchmill says they'll be having Dutch irises next week.
Click on this URL to see who's here and what they've brought in today: http://tinyurl.com/7l9yrfa
Saturday, April 14, 2012 S&SO Asparagus!! James Durr Lilacs!!
Silver Heights (herb and vegetable plant sets) and Binder (flowering plant and herb sets) are back!! Stokes has cut herbs, as do Paffenroth, Lani, and Monkshood. Shushan and Two Guys have hydroponic greens and herbs. Shushan has sweet cherry tomatoes and Two Guys has shitake mushrooms. Bulich is here with several mushroom varieties. D'Attolico, Lani, S&SO, Norwich, and others have young garlic, young shallots, and other green onion varieties. Stokes had some sorrel.
Seatuck is here with softshelled crabs, various clams, other shellfish, and fish. PE&DD has many kinds of fish and shellfish as well as salads and other prepared seafood dishes. Quattro's has smallish capons, turkey sausage, young chickens, rabbits, and other poultry and game items, as well as wild turkey, pheasant, and chicken eggs. Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens, sausages, and duck and various kinds of chicken eggs. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has ducks, rillettes, and various other duck products.
See this URL for pictures: http://tinyurl.com/7mzjemk
Friday April 13, 2012 Consider Bardwell Goat Meat! Raghoo Elk Meat!
Rumors of strawberries and asparagus coming next week! Queens County Farm has two kinds of spinach -- one for salads and another for sauteeing or steaming. Stokes, Van Houten, Binder, Oak Grove, and others have flowering plant and herb sets. Dutchmill has gorgeous tulips. Bodhitree has beautiful new season greens, including Tuscan Kale and baby bok choi, young garlic, and crisp salad. Two Guys has hydroponic greens and Madura has several varieties of mushroom. Divine Brine has pickled vegetables and Hot Bread Kitchen has all kinds of interesting breads, including raisin challah and various flatbreads.
Northshire's Heads Up For Saturday-- Ramps! Ruby streaks mustard, baby bok choy, onions, chicken eggs, 5 goose eggs and 5 rabbits. It's going to be beautiful - get your shopping done early and then enjoy the day!
Mountain Sweet Berry, Lucky Dog, and others have ramps. Dancing Ewe is here with delicious cheeses. Check this URL for pix of stands and offerings in the Greenmarket: http://tinyurl.com/6wbsjpy
Monday, April 9, 2012 Mozzarella at Central Valley! Bison and Pork at Roaming Acres!! New Spinach at Lani's!!
Today I bought flounder from PE&DD, salad greens and baby spinach from Lani (and arugula and tatsoi flowers!), smoked duck breast from Hudson Valley Duck Farm, potatoes from Healthway, and beautiful tulips from Dutchmill. Spring flowers are everywhere in the market in pots and cut. Roaming Acres is now bringing in bison, pork, and beef in addition to ostrich eggs and meat. Madura has flowering plant and herb sets, as do Phillips and Race Farm. Race also has ramps.
To see who's in the market and what they've brought, check this URL: http://tinyurl.com/83lytaz
Saturday, April 7, 2012 Flowers and flowering branches! Beautiful potted flowers and herbs! Many types and colors of egg!
Violet Hill has many kinds of chicken eggs in many colors. Northshire has quail eggs and chicken eggs. Quattro's has wild turkey, pheasant, and chicken eggs. Plenty of choices for Easter!
There are beautiful flowering branches and tulips, daffodils, and Dutch irises in the market, as well as roses, anemones, and other flowers. Check out James Durr, Locust Grove, Binder, and River Garden. Stokes, Hoeffner, and many others have potted flowering plants, and Stokes, Binder, Hoeffner, Oak Grove, and others have herb sets. Van Houten also has trees!
S&SO is back with SPRING BABY SPINACH!!! Ramps are rampant -- Mountain Sweet Berry and many others have them. D'Attolico has young onion family varieties as do S&SO, Paffenroth, Lani and others. Lani has a wide variety of greens.
Beth of Beth's Farm Kitchen will be doing demonstrations with her products today. Check out the ginger apricot sauce and the Blazing Tomato chutney! Check this for who's in Union Square today: http://tinyurl.com/7j9aq3g
Happy Easter and Passover, y'all!
Friday, April 6, 2012 Dancing Ewe's new cheese! Bodhitree's baby spinach! Mountain Sweet Berry's Ramps! Consider Bardwell's Cheeses (They'll have their meats this afternoon!)
Dutchmill has gorgeous parrot tulips, lily tulips, and other unusual tulips today. Dancing Ewe has yet another spot on the 17th Street side of the market. Bodhitree has sorrel, herbs, and greens. Binder is back with beautiful flowering plant and herb sets. Stokes has more cut herbs as well as flowering and herb sets and Queens County Farm Museum has their delicious salad mix and spinach. To see who else is here, check: http://tinyurl.com/cpsggg9
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 Bodhitree's Mint! Mountain Sweet Berry's Ramps!! Hudson Valley Duck Farm's Pet Food!!
There isn't much news today, aside from Oak Grove's TOMATO PLANTS and rumors of asparagus for next week -- maybe!!!! Today there are some new greens, but the main item around the market is flowers -- flowering branches, tulips, roses, anemones, daffodils. It bodes well for Friday and Saturday, when there will be plenty for Spring celebrations.
Hudson Valley's duck pet food patties look good -- treat your dog or cat!!
Monday, April 2, 2012 Beautiful if chilly! Ramps, ducks, elk meat, bison, ostrich!!
It's a smallish but exotic Greenmarket today, with all sorts of special items. In addition to Race's ramps, Hudson Valley Duck Farm's ducks and duck products, Roaming Acres ostrich and emu eggs and bison, pork, and ostrich meat, there are delicious fresh fish (PE&DD), young garlic and shallots (Lani), and all sorts of honey (Andrew's).
I bought flounder, spinach, and baking potatoes (Healthway), as well as gorgeous tulips (Dutchmill). Dutchmill also has herb flats and Phillips and Race have flowering plant flats and produce. Consider Bardwell has their chips and cheese, but didn't bring meat in today. (They'll be here with meats on Friday.) See the following URL for pictures of today's Greenmarket: http://tinyurl.com/7lqe9tx
Saturday, March 31, 2012 It's cold and grim, but the market is starting to show signs of Spring! Lani has young garlic and other new season greens in addition to the winter kales and new edible flowers. Mountain Sweet Berry has ramps and a few stands have spinach. Shushan has tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, and herbs, and Stokes has cut herbs as well as herb and flowering plant flats. Oak Grove has a huge collection of potted herbs and Locust Grove, River Garden, Phillips, and others have flowering branches.
Bulich and D'Attolico are not here today, but Cayuga is here with their delicious breads, grains, and beans. Quattro's has goodlooking pheasants, rabbits, and other delicious poultry and game, and Flying Pig has pork sausages, bacon, and pork cuts. Oak Grove has beef and pork products as well as popping corn and pastries.
Hudson Valley Duck Farm has duck cuts, ducks, rillettes, and duck fat today. Cato Corners Farm has wonderful cheeses and Ronnybrook has many kinds of butter, milk, cream, yogurt, and ice cream.
Several plant nurseries are here with flowering and other plants and Beth's Farm Kitchen has a delicious new ginger apricot sauce. There's plenty to see once you adjust to the drizzle!
Friday, March 30, 2012 Queens County Farm Museum and Bodhitree have edible flowers!
Stokes has beautiful flowering plant and herb sets, as well as cut thyme and other herbs. Mountain Sweet Berry has something called toothwort that you might want to ask them about. Bodhitree has all sorts of greens, salad greens, and edible tatsoi and other flowers.
Beth's Farm Kitchen has a new ginger apricot item, very tasty and useable in many ways. Dutchmill has some unusual and beautiful tulips today, as well as daffodils. D&J has organic flowering Tuscan Kale. Dancing Ewe is here with delicious cheeses, back for the Spring!!
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Time Out
It's time for the World's Ice Skating Competition in Nice. Watching on a Mac isn't totally satisfying, but Time Warner doesn't have Universal Sports. Anyway, I'll be back in the Greenmarket on Saturday, but for now, it's all skating, all the time!
There were ramps in the market on Monday, so it might be worth looking for today. Happy hunting!!!
Monday, March 26, 2012 Race has plants AND ramps!!
Now that the season seems to be changing, I'm going to limit the report to talking about what I see that is new, which stands have returned, and which stands have finished their season, as I posted on Friday. Check Monday, March 19, for the regulars who are all here today.
Note: Roaming Acres has Berkshire pork and bison in addition to emu eggs and ostrich meat and eggs.
Saturday, March 24, 2012 Seatuck is here with several clam varieties, crabs, scallops, and many other kinds of fish and seafood!!
D'Attolico has young garlic, young onions, and several mini-greens. Cayuga is here with many beans, grains, flours, and their excellent breads. Lani has young shallots and edible tatsoi and garlic flowers. Paffenroth has beautiful young watercress, chamomile, and dandelion. Bulich has several kinds of mushroom and Two Guys has shitake and other mushrooms as well as hydroponic salad greens, mesclun mix, and mini-greens. Oak Grove has lush herb plants.
Locust Grove has cherry, plum, and peach flowering branches. River Garden also has beautiful flowering branches. Stokes has lovely flowering and herb plant sets and Van Houten has pretty flowering plant sets as well.
Quattro's has pheasant, wild turkey, and chicken eggs, and Violet Hill has interesting chicken egg varieties and duck eggs. Northshire has quail eggs and chicken eggs.
http://tinyurl.com/7psqpfc This URL may not work. If it doesn't, click on the URL above the report for pictures. Picasa's latest upgrade may have changed how I can post my picture notes.
Friday, March 23, 2012 Dancing Ewe is back with great cheeses!!
Now that the season seems to be changing, I'm going to limit the report to talking about what I see that is new, which stands have returned, and which stands have finished their season.
I'm happy to see Dancing Ewe back , in a new space at the East end of the market. Queens County Museum's stand has two kinds of spinach, baby kale, and good looking salad mix. Bodhitree says that their strawberry plants are flowering, so we should see their appearance some time towards the end of April. With such a warm day, I almost asked about the time frame for asparagus, but stopped myself! Don't want to rush things.
Other than the above, the offerings today are pretty much as they have been.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 Stokes, Bodhitree, Shushan, Two Guys! Beth's Farm Kitchen!
Stokes has a wide variety of flowering plant and herb sets and the first of their cut herbs -- rosemary! Bodhitree has wintered over broccoli rabe and many other greens, edible flowers, herbs, and potatoes. Shushan and Two Guys have hydroponic greens and herbs and Shushan has tomatoes. Madura has vegetables and mushrooms and Miglorelli has root vegetables, apples, pears, frozen summer vegetables, ciders, and tomato juices. Caradonna and Breezy Hill have fruit and ciders, and Breezy Hill has hard cider as well.
Beth's Farm Kitchen will have a new and very tasty and useful product on Friday, a spiced apricot sauce that can be used on pork and chicken, or with cream cheese, or a number of other ways
Tamarack and others are here with meats and poultry. To see who's here and what they've brought, check this URL: http://tinyurl.com/7f6ay2y
Monday, March 19, 2012 Gorgeous day in Union Square Greenmarket!
Central Valley has their tomato parmesan soups, cheeses, eggs, and other items (and is having a sale on eggs today). Lani has all sorts of greens, lettuces, and edible flowers. Roaming Acres has bison, Berkshire pork, and emju and ostrich eggs, dog treats, and other ostrich items. Andrew's Honey is here along with Consider Bardwell's cheeses and meats and Hudson Valley Duck Farm's ducks and duck products (like duck bacon, smoked duck breast, rillettes, and duck pastrami).
Dutchmill flower farm has unique and beautiful tulips and River Garden has flowering branches. Phillips also has flowering branches and Buon Pane is here with interesting baked goods. Healthway has a wide variety of potatoes and Madura has several kinds of mushroom. D&J has vegetables and kimchee and Raghoo has elk meat.
To see who's here and what they've brought, click on this URL: http://tinyurl.com/7q3ohzj
Saturday, March 17, 2012 Stokes is back!! Cayuga is here!! Lani is here!!
Quattro's has wild turkey eggs!! Northshire has quail eggs and Violet Hill has their mixture of egg varieties. Roaming Acres has emu and ostrich eggs! Hudson Valley Duck Farm has duck bacon! Breakfast!!
Cayuga is here with their delicious breads, unique bean and grain selections, and flours. Stokes has beautiful flowering plant and herb sets and James Durr is here with flowering branches, daffodils, and tulips.
Beth's Farm Kitchen has jams and chutneys wrapped for St. Patrick's Day gifts and Phillips has flowering branches, tulips, and jams. Rick's Picks is here with pickled vegetables. River Garden has flowering branches and dried flower arrangements and Lavender by the Bay has dried lavender and various gift items.
Two Guys, Shushan, Windfall, and Lani have various greens and herbs. Violet Hill has chickens and sausages and Grazin' has Angus beef and other items. Quattro's has chickens, ducks, pheasants, and other wild and cultivated poultry. Cato Corners, Patches of Stars, Valley Shepherd, and Three Corner Field Farm have all kinds of cheeses, and Three Corner Field Farm, Catskill, Oak Grove, and others have meats.
To see who's here and what they've brought, check this URL: http://tinyurl.com/7vzg59s
Monday, March 12, 2012 Signs of Spring
Madura has potted flowering plants and Lani has edible flowers! Madura also has root vegetables, salad, and mushrooms. Lani has greens and lettuces. Otherwise we're still in Winter, no matter what the weather seems to be, and despite the blossoming magnolia trees.
Roaming Acres has bison, Berkshire pork, and ostrich meat, along with emu and ostrich eggs. Raghoo has elk meat, Hudson Valley has ducks and duck products, and PE&DD has fresh fish and seafood. Rising Sun has beef cuts. Consider Bardwell has veal and goat.
River Garden has flowering branches and pretty dried flower arrangements and a few stands have pussy willows, but Dutchmill isn't here today, so no tulips!
For who else is here and what they've brought, check out this URL: http://tinyurl.com/7cubu8g
Saturday, March 10, 2012 Lani's Back On Saturdays! Cayuga's Back ONLY On Saturdays!
I had some sweet and tasty hydroponic cherry tomatoes from Shushan, who are here with herbs, lettuces, vine tomatoes, and cherry tomatoes today. Phillips is here with flowers and jams and Lani has many kinds of greens and eggs. Cayuga is here with their addictive ale bread, whole wheat bread, and beans, but were late this morning. Violet Hill has pork, chickens, and sausages. Monkshood has greens and Miglorelli has root vegetables, frozen summer vegetables, and juices.
To see who else is here and what they've brought, check out this URL: http://tinyurl.com/7ovyq4l
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Oak Grove's Potted Herbs Are Back!! Mushrooms galore!!
Miglorelli has big purple kohlrabi and many other root vegetables, frozen summer vegetables, tomato juice, and ciders, in addition to pears and apples. Locust Grove has apples, pears, ciders, and cut flowering branches. Caradonna has apples and other fruit as well as ciders. Breezy Hill has ciders (hard and sweet), apples, and pastries.
Bodhitree has beautiful greens and Two Guys has hydroponic greens, herbs, and lettuces, as well as shitake and oyster mushrooms. Madura has root vegetables and many kinds of mushroom.
Tamarack has several types of meat and Pura Vida has good looking fish and shellfish. Beth's Farm Kitchen is here with jams, chutneys, and pickled vegetables, and Rick's Picks has many kinds of pickles as well.
Check this URL for more stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/86jn9bm
Monday, March 5, 2012 Lani's Back!! Greens, edible flowers, lettuces!
I'm celebrating my successful eye surgery with Consider Bardwell's delicious cheese chips and Hudson Valley Duck Farm's luscious rillettes. I'm knocked out by the beautiful colors of Dutchmill's tulips and River Garden's lovely dried flower arrangements (as well as their pussy willows and flowering branches). In fact, I'm enjoying the deep and light greens of Lani's lettuces, edible flowers, and other goodies, and Healthway's tempting apples and potatoes. Madura's mushrooms and vegetables looked particularly attractive today, and Andrew's honeys with their various distinctive golden colors were tempting.
Central Valley's tomato sauce, soups, cheeses, and other products looked great, too, and Lavender By The Bay's gifts are pretty and appealing. All in all, this is a beautiful day in Union Square's Greenmarket. To see who else is here and what they've brought, check this URL: http://tinyurl.com/85jjrkx
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 No flowers today!
Locust Grove does have flowering branches in addition to apples, pears, and cider. Caradonna has apples, pears, cider, too. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has duck bacon, rillettes, ducks, duck parts, and duck fat!! Bodhitree has greens and root vegetables, Two Guys and Shushan have hydroponic greens, and Rogowski is here with greens and other vegetables as well. Madura has good looking produce, too, as well as several mushroom varieties. Hot Bread Kitchen has several kinds of baked goods and Roaming Acres is here with ostrich meat. Windfall has greenhouse greens and Andrew's Honey is here as well. Beth's Farm Kitchen has jams, chutneys, and pickled vegetables.
To see who else is here, check out this URL:http://tinyurl.com/74vrmjk
Monday, February 27, 2012 BULLETIN!!! CAYUGA WILL BE IN UNION SQUARE, GREENPOINT, AND GRAND ARMY PLAZA GREENMARKETS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 3!!!