Lucy's Greenmarket Report

Lucy Says Goodbye. Please see the latest entry below, that I have posted for Lucy Wollin.

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If you see that this version of my report is out of date click here.


March 5, 2017 Dear Foodies: It turns out that I need to give up this blog. So, I’m hoping that you can find another to tell you what the news is on the Union Square Greenmarket report. I’ve loved doing this for you, but the time has come to say goodbye. To my farmer friends, this has been so much fun and you have been so great, and I’ve loved you. To my readers, well, you’re on your own! But thank you all for reading.

Love,
Lucy

Saturday, November 19, 2016 Just dropping in to remind people that the Wednesday Greenmarket will include some of your favorite Saturday farmers! I saw fresh cranberries and other seasonal goodies there last week and recommend that you check with your farmer today about Wednesday.

Sorry I still can't make it to the Greenmarket, but am hoping to be back soon. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! (And remember that there will not be a market in Union Square next Friday. Tuesday, November 22nd MARKET IS OPEN featuring Friday producers)


Saturday, October 15, 2016 I want to thank the Union Square Greenmarket farmers for their generosity and good will. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone soon and getting back in gear. I've missed you all very much.

Lucy


Tuesday, August 30, 2016 I'm taking a bit of a break, but should be back in October. Meanwhile, you should look forward to Buzzard Krest grapes and grape juices, peak tomatoes and stone fruit, and other delicious fruits and vegetables.

Hoping to see you all soon!


Saturday, July 30, 2016 Donut peaches! White and yellow peaches! Check out Oak Grove, Locust Grove, Sycamore, Caradonna, and others for these and other stone fruit.

Norwich Meadows, Lani, Stokes, Cherry Lane, and many others have several kinds of small and large squash and eggplants.Stokes has beautiful fresh lima beans today.

Eckerton, Norwich, and others have tasty looking heirloom tomatoes, and Eckerton and Stokes have delicious cherry tomatoes.

Norwich and Lani have many kinds of bean, including string beans, flat beans, and others.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/zgdrxx9


Saturday, July 26, 2016 Donut peaches! Yellow and white peaches! Black, red, and yellow currants! Heirloom tomatoes and many varieties of cherry tomato!

Corn, sweet and hot peppers, many many varieties of squash, melons, and did I say PEACHES and HEIRLOOM TOMATOES? It's a great day in the market, but hothothot! I came home exhausted from the heat with a terrific haul:

Peaches, heirloom tomatoes, lettuce, sour cherry jam, blueberries, Persian cucumbers, a smoked duck from Quattro, a bluefish fillet from Seatuck. Oh, and strawberries (tri-stars) from Mountain Sweet Berry.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/gwjpxqt


Friday, July 15, 2016 White and yellow peaches at Toigo! Yellow peaches at Oak Grove! Peaches and nectarines at Treelicious!

Samascott has sweet and sour cherries, blueberries, and other fruit. Heirloom tomatoes have made their first appearance at Norwich Meadows and Oak Grove.

Several stands, including Norwich Meadows, Madura, Miglorelli, Lucky Dog, and Stokes, have many varieties of squash. Norwich also has many sizes and types of eggplant, in addition to a wide selection of heirloom tomatoes. Toigo also has good looking tomatoes and Stokes has their delicious cherry tomatoes.

Well, what can I say? It's HOT, and yet worth a visit to Union Square. If you are heat-tolerant, there is a celebration of Greenmarket's 40th anniversary this afternoon!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/jx6mwzz


Saturday, July 9, 2016 Baby artichokes at S&SO! Heirloom tomatoes at Eckerton! Strawberries at Phillips and Mountain Sweet Berry!

All kinds of squashes at Norwich Meadows, Stokes, S&SO, Lani,and many other stands. Beautiful lettuces at Gorzynski and delicious sucrine, both green and purple, along with wild baby arugula, at Mountain Sweet Berry.

Sweet cherries at Locust Grove, along with gooseberries and red and yellow currants, raspberries, and other fruit. Caradonna also has many kinds of berries and cherries. Sycamore has peaches, as do a few other stands. They also have corn, as does Miglorelli.

James Durr, Rose Meadow, and others have lovely flowers today. Stokes has snapdragons along with their tasty produce. Many stands including Keith and Stokes have gorgeous fresh garlic.

TO SEE THESE AND OTHER STANDS AND PRODUCE: http://tinyurl.com/j5378sd


Saturday, July 2, 2016 CORN!at Sycamore. HEIRLOOM TOMATOES at Eckerton. TRI-STARS at Mountain Sweet Berry.

Red and white currants, gooseberries, cherries, raspberries and blueberries at Locust Grove. Several other stands with blueberries and raspberries, including Phillips.

Cherry tomatoes at Stokes, Oak Grove, and Eckerton. Heirloom tomatoes at S&SO, Eckerton, and Cherry Lane. Field tomatoes at Sycamore and others. Beautiful sweet and hot pepper plants at Oak Grove. Potted cherry tomato plants at Van Houten.

Gorgeous organic lettuces at Gorzynski. Other beauties at Stokes, S&SO, Eckerton, and others. A wide variety of cut herbs at Stokes, S&SO and others.

To see these and other produce and stands: http://tinyurl.com/zaqjpxh


Saturday, June 25, 2016 Beautiful lettuces, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, whie and Queen Anne cherries, red cherries, red currants, and gooseberries!

To see what is delicious today in Union Square: http://tinyurl.com/zaqjvvc


Saturday, June 18, 2016 Raspberries, blueberries, red currants at Phillips! Red and Queen Anne cherries at Locust Grove!

Several stands have red and yellow snow peas, including Eckerton and Lani. Eckerton also has sugar snaps, favas, English peas!

Norwich Meadows has several kinds of beans, beautiful fresh lettuces, spring onions, beets, baby carrots, and other greens. S&SO has various heirloom and other tomatoes and Sycamore has strawberries, fava beans, and other produce. Stokes has heirloom and cherry tomatoes, the last asparagus and strawberries.

D'Attolico has good-looking sprouts and other produce. Oak Grove and Binder have lovely potted herbs and heirloom tomato plants, along with nasturtiums.

I Fiori and Rose Meadow have gorgeous flowers.

To see these and other great produce: http://tinyurl.com/hrb94s3


Saturday, June11, 2016 Fava beans! At Eckerton and, until Jean Georges got them, at Norwich Meadows! Queen Anne and red cherries at Locust Grove! Strawberries at many stands, including Stokes, Phillips, Eckerton, and others.

Sugar snaps, fava beans, mesclun, English peas, and the first of their peppers at Eckerton. Rhubarb and asparagus at Hoeffner! Gorgeous hot house heirloom tomatoes, asparagus, strawberries, and other goodies at Cherry Lane. Cherry tomatoes, strawberries, cut herbs, lettuces, and other salad greens and vegetables at Stokes.

I was very early this morning and some stands were just setting up. The market is really beautiful today, with all sorts of flower options and many stands with greens. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera, but last week's report has many pictures and it is truly even more rich and glorious today.


Monday, June 6, 2016 Baby squashes, garlic scapes, and baby greens at Norwich Meadows! Greenhouse tomatoes at Lani! Last of the peonies at Dutchmill, but the lilies are here! PE&DD has beautiful fresh fish, Hudson Valley Duck Farm has many duck related products, Roaming Acres has bison and ostrich meat, and many stands have strawberries, including Phillips, Race, Red Jacket, and others. To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/halgtfn

Saturday, April 30, 2016 FIDDLEHEADS! RHUBARB! ASPARAGUS! RAMPS!

Garden of Spice has fiddleheads today -- near Lani. Hoeffner has rhubarb and asparagus. Others with asparagus include Cherry Lane, Stokes, S&SO, Miglorelli. Mountain Sweet Berry, Violet Hill, Berried Treasures, and others have ramps, and Lani has ramp leaves (along with fresh peanuts and a wide range of interesting dried beans and greens).

There are many stands with young garlic and new leeks. Several stands including Eckerton and Stokes have gorgeous lettuces and other greens.

I saw several chefs and restaurant foragers for the first time today. Spring is finally here, no matter how cold it seems to be. You'll find tulips in a number of stands, including I Fiori de Fenici, Durr, and Berried Treasures. There are also other beautiful flowers at Rose Meadow and Phillips.

To see these and other produce, meats, poultry, and flowers:http://tinyurl.com/gnos5n6

Wednesday, April 27, 2016 ASPARAGUS and RAMPS! Flowering and herb sets for gardeners! Lush lettuces at Eckerton!

I scored some excellent asparagus at Stokes and Cherry Lane, and saw more at Hoeffner, S&SO, Madura, and other stands. Stokes also had beautiful hanging plants, herb and vegetable sets, and flowering plant sets. Oak Grove has great herb plants and they and Stokes have healthy looking tomato plants. S&SO has cut herbs and Eckerton has French breakfast radishes. Miglorelli has two kinds of radish, several kinds of green, and asparagus.

Berried Treasures and Mountain Sweet Berry have RAMPS, as do a few other stands, and Berried Treasures has various greens and interesting tulips (some attached to their bulbs).

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/he6w7f2


Saturday, April 23, 2016 Stokes has ASPARAGUS!!!

Hoeffner, Miglorelli, and others also have asparagus. Spring is here! Of course, it's damp out there, but it was worth it to me to have the first beautiful green spears. Cherry Lane will probably have some next weekend.

Several stands including Stokes, Van Houten, Binder, and others, have lovely herb and flowering potted plants and sets for home gardeners. Oak Grove has TOMATO PLANTS and small mixed herb gardens in pots.

Seatuck had live crabs, other shellfish, and fresh fish when I went by and PE&DD had lobsters in addition to fresh fish and other shellfish.

To see some of the stands in the market today: http://tinyurl.com/jpcze23


Saturday, April 16, 2016 Binder is back with beautiful flower and herb sets! Cherry Lane is back with spinach and salad greens! Seatuck has gorgeous fresh fish and seafood, including live crabs!

Okay, it is finally looking like Spring! And it's great to be able to deliver some real news!

To see many of the stands that are here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/hdd3r2z


Wednesday, April 13, 2016 There are lots of ramps at Mountain Sweet Berry this morning -- unless the restaurants have gotten there after I left.

Other than that the news is that Oak Grove has TOMATO PLANTS! There are several stands with flowering and herb sets. Bodhitree had many kinds of greens when I went by an hour ago and there's a new stand next door to Stokes Farm with interesting cut herbs and tiny french breakfast radishes. Stokes has gorgeous flowering and herb plants and beautiful hanging flowering plants.

To see these and other stands and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/jjxcb9n


Saturday,April 9, 2016 Beautiful flowers, cut herbs, ramps, fresh fish, salad and other greens, pheasant eggs!

On a very cold day in "Spring" there are still signs of the season in the Greenmarket. Quattro's has pheasant eggs! Mountain Sweet Berry has ramps! I Fiori has unique and lovely tulips and hyacinths and Rose Meadow has many colorful anemones and other flowers. James Durr has extraordinary flowering fruit tree branches and forsythia and other stands have tulips and branches as well.

Quattro's has a good supply of soup bones as well as pheasant, turkey, and duck eggs, along with excellent chickens, pheasants, and other poultry. Violet Hill has rabbits, Belle Rouge chickens and chicken parts, quail eggs, and several colorful chicken egg varieties, along with pork cuts and sausages. Flying Pig has pork cuts and several kinds of sausage.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/z3vvtgt


Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Stokes has many beautiful flowering and herb plants in sets for home gardeners. They also have beautiful lettuces. Other than that, we're still waiting for our favorite Spring vegetables, although I did see some delicious looking greens at Bodhitree. (Of course, I was a bit late today, so missed a lot at their stand.

The only news I have is good for Saturday shoppers -- Seatuck will be here, next to Quattro's, with their tasty fresh fish and seafood, this coming Saturday.

Otherwise, things are pretty much as they were last Wednesday.

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/joj7d56


Saturday, March 26, 2016 Rumors of ramps confirmed! Clever salad and spinach windowsill "gardens" at Hoeffner! Young garlic is here! Sorry to be so late, but I'm still on Eastern Standard Time! The market is full of beautiful flowers and the very beginning of green things here and there is making me very happy.

Stokes, Hoeffner, Oak Grove, and others have excellent herb and flower plant sets. There are many stands here with gorgeous tulips, including I Fiori's unique display and Rose Meadow's wonderful roses.

Violet Hill has tasty looking pork products, many varieties of chicken eggs and quail eggs, many cuts of chicken and other poultry, and flavorful breakfast and other sausages . Quattro's has turkey eggs, chickens, pheasants, and other delicious poultry. Flying Pig has many kinds of sausage and pork cuts.

To see which stands are here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/ztad4gj


Friday, March 25, 2016 Welcome back to Dutchmill flower farm and their gorgeous tulips!!!

I'm so glad to have Dutchmill back. They have lovely tulips and daffodils today.

Consider Bardwell has some great goat and cow's milk cheeses, maple syrup, and other tasty items. Bodhitree is here with luscius greens, herbs, and eggs.

To see these and other stands here today: http://tinyurl.com/jn3bqz9

(Sorry to have gotten there kind of late, but the pictures will show you what's here at 10:00 AM. Getting there early can be key if you are looking for a particular item.)


Wednesday, March 23, 2016 Bodhitree is here with beautiful lettuces, other greens, and eggs. It's a lovely day in the Greenmarket, although there are few surprises, with potatoes and apples being the major offering

Bulich has delicious looking mushrooms and there are fresh fish, hydroponic tomatoes, cut herbs, and French breakfast radishes to be found, along with succulent beans, interesting shallots, and other produce.

Madura has greens, root vegetables, and mushrooms, and She Wolf has several kinds of delicious bread, including pullman loaves that can be bought in half pieces. Stokes has gorgeous flowering plant and herb sets.

To see which stands are here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/zzntvg6


Saturday, March 19, 2016 Stokes is back on Saturdays! (and Wednesdays and Fridays!) The Greenmarket is full of flowers, both cut and potted, and Stokes has some beauties. Van Houten has flowering trees and flowering plant sets. Phillips has small windowsill Spring garden pots.

I Fiori has some astonishingly beautiful and interesting tulips, lilies, and hyacinths, and Rose Meadow has lovely roses, anemones, and other cut flowers. James Durr has flowering fruit tree branches, forsythia branches, and cut tulips and daffodils.

Eco Shrimp has moved next door to Stokes and has good looking jumbo and other shrimp today. Lani has some amazing dry beans today along with fresh turmeric, peanuts, and other unusual produce. Ask Hoeffner about their fresh cut spinach and other greens (check out the interesting way they've brought their produce here today).

(Tapping my toes waiting for asparagus, strawberries, and rhubarb!)

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/hqwsskm


Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Can't make it to the greenmarket today. I'm sorry because Stokes Farm is back! Check out http://unsqgreenmarket.grownyc.org/overview to see who else is here.


Saturday, March 12, 2016 No food news today, but lots of beautiful flowers in the Greenmarket, especially unusual tulips at I Fiori di Fenice and flowering branches at James Durr. Also gorgeous roses and anemones at Rose Meadow and flowering branches and potted flowering plants at Phillips.

To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/h6w3fy3


Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Bodhitree and Eckerton's first day back on Wednesdays!

Bodhitree has beautiful greens and eggs. Eckerton has herbal teas, lovely greens, and other goodies.

If the weather stays warm, we should have flowering branches in a week or two. Meanwhile, Rose Meadow has their outstanding roses and anemones, and there are exquisite orchids as well at Silva's.

Norwich Meadows has good-looking greens and root vegetables. Shushan has several kinds of hydroponic tomatoes, herbs, salad greens, and cucumbers.

This warmth is making me think of pea sprouts, strawberries, and asparagus, but of course it is still too early. Well, something to look forward to.

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/j2n4avk


Saturday, March 5, 2016 The news continues to be tulips and hyacinths, but next week should see the reentry of stands we haven't seen for a while, and vendors will start changing places to their Spring season spots. For instance, Eco Shrimp will move to the Park Avenue side of the market next Saturday from their place next to Rose Meadow. Be prepared to do a little hunting for your favorites.


Saturday, February 20, 2016 Tulips!!!! at I Fiori!

Such a lovely day in the Greenmarket, especially since I Fiori has tulips and hyacinths! Right near their stand is Rose Meadow with anemones, beautiful roses, and other flowers. Spring is knocking on the door!

Lani is here with many interesting greens, turmeric, peanuts, dried beans, and other good-looking vegetables. Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes and cherry tomatoes as well as basil and other herbs and greens. D'Attolico has delicious sprouts.

Quattro's has capons along with pheasants, chickens, and other poultry and poultry parts. Violet Hill has rabbits, chickens, pork products, and chicken parts. Oak Grove has beef and pork products, as well as pastries, flours, and hot peppers.

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/gponr7r


Saturday, February 13, 2016 I'm staying in today, but there are several stands in Union Square.

>Check out http://unsqgreenmarket.grownyc.org/overview to see which.


Saturday, January 23, 2016 Union Square Greenmarket closed today!

Friday, January 22, 2016 FROM UNION SQUARE PARTNERSHIP: Union Square Greenmarket Operations For tomorrow's market: Be sure to check GrowNYC's website, blog, social media and Union Square App to find out about market changes or closings. We wouldn't want you to be caught alone in the cold with your milk bottles and compost!

FROM ME: Go to Saturday's market attendance list to see which stands are here. http://unsqgreenmarket.grownyc.org/overview


Friday, January 22, 2016 The market is full of good things today, but 30 or so stands have already called in to cancel for Saturday's market.

Try Consider Bardwell for delicious cheeses and good-looking cuts of goat's meat and veal.You'll find tasty fish, root vegetables, and breads, along with other delicious produce. Mountain Sweet Berry is here with delicious Kennebec and other potatoes and tasty potato chips. Berried Treasures has prepared foods and interesting potatoes as well.

Go to Friday's market attendance list to see which stands are here. http://unsqgreenmarket.grownyc.org/overview


Saturday, January 16, 2016 Which stands are here today? Check out this link to see the attendance lists: http://unsqgreenmarket.grownyc.org/overview

Check out this link to see Greenmarket pictures: http://tinyurl.com/jzo7gs5


Saturday, January 9, 2015 Fresh shrimp at Eco Shrimp! The Winter greenmarket is here and the Saturday stands are set.

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/zfc6cnf

To see the farmers' attendance lists: http://www.grownyc.org/unionsquaregreenmarket

Many farms are not here and will be back in the Spring, but there are plenty of stands and a wide enough variety of produce to keep us going until then. Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes and herbs, Two Guys has greens and herbs, and Lani is here today with greens and root vegetables (although Lani does say they'll be here on and off during the winter). Lani has fresh peanuts, turmeric, and other unique offerings. Many stands such as Hoeffner, S&SO, Paffenroth, and Miglorelli have root vegetables and Locust Grove, Breezy Hill, Caradonna and others have apples and ciders.

Quattro's, Violet Hill, and Flying Pig are here with poultry and other proteins, and Violet Hill and Quattro's have fresh eggs. Oak Grove and Flying Pig have pork products and Quattro's has pheasant sausages and other prepared meats. Berried Treasures has prepared meals and other items along with potatoes.


Wednesday, December 30, 2015 There will be a greenmarket on Saturday in Union Square. Watch this space to see which stands are planning to be here.

Quattro's is here today with pheasants, chickens, turkeys, chicken and duck eggs, and other poultry products. Madura, Hoeffner, Lani, Mountain Sweet Berry, Windfall, and other farmstands are here, along with Bulich Mushrooms, Shushan tomatoes and herbs, Two Guys greens, She Wolf breads, and many other stands.

From GrowNYC: Market Attendance for Wed, Dec 30 2015 Union Square Greenmarket, New York http://www.grownyc.org/unionsquaregreenmarket


Saturday, December 26, 2015 From GrowNYC:

Holiday Schedule Changes: The last two weeks of December, the Union Square Greenmarket will be open Monday, Tuesday 12/22 & 12/29, Wednesday and Saturday so you can shop for all of your Christmas and New Year's ingredients! The Union Square Greenmarket will be CLOSED Friday, 12/25 and Friday, 1/1.

Many stands are here today, but many are not. To see who's in and who's out: http://unsqgreenmarket.grownyc.org/overview

To see today's map from grownyc:

http://www.grownyc.org/files/gmkt/usqmaps/unsq-sat.pdf


Wednesday, December 23, 2015 Check with your favorite farm stands today. Many will not be back until January 6. Stokes Farm will not be back until Spring!

There are plenty of last minute gift options today, including preserves from Beth's Farm Kitchen and others, herb and pepper wreaths from Stokes, delicious honey products from Andrew, maple products from Deep Mountain Maple, soaps from Sawkill and Three Corner Field Farm, herb products from the herb farm, hard cider and scrumpy(really hard cider) from Breezy Hill, and decorative wreaths from Mountain Sweet Berry, Berried Treasures, Van Houten, and others.

Quattro's is here with delicious poultry, including turkeys, pheasants, ducks, and chickens, as well as their great fresh eggs. Blue Moon is here with fishes for your seven fishes Christmas Eve dinners. Three Corner Field Farm has lamb and sheep's milk cheeses and Flying Pig has pork cuts and other pork products.

To see these and other stands and products: http://tinyurl.com/gqpv5ge


Saturday, December 19, 2015 BULLETIN! UNION SQUARE GREENMARKETS HERE MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY!! FRIDAY MARKETS WILL BE HERE ON TUESDAY THIS COMING WEEK!!

Friday's market will be here on Tuesday, December 23! There will be no Greenmarket on Friday, Christmas Day.

To see which stands are here today and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/o4uyfed

This is Stokes Farm's last Saturday for the season. They will be here on Wednesday if it doesn't rain. This is Seatuck's last Saturday in Union Square until March. They will be at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn after the holidays.


Saturday, December 12, 2015 Cherry Lane has San Marzano tomatoes! They're close to Seatuck on the 17th Street section. Stokes has gorgeous herb wreaths, some with peppers!

I'm having Ardith Mae's delicious Silhouette goat cheese for breakfast today. Breezy Hill has tasty "scrumpy" hard cider, but I'm saving that for later. Beth's Farm Kitchen has beautifully wrapped jams and other items for gifts and Eckerton has a pleasing herb tea mix, also for yourself or for gifts.

Berried Treasures, Mountain Sweet Berry, and James Durr have beautiful holiday decorations, and Van Houten and others have trees. Deep Mountain has tasty gift items -- maple syrups, candies, and marshmellows.

D'Attolico has decorations, sprouts, and other produce. Norwich Meadows, Oak Grove, and Eckerton still have peppers!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/hfehmuz


Saturday, December 5, 2015 Berried Treasures has pretty table decorations. Eckerton has bunches of peppers, herb tisanes, and other goodies for presents. Beth's Farm Kitchen has delcious preserves in pretty packages for gifts.

Cranberries for one more day at Hudson Valley organics, and possibly more at Breezy Hill. Mountain Sweet Berry has *frozen sauce tomatoes*! as well as delicious beans. Lani also has many kinds of shelled beans. (Lani is going to try to come all winter!!!)

Oak Grove has various popcorns, flours, and grains, as well as beef and pork cuts, peppers, squashes, and other produce. D'Attolico has pine decorations, sprouts, and other vegetables. Stokes has my favorite yukon gold and red baby potatoes, and Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures have other favorites for under the roasting goose or capon. Quattro's has pheasants, goose, chickens, ducks, and poultry products.

Lani has turmeric and ginger in addition to many other vegetables, including eggplants, many kinds of greens, and other produce.

To see these and many other stands and produce here today: http://tinyurl.com/jb635m3


Saturday, November 28, 2015 Many of your favorite stands are here today, some in different spaces See this map for who's here and where their stands are:http://www.grownyc.org/files/gmkt/usqmaps/unsq-sat.pdf

Berried Treasures is here with potatoes, tomatoes(!), wreaths, and a selection of vegan and gluten free prepared foods.

Paffenroth has a wide variety of root and other vegetables. Miglorelli has apples, pears, and vegetables and cider. S&SO still has their bargain selections of hot peppers and Northshire, Hoeffner, and others have gorgeous winter vegetables. Lani has many kinds of shelled beans, as well as fresh turmeric, ginger, and peanusts.

There are stands with chickens, ducks (Hudson Valley Duck Farm), and chicken and duck products. Hudson Valley Organic has good-looking cranberries as does Breezy Hill, and there are several stands with pies, donuts, and other baked goods.

Check out these pictures to see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/zo4tyvq


Monday, November 23, 2015 Market Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Thanksgiving Week: The Union Square Greenmarket will be open Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday so you can shop for all of your Thanksgiving ingredients!

For maps showing Union Square Greenmarket farmstands for Fri, Sat, Mon, Wed, check this URL: http://www.grownyc.org/unionsquaregreenmarket


Saturday, November 14, 2015 Cranberries at Breezy Hill! Fresh beans at Lani, Mountain Sweet Berry, and other stands. Great small and large peppers at Eckerton, Oak Grove, and S&SO ( soon to go out of season, so seize the day!).

Delicious potatoes at Mountain Sweet Berry, Paffenroth, Norwich Meadows, Berried Treasures, and other stands. Cherry Lane still has good looking tomatoes. Shushan is also here with hydroponic tomatoes. Stokes has wonderful generous bunches of cut herbs as well as delicious looking herbal wreaths, some of which have beautiful hot red peppers in the design.

Van Houten, Hoeffner, Oak Grove, and others have squashes and pumpkins. Berried Treasures and Oak Grove have unsprayed apples. Locust Grove has quinces, apples, and pears.

It's cider day at Union Square, so check out some of the local ciders at Breezy Hill, Caradonna, and several other stands. Check out the last few pictures to learn about a new educational project by the market organization and contribute to support it!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/ondd8


Saturday, November 7, 2015 Today is Sycamore's last day for the season -- check out their delicious canned peaches, jams, and vegetables. There are terrific fresh shelled beans available at Berried Treasures, Lani, Mountain Sweet Berry and Norwich Meadows. Check out Cherry Lane for good looking sauce and other tomatoes.

Mountain Sweet Berry's potato chips are back along with frozen pureed strawberries.

Order your holiday birds today at Quattro's, Violet Hill, Tamarack, and others, and pick out a guinea hen at Violet Hill for dinner tonight!

Stokes Farm has their excellent herb wreathes for gifts along with a varied selection of cut fresh herbs, leafy greens, and unusual items like fresh lemon grass. Eckerton, Oak Grove, and Norwich have many tasty hot and sweet peppers.

There are some interesting apples in the market, including non-sprayed choices at Berried Treasures and Gorzynsky along with a wide selection at Locust Grove, Breezy Hill, Caradona, and others.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/qcqsxwt


Saturday, October 31, 2015 Things are starting to wind down -- stands and produce are disappearing -- but there are plenty of good vegetables, fruits, and other items still here.

I found a few stands with good tomatoes -- you might have to set them out for a couple of days, but they do look tasty -- particularly at Cherry Lane, Eckerton, and Norwich Meadows. There are plenty of peppers at Norwich, Eckerton, Oak Grove, and others. There are beautiful winter squashes and pumpkins, grapes, ciders, apples, and pears everywhere, and Locust Grove has quinces.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/qznpgef


Saturday, October 24, 2015 Last day for Ryder Farm until next summer! Berried Treasures is here on the east end of the market. The D'Attiloco's are here with beautiful produce and sprouts. Bulich has gorgeous cultivated mushrooms and Violet Hill has many good looking foraged shrooms as well.

Cherry Lane has beautiful ready to eat tomatoes as does Eckerton. Eckerton also has a huge basket of Grenadan flavoring peppers as well as many hot and other flavoring types.

Oak Grove has their huge variety of hot and sweet peppers as well as winter squashes and other produce.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/qj2moqz


Saturday, October 10, 2015 Fresh chestnuts at Violet Hill! Fresh turmeric and ginger at Norwich Meadows and Lani! Fresh shelled flageolets, cannellini, and other beans at Mountain Sweet Berry! Heirloom tomatoes still here at Berried Treasures today!

I'm checking in late, because the market was a lovely schmoozathon today and I got to see many of my shopper friends as well as talking with many farmers. Here's a link to the stands I saw today before I start rattling on about the many good things here in Union Square: http://tinyurl.com/pjuxza3


Friday, October 9, 2015 Fresh farmed shrimp! Fresh turmeric! Just when I thought there'd be nothing new!

Norwich Meadows has turmeric and ginger as well as a wide variety of squashes, greens, heirloom and other tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, and other produce.

Check out this link for the stands here today, including a new one, Eco Shrimp Garden, featuring farmed fresh shrimp: http://tinyurl.com/nhlbsen

Pumpkins are making their inevitable seasonal appearance in multitudes and Berried Treasures and Norwich Meadows have several kinds of fresh shelled beans.


Saturday, October 3, 2015 Peppers! Tomatoes! Squashes! Pumpkins! Salad greens! Grapes! Peaches?!? Apples! Pears! The Greenmarket is full of good things today!

Peaches, you say? Yes! There are peaches -- a farewell appearance before the Autumn shuts down the summer stone fruit until next year. There are still stands with heirloom tomatoes, including Eckerton, Stokes, S&SO, Norwich Meadows, and others. There are also a wide variety of beautiful peppers at Eckerton, Oak Grove, S&SO, Lani, Norwich, and others.

Shushan is back with hydroponic tomatoes and herbs. Lani has many unusual vegetables and Windfall has unique mini greens and edible flowers. Northshire, Cherry Lane, D'Attolico, and Gorzynsky are all here with excellent produce. D'Attolico and Hudson Valley also have tasty sprouts.

Buzzard Krest has luscious grapes and grape juices and Red Jacket has fruit flavored apple juices. Gorzynsky and Stokes have lovely lettuces and Violet Hill has chanterelles and other interesting mushrooms. Bulich also has excellent mushroom choices.

Quattro's has all kinds of poultry, including pheasants, ducks, and chickens, along with excellent chicken eggs. Violet Hill has pork cuts and sausages, Belle Rouge chickens, and other meats as well as various interesting eggs.

To see these and other produce and products: http://tinyurl.com/np4l7j6


Saturday, September 19, 2015 Berried Treasures, Stokes, Eckerton, Sycamore, Keith, and others have good looking heirloom tomatoes, but signs are increasing of their imminent departure. I'm planning to enjoy them as much as I can before they go. This is the last day for Oak Grove's peaches, but they too have good looking heirloom tomatoes.

Norwich has shelled shelling beans, beautiful peppers, fresh ginger, heirloom tomatoes, melons, greens, and brussels sprouts. Hoeffner also has brussels sprouts, tomatoes, melons, peppers, sweet corn, and plants. Caradonna and Locust Grove have plenty of stone fruit, berries, and grapes. Buzzard Krest is here with several kinds of grapes and grape juices and Red Jacket has many kinds of fruit flavored apple juices.

Sycamore, Hoeffner, Paffenroth, and Miglorelli have tasty corn. Mountain Sweet Berry and Cherry Lane have great sauce tomatoes. Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Star strawberries and shelled shelling beans. Ryder has summer and winter squashes and watermelons and Van Houten has watermelons, musk melons, peppers, corn, and other vegetables.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/nvob7oh


Friday, September 18, 2015 The recessional has quietly arrived at the Greenmarket with this being the last weekend for Toigo's peaches and the soon to be last raspberries at Norwich Meadows Farm.

The Fall season has arrived with gorgeous hot and sweet peppers at Oak Grove, Samascott, Campo Rosso, and other stands. If you are intending to prepare heirloom and other tomatoes for the freezer or canning, this is an excellent weekend for it, with gorgeous tomatoes at Berried Treasures, Toigo, Norwich, Miglorelli, and others.

Norwich has brussels sprouts on the stem and beautiful fresh local ginger. Lucky Dog has fennel, beautiful carrots, and greens. Oak Grove, Miglorelli, Van Houten, and many others have good looking summer and winter squashes, and there are huge seedless watermelons at Mischick. Bodhitree has taken the month off.

To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/onrjfm7


Saturday, September 12, 2015 Seatuck has crokers, porgies, shiners, blue crabs, and blowfish! PE&DD has cooked lobsters, fish salads, scallops, and several kinds of fresh fish! Berried Treasures is back on Saturdays with shelling beans, heirloom tomatoes, and other vegetables.

Tomato season is starting to show signs of fading, but there are still plenty of good ones to be had at Norwich Meadow, Stokes, Eckerton, Keith, Oak Grove, Berried Treasures, Mountain Sweet Berry, and many others. Hot peppers are moving into high gear, with big selections at Eckerton, Oak Grove, Stokes, S&SO, Norwich, and several others.

As beautiful grapes arrive at Buzzard Krest, Locust Grove, Fantasy Fruit, and others, and plums come into their own, peaches are about to fade. You can still find good ones at Caradonna, Oak Grove, Locust Grove, and a couple of others. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries and Phillips has blackberries and raspberries. Sycamore has big slurpy peaches and heirloom tomatoes.

If you make pesto for the freezer or freeze tomatoes for the winter, now's the time to do it. Mountain Sweet Berry, Berried Treasures, Eckerton, Keith, and Cherry Lane have excellent sauce tomatoes. Several stands have basil.

To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/pbshyzd


Saturday, September 5, 2015 Buzzard Krest grapes and grape juices are back! It's a great tomato and peach day, but the season is changing, so seize the day!

Oak Grove, Locust Grove, and others have delicious white and yellow peaches. In addition to those, Caradonna and others have nectarines and many kinds of plum. Pears and apples are coming into the mix, so enjoy the stone fruit while you may! Locust Grove and others have grapes, including Fantasy Fruit's champagne variety.

Norwich Meadows Farm, Stokes, Oak Grove, Eckerton,Keith, Cherry Lane, and others have great heirloom and other tomatoes. Oak Grove and Eckerton have fantastic varieties of hot and sweet pepper and S&SO has generous boxes of mixed hot peppers. Many stands have many varieties of eggplant, including Lani, S&SO, Miglorelli, D'Attolico, and others. Norwich Meadow and Lani have shelling beans and other beans and Van Houten, Oak Grove, S&SO and others have several kinds of melon, including watermelon and NY State canteloupe.

Paffenroth and Stokes have unique greens and herbs and most of the stands I've mentioned here have a wide variety of squashes and eggplants. I saw a couple of winter squash varieties this morning, a propos of the sneaking in of the Fall.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/o3zqjup


Friday, September 4, 2015 Toigo has peaches and nectarines in addition to several kinds of plum and tomato. Phillips has berries and Samascott has berries, peaches, and vegetables as well as apples.

Norwich Farm has strawberries, raspberries, all sizes of tomato (including gorgeous plum varieties and heirlooms as well as cherry tomatoes), shelling beans, two kinds of locally grown ginger, sweet and hot peppers, and melons.

Van Houten has lima beans, various melons, sweet peppers, and corn. Red Jacket has greengage plums. Oak Grove has white and yellow peaches, corn, heirloom tomatoes, melons, many kinds of pepper(hot and sweet) and eggplant, various flours and popping corn.

Berried Treasures has elderberries, raspberries, strawberries, many kinds of shelled shelling beans, haricots verts, heirloom tomatoes, several small potatoes, and cut herbs.

Toigo said that next week will probably be the last for their peaches.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/oy3r899


Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Silver Heights is here with a wide variety of plants for city gardening, including greens, vegetables, herbs, and other unique sets. Next Wednesday will be their last day in the Greenmarket ever, as the farmers are retiring!

Everything is tempting in the market today, with colorful displays all around the park. Along with the sad headline of our soon to be retired Silver Heights is the good news that Buzzard Krest will be back in the Greenmarket with luscious grapes and grape juices (maybe this coming Saturday!!!).

Stokes Farm, Eckerton, Oak Grove, Berried Treasures, and others have glorious collections of heirloom tomatoes in many sizes. Eckerton and Oak Grove have many small and large hot and sweet peppers and several other farms have smaller collections of delicious varieties.

Bulich has beautiful portabello and other fresh mushrooms and Madura has several kinds as well. Paffenroth has several unique vegetables, including puntarella, purslane, various mustard greens and kales, carrots, herbs, unusual shallots, daikon, and much, much more.

Bodhitree, Van Houten, Oak Grove, Kernan, and others have good looking melons, and Oak Grove, Caradonna, Terhune, and others have yellow and white peaches and plums. Grapes are here at Fantasy Fruit, Locust Grove, and Caradonna, signalling Fall, despite the 90 degree weather!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/nshrkeg

The main thing is -- get out there as early as possible. This will be a scorcher!


Monday, August 31, 2015 There are many beautiful vegetables, fruits, and other items in the Monday Greenmarket, including Roaming Acres bison, PE&DD seafood, lavender, delicious baked goods at Las Delicias, breads at She Wolf, and flowers at Dutchmill and River Garden.

Better get out there and shop now, if you can. It's already 79 degrees and getting humid! I'm glad I had the foresight to stock up on gazpacho ingredients over the weekend!

Norwich Meadows has beautiful heirloom tomatoes, fresh local ginger, several kinds of shelling beans, okras, peppers, eggplants, strawberries, raspberries, squashes, and masses of melons!

Race is here with tasty peaches and other stone fruit in addition to many fresh vegetables. Phillips has raspberries, blackberries, peaches, and other fruits in addition to melons, onions, potatoes, squashes, beans, greens, and other produce.

Madura has mushrooms and popcorn in addition to various vegetables. Truncillito has peaches, blue plums, and other fruit.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/p4e9wp4


Saturday, August 29, 2015 Paradise for hot pepper fans as Oak Grove, Eckerton, and S&SO bring wide unique selections to the market today. Others with interesting varieties include Stokes and Norwich Farms.

Other stands have smaller selections of excellent hot and sweet peppers.

It's still Peach and Plum fest at Locust Grove, Miglorelli, Caradonna, and others. Norwich has the widest variety of shelling beans and Oak Grove, Norwich, Miglorelli, Cherry Lane, and others have many kinds of eggplant and squash. There are still several interesting kinds of heirloom tomato at Eckerton, Cherry Lane, Sycamore, Oak Grove, Stokes, Keith, and others. Mountain Sweet Berry, D'Attolico, Eckerton, and Cherry Lane, among others, also have great sauce tomatoes.

There are several stands with generous bunches of cut herbs, including Stokes, S&SO, Keith, Eckerton, and Sycamore.

To see these and many other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/q3lh4km


Friday, August 28, 2015 Peaches, nectarines, squashes, melons, blackberries, corn, peppers hot and sweet, heirloom and other tomatoes, all kinds of eggplants!

Berried Treasures has many kinds of shelling beans -- shell them now, freeze them, and you'll have them all winter! Eckerton, Cherry Lane, Stokes, Mountain Sweet Berry, and others have gorgeous San Marzano and other sauce tomatoes for canning and freezing. Do it now while they're still at peak!

Bodhitree has many kinds of bean, squash, eggplant, cut herbs, and greens. S&SO and Oak Grove have tomatillos, S&SO has artichokes, and Stokes and Oak Grove have husk "cherries".

Van Houten has huge fragrant musk melons and watermelons. Oak Grove, Bodhitree, and others have various melons, including Mountain Sweet Berry with succulent Charentais melons.

To see these and other beautiful produce, breads, pastries, meats and fish: http://tinyurl.com/nwqqetr


Saturday, August 22, 2015 Ravioli made with Tonjes ricotta, Ardith Mae's delicious goat cheeses, Three Corner Field Farm's tasty sheep cheeses, Cato Corner's wonderful cow's milk cheeses! We're lucky to have these fresh unique options.

There are gorgeous heirloom tomatoes everywhere today, including Sycamore, Stokes, Norwich Meadows, Lani, Eckerton, and others. Oak Grove and Eckerton have many of their excellent hot and sweet peppers and many stands have a variety of eggplants, including fairy tale (tiny purple striped), and summer squashes. Several stands have good looking shelling beans, including Norwich, Lani, Tamarack, and Stokes.

Oak Grove has white and yellow peaches, heirloom tomatoes, squashes, and eggplants along with corn and melons. Van Houten has watermelons, sweet peppers, corn, and other produce.

Seatuck has beautiful fish, including bluefish, shiners, and shellfish. PE&DD has cooked lobsters, various fish salads, lovely fresh fish and shellfish. Violet Hill has poultry, bacon, lamb cuts, and various chicken eggs along with foraged vegetables and mushrooms. Quattro's has turkey and chicken eggs, pheasants, ducks, chickens, and other poultry, as well as smoked poultry.

Stokes, Lani, S&SO, and others have cut herbs, and Oak Grove, Binder, and others have potted herbs.

To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/nut3z28


Friday, August 21, 2015 Blue plums, grapes, a chill in the morning air. One more week for Toigo's delicious peaches. Sad to say, I know what's coming. So...carpe diem! Seize the beautiful peaches, plums, nectarines, heirloom tomatoes, shelling beans, eggplants, squashes, while ye may! Summer melons, too!

Toigo , Samascott, and Oak Grove, among others, have slurpy delicious peaches today. Toigo also has nectarines and many kinds of plum. I found two perfect Aunt Ruby heirloom tomatoes among a selection of good looking heirlooms at Sycamore, a couple of excellent cucumbers at Norwich, and beautiful hot peppers at Oak Grove. Gazpacho! Berried Treasures and Norwich have beautiful string beans and shelling beans -- a friend I met in the market is making succatash with Berried Treasures haricots verts and corn from Miglorelli.

I picked up some classic blue plums from Toigo and am planning to make a plum cake. I'll be having peaches from Oak Grove and blueberries from Samascott with Old Chatham vanilla bean yogurt for breakfast today. Bodhitree and Norwich have tasty melons today, so I may have them for dessert tomorrow. I have prosciutto from Eatily to eat on the Cavaillon (Charentais, they call it at Norwich) minimelon.

There is wonderful fresh fish at Pura Vida, fresh young greens at Campo Rosso, prizewinning cheese at Consider Bardwell, sweet gelato at Ole Mother Hubbert, and gorgeous produce everywhere in the market today.

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/nv8vkck


Monday, August 17, 2015 Norwich Meadows has bargain eggplants, peppers, and heirloom tomatoes for $2 a pound. They looked perfectly fine to me -- good for gazpacho, for instance.

Old Mother Hubbert has several kinds of gelato and many farmers, including Lani, Phillips, and others, have good looking melons of all kinds. Red Jacket has their delicious fruit juices and many kinds of peach and plum, and Troncillito has donut peaches, regular yellow and white peaches, and plums. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries and Tri-Star strawberries, and Race has several kinds of stone fruit as well as vegetables and good looking boxes of mixed peppers. Eckerton has several sizes of heirloom tomato as well as many kinds of hot peppers.

Lani has several types of basil and other cut herbs as well as eggplants, heirloom tomatoes, squashes, long beans, and several unique greens. Norwich has many varieties of shelling bean, string bean, and melons, along with baby artichokes, tomatillos, and other interesting produce. Madura has various mushrooms and Blue Oyster has interesting new varieties of oyster mushroom, including pink!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/ofmurrx


Saturday, August 15, 2015 Last day for Phillips blueberries! Last day for Durr's beautiful lycianthus! Grapes at Caradonna and Locust Grove (first sign of Autumn's approach).

Gorgeous peak heirloom tomatoes at Eckerton, Stokes, Oak Grove, Lani and others. Oak Grove and Eckerton have wide varieties of hot peppers and Stokes, Gorzynski, S&SO and others have delicious fresh cut herbs.

Seatuck and PE&DD have beautiful fresh fish and seafood, Quattro's and Violet Hill have wonderful poultry, and Flying Pig has tasty pork cuts, roasts, and sausages.

Violet Hill has good looking foraged mushrooms and greens as well as rabbits, Belle Rouge chickens, pork products, eggs, and honey. Quattro's has smoked poultry, pheasants, ducks and duck parts, and duck, chicken, and other eggs.

Oak Grove, Caradonna, and others have delicious white and yellow peaches, and Caradonna, Phillips, Fantasy Fruit, Hodgsons, and others have berries. Norwich Meadows has raspberries, strawberries, many kinds of string bean, many kinds of shelling beans, eggplants, peppers, heirloom tomatoes, and greens. They also have several kinds of melon. Van Houten also has melons as well as other produce, and Cherry Lane has melons, fairytale and other eggplants, and corn.

Lani has shelling beans, unique greens, herbs, and heirloom tomatoes. Mountain Sweet Berry has heirloom sauce tomatoes, Tri-Star strawberries, sucrine lettuces, and cut herbs as well as small potatoes.

You can't miss today in the market, but go as wearly as you can. It's already a little toasty out there!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/oezc2jo


Friday, August 14, 2015 Heirloom tomato and peach fests continue! Toigo, Oak Grove, Samascot, Sycamore, and others have delicious varieties of both.

This is the last of Toigo's yellow donut peaches. Norwich and Bodhitree have several kinds of ripe and ready melons. Oak Grove, Norwich Meadows, Miglorelli, Bodhitree, and others have delicious looking squashes and a wide choice of shelling and string beans.Sycamore, Van Houten, Miglorelli, and others have corn. Berried Treasures has Tri-Star strawberries and red currants. Norwich has field strawberries and raspberries and Samascot has blueberries and strawberries.

B&Y has ducks, rabbits, Cornish game hens, and French "poulet rouge" hens. Pura Vida is here with fresh fish and shellfish.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/q3wu7lq


Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Heirloom Tomato Fest! Aunt Rubys at Stokes, Paul Robesons at Keith's, San Marzanos at Cherry Lane, and many beautiful varieties all around the Greenmarket!

Eckerton has many varieties of cherry tomato and small tomatoes as well as their usual array of choice heirloom and other tomatoes, including San Marzano, Amish Paste, and other sauce tomatoes. Bodhitree also has many heirloom varieties as does Oak Grove. Oak Grove also has a large range of hot and sweet peppers. S&SO has their great bargain mixed boxes of small hot peppers.

Eggplant is also widely available, with fairytale, white, striped, deep purple, Japanese, and other kinds on many stands. There are also good looking squashes and melons of all kinds all around the market. There are also interesting beans, including rattlesnake beans at Berried Treasures and curly green and yellow beans at Mountain Sweet Berry.

Many kinds of cut herbs are available at Stokes, Berried Treasures, and other stands, including chervil, sorrel, and various mints. Herbs in pots are here at Oak Grove and Silver Heights, and Silver Heights has several kinds of potted greens, including arugula and other bitter greens, and lush looking potted lettuces.

Oak Grove and Caradonna have white and yellow peaches and Caradonna and others have nectarines. Locust Grove has peaches and plums as well as berries and currants (the white ones are going fast), and Fantasy Fruit has strawberries and blueberries. Phillips has blackberries and raspberries.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/npn5psg


Monday, August 10, 2015 Norwich Meadows has a huge selection of shelling beans, string beans, peppers, heirloom tomatoes, squashes, and melons. Lani also has many kinds of bean, heirloom tomato, herbs, greens, and peppers.

In fact, many stands have good-looking heirloom tomatoes, peppers, and squashes. Eckerton, for instance, has a wide variety of hot peppers, large heirloom tomatoes, and other sizes of tomato down to tiny! (By the way, I heard a rumor that this is Tim Stark's twentieth year! He's been growing beautiful produce for a long time.) Blue Oyster is here with pink oyster mushrooms and several other kinds, and Madura has porcini and other mushrooms as well.

Red Jacket has several tasty varieties of plum, as do Truncillito and others. Several stands have yellow and red donut peaches, nectarines, and peaches. Phillips has peaches and berries. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries and Tri-Star strawberries. Norwich has red and yellow raspberries.

Dutchmill has gorgeous gladiolas, sunflowers, and other flowers and River Garden has dahlias and other flowers.

She Wolf Bakery is here with sourdough, spelt, and miche-style breads.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/pgmmru3


Saturday, August 8, 2015 Husk tomatoes(aka husk cherries) at Stokes, Oak Grove, and Lani. Chantarelles, milkweed pods, and other foraged greens at Violet Hill. Succulent melons at Norwich Farms, Hoeffner, Oak Grove, and others.

White and yellow peaches at Oak Grove, Caradonna, Locust Grove, and others, along with many kinds of sweet plums. Hodgsons has blueberries and Phillips has blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries and Tri-Star strawberries and Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Stars along with their unique greens herbs, and European small potatoes. Stokes, Eckerton, Lani, Oak Grove, Sycamore, and others have delicious heirloom tomatoes. Oak Grove has the first "peach" tomatoes I've seen in years.

Sycamore, Oak Grove, Miglorelli, Paffenroth, Cherry Lane, Hoeffner, and others have fragrant fresh sweet corn. Cherry Lane, Oak Grove, Stokes, and others have sweet and hot peppers. D'Attolico has beautiful squashes and cherry tomatoes.

Norwich Meadows has a wide selection of shelling beans this week, along with various peppers, greens, and heirloom tomatoes, and artichokes. Northshire also has artichokes, along with other greens and eggs. Eckerton has several heirloom and other varieties of sauce tomatoes and has stared bringing in their excellent hot peppers.

Seatuck has beautiful fresh fish and shellfish and PE&DD has cooked lobsters, fish salads and dips, and tasty fresh fish and shellfish as well. Roaming Acres is here with various meats and ostrich eggs and Quattro's has turkey eggs, large and small chickens and chicken parts, pheasants, smoked poultry, and other poultry, as well as their excellent chicken eggs.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/qaspndk


Friday, August 7, 2015 Consider Bardwell has three prizewinning cheeses this year! Campo Rosso and Bohitree have Aunt Ruby and other heirloom tomatoes and Norwich Meadows has several tasty heirloom tomato varieties.

Other stands also have good looking heirloom tomatoes. Norwich Meadow has several kinds of shelling beans and favas, as does Berried Treasures. Phillips, Norwich, Samascott, and others have raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, and red currants. Toigo has white and yellow peaches, nectarines, donut peaches, several kinds of plums, as well as tomatoes. Berried Treasures has Tri-stars.

B&Y has Cornish game hens and Lucky Dog has guinea hens. B&Y also has beautiful knitting wools and delicious lamb cuts. Pura Vida has fresh fish and Roaming Acres has several kinds of meat and meat products.

To see these and other stands and produce:http://tinyurl.com/nl9nn3b


Monday, August 3, 2015 Consider Bardwell has pork cuts in addition to their delicious cheeses this week. Red Jacket has their summer season sweet cherry stomp. Norwich has a wide array of melons and Phillips has beautiful plump blueberries along with red currants and blackberries.

Sun has chickens and chicken parts. Roaming Acres has bison meat and ostrich eggs. Las Delicias has great looking fruit tarts, muffins, and other pastries. Lani has long beans, heirloom tomatoes and various squashes. PE&DD has fresh fish and seafood. (I saw a lobster at the stand, so I'd guess they have more in a cooler.)

Several stands have corn, heirloom tomatoes, greens, lettuces, peppers both hot and sweet, cucumbers, and cut herbs. Red Apple, Truncillito, and others have sweet plums and peaches.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/pe7w7dv


Saturday, August 1, 2015 Norwich Meadows Farms has a new string bean -- beautiful and flavorful. Mountain Sweet Berry has green and yellow curly Italian beans!

I shopped for the New York Times gazpacho recipe at Stokes (for tomatoes and cucumbers), Oak Grove (for Anaheim peppers), Norwich Meadows Farm (for onions), and also stopped at D'Attolico for their fresh chickpea hummus. Norwich had good-looking favas today and Sycamore has tasty tomatoes, cucumbers, and corn. Cherry Lane has fairytale and other eggplants as well as heirloom tomatoes, corn peppers, and San Marzano sauce tomatoes. Eckerton has many kinds of heirloom tomato, including mixed boxes of cherry tomatoes as well as larger heirlooms. Oak Grove has both cherry and large heirlooms, too.

Locust Grove has all kinds of berries and stone fruit, including red currants. Phillips has blueberries and blackberries and Fantasy Fruit has Tri-Star strawberries. Mountain Sweet Berry has a line waiting for their Tri-Stars as well as their sucrine lettuces and other unique greens. Windfall Farms has several unique berries, tiny lettuces and other greens, and edible flowers.

To see these and other stands and produce:http://tinyurl.com/ocrglhc


Friday, July 31, 2015 Delicious gelato at Mother Hubbert, white and yellow donut peaches at Toigo, last of Samascott's sour cherries!

Norwich has many kinds of shelling beans, including fresh flageolets, as well as tasty heirloom tomatoes, tomatillos, peppers, greens, and melons, raspberries (white, red and black), and other fresh produce. Oak Grove has beautiful heirloom tomatoes, many delicious hot and sweet peppers, and several kinds of squashes and eggplants. Sycamore also has excellent heirloom tomatoes, fresh corn, cucumbers, field tomatoes, and peaches.

Beth's Farm Kitchen has a spicy barbecue sauce as well as various ketchups and other condiments. They also have knockout raspberry, strawberry rhubarb, and other luscious preserves.

Pura Vida has gorgeous fresh fish and seafood and Flying Pig has sausages, bacons, and pork cuts. B&Y has mutton sausages, ground mutton, and other lamb products, including temptingly rich colors of knitting wool.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/nncherd


Wednesday, July 29, 2015 The cast of stands here today is pretty much the same as last Wednesday. The heat has gotten me, so I breezed through and didn't take pictures.

New in the market -- Eckerton and Stokes have heirloom cherry tomatoes. Everything else is a replay of last week, but with more of all produce.

To see who's here today: http://unsqgreenmarket.grownyc.org/overview

It was already 80 degrees around 9AM, so stay cool, but do check out the gorgeous produce now if you can!


Saturday, July 25,2015 Plums, peaches, nectarines, berries, watermelons and other melons, and apricots at many stands. Heirloom tomatoes at Stokes, Eckerton, Cherry Lane, and others.

Gorgeous lettuces at Gorzynsky, S&SO, and many other stands. Beautiful squashes of all kinds at S&SO, Norwich Meadows, Lani, and other stands.

James Durr has lovely lycianthus, and many other flowers and Rose Meadow has snapdragons and other flowers.

Violet Hill has foraged wild vegetables, two kinds of chantarelle, rabbits, Belle Rouge chickens, and eggs. Quattro's has terrific looking Cornish game hens. smoked poultry, sausages, and pheasants.

Hoeffner has tasty yellow corn, rhubarb, peppers and other vegetables and plants. Sycamore has peaches, heirloom tomatoes, sweet corn, basil, field tomatoes, cucumbers, and other produce.

Seatuck has many kinds of fresh fish and shellfish and PE&DD has fresh fish, cooked lobsters, and shellfish as well as salads.


Friday, July 24,2015 Samascott has blueberries and sour cherries. Berried Treasures has red raspberries, wild blueberries, and Tri-Star strawberries. Norwich has various melons. Red Jacket has apricots and many kinds of fruit flavored apple juice.

Dutchmill has beautiful gladiolas, lycianthus, sunflowers, and other flowers. Consider Bardwell is here with delicious cheeses.

To see a list of who's here and who's not:

http://unsqgreenmarket.grownyc.org/overview


Wednesday, July 22,2015 Eckerton has heirlooms, greens, gherkins, and herbs. Two Guys has chanterelles. Mountain Sweet Berry has wild blueberries and Tri-Star strawberries as well as baby French leeks, baby arugula, sucrine lettuce, and herbs. Berried Treasures has raspberries, strawberries, wild blueberries, shelling peas, and herbs. Oak Grove has white and yellow peaches and heirloom tomatoes along with a wide variety of hot and sweet peppers.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/pazu5ho


Saturday, July 18,,2015 Phillips and others have gooseberries and Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Star strawberries. Caradonna has berries, peaches, and plums, and Sycamore, Oak Grove, Locust Grove, and others have peaches.

Paffenroth, S&SO, and Miglorelli have wide varieties of produce. Check out S&SO's great boxes of peppers and eggplants. Norwich Meadow has tasty unique greens, squashes, and melons. Lani has bok choi, black beans, szechuan peppers, many kinds of beans, and other interesting vegetables.

Cherry Lane has beautiful fairytale eggplants, okra, beans and corn. Sycamore has corn, cucumbers,basil, and beans.

Seatuck has steamers, other clams, squid, tuna, shark, and other fresh fish. PE&DD has cooked lobsters, conque, clams, and fresh fish and fish salads.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/nd6lyna


Friday, July 17,2015 Black, golden, and red raspberries at Norwich, blueberries at Samascott, Phillips, and others. Wild blueberries, Tri-stars, and blackberries at Berried Treasures, red and white currants at Phillips.

Fava beans at Sycamore, Bodhitree, and Norwich. Mini squashes at Norwich. MELONS at Norwich and Bodhitree!!!!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/ox7ueh5


Wednesday, July 15 2015 Phillips has gooseberries, currants, blueberries, strawberries,and raspberries, and Locust Grove has those as well as peaches and plums.Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures have sweet Tri-star strawberries.

Field grown heirloom tomatoes have appeared at Eckerton, Bodhitree, Oak Grove, Stokes, and Cherry Lane. Stokes and Oak Grove have delicious cherry tomatoes as well. Eckerton and S&SO have beautiful lettuces and other greens and Paffenroth has several unusual greens including puntarelle and garlic tops.

Mountain Sweet Berry has ramp flowers -- tiny, hot, and tasty!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/qx84d2c


Monday,July 13, 2015 Black currants at Fantasy Fruit, gooseberries,apricots and peaches at several stands along with white and red cherries.

PE&DD have fresh fish and shellfish. Roaming Acres has several kinds of meat. Miglorelli, Phillips, and others are here with a wide variety of produce, and Lani has callaloo, bok choi, heirloom tomatoes, beans, several kinds of onions, and crisp salad greens.

To see who's here today and what they're brought: http://tinyurl.com/nvewbzw


Saturday, July 11, 2015 Zucchini blossoms also at Windfall, along with other beautiful edible flowers, mini greens, and other greens. Mountain Sweet Berry has beautiful Tri-star strawberries, and Phillips has other varieties.

Heirloom tomatoes at Eckerton, Cherry Lane, and S&SO. Sycamore, Stokes, and others have field tomatoes, and S&SO has their generous pepper boxes. Gorzynski has gorgeous lettuces as well as other greens and berries.

Norwich Meadows and others have many kinds of squashes, beans, and onions.

I'm early so that I can watch the tennis at Wimbledon (Serena!), so I hope you enjoy these and other vegetables and fruits and I'll see ya next week!

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/p925bfu


Friday, July 10, 2015 Check out Tweefontain herb farm's new look and new team! Try black raspberries from Norwich, Berried Treasures, or Samascott. Sycamore's CORN is finally here!

Toigo's yellow and white peaches, plums, cherries, sour cherries, and various tomato varieties are here. Berried Treasures and Norwich Meadows have delicious strawberries and Norwich's yellow and red raspberries are fresh and sweet.

Bodhitree has a wide variety of heirloom tomatoes, cut herbs, squashes, beans, and greens. Norwich, Sycamore, Bodhitree and Berried Treasures have favas.

Miglorelli has shelling peas as well as white and red cherries. Treelicious has blueberries and sweet and sour cherries. Van Houten has corn, squashes, and string beans.

B&Y has many good looking lamb cuts, including ribs, as well as cornish hens.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/os92sy5


Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Berries, cherries, and corn!

Gooseberries, blueberries, raspberries, red currants -- all available at Locust Grove and Phillips. Locust also has red and white cherries. Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Star strawberries.

Berried Treasures has shelling peas, garlic scapes, watercress, small potatoes, and cut herbs. Stokes has cherry tomatoes, field tomatoes both red and yellow, cucumbers, big bunches of cut herbs including sorrel, and other greens. Cherry Lane has heirloom tomatoes, beefsteak tomatoes, okra, cucumbers, and peas.

Stone fruit is coming in! Corn is here at a couple of stands and Sycamore has tomatoes, basil, and other delicious produce. The first plums are here at Locust Grove.

To see who's here and what produce they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/p2bl4mc


Monday, July 6, 2015 Black raspberries at Norwich (at 17th & Park), Gladiolas at Dutchmill, heirloom tomatoes at Lani, CORN at Race and Phillips!

Dutchmill also has beautiful lycianthus. PE&DD has gorgeous fresh fish and seafood, Hudson Valley Duck has all kinds of duck products, and Old Mother Hubbard has chicken as well as chocolate and regular milk and GELATO!

Sweet white and red cherries, along with sour pie cherries, at Race, Red Jacket, and Truncillito.

Galettes and gluten-free cookies at Las Delicias.

Consider Bardwell has veal and other meat and unique cheeses.

To see these and other stands here today: http://tinyurl.com/nrezgwv


Saturday, July 4, 2015 Happy Fourth! Several farmers have taken the day off, but many more are here.

To see who's here today: http://tinyurl.com/ovnd9k9

To see Greenmarket's In and Out lists: http://unsqgreenmarket.grownyc.org/overview

Check out the strawberry jam demo by Beth of Beth's Farm Kitchen at 1PM near the Gandhi statue on the Southwest corner of the market.

Chanterelles and trompettes de morte at Violet Hill, along with rabbits, chickens, pork, eggs, and many interesting foraged greens.

Cooked lobsters, fish salads, conch and other shellfish at PE&DD.

Organic vegetables at Norwich Meadows, Gorzynski , Lani, and others and many beautiful offerings (lettuces, beans, all kinds of squashes, snow peas, etc.) at Stokes, Paffenroth, Miglorelli, S&SO.

Cherry Lane and Eckerton have heirloom tomatoes and Stokes and Eckerton have delicious cherry tomatoes.

Last chance to get Sycamore's delicious strawberries!!! Ask at their stand about the special dinner on the farm on July 13 prepared by Chef Luigi of Hearth! Sycamore Farms 1887 Rt. 211 East Middletown, NY 10941 (845-341-1224)


Friday, July 3, 2015 Phillips, Samascott, Toigo, Norwich, Treelicious, all have berries. Toigo also has peaches, cherries, and tomatoes.

Bodhitree has heirloom tomatoes, beautiful squashes, and other great greens and cut herbs. Norwich has many kinds of bean and types of peas(sugar snaps, shelling peas, purple and yellow peas) along with a huge selection of unique produce. Campo Rosso has various types of basil, fresh young garlic, and lemon verbena, along with other greens. Berried Treasures has many varieties of tiny potato, along with shelling peas, sugar snaps, watercress, and other greens.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/oplds4e


Wednesday, July 1, 2015 Bodhitree has the first of their field heirloom tomatoes! Caradonna, Terhune, Breezy Hill and others have black and yellow cherries. Locust Grove and Phillips have GOOSEBERRIES!

Black and red raspberries, blueberries, strawberries at Caradonna and Phillips. Beautiful lettuces at Paffenroth, Eckerton, S&SO, and others. Summer squashes and others at Bodhitree, Oak Grove, Paffenroth and others. Paffenroth has some unusual greens, including mizuna and purslane. They also have beautiful multi-colored carrots and several kinds of beet. Several stands including Berried Treasures, Mountain Sweet Berry, and Miglorelli have shelling peas and sugar snaps.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/oxcuaf6


Saturday, June 27, 2015 Sweet Sungold cherry tomatoes at Eckerton, along with a few of their first heirloom tomatoes.

Good looking favas at many stands, including Norwich Meadows. Beautiful squashes there also. Delicious lettuces at Gorzynski, Eckerton, Lani, Stokes,Keith, and others. Several kinds of cucumber at Cherry Lane, Norwich, and others. Check out D'Attilico for greens, sprouts, and other produce.

Blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and red currants at Phillips. Eckerton has black raspberries and Locust Grove has raspberries, black cherries, and other berries. Mountain Sweet Berry has lovely Tri-Star strawberries and Sycamore has their excellent larger variety. Caradonna has many kinds of berries and cherries.

PE&DD had many cooked lobsters along with their wide range of fish, seafood, and salads, and Seatuck has beautiful fresh fish, razor clams, and other seafood.

Violet Hill has many kinds of foraged greens along with their Belle Rouge chickens. They also have pork cuts, chicken parts, honeys and other goodies. Northshire has eggs and greens.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/nc9htdn


Friday, June 26, 2015 PEACHES and APRICOTS at Toigo! Cherries at Toigo, Samascott, and others.

Sweet cherry tomatoes at Stokes, along with generous bunches of cut herbs, garlic scapes, and other beautiful greens. Norwich has beans, greens, favas, and more. Samascott has weet and sour cherries as well as yellow cherries.

Pura Vida has several kinds of very fresh fish and Flying Pig has all sorts of pork products including roasting cuts, bacon, and sausages. Lucky Dog has goat milk and chevre in addtion to vegetables.

BULLETIN -- Union Square Seafood Fest Today:

http://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/events


Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Delicious asparagus at Hoeffner is going fast. Several stands have rhubarb and strawberries. Phillips has plump, sweet blueberries.

Locust Grove, Terhune, and others have sweet cherries. Bodhitree has many kinds of bean and Eckerton, Bodhitree, and Sycamore have good-looking fava beans. Several stands including Paffenroth, Cherry Lane, and Miglorelli have sugar snaps and English shelling peas. Caradonna has red and yellow cherries, several kinds of berry.

Mountain Sweet Berry, Terhune, and Berried Treasures have Tri-Star and other strawberries. Berried Treasures also has herbs, small potatoes, and peonies (Friday will be the last day for peonies from BT.). Bulich has several varieties of mushroom and offers $5 grab and grow bags to make life easier.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/ou5nat5

To see information about Friday, June 26: Seafood Fest in Union Square:http://tinyurl.com/q3tdawd


Monday, June 22, 2015 Blueberries, raspberries, strawberries at Phillips, Race, Red Jacket, and cherries at Truncillo, Race, and others.

Fava beans at Norwich Meadows, Phillips, and Lani. Fresh and lush lettuces at Norwich, Phillips, Lani, and others. Many kinds of mushroom at Madura. Sugar snaps at Norwich and Lani.

Beautiful fresh fish at PE&DD. Bison, pork, and ostrich at Roaming Acres and Beef at Sunraised Beef. Duck and duck products at Hudson Valley Duck.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/nu6rfj6

To see information about Friday, June 26: Seafood Fest in Union Square:http://tinyurl.com/q3tdawd


Saturday, June 20, 2015 Ryder is back with beautiful vegetables. Fantasy Fruit is back with tasty Tri Star strawberries and honey! Norwich and Eckerton have gorgeous fresh fava beans and Lani has amaranth.

Stokes and Cherry Lane have delicious looking greenhouse heirloom tomatoes and Sycamore and others have excellent greenhouse red tomatoes as well.

Seatuck has fresh herrings, scallops, oysters, and many kinds of fish, and PE&DD has steamed lobsters as well as clams, and unique fish and shellfish.

Locust Grove has good looking cherries, raspberries, red currants, and other fruit. Phillips has strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and red currants. Hoeffner has rhubarb and asparagus.

Cherry Lane, Miglorelli, Norwich Meadows, and others have sugar snaps, shelling peas, summer squashes, zucchini, and lush lettuces.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/oajetvv


Wednesday, June 17, 2015 Strawberries, large and small! CHERRIES! Greenhouse heirloom tomatoes! STRING BEANS! Sugar snap peas and English shelling peas!

Young garlic and onions at Keith and Stokes. Beautiful salad greens at Eckerton, S&SO, Miglorelli and others. Paffenroth, Sycamore, and others have zucchini and summer squash, and many stands have cut herbs, including Paffenroth, Bodhitree, Stokes, Keith and Berried Treasures. Strawberries: Berried Treasures, Stokes, Phillips, Kernan, Mountain Sweet Berry, and Sycamore, among others. Locust Grove has strawberries, cherries, and had red currants when I went by. Caradonna has all of those and blueberries.

Asparagus, sugar snaps, and English shelling peas are at Cherry Lane, along with greenhouse heirloom tomatoes.

Hodgson and Berried Treasures have peonies and Rose Meadow has many kinds of flowers. Dutchmill has sweet peas, lilies, and other flowers.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/ozp9c6x


Monday, June 15, 2015 BULLETIN!! NORWICH MEADOWS HAS MOVED TO THE 17TH STREET END OF THE MONDAY GREENMARKET! I'm running today but wanted to show you who's here today:

http://tinyurl.com/oybe3er


Saturday, June 13, 2015 Cherries at Sycamore and Locust Grove. Strawberries at Stokes, Sycamore, Miglorelli, Eckerton, Lani, Mountain Sweet Berry and others. Sugar snaps, English shelling peas, and snow peas at Cherry Lane, Garlic scapes and young garlic at Keith, Stokes, and many other stands today.

I'm planning a pasta primavera for dinner! Strawberries for dessert, with a few of the first cherries just for the heck of it.

The greenmarket is beautifully colorful and the offerings are lush. There are several stands with many kinds of salad greens, including Lani, S&SO, Eckerton, Paffenroth, Norwich, and many others. Stokes has sweet cherry tomatoes and greenhouse heirloom tomatoes. Cherry Lane has tasty greenhouse heirlooms, salad greens, and cucumbers. Violet Hill and Bulich have many kinds of mushroom and Windfall has many varieties of minigreens and edible flowers.

To see these and other stands and offerings: http://tinyurl.com/pxjxy98


Friday, June 12, 2015 Toigo has strawberries and CHERRIES. Samascott, Stokes, and others have strawberries and asparagus.

Stokes and Norwich have young garlic, garlic scapes, beautiful salad greens,and cut herbs. Bodhitree has three varieties of string bean. Camp Rosso has FAVA BEANS! Stokes has amazingly sweet cherry tomatoes and Berried Treasures has tiny strawberries and potatoes as well as cress, herbs, and stunning peonies. Miglorelli has sugar snaps and English shelling peas. Samascott and others have rhubarb.

Pura Vida has many kinds of delicious fresh fish and seafood. Lucky Dog has guinea hens and goats milk. Roaming Acres has several kinds of meat and Consider Bardwell has veal cuts and cheeses. B&Y has tasty lamb cuts and Cornish game hens as well as gorgeous wool.

This is peak strawberry season and they and asparagus seem to be everywhere -- but the season is nearly over for some local areas, so Carpe Diem!!!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/ooc2vna


Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Cherries! made a brief appearance but were mostly gone by 9:00.

There are a few different varieties of strawberry here today at Phillips, Berried Treasures, Sycamore,Mountain Sweet Berry, Caradonna, Bodhitree, and others.

Asparagus is available at many stands including Stokes, Kernan, Hoeffner, and others. Cherry Lane has asparagus, heirloom and other tomatoes, sugar snaps, English shelling peas, and strawberries.

Stokes and others have young garlic and garlic scapes. Keith's Farm has green garlic, and young onions. Beautiful lettuces and other salad greens are on many stands and generous bunches of cut herbs can be found at S&SO and Stokes. Windfall has a wide selection of mini-greens and edible flowers.

Dutchmill's peony season is over but Hodgson and Berried Treasures have beautiful ones. Rose Meadow has a variety of lovely flowers as well.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/odqa6kr


Saturday, June 6, 2015 English shelling peas are so popular today that they're almost all gone! There are plenty of good sugar snap peas at Cherry Lane, Eckerton, and Miglorelli.

A novelty at Lani -- fresh Szechuan peppers! Delicious cherry tomatoes at Stokes, along with strawberries, rhubarb, tomatoes, asparagus, beets, herbs, and beautiful greens. Keith is here with rocambole garlic, red and yellow young onions, cut herbs, potatoes, and other tasty organic vegetables. Gorzynski has lovely lettuces and other greens as well as rhubarb.

Quattro's has duck , turkey, pheasant, and chicken eggs, as well as chicken and chicken parts, sausages, smoked poultry, and duck parts. Seatuck and PE&DD have beautiful fish and shellfish.

Hodgson has peonies, I Fiori has lovely lilies and hyacinths, and Rose Meadow and James Durr have many varieties of beautiful flowers.

Violet Hill and Locust Grove were not here when I went through the market.

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/oer9u6g


Friday, June 5, 2015 Campo Rosso has lovely lettuces and other greens. Stokes, Bodhitree, Samascott, Phillips, and others have beautiful strawberries.

Stokes, Samascott, Madura, Miglorelli, and others have asparagus, and Samascott has good-looking rhubarb. Several stands have young onions and garlic, and Windfall, Two Guys, Bodhitree, and Lucky Dog have cut herbs. Berried Treasures has cress and other greens and herbs as well as tiny potatoes. Pura Vida has tasty looking fresh fish and shellfish.

Dutchmill, Berried Treasures, and Rose Meadow have beautiful flowers, including peonies, anemones, lilies, and lupins.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/pg9d8ov


Wednesday, June 3, 2015 Strawberries at Sycamore, Stokes, Mountain Sweet Berry, Bodhitree, and Phillips. Asparagus at many stands, including Stokes, Cherry Lane, S&SO, Miglorelli, and Kernan. SUGAR SNAPS at Eckerton, Miglorelli, and Cherry Lane

Keith has beautiful young garlic, red and yellow onions, and other Spring arrivals. S&SO has good-looking shallots, lettuces, tomatoes, and other vegetables. Mountain Sweet Berry has lovely looking chives, wild baby arugula, and delicious tiny potatoes. Berried Treasures also has many kinds of small potatoes, young garlic, chamomile, and lupins(!). To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/nwze7vy

(Sorry I'm so late today, but the market was a schmoozathon, with many chefs, farms, and others returning with the return of delicious Spring produce.)


Saturday, May 30, 2015 Sycamore is back!!! with the first of their delicious strawberries. Stokes, Cherry Lane, Eckerton, Phillips, and others also have good looking strawberries.

Stokes, Cherry Lane, Hoeffner, and others have asparagus, and Gorzynski, Hoeffner, Locust Grove, and others have rhubarb.

Stokes and Cherry Lane have hothouse tomatoes and Stokes, Lani, Mountain Sweet Berry, and others have big bunches of cut herbs. Windfall has unusual edible flowers, mini-greens, and herbs. Tamarack has fiddlehead ferns and Mountain Sweet Berry has pickled ramps. Beth's Farm Kitchen has pickled ramps and asparagus as well as their tasty jams, syrups, chutneys, and sauces.

Durr has gorgeous peonies and Fiori has lovely lilies. Rose Meadow has a wide variety of beautiful flowers.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/o9ewyug


Friday, May 29, 2015 Stokes and others have luscious looking strawberries and Samascott and Stokes have delicous asparagus.

Pura Vida has many varieties of fresh fish and Berried Treasures has ramps, small potatoes, and pine needles (!). Dutchmill has the last of their gorgeous peonies and Rose Meadow has sweet peas, roses and other flowers. Oak Grove has beautiful heirloom tomato plants and mixed herb window gardens. Campo Rosa has beautiful lettuces, other greens, and chervil.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/ne2e5qa


Saturday, May 23, 2015 Keith is back! with young Rocambole garlic and other goodies.

It's an asparagus lover's Paradise today, with several stands having delicious varieties, including Stokes, Cherry Lane, Hoeffner, Lani, S&SO and others. Stokes, Cherry Lane, and others have strawberries, and Eckerton, Paffenroth, and others have baby lettuces and mesclun. D'Attolico, Lani, and Eckerton have lettuces. Stokes and S& SO have greenhouse tomatoes. Violet Hill has several kinds of foraged vegetables and Gorzynski and Hoeffner have rhubarb.

Oak Grove, Stokes, Van Houten, Binder, and others have flowering, vegetable, and herb sets for gardeners, and Silver Heights and Oak Grove have many kinds of tomato plants.

James Durr has gorgeous peonies and Fiori di Fenice has beautiful lilies. Rose Meadow has lovely flowers as well.

To see these and other stands here today: http://tinyurl.com/lsrlrxz


Friday, May 22, 2015 Strawberries st Stokes, Toigo, and Bodhitree, and rhubarb at Samascott and Berried Treasures!

Young garlic and onions at Norwich Meadows and Samascott. Beautiful lettuces and other greens along with asparagus at Bodhitree, Stokes, and Queens County Farm Museum.

Lush flowering and herb plants at Binder, as well as Oak Grove and Stokes (who also have gorgeous tomato plants).

To see these and other stands and produce here today: http://tinyurl.com/kcny3ro


Wednesday, May 20, 2015 STRAWBERRIES!! Stokes, Cherry Lane, Bodhitree and others have them today, along with ASPARAGUS.

Berried Treasures and Tamarack have fiddleheads and Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures have ramps.

Dutchmill has beautiful peonies and Berried Treasures has lilacs.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/lcodcbh


Saturday, May 16, 2015 Rain, rain, go away!! Got caught in a downpour, but managed to find lots of good Spring vegetables and flowers, so it was worth it.

Stokes, S&SO, Hoeffner, Cherry Lane, and others have gorgeous asparagus. Hoeffner and Gorzynski have RHUBARB. Eckerton has lovely lettuces and other unique greens and Lani and Windfall have beautiful salad and mini-greens.

Fiori di Fenice has tulips, hyacinths, and lilies. Durr has Old fashioned irises, lilies of the valley, peonies, tulips, and flowering branches. Stokes, Phillips, Binder, and Van Houten have flowering plants and sets, and Oak Grove and Binder have lush herb plants. Silver Heights and Oak Grove have many kinds of heirloom tomato plants.

Tamarack and others have fiddlehead ferns and Violet Hill, Northshire, and Mountain Sweet Berry have plenty of ramps. Bulich has a wide array of tasty looking mushrooms. Omelet, anyone? (Quattro's has delicious pheasant eggs and Violet Hill and Windfall have many kinds of chicken eggs.)

To see these and other stands and produce here today: http://tinyurl.com/kv8wxsn


Friday, May 15, 2015 Beautiful asparagus, fiddleheads, and ramps all around the market today. Some good looking mushrooms at Madura. It's Springtime pasta primavera and fritata season!

Toigo has some interesting French tomatoes as well as other tasty varieties. Samascott and Queens County Farm have rhubarb. There were strawberries at Bodhitree this morning but they were gone by 9AM again! It's a welcome tease, but just a tease so far, I guess.

To see these and other stands and produce here today: http://tinyurl.com/n26kms9


Wednesday, May 13, 2015 BULLETIN!! STRAWBERRIES were here at Bodhitree and gone before 8:30! They'll have them again on Friday.

To see beautiful flowers and produce and where they are in the market: http://tinyurl.com/nl2668c


Saturday, May 9, 2015 RHUBARB at Eckerton and Gorzynski! Fiddleheads at Tamarack and Garden of Spices! Beautiful asparagus at Stokes, Hoeffner, Cherry Lane, S&SO, and others.

PEONIES at Durr, along with irises, flowering branches, and tulips. Gorgeous lilies at Fiori, along with unique tulips and scented hyacinths. Rose Meadow has beautiful mixed bouquets of unusual flowers, poppies, anemones, and other flowers.

Garlic scapes at Norwich, along with new season salad greens. Spinach and sweet potatoes at Cherry Lane and baby spinach at other stands. Wild foraged greens at Violet Hill.

Pheasant and other poultry eggs, pheasants chicken and chicken parts, smoked poultry, sausages, and other delicious options at Quattro's. Pork, lamb, rabbit, and other proteins at Violet Hill. Sausages, pork cuts, liverwurst, and bacons at Flying Pig.

Great looking fresh fish and shellfish at Seatuck and PE&DD and seafood salads at PE&DD.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/q9x42qb


Friday, May 8, 2015 Fiddlehead ferns at Berried Treasures, asparagus at Samascott, Bodhitree, and others. Beautiful mushrooms at Blue Oyster, young garlic at Norwich (there were garlic scapes there, too, but most were gone at 8:30!)

The market is full of lovely young greens, interesting breads, and beautiful yarns. Stokes, Binder, Oak Grove and others have herb and flowering plant sets, and Oak Grove and Stokes have great heirloom tomato plants.

B&Y Farms is there with many lamb cuts as well as Cornish game hens. Roaming Acres has bison, ostrich, and other meats, and Pura Vida has luscious looking fresh fish.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/mm4fx4b


Saturday, May 2, 2015 CHERRY LANE is back with their excellent ASPARAGUS!! Tamarack has FIDDLEHEADS! There are RAMPS at Mountain Sweet Berry, Violet Hill, Lani, and others! It's SPRING!!!!!

Stokes, Cherry Lane, Hoeffner and others have asparagus. There is a table without a sign across from Locust Grove that has fiddleheads. You'll find stinging nettles at a few stands. Northshire has arugula flowers and Windfall has many kinds of edible flowers. Eckerton has gorgeous lettuces today! I don't know about you, but my idea of a finishing touch to a lunch today would be mushrooms with mushroom pasta, and I'm happy to see that Bulich has a wide selection today. D'Attolico has young garlic.

There are a few stands with tulips, including Fiori, Durr, and Phillips, and Cherry Lane and Durr have beautiful lilacs.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/prxp8m3


Friday May 1, 2015 Ramps are here at many stands this week including Berried Treasures,and ASPARAGUS is available at Stokes, Queens County, Lucky Dog, and others.

Today's haul -- beautiful asparagus at Stokes, Ramp pesto at Beth's Farm Kitchen, tasty delicate greens at Campo Rosso, and lamb chops at B&Y. There are several stands with great herb and flower sets for gardeners, including Oak Grove's amazing heirloom tomato varieties, Binder's herbs and flowers, Stokes Farm's cut herbs. Pura Vida has delicious looking fresh fish and other seafood and Roaming Acres, Flying Pig and others have meats and poultry.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/pa4skad


Saturday, April 25, 2015 It's RAMP CITY this week, with Mountain Sweet Berry, Violet Hill, Lani and others having plenty of good looking choices. Eckerton has pretty tiny carrots and Oak Grove has HEIRLOOM TOMATO PLANTS.

Seatuck and PE&DD have beautiful fresh fish and other seafood and Quattro's has duck and pheasant eggs. Monkshood has various pestos and Ardith Mae has several delicious goat's milk cheeses. D'Attolico has sprouts and young garlic and various hummus flavors.

Fiori de Fenice has several unusual tulip varieties and other stands have tulips as well. Durr has beautiful flowering branches. Binder, Van Houton, Phillips, Hoeffner, Stokes and others have flower sets and Oak Grove, Stokes, and Binder have good looking herb sets. Silver Heights has vegetable and herb sets.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/lrme2ox


Friday, April 24, 2015 RAMPS at Mountain Sweet Berry and Lucky Dog. ASPARAGUS at Bodhitree! Dried beans at Berried Treasures!

Pura Vida fish has many delicious looking fishes including skate. Bodhitree has beautiful greens and herbs. Stokes, Oak Grove, and Binder have flower and herb sets and Van Houten has flower sets and trees. Toigo has good looking tomatoes -- various types and sizes.

To see these and other stands and produce here today: http://tinyurl.com/leb7rs2


Wednesday, April 22, 2015 ramps! at Mountain Sweet Berry and the trout farm stand. Asparagus! at Bodhitree and going fast! Franca is back with tiny potatoes!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/qjkq2a7


Saturday, April 18, 2015 Wonderful young greens in the market today -- check out Eckerton, Lani, Monk, and others.

There were a few bunches of ramps in the market, but the season really hasn't started. The tulips at I Fiori, Durr, and Phillips are beautiful and Durr and Phillips have flowering branches. Rose Meadow has roses and poppies.

Quattro's has PHEASANT EGGS, turkey eggs, and duck eggs in addition to their excellent chicken eggs, poultry, and smoked poultry. Violet Hill has rabbit, rabbit cuts, pork, chicken parts, and various chicken eggs.

Eckerton has several varieties of dried peppers. D'Attolico has sprouts and various dips. Bulich has a wide variety of mushrooms. Stokes, Binder, and Oak Grove have herb and flower sets.

To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/ozw7e4b


Saturday, April 4, 2015 Stokes Farm is back with flowering plants and microgreen sets. D'Attolico will be here every Saturday with sprouts and greens. Many stands have tulips today, including I Fiori di Fenice, which also has hyacinths and lilies. Rose Meadow has some unusual flowers, including poppies, and has also brought in beautiful roses.

Quattro's has wild turkey eggs along with their wonderful poultry. Violet Hill has their colorful chicken eggs and had just sold out of their goose eggs when I came by! They also have many lamb cuts in addition to pork and chickens.

Eckerton has several varieties of dried hot peppers and lots of French breakfast radishes. Lani is back in their regular Saturday spot with many delicious looking greens. Shushan has fresh hydroponic herbs, cherry tomatoes, and large hydroponic tomatoes as well as cucumbers and other greens and herbs. Gorzynski is here with organic root vegetables and greens.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/qy43ta5


Friday, April 3, 2015 Beautiful flowers at Dutchmill and Rose Meadow! Shmurer matzoh at Bobolink! Delicious looking fish at Pura Vida! Despite the drizzle, there is a great group of stands in the Greenmarket today.

Bobolink is back with cheddars and their ancient style of matzoh. Mountain Sweet Berry has brought in frozen strawberry sauce and cannellini beans as well as their interesting potatoes and potato chips. Bodhitree is here with many varieties of green and Two Guys has mushrooms and greens. Roaming Acres has various meats and Flying Pig is here with hams, other pork cuts, sausages, bacons, and eggs.

To see which stands are here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/k699mrp


Wednesday, April 1, 2015 Stokes is back with beautiful flowering plants!

Dutchmill has lovely tulips and there is tasty horseradish to be found at Holy Schmitt's stand. Bodhitree has many kinds of greens and Bulich has good looking mushrooms along with their popular $5 grab and go bags of several different varieties.


Saturday, March 28, 2015 Eckerton is back with greens and dried peppers! Tulips, lilies, and other flowers are here even if Spring is not!

Fiori de Fenice is here with gorgeous tulips and lilies. Rose Meadow has poppies in addition to their other beautiful flowers. James Durr is back with flowering branches and tulips and Phillips has floral displays, branches, as well as jams and ketchups.

There are delicious looking greens at Windfall, Lani, Eckerton, and Two Guys, and plenty of root vegetables at Norwich, Miglorelli, Paffenroth and other stands.

Violet Hill, Quattro's, Roaming Acres, Oak Grove, Flying Pig, Hudson Valley Duck Farm, and others are here with tasty meat and poultry. Quattro's has wild Turkey eggs as well as chicken eggs, smoked poultry, sausages and other goodies.

To see these and other stands and produce here today: http://tinyurl.com/oazdv9d


Saturday, March 14, 2015 Despite the weather our hardy winter market farmers are here and I Fiori has gorgeous tulips and lilies!

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/mvtzpaf


Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Rose Meadow has poppies! Bodhitree is back and is mostly sold out, but still had beautiful greens a little while ago. She Wolf's sourdough has arrived along with their beautiful miche. It's warm and sunny in the market and a must visit!

To see these and other stands and produce here today: http://tinyurl.com/laqlo79


Saturday, March 7, 2015 Tulips! Lilies! I Fiori de Fenice is back!!! Rose Meadow is also here with anemones and roses!

It may be snowy around Union Square, but Spring is trying to push its way in with gorgeous flowers.

Violet Hill has rabbits and rabbit parts as well as pork products, chickens, eggs, and chicken parts.

Lani is here with delicious greens, fresh peanuts, and dried beans. Windfall Farm also has tasty greens as well as root vegetables and frozen squash and beets ready to cook.

Hudson Valley Duck Farm has many great duck products and Quattro's has beautiful poultry, smoked poultry, soups, and smoked sausages.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/nyzkms6


Saturday, February 28, 2015 Lani is back today!!!

Lani has beautiful baby greens, FRESH peanuts, and many kinds of dried beans. Violet Hill, Flying Pig, Quattro's, Grazin', and Roaming Acres have all kinds of delicious meats and poultry, and Grazin', Quattro's, and others have tasty eggs. PE&DD has fresh fish and seafood.

Red Jacket is here with flavored apple juices. D'Attolico has sprouts and frozen vegetables and Miglorelli has frozen blueberries and vegetables as well as apples. Locust Grove has apples, fresh apple cider, and apple sauce, and Breezy Hill has pies, pastries, and cider as well as apples.

Several farmers are optimistic about the weather changing soon. I'm hoping they are right!!!

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/pxnf93b


Saturday, February 21, 2015 Frozen summer vegetables, root vegetables, soups, and (surprise) fresh hydroponic tomatoes and greens!

The hardy winter soldiers, um, farmers are here and there are plenty of interesting options, including seafood, meats, poultry, several egg choices, and syrups. While you may not want to saunter through the market, if you want unique root vegetables and tasty pork, poultry, and lamb, you are sure to find excellent choices today. I saw good looking cooked lobsters, fresh fish and shellfish, pork roasts, sausages, smoked poultry, and other choices at PE&DD, Quattro's, Violet Hill, Flying Pig, and Three Corner Field Farm.

Norwich Meadows, Tamarack, and others have brought in gorgeous root vegetables. Windfall, Miglorelli, and D'Attolico have frozen vegetables and Windfall and Two Guys have greens.

Beth's Farm Kitchen and others have preserves and Deep Mountain has many flavored maple syrups including hot pepper! Breezy Hill and others have baked goods.

To see who's here today: http://tinyurl.com/mcyewpc


Wednesday, January 28, 2015 To see who's here and who's out: http://unsqgreenmarket.grownyc.org/overview


Saturday, January 10, 2015 Who's here today?

It's very cold, but that's not stopping the farmers! To see who's here and who's out: http://unsqgreenmarket.grownyc.org/overview


Wednesday, January 7, 2015 Our brave farmers are here today despite the freezing weather! To see who's here and who's out: http://unsqgreenmarket.grownyc.org/overview


Saturday, January 3, 2015 Greenmarket today -- who's in? who's out?: http://unsqgreenmarket.grownyc.org/overview


Wednesday, December 31, 2014 Happy New Year! See http://unsqgreenmarket.grownyc.org/overview to know which stands are here today and which are out


Saturday, December 27, 2014 Many stands are here in Union Square today.

To see GrowNYC's list of who's here and who's not:

http://unsqgreenmarket.grownyc.org/overview


Saturday, December 20, 2014 Christmas greenery, gift options, porky goodness and pheasants, fresh fish and shellfish, game sausage and cheese! There are plenty of tasty items here today.

Stokes has delicious cut herbs, baby potatoes, squashes, and other produce. Ardith Mae has tasty cheeses and Quattro's Game Farm has pheasants, ducks, chickens and chicken parts, soups, sausages, and other good things. Violet Hill has rabbits, chickens, pork cuts, and fresh pig's feet. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has beautiful ducks, rillettes, sausage, and other duck products.

Paffenroth, D'Attolico, S&SO, and others have root vegetables. Gorzynsky, Keith, and Tamarack are here with organic produce and Miglorelli and D'Attolico have brought in frozen summer vegetables.

Great gifts can be found at Beth's Farm Kitchen, Deep Mountain Maple, Andrew's Honey, and other stands. Mountain Sweet Berry has unique potato chips, tiny potatoes, and beautiful Christmas decorations.

To see these and other stands and produce:http://tinyurl.com/opdt98q


Friday, October 31, 2014 Last Day for Dutchmill's flowers until Spring! Last day for Berried Treasures tomatoes!

To see who's here today and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/lsmj3hc

I'm taking November off, so see you in December! Make sure you check Breezy Hill for fresh cranberries for Thanksgiving and Stokes Farm for fresh herb wreaths for gifts!

Wednesday, October 29, 2014 Divine Brine has many delicious kinds of pickles. There are tasty San Marzano tomatoes at Cherry Lane and other heirloom tomatoes there and at several other stands.

It's still a pepper paradise at Eckerton, Stokes, S&SO, Oak Grove, and other stands. Stokes has gorgeous hydroponic lettuces and they, Sycamore, Oak Grove, and many other stands have gorgeous pumpkins and winter squashes. Van Houten has decorative gourds, as does S&SO, and many stands have brussels sprouts and various colors of cauliflower. Locust Grove has grapes, quinces, and several varieties of apple and pear. Caradonna and others also have interesting apple varieties.

To see the beautiful produce in the market today: http://tinyurl.com/mfb7xjg


Saturday, October 25, 2014 The recessional begins, with heirloom tomatoes and others being one of the first to end their season. Peppers are hanging on at many stands and grapes will still be here next week at Buzzard Crest.

Blueberries will be finished. Sycamore still had corn today! It was a bit crowded in the Greenmarket with tourists, marchers about something, and late waking shoppers, so some stands were two deep and hard to get through to. It's a beautiful day and there are a lot of delicious vegetables and proteins all around the market. Paradise for squash and pumpkin fans and lovers of Brussels sprouts!

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/q359627


Wednesday, October 15, 2014 There are still some beautiful summer vegetables and fruits in the market today, including heirloom tomatoes, lima beans, fava beans, strawberries, and raspberries.

Heirloom tomatoes at Cherry Lane, Oak Grove, Keith, Eckerton, Stokes, Berried Treasures, Sycamore, and others. Fava beans and limas at Kernan. Raspberries at Phillips, Cherry Lane, and others. Stokes has beautiful hydroponic lettuces as well as fresh cut herbs.

Plenty of gorgeous hot and sweet peppers at Oak Grove, Eckerton, S&SO and others. Fresh garlic at Keith. Mushrooms at Garden of Spices, Bulich, and Madura. Apples, pears, and grapes at Caradonna, Locust Grove, and Breezy Hill. Breezy hill also has FRESH CRANBERRIES!!

Sycamore still has corn and they, Oak Grove, and others have beautiful sugar pumpkins, cheese pumpkins, winter and summer squashes. Oak Grove and S&SO have tomatillos.

Unfortunately something happened to my pictures of Rogowski and a few other stands, but you can still see most of the stands and produce here today if you click here: http://tinyurl.com/oq4jbqc


Friday, October 10, 2014 Many varieties of cauliflower in many colors at Van Houten, Norwich, Bodhitree! Pumpkins all over and beautiful winter squashes at many stands. Gorgeous grape varieties at Cheerful Cherry!

Berried Treasures, Bodhitree, Norwich, and others have shelling beans, several kinds of flat beans, tomatoes, and squashes. Oak Grove has a wide variety of hot and sweet peppers, heirloom tomatoes, herbs, and pepper plants. They also have winter squashes and pumpkins. Sycamore also has heirloom tomatoes and pumpkins.

Bobolink is here with cheeses and breads. Consider Bardwell has veal and cheeses and B&Y has lamb cuts, lamb sausages, chickens and chicken livers, and beautiful knitting wool. Hot Bread Kitchen has all sorts of regional and ethnic baked goods and Francesca has many kinds of baked breads and dessert options as well.

To see these and other stands here today: http://tinyurl.com/pa5f5hd


Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Berried Treasures has rosehips! Stark has a delicious new juice -- "Go Greens". Hydroponic tomatoes are back. Good looking quinces are available at Locust Grove!Winter squashes are here.

I bought a lot of heirloom tomatoes today -- some for salad and some to make sauce for the freezer -- at Eckerton, Cherry Lane, Berried Treasures, Bodhitree, and Oak Grove. The season is ending soon, but there are still some beauties available. I got to the market too early to see Stokes Farm's stand, but I wouldn't be surprised to find them there, and at other stands as well.

Locust Grove has beautiful grapes, new crop apples and pears, and raspberries. S&SO and Keith have lovely lettuces and other greens, as well as heirloom tomatoes. Paffenroth has many unique greens, root vegetables, baby fennel, interesting carrots and beets, and other special produce. Windfall has unique greens and beautiful edible flowers, and Mountain Sweet Berry has unique greens, cut herbs, and strawberries. Phillips has raspberries and Berried Treasures has raspberries, strawberries, and shelling beans. Mountain Sweet Berry also has shelling beans and cut herbs.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/o4xgqg4


Saturday, September 27, 2014 Paradise for pepper lovers at Eckerton, Oak Grove, S and SO, Hoeffner and others. Heirloom tomatoes are looking fine this week, but you'll find slightly fewer. Berried Treasures, Norwich Meadows, Stokes, Lani, Eckerton, Cheerful Cherry, Cherry Lane, Sycamore, and others have beauties.

New crop apples are to be found at Locust Grove, Breezy Hill, Terhune, Caradonna, and others, along with new pears. Mountain Sweet Berry has strawberries, along with Fantasy Fruit. Cheerful Cherry has Canadice and Concord grapes and Buzzard Crest has several seeded and seedless varieties. Try their "Jupiter" if there are any left.

Gorzynsky and S&SO have beautiful lettuces and Berried Treasures has shelling beans, haricots verts and other beans, and heirloom tomatoes. Norwich has many kinds of shelling and other beans as well as eggplants and squashes, and Stokes and Oak Grove have good looking sweet peppers. Stokes, Oak Grove, and Hoeffner haqve cheese pumpkins, sugar pumpkins, and winter squashes.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/pgxkltb


Friday, September 26, 2014 First Friday for Campo Rosso Farm's beautiful greens. B&Y has lovely lavender and other knitting wool colors. Toigo has new season apples.

S&SO has some interesting squashes and pumpkins. Norwich Meadows has beautiful sweet and hot peppers, heirloom tomatoes, and shelling beans. Berried Treasures has shelled flageolets, black eyed peas, and cannellini beans. Oak Grove, Bodhitree, Berried Treasures, Sycamore and others have delicious looking heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, winter and summer squashes, and other produce. Cheerful Cherry has heirloom tomatoes and sweet grapes with and without seeds.

Lucky Dog, Queens County, Miglorelli, and others have tasty greens. Terhune, Samascott, and others have new season apples, and a couple of stands still have peaches. Pura Vida has fresh fish, Flying Pig has pork sausage and other pork products.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/kmk76zt


Wednesday, September 24, 2014 Stokes has beautiful cheese pumpkins. Several stands have grapes, including Locust Grove and Fantasy Fruit. There are still good-looking heirloom tomatoes at Cherry Lane, Stokes, Eckerton, Oak Grove,and others, and Cherry Lane has gorgeous San Marzano sauce tomatoes.

I bought a bag of crimini mushrooms at Bulich to use in a San Marzano tomato sauce. Garden of Spices and Madura also have various kinds of mushroom. Paffenroth has big bags of excellent onions, Mountain Sweet Berry has interesting shallots, and Keith has bags of Rocambole garlic.

Pumpkins and grapes indicate the approach of Autumn holidays, but there are still peaches, nectarines, and plums at various stands. Cherry Lane has sweet raspberries and Berried Treasures has strawberries and raspberries. Fantasy Fruit also has strawberries and Phillips has raspberries.

Berried Treasures has shelled cannellini and flageolet beans, among others, and also has beans in their shells. Other stands have shelling beans, including Mountain Sweet Berry and Bodhitree. Bodhitree also has attractive Fall and Winter squashes. Eckerton, Bodhitree, and Oak Grove have wide varieties of sweet, flavoring, and hot peppers.

To see these and other stands and produce:http://tinyurl.com/mzbalv9


Friday, September 19, 2014 One more day for Toigo's nectarines! Cheerful Cherry has many kinds of grapes as well as Canadice jam! Beth's Farm Kitchen has delicious lemon curd!

New crop apples are in at Toigo, Samascott, and others. Berried Treasures, Sycamore. Bodhitree, Lucky Dog, Oak Grove, Cheerful Cherry, Queens County, Norwich Meadows, and others have good-looking heirloom tomatoes and sauce tomatoes, Berried Treasures, Norwich, and Bodhitree have shelling beans. Bodhitree and Oak Grove have many kinds of hot and sweet peppers.

Dutchmill has beautiful sunflowers and gladiolas. Rose Meadow has fragrant English roses and other pretty flowers.

B and Y has Moroccan lamb sausage and many other lamb products and cuts, beautiful knitting wool, chicken feet, and eggs. Roaming Acres has bison, and Pura Vida has glistening fresh fish.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/m5sz9w8


Wednesday, September 17, 2014 New at Eckerton, Stark fruit and vegetable juices. Divine Brine has many kinds of tasty pickles. Gone for the year, Silver Heights plants.

Heirloom tomatoes are looking good everywhere, with Berried Treasures, Cherry Lane, Stokes, Bodhitree, Oak Grove, and others having a wide choice of variety. Hot and sweet peppers are available at S&SO, Eckerton, Oak Grove, and others. This is the last week for okra at Cherry Lane. Kernan still has nectarines and Locust Grove has many kinds of stone fruit.

New apples and pears are in at Terhune, Locust Grove, Breezy Hill, and others. Fantasy Fruit, Berried Treasures, Mountain Sweet Berry, Phillips, Caradonna, and others have strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/p58gf9c


Saturday, September 13, 2014 Pumpkins! Grapes! Brussels Sprouts! Winter Squashes! Uh oh!

Here comes the Fall! The grapes look great at Buzzard Crest and Cheerful Cherry, among others. Apples and pears are pushing out are pushing out the peaches at many stands, although there are still peaches to be had. Locust Grove, Oak Grove, Terhune, and others still have them.

Heirloom tomatoes are everywhere, with Berried Treasures, Sycamore, Eckerton, Stokes, Lani, Cheerful Cherry, Keith, and Cherry Lane among others having beautiful options with cherry tomatoes and big gorgeous options at these and other stands. Gorzynski and Keith have succulent lettuces and Paffenroth, Northshire, S&SO, Miglorelli, Windfall, and Stokes have unique greens.

There is an excellent choice of hot and sweet peppers to be had at Eckerton, Oak Grove, Hoeffner, Lani, Cheerful Cherry, and others. There are still stands with corn -- Oak Grove, Cherry Lane, and Paffenroth among others.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/m25j9hg


Friday, September 12, 2014 Last day for peaches and nectarines at Toigo and Cheerful Cherry! Beautiful fresh shelled flageolets and others at Berried Treasures! Soup meat, lamb shoulder chops, and lovely knitting wools at B&Y.

Pumpkins at Van Houten and grapes at Cheerful Cherry signal the arrival of Autumn. There are plenty of gorgeous heirloom tomatoes at Samascott, Norwich Meadows, Berried Treasures, Bodhitree and others, as well as red currants and Tri-Stars at Berried Treasures, blackberries and raspberries at Phillips, and blueberries and strawberries at Samascott.

I'm having a delicious goat cheese called Slyboro from Consider Bardwell for breakfast. Bobolink has tasty cow's milk cheddar and other cheeses. Las Delicias and Hot Bread Kitchen have sweet and savory baked goods. Rose Meadow and Dutchmill have beautiful flowers.

Norwich and others have good-looking melons and Bodhitree, Oak Grove, Queens County, and Norwich have hot and sweet peppers and flavoring peppers. Bodhitree, Oak Grove, and Norwich have many kinds of squash and eggplants.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/n9dc9rd


Wednesday, September 10, 2014 Last day until Spring for Silver Heights -- big plant sale! Berried Treasures has many varieties of fresh shelled beans.

Mountain Sweet Berry, Fantasy Fruits, Berried Treasures and others have sweet strawberries. Raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries are also available at various stands. Red Jacket has greengage plums, Locust Grove has plums and berries, and Kernan, Oak Grove, and many others have peaches and nectarines.

Beautiful heirloom tomatoes are everywhere, including Stokes, Oak Grove, Cherry Lane, Mountain Sweet Berry, Berried Treasures,Sycamore, Eckerton, and others. Peppers both hot and sweet are available at S&SO, Oak Grove, Eckerton, Stokes, and others.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/ol7bfo4


Saturday, September 6, 2014 BUZZARD KREST IS BACK with delicious grapes and grape juices! BERRIED TREASURES is here with beautiful shelling beans, heirloom tomatoes, and other beans.

It's pepper season at Eckerton, Oak Grove, S&SO, Cheerful Cherry, and others. Heirloom tomatoes are all around the market -- at Stokes, Oak Grove, Miglorelli, Norwich Meadows, Eckerton, Lani, Mountain Sweet Berry, Cherry Lane, Cheerful Cherry, Locust Grove, and others. Paffenroth, Norwich Meadows, Lani, Stokes, Gorzynski, D'Attolico, Hudson Valley, and others have tasty unique greens, herbs, and other produce. This is definitely a sauce-for-the-freezer-making day! I'm cranking up the AC and going to town!

Hoeffner has many kinds of pepper, greens, corn, and other produce. Phillips and Fantasy Fruit have berries, and Fantasy Fruit has elderberries! There's a new jam-maker in the market today, Josephine's Feast, and Beth's Farm Kitchen has fruit syrups in addition to their jams, chutneys, and pickled vegetables.

Bulich and Violet Hill have mushrooms, and Violet Hill has fresh rabbit, chickens, pork products, and honey. Flying Pig has pork cuts and products as well as chickens. Seatuck has razor clams, fish, and other shellfish. PE&DD has cooked lobsters, many kinds of fish, and fish salads.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/lnmhdtd


Friday, September 5, 2014 Toigo's peaches, nectarines, and plums -- delicious and going out of season. This may be their last week -- apples are coming in! Heirloom tomatoes are plentiful all around the market.

Cheerful Cherry has nectarines, peaches and plums, but time is ticking away! They have beautiful heirloom tomatoes and a sale on stone fruit. Red Jacket has greengage plums and Bodhitree, Oak Grove, and others have several kinds of melon. Oak Grove, Sycamore, Bodhitree, Norwich Meadows, and others have luscious heirloom tomatoes. Lucky Dog has fennel (and French guinea hens!!).

Norwich has a few baby artichokes, many shelling and other beans. Oak Grove and Bodhitree have interesting peppers. Sycamore has tasty zucchini bread, corn, and other produce.

Las Delicias has wonderful pastries, both sweet and savory, and Hot Bread Kitchen has many kinds of bread, including various challahs, rolls, bialys, and Middle Eastern breads.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/k3hzcbp


Wednesday, September 3, 2014 Greengage plums at Red Jacket! Hot and sweet peppers at Eckerton, S&SO, Oak Grove! Chiogga beets at Paffenroth! Nectarines at Kernan.

Grapes and plums at Locust Grove. Peaches and other fruit at Caradonna. Mushrooms at Bulich and Madura. Squashes and beautiful heirloom tomatoes at Bodhitree, Stokes, Oak Grove, Eckerton, Keith, and others.

Tasty fruit syrups at Beth's Farm Kitchen. Try them over Ronnybrook's delicious ice cream! Have some Las Delicias pastries with them!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/l86v2pd


Monday, September 1, 2014 WHO'S IN TODAY:

Apple State Hilltop Farm Wild Flower & Apple Blossom Honey

Back to the Future Farm Fresh Milk & Dairy

Body & Soul Vegan Baked Goods. Gluten-free options

Bread Alone Baked Goods. Cert/Organic Breads

Buon Pane Bakery Baked Goods (foccacia)

Butterfield Dairy Goat's Milk & Goat's Milk Products

Central Valley Dairy Cow's Milk Cheeses & Value Added Products

Consider Bardwell Pasture-raised Goat & Cow's Milk Cheeses

Dutchmill Garden Cut Flowers

Eckerton Hill Farm Heirloom Tomatoes

Fantasy Fruit Farm TriStars Strawberries, Blueberries, Raspberries

General Cochran Farm Formerly Hammond Dairy

Healthway Farms Veggies, Orchard Fruit

Hudson Valley Duck Whole, Parts & Cured Products

Lani's Farm Veggies

Martin's Pretzels Hand-rolled Hard Pretzels

Norwich Meadows Farm Vegetables, Eggs & Halal Chicken

PE & DD Seafood Fresh fish & Shellfish

Phillips Farm Winter Veggies/Greens, Jams & Preserves, Fruit

Race Farm Veggies/Orchard Fruit (Cider Vinegar)

Red Jacket Orchards Fruit & Juices

Roaming Acres Ostrich Emu & Ostrich Eggs. Pork, Bison & Ostrich Meat

Roxbury Mountain Maple Maple Syrup & Maple Syrup Products

She Wolf Bakery Miche in the morning, and sourdough fresh from the oven at noon.

WHO'S OUT TODAY:

Berkshire Berries

Fantastic Gardens Potted Plants & Herbs

Greener Pastures Wheatgrass Plants & Juice, Micro green Shoots

Holy Schmitt's Homemade Horseradish

Las Delicias Baked Goods

Lavender by the Bay Dried Lavender Sachets & Culinary

Madura Farm Vegetables, Eggs & Cultivated Mushrooms

River Garden Dried Flower Wreaths & Arrangements

Troncillito Farm Orchard Fruit


Saturday, August 30, 2014 Egyptian spinach at Stokes. Good looking heirloom tomatoes at Stokes, Oak Grove, Cherry Lane, Cheerful Cherry, Eckerton, Lani, Sycamore, Keith, and others.

Beautiful eggplants everywhere, along with squashes. D'Attolico has lovely zucchini blossoms, squashes, carrots, and sprouts. Gorgeous salad greens at S&SO, Gorzynski, Paffenroth, and Keith. Big bunches of cut herbs at Paffenroth, Stokes, S&SO. A wide variety of peppers at Oak Grove and Eckerton, as well as S&SO, Cheerful, and Hoeffner. Corn at Miglorelli, Sycamore. Edible flowers at Windfall.Beautiful produce at Norwich Meadows Farm, including heirloom tomatoes, many kinds of sweet and hot peppers, and a wide variety of shelling beans.

Phillips, Fantasy Fruits, and Locust Grove have raspberries and other berries. Locust also has grapes, luscious looking plums, and peaches. Caradonna has good looking stone fruit and vegetables and Bulich has several kinds of tasty mushrooms.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/mf4l273


Friday, August 29, 2014 Shelling beans and sweet sungold tomatoes, along with elderberries, zucchini blossoms, heirlooms at Berried Treasures. Bodhitree and Norwich Meadows have all kinds of heirloom tomatoes, beautiful eggplants, melons.

Pura Vida is here with skate, tuna, and shellfish, and Roaming Acres has ostrich, beef, pork, and ostrich products. Flying Pig has pork cuts and B&Y has delicious lamb cuts, lamb sausages and patties, and cornish game hens, in addition to beautiful wool and handmade sweaters. Sycamore has great corn, tasty heirloom tomatoes, and other delicious produce, and Toigo, Oak Grove, Cheerful Cherry, and others have slurpy peaches. Cheerful also has luscious Champagne grapes and heirloom tomatoes.

Beth's Farm Kitchen has a wide variety of succulent jams and chutneys and Bobolink has wonderful cheddars. Consider Bardwell has delicious cow and goat cheeses. Las Delicias has a variety of pies and other sweet and savory pastries.

Dutchmill has the last of their lycianthus today and Rose Meadow has fragrant country roses and other flowers. River Garden has several kinds of country flowers as well.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/lu3fafc


Wednesday, August 27, 2014 Elderberries at Berried Treasures! Greengage plums at Red Jacket! Gorgeous heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, everywhere!

BUT -- there are also grapes at Locust Grove, and you know what that means! Take advantage of the peak season now! There are beautiful San Marzano and other sauce tomatoes at Cherry Lane, Mountain Sweet Berry, Eckerton, Berried Treasures, Stokes, and Oak Grove. Now's the time to start making sauce for the freezer. There are beautiful hot and sweet peppers at Bodhitree, Oak Grove, S&SO and other stands and many kinds of beets and carrots at Paffenroth.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/lvakoze

You'll be happy to know that the Union Square Greenmarket will be open all weekend AND Monday. Happy Labor Day Weekend!


Friday, August 22, 2014 B&Y have beautiful yarns, lamb chops, and other cuts as well as fresh chickens and other delicious items. Toigo, Samascott, Oak Grove, and Cherry Lane have delicious peaches. Berried Treasures and Norwich Meadows have wide selections of shelling beans. and Tri-Star strawberries.

Berried Treasures also has beautiful green and yellow haricots and they and Norwich have delicious flat beans as well. Several stands have melons and Toigo has slurpy yellow nectarines. Oak Grove has many varieties of hot and sweet peppers as well as tomatillos and delicious heirloom tomatoes. Other stands with beautiful heirlooms include Sycamore, Bodhitree, Queens County Farm Museum, and Cheerful Cherry.

Consider Bardwell has two delicious goat cheeses and several tasty cow cheeses. Several stands have strong choices of squashes and flavoring peppers such as shishito at Bodhitree. Norwich Meadows has a stunning array of heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, melons, and unique greens. The only thing missing today is Toigo's wonderful white nectarines, which are gone for the season.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/ps2vt8f


Wednesday, August 20, 2014 Tomato heaven! There are beautiful heirloom tomatoes all around the market today. I picked up an Aunt Ruby and a couple of others at various stands and saw beauties at Eckerton, Stokes, Keith, Cherry Lane, Oak Grove, Bodhitree, and others. Mountain Sweet Berry, Cherry Lane, Berried Treasures, and others have gorgeous sauce tomatoes, too. It was hard to resist filling a whole shopping cart today!

It's actually peak season for tomatoes, peaches, corn, squashes of all sorts, and a wide variety of hot and sweet peppers are coming into peak. I picked up some Anaheims at Oak Grove, along with a couple of tomatoes, and have a beautiful bowlful of knockout tomatoes and peppers to admire before I dig in. Don't miss the lovely shelling beans and string beans at Berried Treasures and the sucrine lettuces both green and red at Mountain Sweet Berry. Both of those also have sweet Tri-Star strawberries and wild blueberries, and Berried Treasures has rhubarb!

Paffenroth has multicolored choices of carrots, tasty beets, and unusual greens like purslane, tiny baby fennel, and huge bunches of cut herbs. There are many stands with berries and currants, including Locust Grove, Fantasy Fruit, Phillips, Hodgsons, and others. Sycamore has their beautiful heirloom tomatoes and corn as well as a new product, zucchini bread!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/lupdpxo


Saturday, August 16, 2014 New on Saturdays -- TAMARACK! They've been in other days but this is their Saturday debut!

Norwich has many kinds of shelling beans, fresh ginger, several types of melons, and heirloom tomatoes, peppers, PEANUTS, and other great produce. Stokes has beautiful heirloom tomatoes, including Aunt Rubys and other popular varieties, and Eckerton has lovely heirloom tomatoes as well as peppers. Oak Grove has a wide variety of hot and sweet peppers, heirloom tomatoes, melons, white and yellow peaches, tomatillos, and corn. Lani has a wide variety of unusual greens, heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, and squashes.

Paffenroth and S&SO have gorgeous greens and other produce and Mountain Sweet Berry has several kinds of fabulous sauce tomatoes, small potatoes, and unusual greens. Windfall has lovely edible flowers and various unique greens. Red Jacket has excellent apricots and Locust Grove has currants, berries, peaches, and plums.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/lst3vga


Monday, August 11, 2014 Sorry to be so late -- wasn't going to post today -- but I have to say there are stunningly beautiful heirloom tomatoes at Eckerton and Norwich, beautiful apricots at Red Jacket, and all sorts of gorgeous stone fruit all over the market.

Consider Bardwell has their prize winning Rupert cheese, Race is here with great produce, and many stands have blueberries and other fruit. All of it looks wonderful.

To see how wonderful: http://tinyurl.com/mtoj9dm


Saturday, August 9, 2014 It's definitely peak season for stone fruit, squashes, heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, all sorts of beautiful produce!

Great corn at Sycamore, Hoeffner, and others. Beautiful salad greens at Gorzynsky, Northshire, Mountain Sweet Berry, Paffenroth, S&SO, and many others. Stunning heirloom tomatoes at Cheerful Cherry, Eckerton, Stokes, Cherry Lane, Oak Grove, and others, and a wonderful selection of hot and sweet peppers at Hoeffner, Eckerton, Oak Grove, and Norwich Meadows. Norwich also has a marvelous selection of eggplants, as do S&SO and Cherry Lane.

As for peaches,yellow and white, there are beauties at Oak Grove, Locust Grove, and others, and Locust Grove and Miglorelli have a couple of kinds of donut peaches. Mountain Sweet Berry, Phillips, Fantasy Fruit, and Hodgson have various berries, and Locust and Phillips have red currants.

To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/net8bc9


Friday, August 8, 2014 Norwich has fresh ginger! They'll probably have fresh peanuts as well on Monda -- today's got sold out! A new farm for Fridays -- B&Y -- with lamb, eggs, beautiful yarns!

Toigo's white and yellow peaches and nectarines are ready to eat today! They also have ripe donut peaches, including a yellow variety that tastes a little like a mango. Cheerful Cherry also has delicious peaches and plums and other stands also are piled high with tasty stone fruit.

Norwich, Bodhitree, Sycamore, Cheerful Cherry,and others have great heirloom tomatoes, and many stands have good-looking (and fragrant) corn. Norwich has artichokes and many kinds of peppers, beans, melons, eggplants, and other excellent produce, and Bodhitree has beautiful greens, unique peppers, melons, eggplants, and herbs.


Saturday, August 2, 2014 It's peak season and the Greenmarket is full of great produce. Stone fruit, squashes, eggplants, peppers both sweet and hot, heirloom tomatoes, tiny cucumbers (at Eckerton), kirbies, and other interesting cucumber varieties, all sorts of beans!

Just about all of our farmers are here today (with the exception of Cheerful Cherry and Silver Heights) with an abundance of produce. Stokes has lemon grass, Oak Grove has several kinds of pepper plant as well as various hot peppers, Cherry Lane has beautiful eggplant varieties, and Paffenroth has many unusual greens. Windfall has lovely edible flowers and D'Attolico has beautiful zucchini flowers. Locust Grove and Fantasy Fruit have great berries and currants and Hodgson has spray-free blueberries.

To see these and other stands and produce here today: http://tinyurl.com/palm2h9


Friday, August 1, 2014 Congratulations to Modesto on the 20th anniversary of foraging in the Greenmarket!!! Gramercy Tavern is lucky to have him choosing the beautiful produce we enjoy in the tavern or main rooms there. I've enjoyed trying to get to the beautiful Charontais melons at Norwich Meadows Farm or Bodhitree before he goes through and snaffles the supply!

It was a schmoozathon today in Union Square. Met a guy who's only two or three degrees of separation from me shopping at Consider Bardwell's cheese stand! (His father went to my high school, his boss went to my college, etc.) It can be fun talking to other customers in the market.

Meanwhile, back to those melons. You can't go wrong with a fragrant melon from one of those two sources, not to mention their delicious heirloom tomatoes! Many stands have mixed varieties of eggplants, squashes, beans, and corn. There are Tri-Star strawberries and red currants at Berried Treasures, along with fava beans out of their shells, zucchini blossoms, and cut herbs. Madura has several kinds of mushroom and Lucky Dog has good-looking blueberries.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/ou3km8v


Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Mini-squashes and baby carrots at Rogowski. Raspberries, gooseberries, peaches at Locust Grove. Mushrooms at Bulich and Garden of Spices. Zucchini blossoms at Windfall, Berried Treasures, Locust Grove.

Several stands including Rogowski and Keith have beautiful fresh garlic. Stokes has lemon grass and a wide variety of cut herbs. Locust, Oak Grove, and others have peaches, and Sycamore, Stokes, Keith, Bodhitree, Cherry Lane, and others have good looking heirloom tomatoes. S&SO and Oak Grove have hot and sweet peppers and Bodhitree has shishito and padrone peppers along with some new varieties. Many stands including Bodhitree have many kinds of eggplant, including some new types this year.

Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures have beautiful strawberries and wild blueberries and Caradonna, Locust, Phillips, and Fantasy Fruit have blueberries, raspberries, gooseberries, and currants (white and red).


Saturday, July 26, 2014 Artichokes at James Durr and Norwich Meadows. Eggplants everywhere -- all kinds of beautiful varieties. Squashes of many sizes, shapes, and flavors are here, too. Norwich Meadows, Oak Grove, and others have melons.

Red Jacket and others have apricots and Caradonna and Locust Grove have peaches and plums as well. Bulich is here with tasty mushroom varieties and D'Attolico has sweet carrots. Eckerton, Cherry Lane, Sycamore, and Norwich have heirloom tomatoes, and Stokes has cherry tomatoes that I eat like candy! Lani has unique greens and Windfall will also, when the rest of their produce arrives from the truck (which had a problem today). Hoeffner has very sweet corn (I just had some for breakfast) as well as big goodlooking tomatillos.

You'll find fine fruit and vegetables all around the Greenmarket this week. James Durr, Rose Meadow, and River Garden have beautiful flowers. Tremblay has delicious honey and Deep Mountain has great maple sugar products. Beth's Farm Kitchen has fruit syrups, jams, pickled vegetables, mustards, and other items.


Friday, July 25, 2014 Norwich Meadows has melons, shelling beans, heirloom tomatoes, many kinds of eggplants. Toigo has beautiful peaches,nectarines, plums, and apricots. Berried Treasures has beautiful Tri-Star strawberries and red currants.

Oak Grove and Cheerful Cherry have peaches and heirloom tomatoes. Bodhitree has melons, heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, and delicious lettuces and other greens. Samascott has peaches, blueberries, and vegetables. Berried Treasures, Norwich, and Lucky Dog have fava beans. Oak Grove's hot pepper crop is in!

Dutchmill has lovely lycianthus, gladiolas, and lilies. River Garden has pretty country flowers.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/mrf9s5x


Wednesday, July 23, 2014 Cherry Lane has blackberries, Locust Grove, Phillips, and Fantasy Fruit has red and white currants, and Kernan, Terhune, and Locust have peaches.

Mountain Sweet Berry, Bodhitree, Stokes, Berried Treasures, and others have cut herb bunches. Stokes and Two Guys have hydroponic lettuces and Bodhitree, Eckerton, Oak Grove, and Cherry Lane have heirloom tomatoes.Sycamore and others have corn and squashes. Bodhitree, Rogowski, Paffenroth, and others have all kinds of unique greens.

Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Star strawberries and blueberries. Oak Grove has squashes, potted herbs, popcorn, and heirloom tomatoes. They don't have their sweet white and yellow peaches today, but say they should on Friday.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/ofhxeu6


Saturday, July 19, 2014 Lycianthus at Durr! Eggplants at Norwich and Lani! Sweet carrots at D'Attolico and Eckerton! Hot peppers at Oak Grove! Red and white currants at Locust Grove!

Melons at Norwich Meadows. Corn at Sycamore and others. Sour cherries at Locust Grove. White and yellow peaches at Oak Grove. Sweet cherry tomatoes at Stokes, along with sweet peppers, new onions, big bunches of cut herbs, and lettuces. Heirloom tomatoes at Cherry Lane.

Berries at Gorzynski, Fantasy Fruit, Caradonna, and Locust Grove. Peaches, plums, and other fruit at Locust Grove and Terhune. I didn't see Silver Heights or Cheerful Cherry today. (I think Cheerful is waiting for their heirloom tomato crop and should be back next week.)

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/ocz7nac


Friday, July 18, 2014 Corn! Peaches! Cavaillon melons! Golden and black raspberries! Purple snow peas! Sour cherries!

Norwich Meadows has beautiful peppers, squashes, and many kinds of eggplant. They also have watermelons and their first Cavaillon melons of the season. Samascott has sour cherries, blueberries, and other fruit, and Van Houten has corn, cherry tomatoes, field tomatoes, squashes, and other vegetables. Bodhitree has shisito peppers, unique greens, squashes, and heirloom tomatoes. Miglorelli has blueberries, corn, greens, and many kinds of beets and radishes.

Pura Vida is here with tasty seafood and Flying Pig has bacon and various pork cuts. Roaming Acres has pork cuts as well as ostrich and bison.

To see these and other produce and stands: http://tinyurl.com/nkgwspq


Wednesday, July 16, 2014 Peaches, tomatoes, corn, blueberries, gooseberries, currants, squashes, beans! Summer fruit and vegetables are here!

Caradonna, Oak Grove, and Kernan have peaches. Red Jacket and others have apricots. Locust Grove has red and white currants and cherries and Fantasy Fruit has black currants and strawberries, Phillips has raspberries, blueberries, gooseberries, and currants, and Hodgson is here with blueberries.

Eckerton, Cheerful Cherry, Bodhitree, and others have early heirloom tomatoes, and Stokes has sweet cherry tomatoes. Stokes also has generous bunches of several kinds of basil (lemon, purple, bush, etc.), and many other cut herbs, while Oak Grove has lush herb plants, pepper plants, and other potted options. Bulich has a wide selection of mushrooms.

Silver Heights is here with all sorts of potted plants, including many kinds of lavender, basil, vegetables, and unusual herbs. Many stands have several kinds of squash and beans, and Berried Treasures has black raspberries and rhubarb! Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Star strawberries, green and purple sucrine, and various unique greens and small potatoes.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/jwz89wk


Saturday, July 12, 2014 Locust Grove, Caradonna, Terhune -- peaches, plums, apricots!! Phillips, Fantasy Fruit, Locust Grove -- currants, strawberries, rasperries, blueberries!!! Hodgson's spray free blueberries. Mountain Sweet Berry's Tri-Stars.

Norwich Meadows has black raspberries (high in anti-oxidents, they say), all kinds of squashes, beans, purple and green snow peas, fennel, and other interesting produce. Paffenroth has stinging nettles, purslane, mizuna, purple and orange carrots, many kinds of radish, onion family, and other delicious produce. Gorzynsky has beautiful organic lettuces, herbs, root vegetables, and other greens.

Quattro's has chicken, pheasant, and turkey eggs, along with ducks, chickens, and smoked poultry and sausages. Violet Hill has pork cuts, rabbits, chickens, eggs, and honey. Northshire has greens, chanterelles, and eggs.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/lr6z7rw


Friday, July 11, 2014 Consider Bardwell's new season Manchester goat cheese! Toigo's peaches and apricots! Red Apple's apricots and plums! Bodhitree and Norwich have heirloom tomatoes! Sycamore's corn! Samascott's and Phillips gooseberries, blueberries, and raspberries! Dutchmill's gladiolas! Bodhitree's eggplants! Pura Vida's fish!

Last of Cheerful Cherry's sweet cherries today! They have delicious sour cherries for pies.

Toigo and Samascott also have sweet cherries and Phillips has raspberries, blueberries, and black raspberries. Norwich also has berries as well as many kinds of squashes, flat beans, string beans, and baby okra.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/kyltvln


Saturday, June 28, 2014 Fresh chickpeas at Lani's! Beautiful beans at Norwich Meadows! Sweet cherry tomatoes at Stokes!

Last day for Hodgson's peonies until next year! James Durr has lovely bunches of cultivated wildflowers and Rose Meadow has beautiful baby's breath and other flowers. River Garden also has unique and pretty flowers. Lavender By the Bay is also here with various lavender items.

Quattro's still has a variety of poultry eggs, including pheasant, duck, and turkey, along with chicken eggs and many kinds of poultry, including pheasant, chicken, duck, and others. Violet Hill has lamb today along with chicken, pork, and eggs.

Mountain Sweet Berry has purple snow peas and sweet sugar snaps, along with sucrine (red and green), chervil, baby arugula, other greens, and Tri-Star strawberries.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/maoyoyw


Friday, July 4, 2014 Plenty of good stuff in the Greenmarket today!

Flat beans, squashes and squash blossoms, greens. fresh eggs, and berries at Norwich Meadows Farm. Miglorelli has all kinds of beets and radishes as well as berries, sugar snaps, and greens. Lucky Dog and Queens County Farm have unique produce and Sycamore has big bunches of basil, cucumbers, tomatoes, and other produce

Samascott has beautiful cherries, berries, and vegetables and Phillips is here with black raspberries, red raspberries, and gooseberries!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/q7tn48h


Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Cherry Lane still has asparagus, Stokes still has strawberries, and Locust Grove has brought in red currants, raspberries, strawberries, and red and yellow cherries.

Other stands with strawberries include Tri-stars at Berried Treasures, Fantasy Fruit, and Mountain Sweet Berry, and Terhune, Caradonna, and Eckerton have other varieties. Bodhitree, Windfall, and Eckerton have wide varieties of unique greens and salads, and several stands have new garlic and red and white onions. Mountain Sweet Berry also has red and green sucrine, and Sycamore has strawberries, tomatoes, kirbys, cucumbers, and basil. Hoeffner has rhubarb and Madura has asparagus. Caradonna has cherries and other fruit.

Bulich has many kinds of mushrooms and Two Guys has mushrooms and hydroponic greens. Tamarack also has many greens as well as fresh eggs.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/p2alexa


Saturday, June 21, 2014 Fantasy Fruit is back with strawberries! Gorzynski has beautiful lettuces!

Eckerton has Treviso radicchio! D'Attolico has several flavored hummus varieties.

Squashes have arrived at Norwich Meadows, Cherry Lane, and many other stands. Stokes has their flavorful cherry tomatoes and Cherry Lane has several kinds of heirloom tomatoes. Stokes also has excellent young garlic and many cut herbs and greens.

It's the last week for Oak Grove's terrific heirloom tomato plants. They still have beautiful pepper plants as well as many potted herbs. Silver Heights also has beautiful herb, flower, and fruit sets for gardeners.

Locust Grove has cherries and strawberries. Several other stands, including Sycamore and Eckerton, have strawberries also. Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-stars and various unique greens, and they and Northshire have sucrine lettuces.

Summer vegetables and fruits are starting to come in. If you are a fan of asparagus and strawberries, you should be having them now, since field strawberries and asparagus are almost over.

To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/o7e8qfk

Click on the first photo to see the slideshow.


Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Last strawberries at Cherry Lane! Last asparagus at Hoeffner! First blueberries at Kernan. Lots of fava beans at many stands, including Kernan, Eckerton, and Sycamore.

Several stands have English shelling peas and sugar snaps. Mountain Sweet Berry has ripe Tri-stars and unripe Tri-stars for pickling. Eckerton, Paffenroth, Miglorelli, Stokes, and others have salad and other greens, and Stokes has good looking fresh garlic, as do Madura and others. Keith has young onions, garlic, and other delicious looking vegetables and Bulich has a wide variety of cultivated mushrooms.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/o4md4js


Saturday, June 14, 2014 Last asparagus at Stokes! Last peonies at Durr! Fava beans are in at Lani, Eckerton, Norwich. Strawberries are sweet at Sycamore, Stokes, Eckerton, Cherry Lane, Norwich, and others.

Tri-Stars, lamborne, sucrine lettuce, and other goodies at Mountain Sweet Berry. Sycamore has rhubarb to go with their strawberries for a Father's Day pie. Gorzynski also has rhubarb, along with their delicious organic produce.

Lani has gorgeous string beans, lettuces, and unique greens. Windfall has beautiful edible flowers, minigreens, various mesclunes, and arugulas. Windfall, Violet Hill, and Quattro's all have wonderful eggs, and Quattro's has duck, pheasant, and other eggs and poultry.


Wednesday, June 11, 2014 Las Delicias bakery is now on the 17th St. section across from Barnes and Noble. Sycamore is back with delicious strawberries! Berried Treasures and Mountain Sweet Berry have chervil and lambs quarters.

Last day for Bodhitree's asparagus! They still have plenty of strawberries, lettuce and other salad greens, cut herbs, fava beans, and other tasty vegetables.

Eckerton also has fava beans, as well as shelling peas and sugar snap peas. Windfall has gorgeous edible flowers, including beautiful little roses!

Asparagus at Stokes, Cherry Lane, Bodhitree, Madura, and others. Strawberries at Sycamore, Cherry Lane, Stokes, Bodhitree, and others. Tri-star strawberries at Mountain Sweet Berry, along with some unique greens. Interesting greens at Paffenroth, including puntarelle, stinging nettles, Garden of Spices, Bulich, and Madura have all kinds of mushrooms.

Blue Moon has delicious fresh fish.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/ljyv4hl


Saturday, June 7, 2014 Sycamore is back! (with strawberries, rhubarb, and basil) Hodgson's is back with peonies! Mountain Sweet Berry's tri-star strawberries are here!

Stokes has their delicious cherry tomatoes and asparagus today, as well as generous bunches of cut herbs, great hydroponic lettuces, and beautiful potted plants. Oak Grove has potted sunflowers, an excellent variety of heirloom tomato and pepper plants, and lush herb plants. Silver Heights has vegetable and herb potted plants and Binder has a wide choice of herbs in pots as well.

There are several varieties of strawberry around the market and it's difficult to choose, as I found out when I ended up with three kinds myself! Cherry Lane, Phillips, Sycamore, Lani, Stokes, and others have various large kinds and Mountain Sweet Berry has the first of their Tri-stars.

I'm eating Stokes Farm's cherry tomatoes like candy. So tomatoey and sweet! I picked up some fava beans from Eckerton, where there were also tempting lettuces, other greens, and radishes, as well as sugar snaps. Several stands, including Eckerton, Lani, Norwich Meadows, and others have good-looking salad mixes, and Paffenroth has puntarelle, mizuna, and other choices.

To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/kny3ak5


Friday, June 6, 2014 Bulletin from Union Square Greenmarket Union Square GreenMarket, 8 am-8 pm (later hours this week) Union Square Park, West 16th Street Entrance

Here's more about what's special this Friday:

"Grab your friends and family and come join us at the Union Square Greenmarket this Friday night for A Summer Night with Greenmarket Chefs. Our farmers will stick around until 8 pm and we've invited in some of the best restaurants in the city to serve you delicious seasonal dishes while you shop for strawberries, sugar snap peas and local honey. The event is FREE and open to the public, dishes and drinks are sold from individual stands.

There will also be a beer garden where you can grab a glass of beer, wine or cider to sip on while you listen to the stylings of great Latin Jazz percussionist, Ray Mantilla."

Restaurants here tonight: All of your favorite Friday Greenmarket farmers will be in attendance, along with these restaurants selling individual dishes, desserts and beverages: Back Forty/Back Forty West, Casa Mono, Clarkson, The Fourth, Jimmys No 43, Northern Spy Food Co., Palo Santo/Taco Santo, Print Restaurant, Rouge Tomate, Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto, Tocqueville, 'wichcraft


Wednesday, June 4, 2014 Asparagus lover's paradise, with great ones at Stokes, Cherry Lane, and others. Young garlic and onions at Keith's and other stands.

Tasty watercress at Mountain Sweet Berry, Berried Treasures, and Paffenroth. Gorgeous salad greens at Eckerton and Stokes, among others. Several stands have sorrel and stinging nettles.

Great strawberries at Cherry Lane, Bodhitree, Phillips, and others. Kernan is here with asparagus and sugar snap peas. Paffenroth, Windfall, and others have tasty unique greens, and Windfall has gorgeous edible flowers, minigreens, and sprouts.


Monday, June 2, 2014 She Wolf's miche! PE&DD's fresh fish! Holy Schmitt's many horseradish flavors! Consider Bardwell's mixed cow/goat cheese! Hudson Valley Duck Farm's many duck products, Roaming Acres ostrich, pork, and beef options, Madura's mushrooms, Bodhitree's purselane, Norwich Farm's beet varieties, and Las Delicias pastries both savory and sweet. Monday's market is getting more and more impressive as the season progresses!

You'll find plenty of asparagus, rhubarb, strawberries, lettuces, cut herbs, and flowers today. Dutchmill has beautiful peonies and Dutch irises, and Rose Meadow has anemones, sweet peas, and other lovely flowers.


Saturday, May 31, 2014 Eckerton has baby kale, arugula, and other special greens and had English peas and sugar snaps when they opened this morning!

One more week for Durr's lovely peonies, but their bearded irises are over. Duva has old fashioned irises and I Fiori has the last of their gorgeous tulips, along with lilies. River Garden is NOT here today.

Other stands with flowers -- Rose Meadow, Phillips, Caradonna.

Stokes, Miglorelli, Hoeffner, Lani, Eckerton, Cherry Lane, and others have asparagus. Phillips, Stokes, Lani, and Cherry Lane have strawberries and Gorzinski, Hoeffner, and others have rhubarb.

Quattro's has pheasant and other eggs, poultry, sausages and smoked poultry. Violet Hill has rabbit, chickens, eggs, and they and Northshire have MORELS. Bulich has various cultivated mushrooms.

Stokes and Shushan have cherry tomatoes and other tomatoes. Cherry Lane has greenhouse heirloom tomatoes. Oak Grove has many varieties of heirloom tomato plant for the home gardener and Silver Heights also has vegetable and flower sets.

To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/q75uz4o


Friday, May 30, 2014 Lucky Dog has guinea hens! Bodhitree has baby Tuscan kale. Consider Bardwell has a new semifirm goat cheese. Stokes, Bodhitree, and others have strawberries

Stokes, Bodhitree, Madura, Miglorelli, and Samascott have asparagus. Samascott also has beautiful rhubarb! Norwich Meadows has a lovely variety of baby beets and many kinds of radish. Queens County, Bodhitree, Norwich, and others have great salad and other greens, and Bodhitree has some unique Asian and other greens as well. Toigo has tomatoes, apples, and tomato products.

Dutchmill has gorgeous peonies and Dutch irises, and Rose Meadow has a variety of flowers.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/oywha9l


Wednesday, May 28, 2014 Strawberries! Asparagus! young garlic! Stinging nettles!

Cherry Lane, Stokes, and Phillips have strawberries today. Hoeffner, Bodhitree, Cherry Lane, S&SO, Miglorelli, and others have asparagus. (Hoeffner has both purple and green.) Hoeffner also has rhubarb. Several stands have young garlic, including Keith, and Garden of Spices, Bulich, Madura, and Two Guys have various mushrooms. Rogowski has stinging nettles. Eckerton has beautiful lettuces, radishes, and baby wild arugula.

Oak Grove has potted heirloom tomato plants, peppers, and herbs, along with nasturtiums. Rogowski has sorrel, watercress, and purslane.

Dutchmill has peonies and Ductch irises, Phillips has phlox, and Rose Meadow has roses, anemones, and sweetpeas.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/l7hjpst


Monday, May 26, 2014 Plenty of choices at the Greenmarket today! Asparagus, rhubarb, young onions, beautiful flowers, tasty cheeses and yogurts, and more!

Norwich Meadows has young onions, plenty of greens, and strawberries. Lani has mix and match young lettuces, strawberries, cut herbs, and more. Phillips has tomatoes, strawberries, and greens. Healthway has a wide variety of delicious potatoes and herb plants. PE&DD has fresh fish and shellfish, especially sweet scallops, bluefish and other filets, and fish salads.

Dutchmill has beautiful peonies and Dutch irises and Hudson Valley Duck has rillettes, ducks, duck parts, and other duck products. Roaming Acres has ostrich and other items. Race has a wide variety of potted plants, including flowers, herbs, and vegetables, and Red Jacket has many kinds of juice.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/nutfmdu


Saturday, May 24, 2014 Keith's back! (with young garlic, stinging nettles, cut herbs) Strawberries at Stokes , Lani, and Phillips! Morels at Windfall, Violet Hill, and Northshire!!

Peonies, bearded irises, dutch irises and other flowers at James Durr. Lily of the Valley and lilacs at River Garden. Roses and other beautiful flowers at Rose Meadow. Pretty phlox and other flowers at Phillips.

Gorgeous lettuces at Eckerton and Stokes. Asparagus at S&SO, Hoeffner, Cherry Lane, Stokes, and other stands. Greens and lettuces at Norwich, Two Guys, Shushan, Windfall, and other stands. Edible flowers at Windfall. Cherry Lane has mixed bags of salad, spinach, and other produce.

Goose, wild turkey, duck, pheasant, and chicken eggs at Quattro's, along with delicious poultry, smoked poultry, and sausages. Violet Hill has various eggs, chickens, poultry parts, and pork products. Flying Pig has pork cuts, sausages, and chickens. PE&DD has lobsters, shellfish, fresh fish, and seafood salads.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/oax7bvf


Wednesday, May 21, 2014 Strawberries at Bodhitree! Rhubarb at Hoeffner and Berried Treasures! Asparagus everywhere!

Early strawberries have finally appeared! This is the day to pick up some ramps, lilacs, and purple asparagus (at Madura). Berried Treasures, Mountain Sweet Berry, and others have ramps and you'll find fiddlehead ferns at Tamarack. Eckerton and Stokes have beautiful hydroponic lettuces and S&SO, Miglorelli, and Eckerton have many kinds of radish. Rogowski has stinging nettles and other unique greens and Bodhitree, Windfall, and others have edible flowers.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/osu4kf9


Monday, May 19, 2014 Norwich Meadow is back in their usual spot near15th Street with delicious greens, herbs, and edible flowers.

Dutchmill has Dutch irises and will have peonies, Dutch irises and bearded irises on Wednesday. PE&DD is here with fresh fish and shellfish. Consider Bardwell has tasty cheeses and Las Delicias has gluten free and other pastries both savory and sweet. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has ducks and duck products and Roaming Acres has ostrich and other meats.

Red Jacket has fruit juices and Race has beautiful potted flowering plants, vegetable plants, and herb plants. Madura and Healthway also have plants and Madura has several kinds of mushroom. Rose Meadow has various lovely cut flowers.

I was very late today, so I missed the energy fair in the Greenmarket. I did see a bicycle propelled blender! To see who was still here at 12:30PM and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/kvuefrp


Saturday, May 17, 2014 Asparagus! Ramps! Young garlic! Radishes! Fiddlehead ferns! Rhubarb!

Stokes, Cherry Lane, and others have beautiful lettuces. D"Attolico has succulent greens and sprouts. Bulich has cultivated mushrooms and Violet Hill has MORELS and other wild mushrooms. Hudson Valley Organic, Windfall, Lani, and Eckerton have minigreens, and Hoeffner, Stokes, Cherry Lane, Miglorelli, and others have freshly picked asparagus.

Quattro's has pheasant, duck, chicken, and goose eggs, along with delicious poultry, sausages, and smoked poultry. Violet Hill has tasty eggs, rabbits and rabbit parts, and chickens and chicken parts. Flying Pig and Violet Hill have various pork cuts and sausages. Seatuck and PE&DD have wonderful fresh fish and shellfish.

I Fiori di Fenice has the last of their large selection of unique tulips. Rose Meadow has gorgeous and unusual flowers and James Durr has peonies, bearded and other irises, parrot tulips, and other flowers. Duva has lovely irises.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/kqtcnum


Friday, May 16, 2014 Norwich Meadows has wild and cultivated lambs quarters, minutina, and nettles (and a couple of boxes of strawberries!). Deep Mountain and Lucky Dog have fiddlehead ferns. Bodhitree, Samascott, Stokes, and others have asparagus. Berried Treasures has beautiful ramps.

Queens County, Samascott and others have rhubarb. It's definitely Spring.

To see which stands are here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/lzz7nml

We're expecting thunderstorms around 10:30 AM, so get there early! If it is really bad, most farm stands will leave. A few Friday regulars aren't here at all. Check here for today's attendance:

http://www.grownyc.org/unionsquaregreenmarket


Saturday, May 10, 2014 FIDDLEHEADS at Garden of Spice and others. PEONIES at James Durr! Gorgeous ASPARAGUS at Stokes, Hoeffner, Cherry Lane, and others.

Rhubarb at Gorzynski. Parrot tulips at Durr. Flowering blossoms at Durr, River Garden, and Phillips. Lovely greens at Lani, Eckerton, Windfall, Paffenroth, and Mountain Sweet Berry. Braising greens at Cherry Lane and Miglorelli. Edible flowers at Windfall and others. Sprouts and greens at D/Attolico and Hudson Valley Organic. Salad and herbs at Gorzynski.

Herb and flower sets at Oak Grove, Stokes, Binder, Phillips, Silver Heights, and Hoeffner. Beautiful cut herbs and hydroponic lettuces at Stokes. CLAYTONIA and other interesting greens at Eckerton. Ramps at Mountain Sweet Berry, Violet Hill, and others.

Delicious fresh fish and seafood at PE&DD and Seatuck! Fresh eggs, poultry and other protein items at Quattro's and Violet Hill.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/k6uel43


Friday, May 9, 2014 Samascott has RHUBARB and ASPARAGUS! Other stands with good-looking asparagus include Bodhitree, Madura, and Stokes.

It's a RAMPtastic day, today, with Berried Treasures, Lucky Dog, and others offering a range of choices. Rogowski has beautiful young garlic and other greens and Madura and Two Guys have various mushrooms.

Stokes has beautiful salad greens and cut herbs, Toigo has tomatoes, and Miglorelli and others have broccoli rabe and arugula. Madura has rhubarb and salad mix. Queens County Farm has salad mix, spinach, and LOVAGE.

To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/l976cte


Wednesday, May 7, 2014 Fiddlehead ferns! Ramps! Asparagus! Young garlic!

Tamarack and Garden of Spices have fiddleheads. Mountain Sweet Berry, Tamarack, Berried Treasures, and others have ramps. Rogowski and others have young garlic. Cherry Lane, Miglorelli, Bodhitree, and others have asparagus.

To see these and other stands and produce:

http://tinyurl.com/mmngd5t


Saturday, May 3, 2014 ASPARAGUS!!! Cherry Lane is back and they and Hoeffner have asparagus.I saw restaurant foragers walking away with huge boxes of it, so better hurry if you want some! They already wiped out Gorzynski's RHUBARB! I saw a chef take Northshire's entire box of wasabi arugula, but you can check with Stokes to see if he has some this week. The early birds really are getting the goods today! Lani had some asparagus, but not alot.

Tulips should be around for a little while longer and Durr has LILACS!

Seatuck and PE&DD have good-looking fish and other seafood today and Quattro's has ducks and duck parts, chickens and chicken parts, other poultry and goose and pheasant eggs. Violet Hill has various kinds of chicken eggs as well as chickens, rabbits, and parts of both, and pork cuts.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/m8z8rgv


Friday, May 2, 2014 ASPARAGUS! at Madura and Queens Farm. Just a little, but encouraging. Samascot thinks they might have some next Friday! There are ramps all over the market, so get 'em while the season lasts.

You'll find pea shoots, ramps, and other greens at Lucky Dog, gorgeous salad greens and other greens at Bodhitree, and tasty new produce at Rogowski. Queens County has lovely spinach and salad.

Samascot is hoping for rhubarb in a couple of weeks and strawberries by the end of May. Madura and Two Guys have mushrooms today and Toigo is here with tomatoes.

Pura Vida has beautiful fish and Flying Pig has pork and chicken products. Las Delicias has delicious desserts and Hot Bread Kitchen has many kinds of breads. Dutchmill has almost come to the end of their tulip season, but still has beautiful and unique tulips.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/k8fwjy3


Saturday, April 26, 2014 Tulips! get them now before their season ends! Ramps! at Violet Hill, Mountain Sweet Berry and other stands. New lettuces and wintered-over broccoli rabe are everywhere!

Stokes, Lani, Northshire and others have tasty new season salad greens. Try Stokes's "wasabi arugula" if you get there in time. It's delicious! They and Northshire have pretty new lettuces and Lani has a wide range of salad greens and young garlic. D'attolico, Hudson Valley Organic, and Windfall have interesting small greens and pea and other sprouts.

The asparagus drumbeats are getting louder! Look for some to arrive soon -- maybe next week! Can strawberries be far behind?

Eckerton has small carrots, French breakfast radishes, and several unique greens. Gorzynski has mache!


Friday, April 25, 2014 TOIGO is back, with delicious canned peaches, apple and pear butter, apples, and tomatoes! Bodhitree has lovely greens and Berried Treasures, Lucky Dog, and others have RAMPS.

Rumors of asparagus are in the air, although not quite here yet, but there are more and more leafy greens, green garlic, green shallots, and other signs of good things to come.

To see these and other produce and stands: http://tinyurl.com/l3ruglc


Wednesday, April 23, 2014 It's RAMPALICIOUS at Mountain Sweet Berry, Berried Treasures, Max, and other stands. Rogowski and Madura have green garlic and Bodhitree has a wide variety of delicious salad greens and other greens.

The restaurant foragers were enthusiastically shopping while I was in the market, so the young garlic, ramps, broccoli rabe and other greens may be disappearing as I write. S&SO has beautiful chives and Oak Grove has gorgeousl lush tomato plants and herb sets for city gardeners, as well as small mixed potted herb gardens for window sills.

Bulich and Madura have several kinds of mushroom and Two Guys has shitakes and oyster mushrooms. Two Guys and Shushan have hydroponic greens and herbs and Shushan has cherry and other tomatoes.

I'm going to be making a mixed green salad and a broccoli rabe and ramp omelet for lunch today, using Bodhitree eggs, Miglorelli's broccoli rabe, and a few crimini mushrooms from Bulich.

To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/mkmpep2


Saturday, April 19, 2014 It's RAMPTASTIC at Mountain Sweet Berry! D'Attolico has duckweed and chickweed, and Eckerton has wintered-over small carrots and beautiful French Breakfast radishes.

It's peak tulip season at Fiori di Fenice and other stands as well, and Durr has beautiful flowering branches along with parrot and other tulips and daffodils.

Violet Hill has multi-colored eggs and Quattro's has goose, duck, pheasant, and chicken eggs as well as capons for the holiday and other poultry. Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens and rabbits and rabbit parts.

Lani has beautiful salad greens and Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes and cherry tomatoes as well as herbs. Bulich has several types of mushroom and Two Guys has shitake and oyster mushrooms as well as hydroponic greens and minigreens. Windfall has many kinds of small and mini-greens, aracuna chicken eggs, and Jerusalem artichokes.

To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/lyp2xwh


Monday, April 14, 2014 Holy Schmitt has fresh horseradish and various flavored horseradishes. Lani has ramps and young shallots. Dutchmill has gorgeous tulips.

> >To see these and other stands here today: http://tinyurl.com/k6rjp7k


Saturday, April 12, 2014 Ardith Mae has a new delicious yet to be named goat cheese! Eckerton has mache! D'Attolico has tasty hummus, lovely sprouts, and pussy willows. Northshire has tasty lettuce and other greens and Gorzynski has cress-like greens. Oak Grove has heirloom tomato plants in pots for home gardens.

Several stands have beautiful tulips, including Fiori di Fenice, Durr, and Phillips. Rose Meadow has sweet peas, anemones, and roses. Durr, D'Attolico, Phillips, and Locust Grove have flowering branches.

Quattro's, Violet Hill, and Windfall have unique egg options, with pheasant eggs at Quattro's, Duck and many kinds of chicken eggs at Violet Hill, and Arucunas at Windfall.

Windfall, Eckerton, Lani, and others have small salad and other greens. Eckerton has French breakfast radishes (I was too late for their baby carrots). Seatuck and PE&DD have gorgeous fresh fish and seafood.

To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/lrrtobh


Friday, April 11, 2014 Magnolias! Daffodils! Tulips!in Union Square! and Bobolink has HAND MADE MATZOS!!!

Matzo like Great Great Grandma used to make!!You can buy singles or boxes of ten. Madura has fresh horseradish. It's not the holiday yet, though, so you can get three kinds of challah at Hot Bread Kitchen, along with mini and regular bialys and other breads.

Bodhitree, Lucky Dog, and Queens County Farm have lovely salad greens and there are whispers of ramps and asparagus coming soon now that the weather is finally cooperating.

Berried Treasures is back -- with delicious looking potatoes for the moment. The folks at Samascott are warning that we'll probably have a short season of Spring vegetables when they finally show up!

To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/op5twva


Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Berried Treasures is back! with a wide selection of small potatoes and will be here on Wednesdays and Fridays.. Bodhitree has lovely salad greens and Bulich has several kinds of mushroom.

Stokes and Oak Grove have beautiful potted herbs and Madura has mushrooms in addition to flowering plants in pots. Rogowski has new salad greens and baby kale and Mountain Sweet Berry predicts ramps in two weeks if not sooner.

Divine Brine has tasty pickles and Baker's Bounty and Las Delicias have great baked goods.

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/lhav8w5


Saturday, April 5, 2014 Binder and Hoeffner are back with beautiful flowering and herb plant sets. Stokes also has lovely plant sets, both flowers and herbs.

Violet Hill and Quattro's have goose eggs, and Quattro's has pheasant and wild turkey eggs as well as chicken eggs. Violet Hill has many varieties of chicken egg. All very Spring-y, finally!

Lani, Windfall, and Hudson Valley organic have tiny mini-greens and Shushan and Two Guys have hydroponic lettuces. D'Attolico has delicious sprouts and homemade hummus.

Eckerton has French breakfast radishes and tiny carrots and Paffenroth has their extensive choice of potatoes, onion family vegetables, and other produce.

Violet Hill has rabbit and rabbit parts, chicken and chicken parts, sausages, and pork cuts. Quattro's has sausages both hot and sweet, ducks, chickens, and other poultry and poultry parts. Roaming Acres has ostrich meat and PE&DD and Seatuck have beautiful fresh fish and shellfish.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/lmhxgb5


Wednesday, April 2, 2014 Divine Brine is back with all kinds of pickles. Two Guys has edible flowers. Look for baby spinach, salad greens and other signs of Spring!

Dutchmill has lovely tulips and Rose Meadow has beautiful roses and anemones. Terhune and others have flowering branches.

In addition to their delicious greens, Bodhitree has excellent eggs and cut herbs. Don't miss Andrew's Honey, Las Delicias sweet and savory pastries, and Rogowski's green vegetables and other produce. Miglorelli has frozen summer vegetables, tomato juice, cider, and apples. Madura is here with various produce and Mountain Sweet Berry has their excellent small potatoes.

To see these and other stands and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/q97y368


Saturday, March 29, 2014 Seatuck is back! They have beautiful fish and shellfish today. Quattro's has Peking duck parts as well as whole ducks and PHEASANT EGGS, GOOSE EGGS, AND WILD TURKEY EGGS!. Northshire has beautiful salad greens and Hudson Valley organic has tasty minigreens. Lani is here with fresh black soy beans!

James Durr has beautiful flowering branches as does Phillips, and River Garden and others have pussy willows.

D'Attolico has tasty hummus and several kinds of sprout, Windfall has delicious small salad greens and minigreens, and Lani has sets of minigreens as well as salad greens and frozen strawberries. Miglorelli has frozen kale and summer vegetables. Bulich has a variety of mushrooms, loose or in $5 pick up and go bags. Two Guys also have mushrooms and they and Shushan have hydroponic greens. Shushan has cherry and other tomatoes as well. Monks Hood is here with various good looking greens.

Stokes and Oak Grove have beautiful herb plants in pots and Stokes and others have lovely potted flowers. Fiori di Fenice has stunning unique tulips and hyacinths and Durr and Phillips have pretty cut tulips as well.

Violet Hill has fresh rabbit and Belle Rouge chickens, various eggs, and honey. Quattro's has Pekin ducks, gorgeous chickens, and other poultry, as well as pheasant eggs.!!!

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/kof7cth


Friday, March 28, 2014 Last day for Muddy River Farm! Say goodbye to John -- he won't be back in the Greenmarket and we'll miss him and his unique and tasty produce!

Gosh, this rain is making me sleepy! But I did get to the Greenmarket and saw Bodhitree's beautiful greens, Lucky Dog's baby bok choi and other greens, Mountain Sweet Berry's potatoes and chips, and other tasty vegetables at Miglorelli, Norwich Farms, and Rogowski.

Greenmarket's next season begins in April, so we should see familiar faces back soon. Meanwhile, there is spinach, including baby spinach, signal of Spring!

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/lcytfjr


Monday, March 24, 2014 Uh, oh! Winter's back, at least for today. Dutchmill was here on Friday and intends to be here on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays when weather permits, but it's too cold today!

I'm on school break, so I was able to get to the market today, so I was sorry not to see Anna's beautiful tulips, but she should be here on Wednesday. I also heard that Maxwell's Farm will not be here and that he has retired from the market, which will disappoint his loyal customers who enjoyed his great greens, tasty tomatoes, and other delicious vegetables.

On a positive note, I'm having some of Butterfield's succulent cheddar on toast for breakfast. Phillips has brought in pretty potted flowers and Lani is back with excellent greens and fresh black soy beans. Race has dried beans as well as homemade soups.

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/m6nqnwo


Saturday, March 22, 2014 Stokes is back with beautiful potted pansies, other flowers , and vegetables!! Durr is back with flowering branches and tulips! Quattro's has WILD TURKEY AND GOOSE EGGS!

Eckerton has wintered over baby carrots and French breakfast radishes as well as various greens. Phillips has peach blossom branches, potted flowers, and tulips. Roaming Acres has ostrich eggs. D'Attolico has sprouts and arugula and Bulich has several kinds of mushroom. Lani has minigreens, fresh black soy beans, frozen tomatoes and frozen strawberries!

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/kol7dof


Wednesday, March 19, 2014 Bodhitree has beautiful greens! Check out Tamarack's CSA. Caradonna has cherry blossom branches and Locust Grove and others have bargain bags of apples and pears.

Shushan, Two Guys, and Windfall also have greens and Miglorelli has frozen summer vegetables. Beth's Farm Kitchen has fruit syrups and hot sauces as well as jams and chutneys and Las Delicias has their sweet and savory pastries.

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/o37lljt


Saturday, March 15, 2014 Eckerton is back! (French breakfast radishes, greens, wintered-over spinach) Phillips has jams, flowers, ketchup! Violet Hill has goose eggs!

Eckerton, Two Guys, Lani, Monks Hood, Windfall, and others have greens. Shushan has cherry tomatoes and other hydroponic vegetables and Two Guys has salad greens and mushrooms. Bulich is here with several kinds of mushroom as well.

I admit I went a bit wild at Fiori de Fenice, but the tulips were unbelieveable! Phillips also has tulips and other potted Spring flowers.River Garden has pussy willows. To see who else is here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/ordb683


Friday, March 14, 2014 Beautiful knitting wool from Queens County Farm Museum. Delicious cheeses from Bobolink. Tasty honey raisin challah from Hot Bread Kitchen. Potato chips from Mountain Sweet Berry. Fish bones for stock from Pura Vida.

Well, it's still a root vegetable market for the most part, but Queens County Farm Museum and Rogowski do have some greens. Muddy River and others have squashes and Madura and Two Guys have mushrooms.

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/mfutyut


Wednesday, March 12, 2014 Bodhitree is back!! Nevia has brought in beautiful leafy greens! Mountain Sweet Berry has a new white potato chip in big bags!

It's a lovely morning before the rain and Spring is finally showing its head with gorgeous salad greens, spinach, and eggs at Bodhitree. Rick's latest potato chip experiment looks delicious too. Locust Grove has big bargain bags of pears and apples.

To see these and other stands and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/kuwjx2l


Saturday, March 8, 2014 Lani's back! with microgreens, small greens, and fresh soy beans! I Fiori di Fenice is here with TULIPS!! Violet Hill has goose eggs!

Whispers of Spring, finally! Check here to see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/mojfgcg


Friday, March 7, 2014 Queens County Farm and Two Guys have green salads. Rogowski, Lucky Dog, Norwich Meadows, and Muddy River have all kinds of root vegetables.

I must confess that I have nothing left to say about a potato! Mountain Sweet Berry has tasty small varieties and interesting potato chips and Samascott has great looking sweet potatoes, but otherwise things are pretty much the same. Muddy River has nice big carrots and Norwich has Jerusalem artichokes.

Consider Bardwell is here with delicious cheeses, Deep Mountain with a wide variety of maple syrups, and Two Guys has mushrooms. Hot Bread Kitchen has challahs and other breads and Las Delicias has sweet and savory pastries. Francesca's Bakery has granola as well as breads and pastries.

To see these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/m7u74pt


Saturday, March 1, 2014 Monkshood is back! Quattro's has ground venison and all sizes of their delicious chickens! Violet Hill has fresh rabbit!

Miglorelli and Oak Grove have frozen vegetables. Violet Hill and Quattro's have huge AND small chickens. Shushan has cherry and other hydroponic tomatoes and herbs. Miglorelli has tomato juice and sauce. Beth's Farm Kitchen has dilly beans on sale. Flying PIg and Violet Hill have gorgeous bacon and other pork cuts.

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/ke7a7ms


Saturday, February 22, 2014 Jack is back with TULIPS!!!! Gorzynski is here with eggs and root vegetables. S&SO is here with (gasp!) potatoes! Mountain Sweet Berry has l'il potatoes!

I guess the big headline is tulips! Quattro's has several good-looking muscovy ducks along with their great eggs and other delicious poultry. Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens, pork cuts, sausages, and a wide variety of chicken eggs. Flying Pig has tasty bacon, Canadian bacon, pork cuts, sausages, and other pork products, as well as chickens.

D'Attolico is here with sprouts and vegetables. Norwich Meadows, Paffenroth, and others have root vegetables and Shushan and Two Guys have hydroponic vegetables. Bulich and Two Guys have various mushrooms. Beth's Farm Kitchen has meyer lemon and blood orange marmalades!

To see these and other stands and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/l466zot


Saturday, February 15, 2014 Plenty of interesting root vegetables here today! Las Delicias has lovely pastries and Hot Bread Kitchen has their delicious raisin challah, among many other tasty breads. Baker's Bounty has many savory pastries as well as bread crumbs, breads, and sweet pastries.

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/npvpu5y


Saturday, February 15, 2014 It's "warm" out there today, and there will be snow around noonish, so it might be a good idea to get to the Greenmarket soon!

To see who's there and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/m9hjexr


Friday, February 14, 2014 Who's in today Body & Soul Vegan Baked Goods. Gluten-free options Bread Alone Baked Goods. Cert/Organic Breads Deep Mountain Maple Vermont Maple Syrup and Maple Syrup Products DiPaola Turkeys Whole, Parts, Ground & Smoked Breasts Hot Bread Kitchen Non-Profit. Breads & Baked Goods Las Delicias Baked Goods Martin's Pretzels Hand-rolled Hard Pretzels Migliorelli Farm Vegetables, Orchard Fruit & Value Added Products Muddy River Farm Vegetables & Herbs Nordic Breads Finnish Ruis Bread Our Daily Bread Breads & Baked Goods. Gluten-free Options Pura Vida Shellfish & Fresh/Smoked Saltwater Fish Two Guys From Woodbridge Hydroponic Greens & Herbs, Cultivated Mushrooms


Saturday, February 8, 2014 To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/lhwrt77

Sales: Deep Mountain Maple Syrup -- Blueberry Maple Syrup Beth's Farm Kitchen -- Dilly Pickled Carrots

New: Blenheim Hill Sorghum Syrup and maple cotton candy


Wednesday, February 5, 2014 Well, I think I've just hit my limit -- not going today. But there are brave farmers who will be there, so.... Who's in today: from GrowNYC

Body & Soul Vegan Baked Goods. Gluten-free options

Bread Alone Baked Goods. Cert/Organic Breads

Caradonna Farms Vegetables & Orchard Fruits

DiPaola Turkeys Whole, Parts, Ground & Smoked Breasts

Hot Bread Kitchen Non-Profit. Breads & Baked Goods

Martin's Pretzels Hand-rolled Hard Pretzels

Migliorelli Farm Vegetables, Orchard Fruit & Value Added Products

Our Daily Bread Breads & Baked Goods. Gluten-free Options


Saturday, February 1, 2014 Rose Meadow is back with beautiful roses and anemones!

To see who else is here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/klqo3rj


Wednesday, January 29, 2014 To see which stands are here today and what they've brought:

http://tinyurl.com/nx65ebh

So glad to see that the farmers in the Greenmarket have heaters at their stands!

Madura has mushrooms, Shushan has tomatoes and herbs, Two Guys has hydroponic lettuces and shitake mushrooms, and Miglorelli, Norwich, Rogowski, and Tamarack have root vegetables, including black radishes and turnips. Mountain Sweet Berry has several kinds of potato and a couple of stands have squashes.

Roaming Acres has bison, ostrich, and other meats and meat products. Pura Vida has delicious fresh fish. Hudson Valley Duck has ducks, duck parts, and duck products including rillettes and smoked duck breast.

Our Daily Bread, Hot Bread Kitchen, and Bread Alone are here with many types of breads and rolls, and Las Delicias has tasty desserts, savory tarts, muffins, and cookies.


Saturday, January 25, 2014 Lots of great pork, poultry, meat here today, along with root vegetables, hydroponic greens and tomatoes, and mushrooms and sprouts!

Not a good day for fish, but many stands are here with other goodies, including Deep Mountain Maple, Andrew's Honey, and Tonjes with their headliner, PANEER!!!!

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/kvbc3gf


Wednesday, January 22, 2014 Who's IN today: from Greenmarket

Body & Soul Vegan Baked Goods. Gluten-free options Bread Alone Baked Goods. Cert/Organic Breads Breezy Hill Orchard Orchard Fruit, Hard Cider & Baked Goods Caradonna Farms Vegetables & Orchard Fruits Knoll Krest Farm Eggs & Fresh Pasta

Martin's Pretzels Hand-rolled Hard Pretzels Migliorelli Farm Vegetables, Orchard Fruit & Value Added Products Our Daily Bread Breads & Baked Goods. Gluten-free Options Windfall Farms Micro Greens & Vegetables

Who's out today -- from Greenmarket

Andrew's Local Honey Raw Honey Varieties, NYC Rooftop Honey & Bee Products Arcadian Pastures Pork, Beef, Lamb, Chicken & Eggs Berkshire Berries Raw Honey, NYC Rooftop Honey, Maple Syrup & Jams Beth's Farm Kitchen Pickled Goods, Jams & Chutneys

Blue Moon Fish Fresh & Smoked Ocean Fish, Shellfish Chateau Renaissance Wine & Sparkling Wine from the Finger Lakes DiPaola Turkeys Whole, Parts, Ground & Smoked Breasts Greener Pastures Wheatgrass Plants & Juice, Micro green Shoots

Hawthorne Valley Cow Dairy Products, Livestock Meats, Ferments, & Baked Goods Hot Bread Kitchen Non-Profit. Breads & Baked Goods Hudson Valley Duck Whole, Parts & Cured Products Keith's Farm Veggies, Garlic

Lavender by the Bay Dried Lavender Sachets & Culinary Locust Grove Farms Orchard Fruit & Vegetables Lynnhaven Goat Farm Meat, Cheese & Yogurt Max Creek Hatchery Fresh & Smoked Farmed Trout, Vegetables

Millport Dairy Cow's Milk Cheeses, Eggs & Meat Products Mountain Sweet Berry Vegetables River Garden Dried Flower Wreaths & Arrangements Roaming Acres Ostrich Emu & Ostrich Eggs. Pork, Bison & Ostrich Meat

Rogowski Farm Cert/Naturally Grown. Vegetables & Value Added products. Ronnybrook Farms Cow's Milk & Cow Dairy Products Rose Meadow Farm Cut Flowers Roxbury Mountain Maple Maple Syrup & Maple Syrup Products

S & SO Produce Farms Vegetables & Black Dirt Pickles and Sauces Shushan Hydroponic Tomatoes, Herbs & Vegetables Stony Mountain Ranch 100% Grassfed Beef

Tamarack Hollow Organic Heirloom Vegetables, Pasture-raised Pork & Chicken Eggs Terhune Orchards Orchard Fruit & Baked Goods Two Guys From Woodbridge Hydroponic Greens & Herbs, Cultivated Mushrooms Valley Shepherd Pasture-raised Cow & Sheep's Milk Cheese Products Yellow Bell Farm Chicken & Eggs from Columbia County, NY


Saturday, January 18, 2014 It's root vegetable and squash heaven in the Greenmarket!

Keith has beautiful butternut squashes, Paffenroth has great baby carrots,onions, and potatoes, and several stands have good-looking cabbages. Northshire has kale and Windfall and Norwich have beautiful black radishes along with gorgeous turnips and other delicious root vegetables. Mountain Sweet Berry has delicious potato varieties along with tasty potato chips.

Violet Hill has lamb, pork, and poultry cuts along with Belle Rouge chickens, bacon, and a variety of chicken eggs. Northshire has quail eggs.

Quattro's has excellent poultry, eggs, and sausages and PE&DD has beautiful fresh fish and shellfish along with salads and other seafood products. Nemeth, Breezy Hill, and Oak Grove have great looking pastries and D'Attolico has red pepper hummus!

Andrew and Tremblay are here with honey products and Cato Corner has their always wonderful cheeses. Beth's Farm Kitchen has chutneys and jams and River Garden and Lavender By The Bay have dried flowers. Rose Meadow has beautiful roses and anemones.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/mh7tdum


Saturday, January 11, 2014 Keith's stand has been moved to the West side of the Greenmarket near 15th Street. S&SO is not here today.

To see which stands are here today and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/lgx53zl

It's drizzly and gray, but the winter market is pretty much here.


Wednesday, January 8, 2014 Check here for GrowNY's Greenmarket Maps for Union Square: http://www.grownyc.org/unionsquaregreenmarket

Who's in today: http://tinyurl.com/lmbkkca Andrew's Local Honey Raw Honey Varieties, NYC Rooftop Honey & Bee Products Arcadian Pastures Pork, Beef, Lamb, Chicken & Eggs Berkshire Berries Raw Honey, NYC Rooftop Honey, Maple Syrup & Jams

Body & Soul Vegan Baked Goods. Gluten-free options Bread Alone Baked Goods. Cert/Organic Breads Caradonna Farms Vegetables & Orchard Fruits DiPaola Turkeys Whole, Parts, Ground & Smoked Breasts Feather Ridge Farm Chicken & Eggs from Columbia County, NY

Hawthorne Valley Cow Dairy Products, Livestock Meats, Ferments, & Baked Goods Hot Bread Kitchen Non-Profit. Breads & Baked Goods Hudson Valley Duck Whole, Parts & Cured Products Las Delicias Baked Goods

Madura Farm Vegetables, Eggs & Cultivated Mushrooms Martin's Pretzels Hand-rolled Hard Pretzels Migliorelli Farm Vegetables, Orchard Fruit & Value Added Products Millport Dairy Cow's Milk Cheeses, Eggs & Meat Products Mountain Sweet Berry Vegetables

Pura Vida Shellfish & Fresh/Smoked Saltwater Fish Red Jacket Orchards Fruit & Juices Roaming Acres Ostrich Emu & Ostrich Eggs. Pork, Bison & Ostrich Meat Rogowski Farm Cert/Naturally Grown. Vegetables & Value Added products. Ronnybrook Farms Cow's Milk & Cow Dairy Products Roxbury Mountain Maple Maple Syrup & Maple Syrup Products Shushan Hydroponic Tomatoes, Herbs & Vegetables Tamarack Hollow Organic Heirloom Vegetables, Pasture-raised Pork & Chicken Eggs Two Guys From Woodbridge Hydroponic Greens & Herbs, Cultivated Mushrooms

Who's out today: 3-Corner Field Grassfed Sheep's Milk Cheeses, Knitting Wool & Grassfed Lamb Bad Seed Cidery Hard Ciders Baker's Bounty Breads & Baked Goods. Gluten-free options Berried Treasures Vegetables, Berries & Herbs Beth's Farm Kitchen Pickled Goods, Jams & Chutneys

Blue Moon Fish Fresh & Smoked Ocean Fish, Shellfish Lynnhaven Goat Farm Meat, Cheese & Yogurt Max Creek Hatchery Fresh & Smoked Farmed Trout, Vegetables Our Daily Bread Breads & Baked Goods. Gluten-free Options Rick's Picks Pickled goods River Garden Dried Flower Wreaths & Arrangements Terhune Orchards Orchard Fruit & Baked Goods


Saturday, January 4, 2014 HERE TODAY: QUATTRO'S GAME FARM, VIOLET HILL, NORTHSHIRE, MOUNTAIN SWEET BERRY, HAWTHORNE, D'ATTOLICO, THREE CORNER FIELD FARM, AND OTHERS

Paffenroth, Tremblay, Norwich Meadows, Two Guys, Three Corner Field sheep farm, Ronnybrook, Shushan, Tonjes, and others are here. To see these and others: http://tinyurl.com/kvxk6v8


Thursday, January 2, 2014 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! See you on Saturday if the market is open!


Saturday, December 28 To see which stands are here today: http://tinyurl.com/nqf6zo4

It's pretty much the winter Greenmarket today, but there are many stands here with poultry, pork, breads, and cheeses, among other products. Pick up your New Year's Eve bird at Quattro's and Violet Hill, dried flower arrangements at River Garden, tasty cheeses at Cato, Three Corner Field Farm, and other stands, and delicious rillettes and other duck products at Hudson Valley Duck Farm.

See this URL for today's attendance sheet: http://www.grownyc.org/unionsquaregreenmarket


Saturday, December 21 Last day for Stokes! Get your cut herbs today! They'll be back next summer!

(Sunday, December 22, 2013) Bulletin for Monday! Monday is the last day for Lani for the season!! They will have beautiful greens and sweet potatoes along with other goodies for your Christmas celebrations, and then will be gone until Spring!

Stokes has beautiful small potatoes, herb bunches for poultry, herb wreaths, pumpkins, and lovely hydroponic salads. Oak Grove has fresh brussels sprouts, dried hot pepper bunches, pork cuts, beef cuts, and herb plants, as well as baked goods.

Several stands have Christmas greenery, including Mountain Sweet Berry, Truman, and Van Houten. Rose Meadow has fresh flowers and River Garden has dried flower arrangements

Breezy Hill has hard ciders, apples, pastries. Beth's Farm Kitchen has beautifully wrapped jams and chutneys for gifts. Deep Mountain has several kinds of flavored maple syrups and other stands have good gift options as well.

Quattro's has venison, capons, turkeys, pheasants, smoked poultry and other goodies. Flying Pig has house-made salamis, sausages, and bacon as well as pork cuts. Violet Hill has chickens, pork and lamb.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/ou8n83k


Wednesday, December 18,2013 Wednesday December 25 and January 1, there will be no market. However, Beth, Tamarack, and Windfall will be here on Monday, December 23rd along with the Monday regulars.

S&SO is here with root vegetables. Paffenroth, Rogowsky, Madura, Keith,and Tamarack have some green vegetables, including kales, and Two Guys and Shushan have hydroponic greens. Shushan also has hydroponic cherry and other tomatoes and herbs.

Paffenroth and Mountain Sweet Berry have great potatoes, and Mountain Sweet Berry, Van Houten, Truman, and others have Christmas greenery. River Garden is here with dried flower arrangements.

Breezy Hill, Terhune, Caradonna, and Locust Grove have apples and ciders, and Breezy Hill has hard cider and cranberries. Rogowsky also has cranberries.

Beth has ketchup, hot sauces, and other goodies in addition to jams and chutneys and Three Corner Field Farm is hear with sheeps milk yogurts and cheeses as well as lamb cuts, soaps, and wools.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/nyc3pz2


Saturday, December 14,2013 WHAT???? ARE THEY KIDDING???? NO HEATERS???

Whether the ruling came from the Fire Department or the Parks Department, it makes no sense to tell the farmers the day before a snowstorm that they can't have heaters at their stands. It's not clear whose idea this was, but the result is that you won't be able to buy your leafy vegetables from many of your favorite farmers because they won't be here!

Many stands come from places it's difficult to travel from, so it isn't surprising that they aren't here today, but others are not here simply because this ruling results in the destruction of their produce.

Considering the humane roots of the farmers' markets and the intention to support local production, it is amazing to me that this has happened. Perhaps the people in charge are unaware of the history of the market and the fact that the Union Square Greenmarket essentially *made* the area the thriving business area it is today by attracting so many people.

Anyhow, it seems crazy to me that after 25 or so years of fire-free heating during the winter markets a ruling should be handed down with no time for planning.

------------------------------------ Meanwhile, several stands *are* here and you can find poultry, pork, eggs, apples, cranberries, leeks, and other great produce. No flowers, of course, and very few greens, but you should be able to satisfy your evergreen cravings. I didn't see any pointsettia plants (they need warmth, too).

To see which stands are here today: http://tinyurl.com/kask6ww


Tuesday, December 10 2013 Where's Lucy???

Just in case you were wondering what happened to the Report, the "bug" that's been going around decided to stop off at my house and I've been having a bout of the "flu", or whatever it is. I expect to be back in business soon, maybe Friday.

Meanwhile, enjoy the Greenmarket and have a glass of Ronnybrook's superb eggnog!!!


Saturday, November 30, 2013 28 degrees!!! Many stands are here despite the cold, and it's Small Business Saturday, so put on lots of layers and come on down to Union Square!!

Beth's Farm Kitchen is here with gift wrapped jams and chutneys. Deep Mountain Maple has MAPLE MARSHMALLOWS! Flying Pig has their home-made sopressata and salami as well as their delicious liverwurst.

[NOT here today: D'Attolico, Eckerton, Quattro's, Violet Hill, Cherry Lane, and a few others.]

Mountain Sweet Berry, Van Houten, and others have Christmas decorations and Stokes has herb wreaths for gifts. Flying Pig has chickens and Grazing Acres is here with pork cuts, beef, and various milks. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has ducks, duck parts, and several duck products (rillettes, duck fat, etc.). PE&DD is here with lobsters, fish, shellfish, fish salads and fish pates.

Paffenroth, Miglorelli, and S&SO have many kinds of produce and Windfall and Gorzynski are here with unique produce as well. Bulich has several mushroom varieties and Cato is here with delicious cheeses. Ronnybrook has milks, creams, butters, yogurts, and ice creams.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/qy7feg5


Wednesday, November 27, 2013 The rain is expected to slow down and move out by around 10 A.M.

The only stands I didn't see were Las Delicias and Arcadia, but some other stands were just setting up because they'd been slowed down by the weather, so they may come in, too. Several stands not normally here on Wednesday are here today, so look for some of your favorites on the location map: http://tinyurl.com/l35y8wu

Quattro's, Violet Hill, and others have walk-in poultry available. I saw a really gorgeous goose at Quattros, along with beautiful turkeys, chickens, pheasants, and other birds. Violet Hill had several good-looking Belle Rouge chickens, along with lamb and pork cuts, and Flying Pig is here with pork cuts, sausages, and chickens. Oak Grove also has pork and beef cuts.

Stokes and Mountain Sweet Berry have excellent small potatoes and Bodhitree has beautiful Japanese and American sweet potatoes. (This is Bodhitree's last day for the season!!!)

Muddy River, Rogowski, Miglorelli, Stokes, S&SO, Keith, Tamarack, Oak Grove, Windfall, and others are all here with beautiful root vegetables and greens. Stokes has lovely purple cauliflower, cut herbs, herb wreaths, and hydroponic lettuces. Windfall has all kinds of small greens and D'Attolico has sprouts(and hummus made from their own chickpeas!).

Rogowski has cranberries in addition to squashes, greens, carrots, and other produce, and several stands have terrific looking pumpkins. Bulich has several varieties of mushroom and Madura is here (didn't see mushrooms, but they hadn't set up yet).

Click here to see which stands are here and what they've brought:http://tinyurl.com/ouhdkjp

The camera did something weird to some of the green veg, probably because of the rain. The cabbages and other greens are really beautiful.


Saturday, November 23, 2013 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2013.Cherry Lane, Buzzard Crest, and others are not in their regular spots, due to the Christmas Market, but they're here, on the 17th Street crosstown side.

Last day for Buzzard Crest!!

Check out Breezy Hill for beautiful fresh cranberries and Locust Grove for quinces. Beth's Farm Kitchen has various cranberry items as well as plenty of pretty wrapped jams and chutneys for gifts.

Mountain Sweet Berry has several kinds of interesting potato chips and great varieties of potatoes for roasting with your bird. Stokes and Cherry Lane also have delicious sweet potatoes and Lani has Japanese sweet potato varieties.

Lani, Eckerton, Gorzynsky, and Stokes have delicious looking salad greens, and S&SO, Paffenroth and Miglorelli have wide varieties of tasty produce, including celeriac (Paff.), celery (S&SO), and beets (Mig.). Eckerton, D'Attolico, and Oak Grove have hot peppers. Several stands have pumpkins and squashes including S&SO, Oak Grove, Hoeffner, Eckerton, and others.

Quattro's has all kinds of poultry, including turkeys, capons, chickens, and pheasants. Violet Hill has chickens, rabbits, lamb cuts, and other meats, and both have eggs. Click here to see which stands will be where on November 27 -- Wednesday before Thanksgiving:

http://tinyurl.com/l35y8wu

To see today's stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/lahho56


Wednesday, November 20, 2013 Click here to see which stands will be where on November 27 -- Wednesday before Thanksgiving:

http://tinyurl.com/l35y8wu

Stands from all four markets will be here in Union Square.


Saturday, November 16, 2013 Next Saturday will be Buzzard Crest's last for the season. You can freeze their delicious juices!

Beautiful herb wreaths at Stokes, along with brussels sprouts and cauliflower. Sweet potatoes at Lani and Cherry Lane, other great potatoes at Mountain Sweet Berry, Stokes, and S&SO. Apples, pears, cider at Miglorelli, Terhune, Locust Grove, and others, and cranberries and cranberry hard cider at Breezy Hill. Sprouts, hot peppers, and carrots at D'Attolico and many kinds of hot and flavoring peppers at Eckerton and Oak Grove.

Cherry Lane still has some good looking heirloom tomatoes as well as other delicious produce and S&SO, Oak Grove, and Hoeffner have tasty looking winter squashes. Eckerton has jars of dried peppers as well as fresh varieties and Oak Grove has husk tomatoes as well.Locust Grove has quinces and grapes.

To see these and other stands and produce:http://tinyurl.com/lhphjxy


Wednesday, November 13, 2013 Fresh cranberries at Breezy Hill! Gift bunches of rocambole garlic at Keith's! Japanese sweet potatoes at Bodhitree! All kinds of kale everywhere!

It's pretty cold out there, but there are plenty of stands with beautiful produce in the market today. Purple and white cauliflower, heirloom tomatoes, all kinds of winter greens and squashes, apples, pears, and quinces. It's sparse in the cut herb department, but there are stands with lettuces and peppers. Eckerton, for instance.

And it will be back up to 60 degrees this Saturday!

To see which standa and produce are here today: http://tinyurl.com/ldmqpz7

To see a map of the Wednesday Greenmarket on November 27 (day before Thanksgiving): http://www.grownyc.org/files/gmkt/usqmaps/unsq-thanksgiving-weds-2013.pdf


Saturday, November 9, 2013 Herb wreaths at Stokes! Heirloom tomatoes (believe it or not!) at Cherry Lane. Agre dolce peppers at Eckerton! Peach jam at Sycamore!

Cherry Lane still has good-looking San Marzano tomatoes. D'Attolico has pretty hot pepper bunches for hanging and gifts. Lani has cranberry beans. Stokes, Cherry Lane, and others have various colors of cauliflower and Hoeffner has whole and cut up squashes. Buzzard Crest is here for two more weeks after today with delicious grapes and grape juices.

Lani, Eckerton, and Oak Grove have a variety of interesting flavoring and hot peppers. Locust Grove has quinces, apple sauce, cider, apples and pears. Check Breezy Hill for cranberries (I whizzed by them today, but they did have them on Wednesday, so you have a good chance of finding them there today.). Stokes has a wide variety of cut herbs.

Quattro's has pheasants and chickens as well as parts, sausages, and smoked poultry. Flying Pig and Violet Hill also have chickens, and PE&DD is here with delicious looking fish and seafood. Andrew's Honey is here today and will be here every other week!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/mahfl5a


Wednesday, November 6, 2013 Daikon! Bronx honey! Lemongrass! Kale, kale, and more kale!

Cherry Lane has beautiful broccoli, cauliflower, and spinach, and still has good looking heirloom tomatoes. Stokes has their excellent small potatoes, pumpkins, cut herbs, lettuces, and other great produce. Rogowsky has black radishes, squashes, herbs, beets, and other vegetables. Mountain Sweet Berry has beautiful mini-beets and -potatoes, along with interesting greens, and Windfall has many kinds of minigreen, watermelon radishes, and other unique produce. S&SO, Paffenroth, and others have wide varieties of produce, including burdock, salsify, and many kinds of root vegetables, and Bodhitree has Japanese sweet potatoes, flavoring peppers, and beautiful greens and cabbages.

Oak Grove and Eckerton still have lovely hot and flavoring peppers and S&SO and others have a smaller selection of good-looking pepper varieties. For some reason there are fewer stands with apple cider, but you'll find it at Terhune, Miglorelli, Breezy Hill, and Red Jacket.

To see these and other stands and produce:http://tinyurl.com/md4lgae


Saturday, November 2, 2013 Celeriac at Paffenroth! Lobsters at PE&DD! Seeded and seedless grapes at Buzzard Crest! Watermelon radishes at Gorzynski!

Heirloom tomatoes are disappearing, but you can still find them at Locust Grove, S&SO, Eckerton, Oak Grove, and Cherry Lane. (Cherry Lane also has tasty San Marzano sauce tomatoes.) Oak Grove and Eckerton have all sorts of sweet and hot peppers and Gorzynsky has luscious salad greens, root vegetables, and unsprayed organic apples. Stokes, Sycamore, and Oak Grove have pumpkins and squashes, and Oak Grove has husk tomatoes.

Seatuck and PE&DD have delicious shellfish and other fish and Flying Pig and Violet Hill have various pork products and poultry. Quattro's has excellent eggs, capons, chickens, ducks, and other poultry as well as sausages and smoked poultry.

I was too early to see D'Attolico's offerings, but I'm sure they have tasty sprouts and other produce. Bulich has beautiful mushrooms and Caradonna, Locust Grove, Terhune, Breezy Hill, and others have apples, pears, and other fruit. Locust Grove still has quinces.

Lani, Windfall, and Mountain Sweet Berry have many kinds of interesting produce, and MSB has started bringing in their unusual potato chips. To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/ldcfgf8


BULLETIN FROM GREENMARKET:

Greenmarket is passing along a message from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and other organizations advocating for small farms throughout the US. It is highly important that farmers and consumers raise their voice on this critical issue:

The Food Safety Modernization Act - Stand up for Regional Family Farms Today! The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the most sweeping reform of the nation's food safety laws in more than 70 years, was signed into law by President Obama on January 4, 2011. The FSMA aims to ensure that the American food supply is safe by shifting the focus of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations from responding to contamination to preventing it. Pursuant to the 2011 law, the FDA proposed new rules will have a huge impact on how fresh fruits and vegetables are grown and processed in the United States.

While safe food, from field to fork, is critically important to responsible farmers and concerned eaters, the FDA's proposed rules don't take into account the real differences between food from industrial-scale agriculture and food produced by small and mid-scale, diversified family farmers. Indeed, industrial agriculture, operating anonymously in attenuated food supply chains, rightfully should be subject to rules aimed at preventing future lapses in food safety, like those that have resulted in massive recalls of tainted spinach, eggs, and peanut butter. However, small and mid-scale farms, many of which are engaged in on-farm value added processing and direct marketing, have not been responsible for the widespread incidences of foodborn illness that the FMSA is intended to abate. Currently, these smaller farms are regulated by state and local authorities, and most importantly, they are directly accountable to those who buy and enjoy the food they produce.

Rules written for industrial scale agriculture will burden unfairly the kinds of farmers who sell their products at Greenmarket. The proposed FSMA rules threaten their farms' financial viability and eaters' supply of regionally and sustainably produced fruits and vegetables because they effectively will preclude certain sustainable farming practices and will generate unsupportable compliance costs. As currently written, the FDA rules threaten to: Put many farms out of business; Reduce the supply of fresh, local produce; Lead farmers to destroy wildlife habitat; and Increase the use of chemical, rather than natural, fertilizers.

Right now, we have a chance to tell the FDA we believe that locally and sustainably produced food is inherently safer food and that the present bias in the rules against small and mid-scale family farmers is unacceptable. We must tell the FDA that the new food safety rules must: Encourage farmers to use sustainable farming practices, including those already allowed and encouraged by existing federal organic standards and conservation programs; Ensure that diversified and innovative farms, particularly those pioneering models for increased access to healthy, local foods, continue to grow and thrive without being stifled; and Provide options that treat family farms fairly, with due process and without creating excessive costs. The proposed rules are complicated, but it's easy enough to act now.. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) has come up with a FSMA rules primer and suggested templates you, be you farmer or eater, can use to prepare and send your comments to the FDA. The more of us who act now, the better the likelihood that there will a fairer outcome. You can get started by going to http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/5735/p/salsa/web/common/public/content?content_item_KEY=9861

DON'T DELAY, YOUR COMMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED (OR POSTMARKED) BY THE FDA DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 15, 2013!

Sincerely, Greenmarket, GrowNYC 51 Chambers Street, Suite 1231 New York, NY 10007 www.grownyc.org p 212.788.7476 f 212.571.0778

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Sweet mini kiwis at Locust Grove! Fava Beans at Kernan! Canary beans at Berried Treasures!

Heirloom tomatoes are still here at Keith, Stokes, Oak Grove, Berried Treasures, and Cherry Lane! Brussels sprouts at Cherry Lane, Bodhitree, and other stands. Tomatillos at Oak Grove, S&SO, and other stands. Kales and other greens at Paffenroth, Keith, Stokes, Tamarack, and S&SO.

Pumpkins at Sycamore, Oak Grove, Stokes, and other stands. Apples, pears, plums, and other fruit at Caradonna. Interesting potatoes at Paffenroth, Mountain Sweet Berry, and Berried Treasures. Red and yellow RASPBERRIES at Berried Treasures!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/ovfgk3n


Saturday, October 26, 2013 Quinces at Locust Grove! Many grape varieties at Buzzard Crest! Pumpkins at Sycamore, Stokes, Oak Grove, Van Houten, and others.

Violet Hill has chickens, pork, eggs, and mushrooms. Bulich has several kinds of mushroom also. Quattro's has ducks, chickens, sausages, pheasants (many sizes), and eggs. Flying Pigs has pork products and chickens. Hudson River Duck Farm has ducks and many kinds of duck products, including smoked duck breast and rillettes.

Lani has an extensive variety of produce, including eggplants, beans, greens, broccoli rabe, and sweet potatoes. Eckerton has many kinds of peppers, radishes, heirloom tomatoes, and greens. Stokes has lovely cut herbs, small potatoes, squashes, heirloom tomatoes, and fennel. Norwich Meadows has fresh ginger, winter squashes, peppers, heirloom tomatoes, fennel, greens, and other delicious produce. S&SO has a wide variety of produce, including tomatoes, herbs, greens, and squashes, and D'Attolico has their sweet small carrots, greens, peppers, and sprouts. Ryder is here with tasty turnips and other produce and Keith has rocambole garlic, greens, herbs, tomatoes, and gorgeous salad greens.

Breezy Hill has several kinds of apples, ciders, pears, and pastries. PE&dd has beautiful fish and shellfish, and Seatuck has great looking shellfish, tuna, and other seafood.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/qffgjlk


Friday, October 25, 2013 I've got a class today, but this URL will help you see who's here and what they've brought:

http://unsqgreenmarket.grownyc.org/overview


Wednesday, October 23, 2013 Things are slowing down, but there are still good finds in Union Square! Look carefully and you'll see heirloom tomatoes that are still pretty tasty, beautiful cauliflower varieties, interesting potatoes, and plenty of cut herbs. And PUMPKINS!!

Hot and sweet peppers at Eckerton and Oak Grove, sweet potatoes at Cherry Lane, Paffenroth, and Bodhitree, kale varieties all around the market, and pumpkins at Sycamore, Oak Grove, and Stokes. Good looking heirloom tomatoes at Stokes, Berried Treasures, Eckerton, Keith,and other stands.

Tamarack, Rogowski, Bodhitree, Oak Grove, S&SO, Stokes, Paffenroth, and others have still got a wide variety of produce. Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures are in an area that had 31 degrees last night, so the chills are coming and the best advice is catch their unique vegetables while you can -- today, if possible. Mountain Sweet Berry has the last of their shelled beans today, for instance.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/mfn3nmo


Wednesday, October 16, 2013 Paw paws at Windfall! Chestnuts at Eckerton! Beautiful San Marzanos at Cherry Lane! Tasty carrots at Hawthorne! Shelling beans at Berried Treasures, along with red and gold raspberries!

Many colors of carrot at Paffenroth, along with interesting greens, corn, herbs, parsley root, celeriac. Bodhitree has Japanese sweet potatoes, puntarella, cranberry beans. Tamarack also has shelling beans. Keith, Stokes, Sycamore, Cherry Lane, Bodhitree, and Eckerton have good looking heirloom tomatoes. Cherry Lane has broccoli, brussels sprouts, fairy tale and other eggplants, and other produce. Sycamore has corn, cucumbers, field tomatoes, and other produce.

Kernan has peaches, beans, and other produce. Caradonna also has peaches, as well as grapes, apples, pears, and other fruit. Terhune has new crop apples. Berried Treasures has Tri-star strawberries.

Blue Moon fish has great looking fresh fish, Roaming Acres has bison, ostrich, sausages, and pork. Feather Ridge has chickens, chicken parts, and eggs.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/pntt64g


Saturday, October 12, 2013 Chestnuts at Eckerton and Berried Treasures! Red and golden raspberries at Berried Treasures!

Tri-Star strawberries at Fantasy Fruit and Berried Treasures. Sweet potatoes at Stokes! Lima beans at Stokes, Cherry Lane, and other stands. Quinces at Locust Grove. Puntarella at Eckerton. Strongly flavored celery at Paffenroth. Canadice seedless grapes at Buzzard Krest and Cheerful Cherry. Hot peppers at Oak Grove, Cheerful, D'Attolico, and Eckerton. Heirloom tomatoes at Stokes, Eckerton, Cherry Lan, Sycamore, Berried Treasures, Lani, and other stands. Wild apples at Buzzard Krest.

Beautiful lettuces at Gorzynsky, S&SO, and Lani. Shelling beans at Mountain Sweet Berry (already shelled!), Lani, and Berried Treasures. Corn at Sycamore and Miglorelli.

Rabbit, poussin, chickens, pork, eggs at Violet Hill. Pheasants, chickens, eggs, and other poultry at Quattro's. Broccoli and Cauliflower at Northshire, along with eggs and Tuscan kale. Several kinds of kale and other interesting greens at Paffenroth. Chickens and pork products at Flying Pig.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/luvpqc7


Saturday, October 5, 2013 Black walnuts at Paffenroth! Chestnuts at Eckerton!

Did a fast walk around the market and saw that it is pretty much a duplicate of last Saturday's, so check below for last week's report. I did go to pick up an order, but am a little under the weather, so I don't have pictures this week. I'll be back in the market next Saturday. I'm going to visit one of our farmers near Beacon next Wednesday, and am looking forward to it!

Seeya next week.


Wednesday, October 2, 2013 Thanks to the warm weather, there are still many delicious heirloom tomatoes, summer squashes, and summer beans here today.

Check Stokes, Oak Grove, Eckerton, Sycamore, Cherry Lane, Bodhitree, Berried Treasures, and others for heirloom and other tomatoes. Berried Treasures has a wide variety of shelling beans, and Eckerton and others have one or two varieties. Bodhitree and Berried Treasures have beautiful string beans as well. Stokes, Cherry Lane, Keith, Oak Grove, and Mountain Sweet Berry have great sauce tomatoes.

Stokes has big generous bunches of cut herbs and beautiful greens, and Paffenroth has a wide variety of kales and other greens. Van Houten has peppers, tomatoes, and corn, and S&SO, Oak Grove, and Eckerton have many kinds of hot and sweet peppers.

Bulich has several types of mushroom and handy grab-and-go $5 bags of four kinds. New season apples can be found at several stands, including Locust Grove and Caradonna.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/lzj3vfd


Saturday, September 28, 2013 There are still great heirloom tomatoes if you look carefully. There are many stands with tasty cherry tomatoes as well. Keith, Norwich, Cherry Lane, Stokes, Sycamore and some others have some of the best.

There are great apples and pears all over the market -- try Locust Grove, Terhune, Caradonna, and Cheerful Cherry. Cheerful, Locust Grove, and Buzzard Crest have delicious grapes, and Buzzard Crest has wonderful juices. (Better freeze some before they disappear!) Breezy Hill also has great apples, including crabapples.

Shushan is back with hydroponic tomatoes and herbs. S&SO, Oak Grove and others have tomatillos and Norwich Meadows has winter squashes, fresh ginger, a wide variety of peppers, and beautiful beans. Berried Treasures is here with beans, tomatoes, and potatoes, and Paffenroth has their unique greens, potatoes, radishes, and many kinds of carrot. Gorzynsky has lovely lettuces and black radishes this week.


Wednesday, September 25, 2013 Lima beans at Stokes and Van Houten! Turn of the season tomatoes, peaches, nectarines. Shelling beans at Berried Treasures! Great sauce tomatoes at Mountain Sweet Berry , Cherry Lane, Stokes, Keith, and others.

Pumpkins, pears, new season apples at many stands. Gorgeous kales at Paffenroth, Tamarack, and others. Lovely beets and other produce at Rogowski. Raspberries at Eckerton and Windfall, along with delicious cherry tomato varieties.

Tasty sheep's milk cheeses at Three Corner Field Farm. Hudson Valley Duck Farm is having a sale on their excellent rillettes. Stunningly beautiful oyster mushrooms at Madura.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/lfb3oom


Saturday, September 14, 2013 Fresh locally grown ginger at Norwich Meadow Farms! Agri dolce and Grenadan seasoning peppers at Eckerton! Canadice and other grapes at Cheerful Cherry and Buzzard Crest!

Knockout sungold cherry tomatoes at Van Houten and D'Attolico! Ready to eat heirloom tomatoes at Oak Grove, Stokes, Cherry Lane, Sycamore, and others. Gorgeous baby red spinach at Lani! Spingarelli broccoli and Lamborn shoots at Mountain Sweet Berry. Many kinds of delicious hot peppers at Eckerton and Oak Grove, as well as boxes of mixed peppers at S&SO. 19 varieties of heirloom tomato at Cheerful Cherry. Beautiful shelling beans, including cannellini, cranberry beans, and others at Berried Treasures (now at full maturity and easy to shell).

Crab apples and other tasty varieties at Breezy Hill. Delicious stone fruit at great prices at Caradonna today. Peaches and other stone fruit along with apples and pears at Caradonna, Oak Grove, Terhune, Locust Grove, Cheerful Cherry, and others. I saw pumpkins along with winter squash AND summer squash varieties today! Norwich Meadows has many kinds of squash, eggplant, beans, peppers, heirloom tomatoes, greens, and melons today.

The Greenmarket had a Parisian visitor today, Gregory Marchand of Frenchie, who was shopping for an event for tomorrow in Brooklyn. I'm so jealous of anyone who is going! I couldn't get into Frenchie when I was in Paris in May. Maybe next time.Well, at least I got to tell Carmen Quaglia of Union Square Cafe how much I loved his ricotta gnocchi this week! So nice to be able to tell the chefs when you have a great meal.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/qdrgwt9


Friday, September 13, 2013 Apples and pears are sharing stands with peaches and nectarines as the season begins to turn. Shelling beans, stringbeans, flatbeans, and squashes both winter and summer are here.

School has also begun, for me as well as for children, so getting to class made me late today. No, the dog didn't eat my homework! In fact, I did get to the market early and bought some delicious peaches and nectarines from Toigo, but I was too late to post until now. I have classes on Monday and Friday, but I should be able to get the report up anyhow from now on.

To see what produce and other items are here today: http://tinyurl.com/motetzg


Wednesday, September 11, 2013 Tomatillos! Grapes! Peppers! Shelling beans! Sweet Potato leaf! Nasturtium leaf! Kales! Parsley root!

Peaches, plums, nectarines at Locust Grove, Terhune, Oak Grove, Sycamore, Kernan, Caradonna! The season is changing, so this is a golden opportunity to enjoy stone fruits before they disappear. Heirloom tomatoes are available at Stokes, Eckerton, Oak Grove, Bodhitree, Sycamore, Cherry Lane, and others, and will be here a bit longer, but now's the time to make sauce and freeze it and tomatoes for the winter.

Berried Treasures, Bodhitree, and others have shelling beans and Madura and Bulich have several kinds of mushroom. Sycamore, Van Houten, Miglorelli, Paffenroth, and others have corn, and many stands including Windfall and Oak Grove have good-looking squashes. I did see a couple of winter squashes and pumpkins, so things are moving along!

Stokes, Paffenroth, and others have big beautiful bunches of cut herbs, and Eckerton and Oak Grove have a huge selection of hot and sweet peppers. Hoeffner also has several peppers, tomatoes, and other produce.

Thanks to all the farmers who showed up right after 9/11 and brought us a sense of normalcy!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/pjzlg3z


Saturday, September 7, 2013 Last day for Cheerful Cherry's peaches! They have lots of tomatoes and peppers, and champagne grapes! Buzzard Crest is here with a wide variety of grapes!

Cherry Lane has great tomatoes, lima beans, and other delicious produce. My battery died before I got to them, so no pix of them today, but trust me, Buzzard Crest, Cheerful, and Cherry Lane have beautiful produce, and they're on the West end of the market, near 15th Street.

Norwich Farms has fresh ginger! Eckerton has all kinds of peppers, including West Indian flavoring peppers. Oak Grove also has a terrific selection of peppers, as do Cheerful Cherry and Lani. Stokes has good looking tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and generous bunches of herbs, including stevia, lemon verbena, and mints.

Caradonna is here with all kinds of produce, including cherry tomatoes, berries, stone fruit, and apples. Paffenroth, Norwich, and S&SO have different selections of many types of produce, and Gorzynski has unique choices, including luscious organic lettuces and herbs.

Heirloom tomatoes can be found at Sycamore, Stokes, Oak Grove, Eckerton, Cheerful Cherry, Cherry Lane, and other stands. They're all beautiful and the season is going to be over soon, so carpe diem!! Same for peaches! I saw little pumpkins in the market today and they plus grapes equals Autumn!!!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/kpmogrz


Friday, September 6, 2013 Delicious slurpy peaches at Toigo, Sycamore, Cheerful Cherry, and Oak Grove. This is Cheerful's last weekend for peaches!

I'm having an amazing white peach as I write. Several stands have great Italian plums -- I bought some to make a tart for the weekend. Franca of Berried Treasures has excellent shelling beans -- cannellini, flageolets, cranberry beans, and others. Bodhitree, Oak Grove, and Cheerful have a wide variety of seasoning and hot peppers, and Miglorelli, Bodhitree, Oak Grove, Norwich Meadows, and others have delicious squashes.

Muddy River has excellent smallish artichokes, big bunches of herbs, and other tasty produce. Norwich, Bodhitree, Cheerful, Sycamore, Lucky Dog, and others have good-looking heirloom tomatoes.

Dancing Ewe is back! They have delicious cheeses and sausages. Hot Bread Kitchen and Our Daily Bread are here and Roaming Acres has pork, bison, and ostrich. Flying Pig has pork products and chickens. Consider Bardwell has veal and their excellent cheeses, including a wonderful fresh goat cheese.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/n8llekd


Wednesday, September 4, 2013 Las Delicias is here with pastries for the holiday. Andrew's Honey has a wide selection of honeys for apple dipping!

Breezy Hill, Caradonna, Terhune, and others have several kinds of apple. Kernan has nectarines and peaches, and Oak Grove has yellow and white peaches. Sycamore and Locust Grove also have peaches and Locust has other stone fruit, including several varieties of plum.

There are beautiful eggplants at Bodhitree, Oak Grove, and others, and Berried Treasures, Oak Grove, Stokes, Eckerton, Cherry Lane,and others have many kinds of heirloom tomato. Cherry Lane and Van Houten have fresh lima beans. Many stands have squashes and Berried Treasures has several types of shelling beans, including cannelini, and beautiful haricots verts and other string beans. Eckerton and Oak Grove have many beautiful hot and sweet peppers, and Bodhitree has delicious flavoring peppers.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/kqhjrxb


Monday, September2, 2013 Lots of beautiful produce at Norwich Farms, Race, Phillips, Maxwell, Red Jacket, Lani, and others. Hudson Valley Duck Farm is here with ducks and duck products.

Las Delicias has pastries and Andrew's Honey is here for the holiday apple dipping! Dutchmill and River Garden have lovely flowers.

PE&DD has gorgeous fish today. I had their scallops last week and they were delicious. Here again today, along with lobster, clams, various kinds of fish. To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/k36cs3g


Saturday, August 31, 2013, 2013 Buzzard Krest is here with new and familiar varieties! Cheerful Cherry has champagne grapes! It's Labor Day weekend, so you better start putting up tomatoes and other vegetables and fruits if you haven't already!

There are plenty of heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, squashes, beans, greens, and other delicious vegetables here today, as well as peaches, nectarines, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries, but those grapes are a sign of the season change, and things will start to lessen after this. Some herbs have gone to seed or sprouted flowers. If you scrape corn off, put it in plastic bags, and freeze it, this is probably the day to do it. My freezer is already full of heirloom and other tomatoes.

Buzzard Krest is in the end spot this week, so Fantasy Fruit has moved down towards 16th Street or so. Windfall, Locust Grove, and D'Attolico have beautiful zucchini flowers today. I used them last week stuffed with Consider Bardwell's fresh goat cheese (here on Monday) and D'Attolico's candy-sweet cherry tomatoes, sauteed. Delicious.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/m57n5km


Friday, August 30, 2013 Elderberries, strawberries, raspberries at Berried Treasures! White and yellow peaches and nectarines at Toigo! Beautiful heirloom tomatoes at Norwich Meadows, Bodhitree, Sycamore,Cheerful Cherry, Oak Grove, and others.Champagne grapes at Cheerful Cherry! Flageolets, cannelini beans, and cranberry beans at Berried Treasures.

Miglorelli also has heirloom tomatoes, waternellons, beets, baby spinach, and a wide variety of other produce. Bodhitree has many unique items, including sweet potato leaves (saute them!), bok choy, and flavoring peppers. Norwich Meadows has gorgeous eggplants, melons, and squashes. Samascott has beautiful strawberries, string beans, and other vegetables and fruits, and Toigo and Samascott have new apples.

Roaming Acres has bison, Berkshire pork, and ostrich meat, and Flying Pig has pork products, chickens, and chicken livers. Las Delicias has tasty baked goods, and Hot Bread Kitchen has a large variety of ethnic breads.

River Garden and Dutchmill are here with beautiful flowers, and Queens County Farm has lovely mixed bunches of country flowers in addition to their good-looking heirloom tomatoes, peppers, and greens. Oak Grove has many kinds of hot and sweet peppers, eggplants, squashes, herb plants, and husk tomatoes. Cheerful Cherry has slurpy peaches, as well as various preserved pepper and other items.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/oje7vho


Wednesday, August 28, 2013 Elderberries at Berried Treasures! Fresh coriander seeds at Stokes! Lima Beans at Cherry Lane!

Heirloom tomatoes at Eckerton, Stokes, Sycamore, Berried Treasures, Bodhitree, Rogowski, Oak Grove, and others. Peaches both white and yellow and nectarines at Caradonna, Oak Grove, Terhune, Locust Grove, and Kernan. Raspberries and blackberries at Phillips, strawberries at Mountain Sweet Berry, Berried Treasures, Fantasy Fruit, and others. Shelling beans at Berried Treasures and others, and all kinds of beans at Bodhitree, Berried Treasures, and others. Many kinds of mushroom at Bulich. Tomatillos at Eckerton and Oak Grove. A huge selection of hot and sweet peppers at Eckerton, Oak Grove, and S&SO.

Many kinds of edible flowers, including sunflowers, nasturtiums, borage, zucchini flowers and roses at Windfall!

To see these and many other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/pvulwq3


Monday, August 26, 2013 Peaches, plums, apricots, berries, at Phillips, Red Jacket, Race, Truncillito. Gorgeous sauce tomatoes at Norwich, Race, Lani, and others.

Fantasy Fruit is here with blueberries and strawberries. Norwich has raspberries and Phillips has blackberries. Madura has good-looking corn and Phillips, Lani, Madura, and Maxwell have eggplants, heirloom tomatoes, all kinds of peppers both flavoring and hot, greens, salad greens, and other produce. Eckerton has heirloom tomatoes and a wide variety of hot and sweet peppers.

Las Delicias is here with delicious pastries and Buon Pane has tasty breads and other baked goods. Roaming Acres has Berkshire pork, ostrich meat, and beef, and Rising Sun has chicken, beef, and other meats. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has ground duck, duck rillettes, smoked duck, ducks, and other duck products. PE&DD has great looking scallops, fish, and clams, along with fish salads.

Dutchmill and River Garden have beautiful flowers.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/m4fxyjb


Saturday, August 24, 2013 Gorzynski's shelling beans! Eckerton's hot and sweet peppers! Heirloom tomatoes at Cherry Lane, Eckerton, Stokes, Sycamore, Oak Grove, Norwich Meadows, Northshire! New at Hudson Valley Duck Farm, ground duck!

More heirloom tomatoes at Cheerful Cherry and Lani! Seasoning peppers at Lani, Eckerton, Oak Grove. Many kinds of beans, including purple, green, yellow string beans, Romano beans, at Norwich, and two kinds of long beans at Lani. Unique greens at Paffenroth, Lani, Gorzynski, Windfall, Mountain Sweet Berry, D'Attolico.

Great sauce tomatoes at Cheerful Cherry, Cherry Lane, Norwich, Stokes, and Oak Grove. All kinds of squashes at Oak Grove, Lani, Norwich, and others. Delicious salad greens at Stokes, Gorzynski, Paffenroth. Beautiful eggplants at Lani, Norwich, Oak Grove, and others.

Stone fruit and berries at many stands, including Oak Grove, Terhune, Sycamore, Cheerful Cherry, and Caradonna. Blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, at Phillips, Caradonna, Hodgson's, and Fantasy Fruit. More grapes are sneaking in at Locust Grove and Cheerful Cherry (and you know what THAT means!).


Wednesday, August 21, 2013 Berried Treasures shelling beans! Windfall baby amaranth! Bodhitree's sweet melons! Mountain Sweet Berry's oxheart sauce tomatoes! Cherry Lane's San Marzanos!

Stokes's many kinds of basil and heirloom tomatoes! Keith's French crisp lettuce and rocambole garlic! Eckerton's flavoring peppers! Peaches at Caradonna, Sycamore, Terhune, and Oak Grove! Berries at Phillips, Fantasy Fruit, and Caradonna! Corn at Paffenroth, Cherry Lane, and Sycamore. Mushrooms at Bulich, Madura, and Two Guys.

It is indeed high summer, but I did spot grapes the other day at Locust Grove and notice that the flowers coming in at River Garden and Dutchmill are fully richly red and gold, indicating the season is about to change soon. If you put aside fruit and vegetables in your freezer or can them, now's the time to start.

To see these and other stands and produce here today: http://tinyurl.com/lqgetdh


Saturday, August 17, 2013 Peaches! Corn! Tomatoes! Eggplants! Squashes! Beans! It's high summer and the pickings are rich!

Mountain Sweet Berry has ramp "seeds". Eckerton, Cherry Lane, Sycamore, Cheerful Cherry, Oak Grove, Stokes, and Norwich have lots of heirloom tomatoes, and eggplants are abundant at Lani, Oak Grove, Norwich, and others. Sycamore, Paffenroth, Miglorelli, and others have corn, and there are several stands, including Cheerful Cherry, Oak Grove, Terhune, Caradonna, and Locust Grove, with peak season peaches. (Locust Grove also has grapes -- first sign of a season change.) Many stands have a variety of melons, including Norwich Meadow, Oak Grove, and others.

Mountain Sweet Berry, Phillips, Caradonna, and Fantasy fruit have berries, and currants are also available at a couple of stands, including Phillips.

Gorgeous beans can be found at Lani, Norwich, and others, and Paffenroth has a wide variety of carrots and onion family vegetables.

Violet Hill has lamb, pork, and chickens, as well as whole rabbits and rabbit parts. Quattro's and Hudson Valley Duck Farm have poultry, and Hudson Valley has a new item, ground duck!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/nyak2gx


Friday, August 16, 2013 Today's the day for peaches at Toigo, Cheerful Cherry, and others. There are both white and yellow peaches in the market today!

Charontais melons at Norwich Meadows, corn at Sycamore, heirloom tomatoes at Cheerful Cherry, Sycamore, Norwich, Bodhitree,and others, cut herbs and artichokes at Muddy River, watermelons at several stands, berries and currants at Phillips, wild blueberries and Tri-Stars at Berried Treasures, Romano beans at Berried, Norwich. Haricots verts and other beans at Berried, Norwich, Miglorelli, Sycamore, and others. Madura has several kinds of mushroom.

Dutchmill, River Garden, and Rose Meadow have beautiful flowers. Tremblay is here with honey and honey products. Las Delicias has delicious pastries and Hot Bread Kitchen is here with many regional breads.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/n8bmgea


Wednesday, August 14, 2013 Peaches! Heirloom tomatoes! Melons! Plums! Eggplants! Romano beans! Haricots verts! Tiny potatoes! Kales! Corn!

It's high summer and there are all kinds of delicious vegetables and fruits available in the Greenmarket. Stokes has gone-to-seed coriander (great flavorful fresh coriander seeds), heirloom tomatoes, several kinds of basil, lemon verbena, and other generous bunches of cut herbs, as well as delicious salad options. Cherry Lane has San Marzano tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, corn, kirbys, and other tasty produce. Paffenroth has many kinds of cale, carrots, celeries (including red celery), herbs, potatoes, various kinds of beets, and many onion family vegetables. Bodhitree has delicious melons, unique flavoring peppers, heirloom tomatoes, and interesting beans.

Miglorelli has several kinds of beets, radishes, and other vegetables, as well as peaches and blueberries. Oak Grove has their full compliment of unique hot and sweet peppers as well as heirloom tomatoes, three kinds of popcorn, slurpy peaches, eggplants, and other delicious produce. Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Star strawberries, interesting greens, and lovely tiny potatoes. Eckerton has many sizes and types of heirloom tomatoes.

River Garden, Dutchmill, Rose Meadow, and others have beautiful flowers. Cato is here with their prizewinning cheeses and Phillips has raspberries, strawberries, currants, and blueberries. Fantasy Fruit has strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries. Roaming Acres has pork, beef, and ostrich meats, and Blue Moon fish is here with fresh seafood.

Beth's Farm Kitchen is here with all kinds of preserves, mustards, chutneys, and ketchups and other sauces. Windfall has unique greens, edible flowers, and squashes. Berried Treasures has wild blueberries, Tri-Stars, and haricots verts.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/pwneqd3


Saturday, August10, 2013 FIGS! at Lani. CHARONTAIS MELONS! at Norwich Meadows. WHITE CURRANTS! HUSK TOMATOES! TOMATILLOS!

In addition to several unique flavoring peppers, unusual greens, beautiful heirloom tomatoes and many kinds of eggplant, Lani has brought in figs. Eckerton and Oak Grove have many types of hot and sweet peppers as well as tasty heirloom tomatoes, and Norwich Meadows has a wide variety of melons, heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, and greens. Stokes has a wide variety of basils and other cut herbs as well as excellent heirloom tomatoes, and Paffenroth has many types of kales, carrots, radishes, greens, and potatoes, in addition to many onions, cut herbs, and unique greens.

S&SO has artichokes, great deals in peppers, herbs, lettuces, and other produce. Gorzynski has lovely lettuces, herbs, and unusual organic produce. Windfall has beautiful greens, edible flowers, squashes, and squash blossoms. D'Attolico has excellent carrots, shallots, garlic, greens, and sprouts. Northshire has good-looking heirloom tomatoes and sucrine lettuce. Mountain Sweet berry has sucrine lettuce, wild arugula, and other interesting offerings, in addition to their Tri-Star strawberries.

Seatuck and PE&DD are here with excellent seafood. Flying Pig has all sorts of pork items, Roaming Acres has ostrich, and Violet Hill has poussins, lamb cuts, pork, chickens, and eggs.

Oak Grove, Cheerful Cherry, Sycamore, and others have delicious peaches and Caradonna, Locust, and others have many varieties of plum. Red Jacket is here with great looking apricots. Phillips and Fantasy Fruit have all kinds of berries, and Hodgson's has excellent blueberries.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/lzorshy


Friday, August 9, 2013 I'm not able to be in the market today, but you can chech out their web site here to see the list of stands here today: http://www.grownyc.org/unionsquaregreenmarket


Wednesday, August 7, 2013 San Marzano sauce tomatoes at Cherry Lane, beautiful heirloom tomatoes at Eckerton, Stokes, Bodhitree, Oak Grove, Sycamore, Cherry Lane. Currants (red, white) at Phillips Locust Grove, Caradonna.

Beautiful tasty melons at Bodhitree, Caradonna, and other stands. Peaches at Sycamore, Oak Grove, Caradonna, and Kernan. Sweet and hot peppers at Oak Grove, S&SO, and other stands. Mountain Sweet Berry has their first oxheart sauce tomatoes as well as Tri-Star strawberries, Romano beans, sucrine lettuce.

Windfall has beautiful edible flowers, including nasturtium leaf and flower, zucchini flowers, and others.

Madura has mushrooms and other produce. Bodhitree has a wide range of flavoring peppers and eggplants. Keith, Stokes, S&SO and Paffenroth have cut herbs and many stands have fresh garlic.

To see these and others: http://tinyurl.com/lftxk2h


Monday, August 5, 2013 High Season for melons, heirloom and other tomatoes, eggplants, squashes, stone fruit, berries!

Gorgeous heirloom tomatoes at Norwich, Eckerton, Lani, Maxwell, and other stands. Equally beautiful eggplants and squashes are at Norwich, Lani, Phillips, and other stands along with beans, peppers, and husk tomatoes at Lani, Norwich, and Maxwell.

Peaches and other stone fruit at Phillips, Race, Truncillito, Red Jacket, and others. Blueberries, raspberries, currants (red, white, black) at Fantasy Fruit, and Phillips, and red and yellow raspberries at Norwich.

A wide variety of melons at Norwich Meadows, Lani, Phillips.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/l2sxsfa


Saturday, August 3, 2013 White currants, heirloom tomatoes, gooseberries, peaches, corn.

Beautiful heirloom tomatoes at Stokes, Sycamore, Eckerton, Lani,and others. Corn at Sycamore, Miglorelli, Cherry Lane, and others.

Delicious poultry and poultry products at Quattro, mushrooms, poultry and eggs at Violet Hill. Pork products at Flying Pig, Ostrich at Roaming Acres. Fresh fish at PE&DD and Seatuck. Succulent peaches at Oak Grove, Sycamore, Terhune, and others. Berries of all sorts at Caradonna, Fantasy Fruit, and Philips. Hodgson is here with blueberries. Hudson Valley Duck Farm and Quattro's have ducks and duck products.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/katt3tg

Watch out on Park Avenue this morning. The bikers, runners, and skaters have taken over for a few hours. Hazardous crossings!


Wednesday, July 31, 2013 Heirloom tomato heaven! Stokes, Eckerton, Sycamore, Keith, Oak Grove, Cherry Lane and others have many varieties and the season is definitely IN!

Peaches at Oak Grove, Kernan, Sycamore, Terhune, Caradonna, and Locust Grove. Berries at Fantasy Fruit, Locust Grove, Mountain Sweet Berry, Phillips, and Berried Treasures. Corn at many stands, including Sycamore,Paffenroth, Miglorelli, and others. Cut herbs at Eckerton, S&SO, Stokes, Paffenroth, and others. Great potatoes at Cherry Lane and Paffenroth. A wide variety of sweet and hot peppers at Oak Grove.

Beautiful lettuces at Stokes, interesting greens at Rogowski, Windfall, Mountain Sweet Berry, and Bodhitree. Tasty melons at Bodhitree, Hoeffner, and Oak Grove. Haricots verts and other delicious beans at Berried Treasures, long beans and others at Bodhitree. Eggplants at Cherry Lane, Bodhitree, and many other stands.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/m5kvhkl


Monday, July 29, 2013 Husk tomatoes at Lani and Norwich. Cavaillon and other melons at Norwich. Heirloom tomatoes at Eckerton, Norwich, Lani, Maxwell, and others.

Squashes and peaches are everywhere! Red Jacket also has apricots and plums as well as sour and sweet cherries. Trucillito has sweet cherries and peaches and Phillips has many kinds of berries, cut herbs, peaches, donut peaches, and other fruit. Race has peaches and nectarines as well as other produce. Eggplant lovers will find beautiful varieties at Norwich, Maxwell, and other stands.

Dutchmill has lovely licianthus, sunflowers, gladiolas, sweet peas, and other beautiful flowers. River Garden has mixed bouquets of country flowers.

Las Delicias is here with tasty baked goods and Buon Panna has breads and other baked items. Consider Bardwell has delicious cheeses and veal and Madura is here with various mushrooms and other produce.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/nx5q4ht


Saturday, July 27, 2013 First of Stokes Farm heirloom tomatoes. Gooseberries and currants at Locust, Fantasy Fruit, Phillips, Caradonna. Peppers are in at Oak Grove, along with heirloom tomatoes and pepper plants. Eckerton has fresh gherkins, heirloom tomatoes. D'Attolico has their sweet carrots.

The market is full of peaches (Sycamore, Caradonna, Oak Grove, and others), blueberries (Hodgson, Phillips), and melons (Norwich Meadows and others), and Mountain Sweet Berry and Fantasy fruit have strawberries.

Quattro's and Violet Hill have poussins and other poultry, and Quattro's has smoked poultry and other unique items. Violet Hill also has mushrooms and lemon curd. Bulich has a variety of mushrooms as well, and there are many stands with interesting greens (Windfall, Gorzynsky) and other beautiful produce (S&SO, Cherry Lane, Sycamore, Paffenroth).

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/ku4ton6


Friday, July 26, 2013 Last of Samascott's cherries today! Cheerful Cherry and Sycamore have heirloom tomatoes and peaches! Toigo has peaches, apricots, and other stone fruit!

Toigo also preserves fruit. They have good-looking jarred fruit as well as fresh fruit and other items. Berried Treasures has a couple of varieties of wild blueberries as well as Tri-Star strawberries, fava and other delicious beans, and new potatoes. Norwich Meadows has tasty melons, heirloom tomatoes, peppers, raspberries, and other great produce. Bodhitree also has beautiful heirloom tomatoes, squashes, greens, and interesting peppers. Oak Grove has many kinds of hot and sweet peppers, as well as various pepper plants and herbs.

Mischick, Sycamore, and others have corn and Samascott has vegetables in addition to fruit, including the last of their sweet red and yellow cherries.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/ktjswhv


Wednesday, July 24, 2013 White currants at Locust! Fresh gherkins at Eckerton, along with several hot pepper varieties! Lemon, lime and other basils at Stokes and Paffenroth!

Hodgson's blueberries, Oak Grove and Sycamore's peaches, Locust, Terhune, and Caradonna's cherries, Berried Treasures' wild blueberries and Tri-Stars, Mountain Sweet Berry's Tri-Stars, Fantasy Fruit's gooseberries, strawberries, and blueberries, all here today, along with Phillips and Kernan's berries. Lots of cherries around the market, at Locust Grove, Caradonna, and other stands.

Plenty of heirloom tomatoes, including Sycamore, Eckerton, Bodhitree, and the first of Oak Grove's excellent varieties. Great cherry tomatoes at Stokes and Eckerton. Beautiful eggplants at Bodhitree and Cherry Lane. Beautiful edible flowers at Windfall, along with unusual spicy greens and salad greens in various sizes and zucchini blossoms.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/kq8hjwm


Wednesday, July 17, 2013 Hoeffner has tomatillos! Cherry Lane, Bodhitree, and Eckerton have beautiful heirloom tomatoes! Oak Grove and Sycamore have good looking peaches.

Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Star strawberries, baby wild arugula, baby French leeks, and other tasty produce. Eckerton has beautiful bush basil, potatoes, heirloom cherry tomatoes, raspberries, and young carrots. Bodhitree has a wide variety of eggplants, peppers, salad greens, and herbs. Keith has cut herbs, tomatoes, beautiful lettuces, rocambole garlic. Miglorelli has good looking peaches, blueberries, root vegetables, greens, and juices. Rogowski has leeks, blueberries, nettles, and other interesting produce. Kernan has nectarines, melons, beans, blueberries, eggplants, tomatoes, and other vegetables.

Locust Grove, Terhune, and Caradonna have cherries, peaches, currants, gooseberries, plums, and other delicious fruit.

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/kvzwz2n

Big Event in Union Square: (From GrowNYC)

Union Square Night Market and Birthday Party! Union Square Greenmarket - 17th Street & Union Square West Wednesday, July 17th 4pm-8pm Join us for this very special one-time event! On Wednesday, July 17th, the Union Square Greenmarket turns 37 years old, and to celebrate we will have farmers selling their farm fresh produce, meats, and cheeses, while welcoming a curated roster of restaurants serving prepared foods. Along with all of the delicious food served that evening, there will be programming for families, live music by The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn, and Greenmarket beer served in the pavilion.

All of your favorite Wednesday Greenmarket farmers will be in attendance, along with these restaurants selling individual dishes, desserts and beverages: Back Forty/Back Forty West Brooklyn Brewery serving Greenmarket Wheat Beer Chop't Salad Craft/Craftbar Hearth/Terroir Monument Lane P&H Soda Rouge Tomate Telepan Tocqueville Restaurant Union Square Cafe 'Wichcraft Register and receive a FREE Union Square Night Market Pass that will give you $1 off each dish. Print and bring the pass with you on July 17th and present to individual restaurants for $1 off each dish. There are a limited number of passes so get yours early! This event is free and open to the public and is held in collaboration with the Union Square Partnership.


Monday, July 15, 2013 New type of okra at Norwich Meadows! Sweet cherries at Red Jacket! Fresh fish! Black-Eyed Susans!

It's pretty hot already, but most of our Monday stands are here. Norwich has MELONS!! Lani has purslane, okra, squashes, heirloom tomatoes, and fresh chickpeas. Red Jacket has sweet and sour cherries, apricots, and other fruit. Race has corn, other produce, and pastries. Phillips has all kinds of berries, shelled English peas, peaches, and other vegetables.Roaming Acres has Berkshire bacon, ostrich meat, and other protein. Las Delicias has tasty pastries both savory and sweet and Hudson Valley Duck Farm is here with rillets, ducks, and duck products.

To see GrowNYC'S LIST OF STANDS HERE TODAY: http://tinyurl.com/oqot5zz

To see pictures: http://tinyurl.com/pzd5kbk


Saturday, July 13, 2013 Seatuck has hard and soft shelled crabs! Lani has fresh chickpeas and fairytale eggplant.

Unfortunately, my camera's battery ran out, so I'm relying on my phone to remind me of what I saw this morning!

Fantasy Fruit has gooseberries, blueberries, and Tri-Star strawberries. Mountain Sweet Berry also has Tri-stars as well as various unique greens. Terhune, Caradonna, and Sycamore have peaches and Locust Grove has peaches, berries, and cherries.

Cherry Lane and Eckerton have heirloom tomatoes and Stokes has heirloom cherry tomatoes. Sycamore, Eckerton, and Cherry Lane have corn. Oak Grove has many kinds of pepper plant and Norwich Meadows has yellow and black raspberries. D'Attolico has their delicious sweet carrots and other great produce and sprouts.

To see the GrowNYC attendance list for today: http://tinyurl.com/loeh38p

To see pictures of stands and produce here today at around 11 AM on my second trip: http://tinyurl.com/q4weaga


Wednesday, July 10, 2013 Corn is here at Sycamore, Cherry Lane, Eckerton, and other stands. Peaches at Kernan, Terhune, and Locust Grove. Outdoor heirloom tomatoes at Cherry Lane, Eckerton. Sycamore and Stokes have good looking tomatoes as well, and Stokes and Eckerton have beautiful cherry tomatoes. Next Wednesday is the last of the season for Shushan's hydroponic tomatoes. Oak Grove has several kinds of hot and sweet pepper plants in pots as well as herb plants, popcorn, beef, and pork, and beautiful sunflowers. Rose Meadow was not here when I checked out the market.

Bodhitree has a wide range of beans, tomatoes, greens, eggplants, and other tasty produce. Paffenroth also has great produce, including many colors of baby carrot, young celery, and a wide variety of interesting greens.

Phillips, Hodgson, Mountain Sweet Berry, Madura, and Terhune have various berries, and Locust Grove and Caradonna have gooseberries and currants as well. Red Jacket has the first of their apricots.

River Garden and Dutchmill have beautiful flowers today. Andrew's honey is here as well, and Beth's Farm Kitchen has great sauces for burgers as well as mustards, chutneys, and delicious jams.

To see who's here and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/k2xzgrt


Saturday, July 6, 2013 Eckerton has baby artichokes! Fantasy Fruit has gooseberries!! Locust Grove has currants! Caradonna, Cheerful Cherry, and others have sweet and sour cherries. Locust Grove also has local strawberries and Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Star strawberries. Hodgson is here with blueberries and Phillips has raspberries and blueberries.

Sycamore has CORN as well as tomatoes, fava beans, and other produce. Norwich has many kinds of bean, pepper, eggplant, and green. Lani has all kinds of beans, peppers, unique greens, and fresh garlic. D'Attolico has their delicious sweet carrots, onion flowers, sprouts, and greens. Paffenroth has all kinds of interesting carrots, radishes, beets, potatoes, and greens, and S&SO has heirloom tomatoes, lettuces, and other produce. Miglorelli has beets, radishes, greens, and cherries.

Stokes has many kinds of cut herbs, including bush basil, Thai basil, and other basils, fresh garlic, tomatoes, squashes, and greens. Oak Grove has gorgeous sunflowers, great popcorn, many kinds of potted herbs, and several potted peppers. (They also have pork and beef.) Hoeffner has vegetables and flowering plants. (He reminded me today that he, S&SO, and Hodgson were among the farms here on the very first day of the Greenmarket, at the 59th Street Bridge location, now gone but not forgotten!!)

To see a list of who's here and who's out: http://tinyurl.com/loeh38p

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/l76kp8p


Friday, July 5, 2013 Toigo! New fruit farm in the Friday market with peaches, apricots, cherries, honey, barbecue sauce!

Cheerful Cherry, Toigo, and Samascott all have beautiful cherries. Norwich has black, yellow, and red raspberries. Samascott, Lucky Dog, Miglorelli, and Berried Treasures have strawberries. Toigo has sweet peaches and apricots.

Norwich and Bodhitree have many kinds of eggplant, pepper, and beans, including fava beans, and Bodhitree has heirloom and other tomatoes. Mischick has beefsteak tomatoes. Cheerful Cherry has cherry tomatoes. Miglorelli has various carrots, including a sweet round baby variety. Madura has several kinds of mushroom.

Hot Bread Kitchen has many kinds of breads and Las Delicias has delicious pastries. Beth's Farm Kitchen is here with tasty jams, chutneys, hot sauces, and ketchups. Dancing Ewe has cheeses and sausages (ask to see them -- the heat is keeping them in the coolers). Roaming Acres has Berkshire pork, ostrich meat, and beef. Dutchmill has lovely flowers.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/moo5qfs

To see a list of who's here and who's out: http://tinyurl.com/loeh38p


Saturday, June 29, 2013 Caradonna, Locust Grove, and Fantasy Fruit have gooseberries! Keith has flowering onions, garlic, and thyme. Windfall has several new kinds of edible flower.

Lani, Eckerton, and Norwich have fava beans and Lani and Northshire have already shelled peas. Lani has the last of their asparagus. Cherry season is here and Cheerful Cherry is back with their excellent tasty cherries. Locust Grove has all sorts of berries and Caradonna and Locust have currants. Fantasy Fruit is here with strawberries and Mountain Sweet Berry has tri-stars as well. Cherry Lane, Locust, and Caradonna have raspberries and Phillips has raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries.

Cherry Lane has heirloom tomatoes and Shushan is here with hydroponic cherry and other tomatoes. Stokes also has heirloom cherry tomatoes and other tomatoes as well as generous bunches of cut herbs and D'Attolico has beautiful flowering vegetables. If you're looking for lovely lettuces, try Gorzynski, D'Attolico, Eckerton, S&SO, and Paffenroth. For good-looking eggplants and various peppers, check out Norwich Meadows. Mountain Sweet Berry has maroon and yellow sugar snap peas.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/pyxsnob


Friday, June 28, 2013 Last day for Berried Treasures peonies, Samascott asparagus, Sycamore's strawberries. First day for Cheerful Cherry's cherries!

Fava beans, squashes, garlic scapes, young onions and garlic, are available at several stands, including Lucky Dog, Bodhitree, Norwich Meadows, and Muddy River. Norwich andBodhtree have fairytale eggplants and other eggplant varieties. Stokes has cherry tomatoes and other greenhouse tomatoes. In addition to their sweet cherries, Samascott has two kinds of sour cherries. Treelicious also has cherries and several stands have strawberries.

Dutchmill has beautiful gladiolas and other flowers, and Rose Meadow is here with lovely flowers as well. Las Delicias has delicious pastries and Hot Bread Kitchen is here with breads and other baked goods. Francesca's Bakery has breads and desserts. To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/q5rsbpm


Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Rogowski has mulberries! Locust Grove has red currants and sweet cherries! Last day for Hodgson's peonies!

Young onions and garlic, garlic scapes, stinging nettles, shelling peas and sugar snaps, young carrots, all can be found in the market today. I saw one lonely baby fennel at Paffenroth's, so I suppose that there is a restaurant somewhere planning something delicious. Madura had some wild asparagus in addition to their various mushrooms and other produce. Phillips has a two raspberry/one blueberry box deal for $10, and Kernan has PEACHES!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/o3anfz3


Saturday, June 22, 2013 Keith has MULBERRIES! Eckerton has FAVA BEANS! Windfall has many kinds of EDIBLE FLOWERS! Northshire has already shelled shelling peas!

Today and Wednesday will be the last for Hodgson's peonies. River Garden and Ryder have beautiful country flowers and Rose Meadow has sweet peas, snapdragons, and roses.

Last week for Hoeffner's asparagus. Lani has some, too, but the season is going. Many stands have several delicious types of squash, including Lani, Norwich, and others.

Locust Grove has cherries and Miglorelli has some, too. Sycamore, Phillips, Caradonna and others have strawberries. Stokes has tomatoes and cherry tomatoes. Unfortunately, I missed the sungold cherry tomatoes at Eckerton! I did pick up raspberries at Locust, blueberries at Phillips, and strawberries at Sycamore.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/m4q55v3


Friday, June 21, 2013 Beautiful young fennel at Muddy River! All kinds of string beans at Bodhitree! Raspberries and blueberries at Phillips!

You'll find great strawberries at Sycamore, Samascott, and others. Several stands have garlic scapes and young garlic, and there is good-looking sorrel at Stokes, Muddy, and Bodhitree. Dancing Ewe is here with their delicious tartufo cheese and Madura has several kinds of mushroom. Queens County Farm has tasty greens, multicolored radishes, and beautiful country flower bouquets.

Samascott has asparagus as well as scapes and many stands have sugar snaps and shelling peas. Sycamore, Bodhitree, and Stokes have beautiful basil and Oak Grove, Binder, and others have excellent herb sets. Oak Grove has lush pepper plant and tomato plant varieties. Bodhitree has shishito peppers, agretti, and other unique produce.

Berried Treasures has small potatoes, scapes, cress, and other interesting produce as well as beautiful peonies. Dutchmill has lovely country flowers and lilies. To see these and other stands and produce, check out: http://tinyurl.com/molg328


Saturday, June 15, 2013 Rain has affected some crops, like Cherry Lane's asparagus and strawberries (they don't have them today).

There are many choices today, like strawberries from Sycamore, Stokes, Locust Grove, Phillips, and others, and sugar snaps and shelling peas from Eckerton, Miglorelli, and others, or baby carrots from Paffenroth, gorgeous lettuces from D'Attolico and Gorzynski, and fava beans from Lani. Locust Grove has the first cherries of the season and Hoeffner and others have rhubarb.

Stokes has big generous bunches of cut herbs and they, Binder, Silver Heights, and Oak Grove have beautiful lush potted herbs and other plants. Hoeffner and Van Houten have all kinds of interesting flowering plants and Van Houten has flowering and other trees.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/klbkh7x


Friday, June 14, 2013 Well, I was very late today (for me), so I thought I'd give you an idea of what it's like at 1PM on a Friday!

Since the season has hit a more productive time, there are still plenty of options at mid day, with the only almost-sold-out stand being Bodhitree. Other stands still have many strawberries, lettuces and other greens, and asparagus. Muddy River is running out of their big generous bunches of chervil, but they have a lot of other choices.

Berried Treasures had plenty of potatoes and peonies, but had run out of Tri-star strawberries, and Miglorelli had plenty of arugula, shelling peas, and sugar snaps. Sycamore had a good supply of tomatoes and their excellent strawberries, and Samascott had plenty of asparagus and great strawberries as well. Dutchmill has many lilies and other interesting flowers.

Stokes has plenty of greens and cut herbs as well as potted plants and Oak Grove has beautiful edible nasturtiums and their mixed herb window sets.

Norwich Meadows has delicious produce, including beets, carrots, and greens, and Two Guys still has some mushrooms as well as hydroponic lettuces and other greens. Rogowsky also has interesting vegetables, including nettles, as well as their excellent greens.Queens County Farm Museum has tempting salad greens and other produce.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/lpfxvco


Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Dandelion greens! Stinging Nettles! Fava Beans! Shelling peas and sugar snaps! Asparagus, rhubarb, strawberries! Shishito peppers!

Gorgeous baby carrots in many colors at Paffenroth. They also have beautiful baby beats, all kinds of interesting and unusual greens, and herbs. Kernan is here with fava beans, Bodhitree with shishito peppers, and Mountain Sweet Berry with wild baby arugula and other unique greens. Cherry Lane has tasty heirloom and other greenhouse tomatoes and Hoeffner has tomatoes, rhubarb, and asparagus. Others with asparagus: Kernan, Cherry Lane, Stokes. Rogowski has dandelion greens as well as nettles and other greens, and Windfall has many kinds of greens and edible flowers.

The range of strawberry types and prices around the market is wide, with pints going for as little as $3.50 and as much as $5, and quarts going for $6 to $10. Tri-Star prices are also variable.You'll find great strawberries at Sycamore, Cherry Lane, Phillips, Kernan, and other stands, and Tri- Stars at Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures.

River Garden has amazing country flowers, with their yellow columbine bouquets being among the most lovely. Hodgson is here with beautiful peonies and Berried Treasures has gorgeous peony buds as well. Rose Meadow has fragrant roses and other flowers. To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/l5ol3ac


Monday, June 10, 2013 Maxwell's! Race! Lani! Norwich! These and others have strawberries and other Spring produce! It's peak season for local strawberries, with many stands having beautiful and tasty varieties. Prices vary, but most are worth the extra dollar, considering the loving care given by our farmers. Several stands also have rhubarb, so pies and shortcake are in order. Or just strawberries cut up over ice cream.

There are also garlic scapes, spring garlic, young leeks, cut herbs, salad greens, and squashes available at Lani's stand and others. Madura is here with mushrooms and other produce and Healthway has interesting potatoes and herb plants.

While I was away, a new poultry farmer arrived in the Monday market, Wildcraft Farms. Check out his list for the chickens and other birds he's brought today. Roaming Acres has bison, pork, and ostrich. Consider Bardwell has veal. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has ducks, duck parts, and duck products, including rillettes.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/lvyfqfj


Saturday, JUNE 8, 2013 Strawberries! Scapes! Sugar snaps! Shelling peas!! Spring garlic! Lovely lettuces!

So glad to have Sycamore back with their excellent strawberries! Rick Bishop of Mountain Sweet Berry has beautiful Tri-stars, and many stands have luscious new varieties, including Locust Grove, Norwich, Stokes, and others. Cherry Lane has tasty strawberries, greenhouse tomatoes, and asparagus, and Stokes has cut herbs, sweet cherry tomatoes, greens, and asparagus. Hawthorne Valley has a new spot for their stand -- temporarily -- on the East end of the Greenmarket.

I was afraid that the peonies were over, but Hodgson is here with beautiful pink, deep pink, white, and variegated blossoms.

Seatuck had a line waiting for their excellent shellfish, and I was happy to see Ryder next stand down with lovely flowers, greens, and spring garlic. D'Attolico is across the way with delicious salad greens and sprouts, and Bulich is down the road apiece with several good-looking mushroom varieties.

Lani has a wide variety of unique vegetables and S&SO and Paffenroth have gorgeous produce today. Eckerton has sweet shelling peas and Cherry Lane has sweet and crunchy sugar snap peas. Saute some of Eckerton's scapes with peas and snap peas and serve 'em over angel hair pasta -- that's my plan!

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/kxfnrbw


Saturday, JUNE 1, 2013 Stokes Farm's first cherry tomatoes! Eckerton's sugar snaps and English peas! Cherry Lane's sugar snaps, greenhouse heirloom tomatoes! Violet Hill & Northshire's morels!

Things are really popping in the market now. Stokes, Cherry Lane, Lani, and others have asparagus. Eckerton has beautiful French radishes and Mountain Sweet Berry has wild baby arugula and watercress. Gorzynski has great salad greens and unique root vegetables and Windfall and Lani have edible flowers. Violet Hill has various mushrooms along with their pork, poultry, and unusual eggs. Quattro's has tasty poultry, smoked poultry, and chicken, turkey, and other eggs.

Hodgson's is back with gorgeous peonies, and Durr has the (they say) last of their peonies and old fashioned irises. Caradonna and other stands also have peonies and other flowers. Locust Grove has lilacs.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/m9awepg


Friday, May 31, 2013 Bodhitree has agretti, minutina, and other unique produce. Muddy River has gorgeous garlic, herbs, and other greens. Stokes and others have tasty asparagus and strawberries! Las Delicias has delicious savory tarts, including cauliflower, spinach, and mushroom, as well as wonderful pastries. Norwich has wonderful greens and Rogowski has beautiful baby carrots and other greens. Stokes, Oak Grove, and Binder have lush herb and other potted plants and Oak Grove has their interesting heirloom tomato plant varieties. Madura has several types of mushroom and Tello is here with several sizes of fresh eggs.

Two Guys, Dutchmill, and others have beautiful peonies and other flowers.

To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/kggvswh


Wednesday, May 29, 2013 Spicy wild baby arugula at Mountain Sweet Berry, edible flowers at Bodhitree and Windfall, French crisp lettuce at Keith, sugar snap peas at Eckerton, greenhouse heirloom tomatoes at Cherry Lane! Asparagus everywhere! Hodgson is back with beautiful peonies! They'll have blueberries later on! Roaming Acres has pork, ostrich, and beef, and Blue Moon has delicious fresh fish and shellfish. Berried Treasures has many kinds of small potatoes, ramps, watercress, and flowers.

Caradonna has lovely peonies and Rose Meadow has fragrant "Sensation" roses. Dutchmill has colorful peonies, cornflowers, and other country flowers. To see these and other stands and produce: http://tinyurl.com/pz4yhkb


Saturday, May 25, 2013 Deep Mountain Maple has their last fiddleheads of the year. Norwich has their first garlic scapes! Lani, Cherry Lane, Phillips, and others have strawberries. Mountain Sweet Berry wasn't here when I checked out the market and D'Attolico hadn't arrived yet. Sycamore hasn't put in an appearance either, but Eckerton is here with delicious greens, all kinds of lettuces, radishes, and other produce. Gorzynski has good-looking greens as well, and Hoeffner has great looking beets, carrots, rhubarb, and asparagus. Others with tasty asparagus: Cherry Lane, Stokes, Lani. Cherry Lane has their excellent greenhouse heirloom tomatoes and there's been a rumor of shelling peas that may not actually play out until next week.

I was too early to take pix of Caradonna, but they're here. Oak Grove and Binder are here with lush herb and other plants and Stokes has flowering plants as well as herb sets and cut herbs. Durr has marvelous peonies and bearded irises along with other beautiful flowers, I Fiori has lovely lilies, and Duva has gorgeous irises as well. Rose Meadow had some pretty flowers out when I went by, but I was too early for pictures.

I did get many pictures of those stands which were set up: http://tinyurl.com/q6og35g For some reason Picasa included cat photos which were originally at the beginning of the shots. I have no idea why. Just ignore them!


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