To anyone interested in the future of the Union Square Greenmarket, see the letter written by Adrian Benepe, then the Borough Commissioner of New York, on the subject.Good luck is being 2 blocks from the Union Square Greenmarket. I plan to report on greenmarket news in general, and new arrivals in particular as often as I can. For a full year's cycle, telnet to ECHO at echonyc.com and log in as "newuser". Join FOOD and choose Item 30. lwollin@gmail.com
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Saturday, January 28, 2012 Salsify, Black Radishes, Jerusalem Artichokes, Creminis
There are plenty of interesting vegetables in the market today, including Shushan's tasty cherry tomatoes, D'Attolico's young onions and sprouts, Two Guys' lettuces, herbs, and shitake mushrooms, and a wide selection of root vegetables from Paffenroth, Windfall, and Miglorelli.
Quattro's has delicious poultry, sausages, venison and venison products, and GOOSE EGGS!!! They also have chicken and DUCK EGGS. Northshire has chicken eggs and Violet Hill has great Belle Rouge chicken and chicken parts, and eggs. Cayuga has amazing ale bread and whole wheat bread as well as grains and beans.
Cato Corner has succulent cheeses (my favorites -- Brigid's Abbey, Dairyaire, and Farmstead). Patches of Sky and Valley Shepherd Artisinal also have tasty cheeses. Ronnybrook is here with butters, milks, ice creams, and yogurts, and Tonjes has buttermilk, yogurt, and cheeses.
For these and other stands, check this URL: http://tinyurl.com/82bclac
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Cayuga is back! Shushan has great hydroponic cherry tomatoes!
It's basically the usual winter Greenmarket today, with the usual very special stands. Hudson Valley Duck Farm is here with duck bacon, smoked duck breast, rillettes, and, of course, ducks and other duck products. Silva's Orchids are here -- beautiful as ever. Andrew's Honey, Cayuga's breads, grains, and beans, Hot Bread Kitchen's baked goods, Madura's mushrooms, and Mountain Sweet Berry's delicious small potatoes and potato chips are here. Three Corner Field Farm has beautiful lambskin rugs in addition to their lamb cuts, yogurts, and cheeses. Pura Vida has smoked fish as well as shellfish and fresh fish. Ronnybrook is here with milks, creams,butters, ice creams, creme fraiche, and cheeses. Locust Grove, Caradonna, and Terhune have apples and ciders and Miglorelli has root vegetables, tomato sauces and juices, apples, pears, and ciders, as well as frozen summer vegetables.
For these and others, check out this URL: http://tinyurl.com/7jscav9
Saturday, January 21, 2012 A surprisingly strong complement of farmstands are here today!
Flying Pig, Violet Hill chickens and eggs, Northshire vegetables, Paffenroth,vegetables, Beth's for jam, Deep Mountain maple products, Two Guys and Shushan with hydroponic lettuces and tomatoes,Our Daily Bread, Windfall with salad and root vegetables, Patches of Sky (goat cheese), Three Corner Field Farm (lamb, cheese, yogurt), Tonjes (cheese and buttermilk, yogurt), Norwich Meadows root and green vegetables, Catskill Merino lamb, Caradonna and Breezy Hill apples and ciders, Nemeth and Breezy Hill pastries, Rick's Picks pickles, and several others.
For these and others, check out this URL: http://tinyurl.com/6wnt79a
Friday, January 20, 2012 Pura Vida, Flying Pig, John Fazio, and more!
This Friday's market is a duplicate, for the most part, of last Friday's, so I think this is the Winter Market for a while. Plenty of root vegetables, a surprising variety of greens at Norwich Meadow's stand, and good looking vegetables at Rogowski's as well. Miglorelli has those AND some interesting frozen vegetables. If you're in the mood for pickles, stop off at Divine Brine or Beth's Farm Kitchen. Beth's also has their seasonal Meyer Lemon and Blood Orange marmlades. John Fazio made their rabbit sausage into links this week. No Cayuga today.
See this URL for these and other stands: http://tinyurl.com/7gf4yoh
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Windy and getting colder, but an interesting market today!
Hudson Valley Duck Farm -- ducks and delicious duck products (rillettes, duck salami, smoked duck breast, etc.) Cayuga -- grains, beans, breads. Rick's Picks -- pickled vegetables. Pura Vida -- Fresh fish and shellfish. Beth's Farm Kitchen --- jams, chutneys, pickled vegetables, apple sauce. Madura -- great choice of mushrooms, root vegetables, fresh garlic.
Two Guys and Shushan -- Hydroponic vegetables and herbs. Our Daily Bread, Hot Bread Kitchen -- assorted baked goods. Mountain Sweet Berry -- small potatoes and potato chips. Miglorelli -- Tomato sauce, soup, juice, parsnips, red and green kohlrabi, pears, apples, pear and apple cider. Breezy Hill -- Hard cider, cider, apples, pastries. Knoll Krest -- pastas, eggs. Locust Grove, Caradonna -- apples, cider. To see what these and others have brought in today, check out this URL: http://tinyurl.com/7y2suzu
Monday, January 16, 2012 New Beef Purveyer in Monday's Market -- Rising Sun Beef
Race and Red Jacket are here with apples, vegetables, ciders, and other apple products. Phillips has greens, root vegetables, jams, and squashes. Healthway has potatoes and apples.Truncillito has apples. D&J has greens, root vegetables, and kimchi. PE&DD have fresh fish and shellfish, including cooked lobsters. Roaming Acres has Berkshire pork, bison, and ostrich meat. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has ducks and duck products. Central Valley has sauces, soups, butter, cheese, eggs, and a new product, flavored yogurts. Consider Bardwell has cheeses and addictive baked cheese chips.
To see what these and other stands in the market have brought in, check out this URL: http://tinyurl.com/7gy7b4m
Saturday, January 14, 2012 New Greenhouse in the Greenmarket, with two kinds of spinach and other greens!
You would think there could be nothing new to report during the winter, but there is actually Monkshood, with salad and other greens. Shushan is also here with tasty hydroponic cherry tomatoes, tomatoes, herbs, and greens, and Two Guys has herbs, sprouts, greens, and salad. Many of our stands are gone, but there are plenty here on Saturdays, including Quattro's (game,poultry, eggs), Violet Hill (Belle Rouge chickens and parts, eggs), Flying Pig (pork, chickens, sausages), Grazing (beef and other meats), Roaming Acres (ostrich meat), Oak Grove (Beef and pork), and others, for protein.
Paffenroth and Miglorelli have root vegetables, Cato , Patches of Sky, and others have cheeses, and Ronnybrook and Milk Thistle have dairy products. Beth's Farm Kitchen has jams, chutneys, and pickled vegetables and Tremblay has honeys. Deep Mountain has maple products and Cayuga is here with grains, beans, breads, and other unique items. Northshire has eggs and vegetables and Hoeffner is here with root vegetables and cabbages. D'Attolico has many kinds of sprout as well as some greens.
To see what these and other stands have on offer, check out this URL: http://tinyurl.com/7seg7m6
Friday, January 13, 2012 New Beef Purveyor in Friday's Market -- "Sun Fed Beef"
They've been in other Greenmarkets uptown, but Sun Fed Beef has made their first appearance in the Friday Union Square market today. The winter schedule seems pretty set, with the stands here today planning to be here all winter Fridays. Cayuga is not here today. John Fazio is here with delicious chickens, rabbits, ducks, duck and chicken eggs and livers, and a new product, rabbit sausage.
Rogowski has parsnips today, so if you liked New York Magazine's recipe this past week, you've got a source. They also have other root vegetables, salads, broccoli, and greens. Two Guys is here with hydroponic lettuces, greens, herbs, and at least one beautiful squash blossom. Madura has mushrooms and D&J has root vegetables, greens, and kimchi. Divine Brine has many kinds of pickle and Samascott has root vegetables, apples, pears, ciders, and many kinds of potato. Mountain Sweet Berry has tiny potatoes and potato chips. Beth's Farm Kitchen has jams, chutneys, and pickled vegetables.
See this URL for these and other stands in Union Square today: http://tinyurl.com/7zv9c8f
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Bodhitree has root vegetables and greens today and will be taking a break from the market for three weeks. Hoeffner is here with cabbages and potatoes. Miglorelli has root vegetables, cider, and tomato juice. Cato Corner is here with cheeses and Three Corner Field Farm has lamb cuts, cheeses, yogurts, and other sheep items. Pura Vida has shellfish and beautiful fresh fish. Andrew's Honey is here as well as Windfall's root vegetables and greenhouse greens. Mountain Sweet Berry has many kinds of tiny potato as well as potato chips.
Madura has root vegetables, greens, and many kinds of mushroom. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has ducks, rillettes, smoked duck breast, and other delicious duck items. Rogowski has greens and root vegetables and Shushan has tasty cherry tomatoes, tomatoes, and other hydroponically raised vegetables and herbs. Cayuga is here with delicious breads, grains, beans, and other items. Hot Bread Kitchen has breads and other baked goods. Max Creek Fishery has smoked and fresh trout. Greener Pastures has a new bus!!
To see who's here and what they've brought in, check out this URL: http://tinyurl.com/6qmdmdu
Saturday, January 7, 2012 Most stands here today will be coming all winter. Ask your favorites about their schedules.
Paffenroth is back with root vegetables. D'Attolico is here with good-looking mache and other greens. Miglorelli has root vegetables, apples, pears, tomato juice, apple cider, and other goodies. Norwich has winter greens, root vegetables, and canned items. S&SO has various onions, potatoes, greens, and cut squash for soups and other uses. Mountain Sweet Berry has potatoes and potato chips and Windfall has delicious hothouse items and root vegetables. Shushan has tasty cherry tomatoes, tomatoes, herbs, and salad greens (hydroponic). Northshire is here with root and other vegetables.
Violet Hill, Flying Pig, Quattro's, Roaming Acres, Grazin', and others are here with poultry, pork, beef, and other meats. Tonjes is here with buttermilk and other items and Ronnybrook has milks, butters, yogurts, creams, and ice creams (although no Ginger Creme Brulee today!). Cato is here with great cheeses and Three Corner Field Farm has delicious yogurt and cheeses in addition to lamb cuts. Catskill Merino has all sorts of lamb sausages and cuts. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has ducks, duck parts, rillettes, smoked duck breast, and other duck products. Bulich has several kinds of mushroom.
Gone for the season: Stokes, James Durr. Breezy Hill is here, but their cranberry season is over.
Check this URL for which stands are here:http://tinyurl.com/7p2q3af
Fridqy, January 6, 2012 Bodhitree -- Nevia says that due to the mild weather they will still have produce next Wednesday -- Greens, root vegetables. Norwich Meadows -- Greens, root vegetables, squashes, and other produce. Samascott -- apples, pears, ciders, potatoes, onions. Divine Brine -- pickled vegetables. Flying Pig -- pork sausages,pork roasts and other pork cuts, chickens.
John Fazio -- ducks and duck parts, chickens and chicken parts, rabbits and rabbit parts, duck and chicken livers, duck and chicken eggs. Queens County Farm Museum -- salad mix, dried peppers, wools, honey. Miglorelli -- vegetables, apples, pear(sale). Pura Vida -- fresh fish, delicious smoked bluefish, shellfish. Hot Bread Kitchen -- breads and other baked goods. Lavender By The Bay -- lavender products. Roaming Acres -- Ostrich meat. Rogowski -- greens and root vegetables. Two Guys -- Hydroponic salad greens and herbs, mushrooms. Mountain Sweet Berry -- Small potatoes and potato chips.
To see these and others, check out this URL: http://tinyurl.com/7vv6sd4
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 Amazingly enough, the Greenmarket is here with plenty of produce and other items!!
Miglorelli has apples, pears, root vegetables, tomato juice, and cider, as well as donuts. Madura has mushrooms and other produce and Shushan is here with hydroponic tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, lettuces, and other vegetables and herbs. Caradonna, Locust Grove, Breezy Hill, and others have apples, pears, ciders, and other items. Cayuga has ale bread, whole wheat loaves, beans, oils, flours, and grains. Hot Bread Kitchen has breads, crackers, and other baked goods. Breezy Hill and others have pastries. Mountain Sweet Berry has tiny potatoes and various kinds of potato chip.
Tamarack has pork products, Hudson Valley Duck Farm has ducks and duck products, and Pura Vida has fresh fish and seafood. Roaming Acres has ostrich meat. Three Corner Field Farm has lamb cuts, yogurt, cheeses, wools, and soaps. Rogowski has root vegetables, salad, and other greens. Hawthorne Valley Farm has breads, cheeses, produce, and other items. The lavender stand is here and Windfall Farm has root vegetables and unique greens. Max Creek Hatchery has smoked trout and fresh trout. Patches of Sky has cheeses. Two Guys From Woodbridge has hydroponic lettuces, herbs, mini greens, and other items. Stony Mountain has Piedmontese beef.
See this URL for what's available: http://tinyurl.com/6nhnoqy
Monday, January 2, 2012 Tiny Greenmarket With Interesting Choices! (HAPPY NEW YEAR!!)
Tello is here with fresh eggs. Raghoo has elk meat! Roaming Acres has ostrich meat, Berkshire pork, and bison. Race and Red Jacket have apples and pears and Race has other produce and pastries as well. Central Valley has butter this week as well as cheeses, eggs, and tomato sauce and soup. Consider Bardwell is here with cheeses and chips and Madura has mushrooms and produce. Bread Alone, the lavender stand, and D&J produce and kimchi are also here. Healthway has potatoes and produce.
Check this URL: http://tinyurl.com/7twjwp8
Saturday, December 31, 2011 There's a New Year's Eve Day Market!! Planning to leave around 2PM, though.
Flying Pig -- Pork and poultry. Three Corner Field Farm -- Lamb cuts, yogurts, cheeses. Catskill Merino Sheep Farm -- lamb cuts, sausages, other lamb products. Grazin' Acres -- meats and poultry. Finnish Ruis breads -- Great with cheeses. Ronnybrook -- Milks, butters, creams, yogurts, ice creams, cheeses, creme fraiche. Cato Corners Farm -- Delicious cheeses. Tundra Brewery -- Artisanal beers. Shushan -- Hydroponic tomatoes and greens.
Bulich -- Several kinds of mushroom. Caradonna, Locust Grove, Breezy Hill -- apples, pears, ciders. Hudson Valley Duck Farm -- Ducks, smoked duck cuts, rillettes, salami. Rose Meadow -- Roses and anemones. Beth's Farm Kitchen -- Jams and chutneys. Tonjes -- Buttermilk, yogurts, cheeses. Hoeffner, S&SO, Windfall,and others -- winter squashes, onions, root vegetables. Breezy Hill -- Cranberries!! Rick's Picks -- Pickled vegetables. Mountain Sweet Berry -- small potatoes and unique potato chips! Valley Shepherd Creamery -- Artisanal cheeses. Milk Thistle -- Milks and yogurt. Our Daily Bread -- Breads. Patches O' Stars -- Cheeses. Nemeth and Breezy Hill -- Cakes, cookies, pastries.
See this URL for pictures of available items: http://tinyurl.com/8aam4gz
Friday, December 30, 2011 Small but excellent market today! Bodhitree's last day until February!
Quattro's, Flying Pig, and John Fazio are here with excellent poultry, game, and pork. Rogowski, Miglorelli, Two Guys, and Bodhitree are here with tasty produce and other items. Samascott and others have apples, pears, cider, and pastries. River Garden and Rose Meadow have dried and fresh flowers, and Beth's Farm Kitchen has preserves and pickled vegetables. Bobolink has delicious cheeses and Hot Bread Kitchen is here with all sorts of breads and other baked goods. Mountain Sweet Berry has tiny potatoes and three kinds of unique potato chips. Madura has a variety of mushrooms. D&J has fresh produce and kimchi. Roaming Acres has ostrich meat and Pura Vida has fresh fish and shellfish. For more of who's here and what they've brought, check out this URL: http://tinyurl.com/6t2shsa
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 Trapped at home!
Hi! I'm stuck here waiting for a delivery and for a repair, but I can tell you that Violet Hill is here today (they Tweeted!) with poultry, pork, and eggs! They won't be here on Saturday! Cayuga is here today after all! Several stands are gone for at least a month, but many are here, including Roaming Acres (Ostrich meat), S&SO (produce), Rose Meadow (roses and anemones), the lavender stand, Mountain Sweet Berry, Red Jacket, and others.
BULLETINS: Friday will be Nevia's last day until February (Bodhitree). Violet Hill will be back on Saturdays starting January 7. Ronnybrook will be here on Saturday, December 31, but only until 2PM.
Monday, December 26, 2011 Just about every stand here today will be here next Monday as well! Tello's eggs, here today, will also be here Wednesday and Friday and next Monday. Madura's mushrooms and produce will also be here (check them to see if they have celeriac -- hard to find this year). Central Valley will be here with cheeses, tomato soups and sauces, and eggs. Consider Bardwell will have cheeses and cheese crisps (addictive -- I'm planning to serve them New Year's Day with pumpkin soup). Healthway has great potatoes - many kinds -- and Race is here with produce and pastries. Roaming Acres has pork, bison, and ostrich meat today and will be here next Monday as well.
Check here for who's here today and who will be here next Monday: http://tinyurl.com/c7rr59h
Saturday, December 24, 2011 Christmas Eve Day Bulletin Saturday Haven't been to the Gmarket yet but I do know some of the stands that will be there, including Violet Hill for poultry, pork, and eggs, Beth's Farm Kitchen for jams, chutneys, gifts, Ronnybrook for milk, eggnog, butters, ice creams, and other milk products, Bulich for mushrooms. I'll be going out in a minute to check for others.
Okay -- I'm back! Here's a fuller list:
Violet Hill with poultry and pork, including gorgeous big turkeys. Flying Pig with hams, sausages, leaf lard, leaf lard pie crust, chickens, bacon. Keith with vegetables and Rocambole garlic for gifts (his last day for the season -- back next June!). Van Houten and others with Christmas trees and other decorations. Mountain Sweet Berry with three kinds of potato chips wrapped together as gifts or single, potatoes, and beautiful wreaths. River Garden with lovely dried flower arrangements and unique Christmas decorations. Three Corner Field Farm with tasty lamb products and gift items. Knoll Krest with many kinds of fresh pasta. Cato Corners with wonderful and interesting cheeses. S&SO with many kinds of produce, including squashes, beautiful little carrots, all kinds of onions, potatoes, greens, and gift items.
Check this URL for pictures of these and others here today in Union Square: http://tinyurl.com/7s7c4pl
Friday, December 23, 2011 Many Friday and Saturday Stands Here Today Will Also Be Here Next Friday!
Beth's Farm Kitchen -- Jams, chutneys, wrapped gifts. Divine Brine -- pickled vegetables for gifts. Stokes -- Cut herbs, herb wreaths, potted lettuces, greens. Quattro's -- (Here today and next Friday) -- Beautiful geese, ducks,pheasants,capons, sausages, venison, chicken and duck parts. John Fazio --(Here today and next Friday) -- Ducks, chickens, rabbit, parts. Pura Vida is here today with fish and shellfish for 13 fishes! Tamarack and Flying Pig are here with pork and other meats. Roaming Acres -- Ostrich meat. Queens County Farm Museum -- Gorgeous carrots, spinach, greens, wreaths. Muddy River -- Root vegetables. Madura -- many kinds of mushroom. Norwich and Bodhitree -- root vegetables, greens, squashes. (Next Friday will be Bodhitree's last until next Spring. Oak Grove -- Last day until mid-January. Pastries, beef, pork, dried peppers. Samascott -- many kinds of potato, apple, pear, as well as cider. Check out this URL for what produce is available today: http://tinyurl.com/75culgd
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Last Day For Paffenroth, Blue Moon Fish!!
Garden of Spices will be at Abingdon Square for the winter, but this is today's last appearance at Union Square until spring. Stokes is also gone until Spring after today (They have great cut herbs today, as well as herb wreaths for gifts.). Keith is here today and will be here Saturday, December 24, but will be gone until late Spring after that. If you want cranberries, better get to Union Square today and check out the excellent variety at Breezy Hill's stand. Ask if they'll still have them this weekend.
Many stands will be here Friday, but Saturday will be much quieter, so check with your farmer if you're planning for Greenmarket produce. Madura will be here Friday and Bulich on Saturday, so you're okay for mushrooms. Mountain Sweet Berry is here with potatoes and potato chips and will be here Friday and Saturday. Bodhitree will be here Friday with produce and Rogowski is here today. S&SO will be here Saturday with produce and gifts and Miglorelli is here today.See this URL for what's here today: http://tinyurl.com/72qojfb
Monday, December 19, 2011 Lani's Last Day!
It's Lani's last day for the season, which is the only definite answer I got to "will you be here next week" from most stands. Healthway will be here next Monday, with a few others, but other stands will either be gone for just a couple of weeks or gone until Spring. The best thing to do is ask, but not everyone knows!
Norwich, Lani, Race, Hudson Valley Duck Farm, Consider Bardwell cheeses, Madura mushrooms and other produce, Red Jacket with apples, pears, ciders, and juices, and River Garden with dried flower arrangements are all here. Central Valley is here and says they'll be here next Monday, with soups, pasta sauces, eggs, and cheese. PE&DD is here with shellfish and other seafood. Raghoo will be here Saturday as well as today with poultry. Check this URL for who's here and what they've brought in today: http://tinyurl.com/73u8897
Saturday, December 17, 2011 Check with your favorite stands to see who will be here next Friday and Saturday. Today is Paffenroth's and Northshire's last Saturday until January 7. Many stands will be here next Friday (Quattro's and many others) OR Saturday -- or both, so today's the day to find out which. Some stands will be here next week and then not until January 13 or 14. I must confess that it got pretty confusing.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Most Wednesday stands will be here next week as well.
Mountain Sweet Berry has brought back their potato chips -- three varieties -- as well as various small potatoes and Christmas decorations. There are other stands with Christmas trees, wreaths, and rope, including Van Houten. Beth's Farm Kitchen has a great selection of wrapped jams and chutneys for gifts and S&SO and Miglorelli have good gift choices as well.
Paffenroth was affected seriously by the floods and weather this summer and Fall and have fewer potato varieties than usual, but they have excellent onion family and potato choices. Madura and Bulich have tasty mushroom varieties and Tamarack, Rogowsky, Miglorelli, S&SO, Stokes, Bodhitree, and others have a variety of greens and other vegetables. Bodhitree still has Tuscan kale, for instance, as well as interesting Japanese sweet potatoes. Stokes and Keith have cut herbs. Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes and herbs and they and Two Guys have various lettuces.
Check with your favorite stands to find out who will be here Christmas Eve day or Friday, December 23. Check this URL to see which stands are here today and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/7vht7lw
Saturday, December 10, 2011 Beth of Beth's Farm Kitchen demonstrates chili today !!
Check with your favorite stands today and next Saturday if you're planning to buy produce or poultry for the holidays. Many stands normally here on Saturday will be here on Friday, December 23, but not on Saturday.
Order your Christmas goose from Quattro's today. They're here with venison, poultry, eggs, sausages, and smoked poultry. Violet Hill is here with bacon, pork cuts, and Belle Rouge chickens. Flying Pig has sausages, pork cuts, and chickens. Grazin' is here with meats and poultry.
Next week will be D'Attolico's last week until the middle of January, as well as the last week for Cherry Lane's excellent spinach, sweet potatoes, and other produce. Check with other stands like Paffenroth and Miglorelli to see if they'll be here past next weekend. Paffenroth still has a fairly wide range of produce including upland cress and hard to find root vegetables, and S&SO is still here with many vegetables. Oak Grove has great looking pumpkins as well as tasty pies. Cato has some knockout cheeses and Three Corner Field Farm is here with lamb, sheep's milk yogurt and cheese, and they'll definitely be here on Christmas Eve Day with lamb. Check this URL for stands here today: http://tinyurl.com/cllyyh7
Friday, December 9, 2011 Lots of Gift Choices Today!
Beth's Farm Kitchen, Tweefontein, Roaming Acres, and Divine Brine all have interesting gift choices, including jams, chutneys, pickled vegetables, great recipe books (Beth), herbal items both edible and otherwise (Tweefontein), Roaming Acres (ostrich and emu items), and a range of pickles and chutneys (Divine Brine). Cayuga is here with great breads, flours, grains, beans, and oils that would all make great house gifts.
Rogowsky, Norwich, Bodhitree, and Queens County Farm Museum all have good-looking produce offerings and should be here on the Friday before Christmas. Madura will also be here with mushrooms and Pura Vida will have fish and seafood, especially for Seven Fishes. Miglorelli has tasty tomato juice and sauce, in addition to a large selection of produce (including lovely big fennel bulbs). Check this URL for most of who's here today: http://tinyurl.com/7ckcvq4
Saturday, December 3, 2011 Cranberries, Tiny Turnips, Winter Squashes
Order your Christmas birds and meats now from Quattro's, Violet Hill, Flying Pig, Oak Grove, Grazin' Acres, and others. Breezy Hill has beautiful fresh cranberries and S&SO has bunches of tiny turnips to roast under your bird along with Stokes Farm's excellent small Yukon Gold and other potatoes or Mountain Sweet Berry's roasting mix.
D'Attolico has tasty greens and sprouts and Bulich has a great selection of mushrooms. Stokes has excellent cut herbs, greens, and winter squashes. Cherry Lane has luscious cauliflower, spinach, greens, sweet potatoes, and other delicious produce. Oak Grove has pies, pork and beef cuts, and squashes. Van Houten and Mountain Sweet Berry have Christmas decorations, including wreaths, greenery ropes, and trees. Beth's For Jam has beautifully wrapped jams and chutneys for gifts, along with her excellent cookbook with recipes for and with their preserves and chutneys.
I'll be checking with the farmers to find out who will be here on Christmas Eve day and New Year's Eve day for next week's report. See this URL for what's here today: http://tinyurl.com/83zhh89
Friday, December 2, 2011 Christmas Trees and Decorations
Well, there's nothing new, but there's plenty of good stuff here. Beth Linsky of Beth's Farm Kitchen will be doing a demo at the Greenmarket table and there are many tasty greens and root vegetables to be had. Miglorelli has good looking fennel and Two Guys, Bodhitree, Miglorelli, D&J, and others have tasty looking greens and salad. John Fazio has ducks, chickens, rabbits, eggs, and livers as well as poultry parts, and Cayuga and Hot Bread Kitchen have great breads. Cayuga has excellent dried beans and grains as well as flours. Check out a newish stand, Lucky Dog Organics, for greens and other vegetables. The lavender stand and Beth's Farm Kitchen are here as well. There is fresh fish available and Madura is here with mushrooms.
Monday, November 28, 2011 Duck Rillettes, All Sorts of Potato, Greens, Cheese Chips
It's a smallish market and some farmers, like Maxwell's, are gone for the winter, but there are plenty of good things to be had today. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has rillettes, duck sausage, ducks, duck legs for confit, and duck fat for frying potatoes. Healthway has a wide variety of interesting potatoes and Madura has many kinds of mushroom as well as good looking produce. Race has pastries, apples, cider, squashes, and other vegetables, and Norwich Meadows Farm has all sorts of root vegetables and greens. Central Valley has eggs, soups, and cheeses, and Tello has eggs in various sizes.
Lani is here with many vegetables, including braising greens, salad greens, root vegetables, and many kinds of cauliflower, in Maxwell's location at 17th Street. Consider Bardwell has delicious cheeses and a new product, cheese chips, that are addictive! The Monday Greenmarket is definitely worth a visit! Check this URL for what's available today: http://tinyurl.com/8a6cbej
Saturday, November 26, 2011 Some Stands Are Gone For the Season, Some Just For This Saturday, But Many Are Here.
Grazin'Acres and Oak Grove have beef cuts and Oak Grove and Flying Pig have pork. Flying Pig has chickens (and Grazin' may have them, too). PE&DD is here with cooked lobsters, raw shellfish, and fish, as well as crab cakes, lobster salad, and other prepared seafood.
S&SO and Beth's Farm Kitchen have great gift possibilities, including a basket of S&SO prepared foods and Beth's jams, chutneys, and cookbooks. Stokes has several kinds of their classic herb wreath.
Paffenroth is here with several kinds of onion family vegetables, including leeks, cippolini, and shallots, many potato varieties, and other tasty produce. Gorzynski has a small but select offering of root vegetables as well as eggs. Stokes has cut herbs, greens, broccoli, cauliflower, lemon grass, and other excellent produce. Shushan has hydroponic greens and tomatoes.
Locust Grove has quinces, apples, and pears, as well as cider, and Caradonna has apples, pears, cider, and grapes. Hoeffner is here with their last tomatoes, as well as greens, squashes, and other vegetables. Gorzynski and Paffenroth have exquisite tiny purple topped turnips -- buy them now to cook with your Christmas bird, as Gorzynski will only be here for one more market. Check this URL for today's produce: http://tinyurl.com/7jc3ntj
Wednesday, November 24, 2011 Violet Hill, Quattro's, Di Paolo, Garden of Spices Poultry Farm -- All here with poultry orders!
Many stands are not in their usual Wednesday places and some stands for other market days are here today, so you need to do some hunting for your faves. Flying Pig, Tamarack, Quattro's, Di Paolo, Violet Hill, and others are here with poultry orders and extra turkey, duck, and other options. I picked up a delicious looking pheasant from Quattro's, along with pheasant sausage for stuffing. I got big bunches of rosemary and other herbs from Stokes, where there are also good looking small potatoes, broccoli, and other great produce.
There are plenty of squashes, pumpkins, colorful cauliflowers, and spinach around the market as well as apples, pears, ciders, and pastries. Unfortunately, I made a doctor appointment for 11 A.M., so I don't have time to give you exact locations, but take it from me, you'll be glad you went to Union Square! Cato Corners and Bobolink Cheese are there as well as Cayuga, Hot Bread Kitchen, and other faves. Three Corner Field Farm has lamb items and yogurt.
Check here for what's available and who brought it: http://tinyurl.com/7a7trfy
Okay, gotta go! Good luck and happy Thanksgiving!!!
Monday, November 21, 2011 Maxwell's Last Day! Central Valley's Soup! Consider Bardwell's Cheese Crisps!
Maxwell's farm stand has a wide variety of good looking produce, including baby fennel, greens, herbs, leeks, potatoes, cabbages, brussels sprouts, and beautiful lettuces. Race has big containers of small sweet potatoes for $1.95, brussels sprouts both loose and on branches, cabbages, cauliflowers, and other vegetables. Truncillo, Race, and others have apples and pears.
PE&DD have great looking bay scallops, other shellfish and fish, and cooked lobsters. Madura has potted fresh herbs, several kinds of cauliflower and cabbage, and their excellent selection of mushrooms. Healthway has a wide variety of interesting potatoes. Consider Bardwell has luscious cheeses and a new product made from their cheeses, cheese crisps. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has ducks and duck products including duck rillettes, smoked duck breast, and other duck charcuterie. Raghoo has ducks, chickens, and other poultry as well as rabbits and eggs. Roaming Acres has bison cuts, Berkshire pork cuts, and ostrich meat.
Central Valley Farm has eggs, soups, and cheeses. Andrew's Honey is here today and will be here on Wednesday. Cayuga will have their excellent breads on Wednesday, but has a large assortment of beans and flours today. Lani has salad greens, braising greens, beautiful cauliflowers, and other great produce. Norwich Meadows Farm has tomatoes, greens, salad greens, interesting root vegetables, peppers, tomatillos, radishes, turnips, and a huge offering of other produce. Check this URL for what's available today: http://tinyurl.com/7rmn7bv
Saturday, November 19, 2011 Cranberries! Cardoons! Grapes! Hot Peppers! Burdock! Salsify! It's a great day for the Greenmarket, but you need to search a bit for most of your favorite stands, since the Christmas market has pushed things uptown somewhat. Buzzard Crest is up towards 16th Street on the West side of the market and Cherry Lane is in their usual Wednesday spot in the middle of 17th Street. Flying Pig is at the very end of the West side of the market.
I bought beautiful purple cauliflower and squash from Stokes, as well as their excellent mixed herb bunches. I have Quattro's chicken parts for my stock and Violet Hill's bacon for the Quattro's pheasant I'll be braising on Thanksgiving. Cherry Lane has delicious sweet potatoes and broccoli and I bought garlic butter and egg nog from Ronnybrook. Seatuck has great looking scallops and other shellfish and fish (and probably won't be here Wednesday, unlike most of the Saturday stands.
Eckerton has beautiful little French radishes and cardoons as well as their extensive selection of peppers, and Oak Grove has cheese pumpkins and sugar pumpkins, tomatillos, cabbages, and other produce. They also have beef and pork cuts and other meat items, and pumpkin and apple crumb pies.
D'Attiloco has greens and sprouts, Cato Corners has luscious cheeses, and Three Corner Field Farm is here with lamb cuts. Bulich has many kinds of mushroom. Check this URL for what's available today: http://tinyurl.com/cnfeucmy
Friday, November 18, 2011 Check this URL to see what's available today: http://tinyurl.com/6wenekj
It's Dancing Ewe's last day for great Italian cheeses and gifts! Muddy River may be back in two or three weeks.
Remember that next Friday the Greenmarket will be closed.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Fresh Cranberries, Grenadan Flavoring Peppers, Candy Cane Beets, Salsify, Burdock, Heirloom Tomatoes
The Christmas market is taking over the South part of the Greenmarket, so you'll have to search for your favorite stands, but they'll still be here. Cato Corner Farm will be in their usual spot on Saturday, but are at the South end today and next Wednesday. Eckerton is here with all kinds of delicious peppers and will probably have their last Wednesday next week. Bodhitree has delicious looking sweet potatoes, greens, salad, herbs, peppers, and other produce. Cherry Lane has greens, salad, candy cane beets, brussels sprouts, and their excellent sweet potatoes.
Many stands have good-looking cauliflower and Stokes has a great variety of cut herbs, including a great mixed bunch for flavoring turkeys and other poultry. Rogowsky has beautiful purple-topped turnips, cabbages, cauliflower, Jerusalem artichokes, and other vegetables. Bulich and Madura have selections of tasty mushrooms. Caradonna has apples, cider, and other produce. Hawthorne Valley has meats, sausages, quark, cheeses, breads, and greens. Roaming Acres has various ostrich meat cuts and other ostrich products. Kernan has cabbages, greens, brussels sprouts, and other vegetables.
Windfall has salad and braising greens, root vegetables, and edible flowers. Di Paola is still taking turkey orders for next week. Blue Moon is here with fresh fish and other seafood. Keith has fresh cut herbs, bags of rocambole garlic for gifts, and other organic produce. Tamarack has vegetables and meats and Beth's Farm Kitchen has all kinds of cranberry items, including jam and chutneys. Check out this URL for pictures of available produce: http://tinyurl.com/722hhtm
Saturday, November 12, 2011 Bottled Peppers, Fresh Grape Juice, Fresh Dried Beans, Venison, Jerusalem Artichokes, Tiny Potatoes, Brussels Sprouts!!
Berried Treasures has tiny potatoes and sunchokes. James Durr has colorful wreaths and Stokes is bringing in their wonderful fresh herb wreaths for the holidays. Buzzard Crest has grapes and grape juices and will be here next week, but further up in the market on the West side, since the Christmas Market is moving into their spot.
Quattro's has venison, rabbits, sausages, cornish game hens, various chickens, ducks, and chicken parts and eggs. Stokes has plenty of pumpkins, herbs, and broccoli, and Van Houten has big delicious looking cauliflowers, squashes, and other produce. Cato Corners has succulent cheeses, including their famous Dairyere, Vivace, and Bridgids, and will be in the market the next two Wednesdays in addition to Saturdays. Keith has herbs, greens, and gift bags of rocambole garlic and D'Attolico has sprouts and greens.
Seatuck has beautiful fresh fish and shellfish, including scallops, clams, and oysters. Miglorelli has Brussels sprouts and green and purple kohlrabi, in addition to a sale on Bosc and Clapp pears. Norwich Farm has heirloom tomatoes, squashes, peppers, greens, and other produce and is taking orders for turkeys for the holidays. Oak Grove and Eckerton have tasty hot and flavoring peppers. Oak Grove has beef and pork products in addition to their produce and Violet Hill has bacon and other pork items in addition to chickens and chicken parts. Catskill Merino has lamb, as does Three Corner Field Farm (which also has yogurts and cheeses). Northshire Farm and Violet Hill are taking turkey orders. Flying Pig has sausages and other pork products, in addition to chickens.
Rose Meadow Farm has beautiful roses and River Garden has dried flower bouquets, wreaths, and other arrangements. Beth's Farm Kitchen has many delicious cranberry items for the holidays, including sauces and chutneys. Several orchards are here with apples and pears and Locust Grove has quinces as well. S&SO, Paffenroth, Hoeffner, Cherry Lane, and others have a wide range of produce.
Friday, November 11, 2011, 2011 Fine Italian-style Cheeses, Duck and Rabbit, Apples and Pears Galore!
I spent this week driving around Vermont and New Hampshire, looking at the devastation created by Irene and seeing the efforts to clean it up. I saw many fields that had been flooded down to the rock, bridges of all sorts wiped out, and clearing out of rivers and streams going forward. We here in the city have no idea how lucky we were.
Here today: Our Daily Bread, Hot Bread Kitchen, Cayuga Samascott's delicious apples and pears Miglorelli, Norwich Meadows, Bodhitree, Two Guys, and others for winter squashes, greens, lettuces, etc. Muddy River for carrots, various onions, brussels sprouts, etc. Madura for many kinds of mushrooms John Fazio for chickens and chicken parts, ducks and duck parts, rabbits and rabbit parts, duck and chicken eggs. Dancing Ewe for succulent Italian cheeses. Ask them about their olive oil CSA. Bobolink cheeses and breads Queens County Farm Museum's greens and other produce. Deep Mountain Maple syrups, candies, and other maple products.
Saturday, November 5, 2011 Too late to post!
Sorry to say I won't be out early enough to tell you much. Yesterday's report should help you see what's in the market, especially if you check out the URL for the pictures. http://tinyurl.com/3sbxbax Make sure you check to see if Buzzard Crest is here today for wonderful grapes and juices, Eckerton for peppers, and Cayuga for breads. Shushan should be back with hydroponic tomatoes, too. Just remember that while the produce pictured will probably be available several of the stands will not, since they're on the Friday schedule.
Friday, November 4, 2011 Dancing Ewe is here for two more weeks, along with Muddy River and Bodhitree. Ask Dancing Ewe about their olive oil CSA! They're here with delicious Italian style cheeses today. Muddy River has carrots, leeks, beets, and greens. Stands with brussels sprouts include: Muddy River, Miglorelli, and Van Houten. Several stands have sweet potatoes, including Bodhitree and Van Houten. Madura has a plentiful supply of various mushrooms and many stands have apples and pears. Tweefontein and Oak Grove have peppers and a few stands have the last gasp of heirloom tomatoes, including Sycamore, Oak Grove, and Berried Treasures.
Dutchmill Flower Farm is gone for the year, but Rose Meadow is here with fresh flowers and River Garden has beautiful dried flower arrangements. Ronnybrook has milks, yogurts, and cheeses and Bobolink has delicious cheeses as well. Beth's Farm Kitchen is here with jams and chutneys and Queens County Farm Museum has a wide variety of produce. Cayuga has breads and beans and Hot Bread Kitchen has breads and various crackers. Check out this URL to see what you can buy today: http://tinyurl.com/3sbxbax
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 I hope you love squash, potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, hot peppers, apples, and pears, because those are the best looking produce to be found in the market. Paffenroth has black salsify, fresh horseradish, and other interesting novelties, and Stokes and Mountain Sweet Berry have great Italian sauce tomatoes. There are a few stands with heirloom tomatoes as well, but that season is really pretty much over. Sweet potato fans will find excellent ones at many stands in the market and Stokes and others do have lettuces. Bodhitree, Stokes, Paffenroth, and others have braising greens as well. Stokes, Keith, and Two Guys have herbs and Shushan has hydroponic greens and tomatoes. There are plenty of sugar and cheese pumpkins at Sycamore, Oak Grove, and other stands. Van Houten, Sycamore, Oak Grove, and others have big beautiful cauliflowers and broccoli. Eckerton and Oak Grove have unique and beautiful hot peppers -- many kinds and strengths.
Saturday, October 29, 2011 Wet? Yes! Here? Yes! Expecting Snow? Yup!
First thing I bought today was a chicken from Quattro's. I also bought bags of legs and wings from Violet Hill. All of the poultry at both stands looks great today. Violet Hill also has gorgeous wild mushrooms. Stokes has greens, lemon grass and other herbs, big cauliflowers, and masses of pumpkins. Sycamore also has alot of pumpkins in addition to broccoli, tomatoes, and other produce.
Cato Corner is here with delicious cheeses and Cayuga and Our Daily Bread have wonderful breads to go with them. Beth's Farm Kitchen has all sorts of tasty jams and Ronnybrook has milks, cheeses, butters, and other dairy goodies. Tonjes has buttermilk, cheeses, and yogurts and PE&DD has fish and shellfish. Buzzard Crest is here with a variety of great grapes, grape juices, and wines.
Paffenroth has a huge selection of potatoes, carrots, greens, onion varieties, and unusual produce as do Lani and Norwich Meadows. Miglorelli and S&SO are also here with produce and other items. Locust Grove has apples, pears, and cider and Cherry Lane and Sycamore have still got heirloom tomatoes!
Keith, Gorzynski, and Eckerton are here with organic produce. Milk Thistle has milk and D'Attolico has sprouts and other produce (Tell Vinnie happy birthday!). Binder has herb plants and Oak Grove has pies, heirloom tomatoes, popping corn, pork products, pumpkins, and other produce.
Friday, October 28, 2011 A Sunny Patch of Winter
Back from a week in England to find it just as cold here as it was around Cambridge! Just about every Friday stand is still here, although the offerings are slimmer. Still, you can get beautiful cheese from Dancing Ewe, Patches of Stars and Bobolink, and great bread from Cayuga, Hot Bread Kitchen, and Our Daily Bread. John Fazio is here with chicken, rabbit, and other good things, and Beth's Farm Kitchen is offering pretty Halloween gifts of delicious jams and chutneys. Salento Farm has garlic and garlic powder and Roaming Acres has ostrich meat and fresh eggs. Pura Vida has several kinds of very fresh fish. Tree-licious has quinces. Berried Treasures has STRAWBERRIES!!
Two Guys has lettuces and Bodhitree has great greens, unusual potatoes, peppers, and herbs, as well as beautiful beans and peppers. Miglorelli has plenty of produce, including a wide variety of gourds and squashes. Queens County Farm Museum has mixed greens and other produce. Sycamore and Oak Grove have gorgeous cheese and sugar pumpkins. They and Norwich have heirloom tomatoes (!) and several stands have broccoli. Muddy River and Sycamore have brussels sprouts.
Dutchmill has beautiful zinnias and other flowers and will probably be gone after this coming week for the year.
Check out this URL for pictures of today's Greenmarket stands: http://tinyurl.com/44jb4z3
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Pretty much everyone who was here last Wednesday is here today, mostly with the same produce. Eckerton has gorgeous CARDOONS and Lynhaven, in addition to their delicious cheeses, has a variety of chicken eggs as well as duck eggs. Most farmers I spoke to said they would be here at least until Thanksgiving. I was relieved to find that out, since I'll be away until October 25 and didn't want to miss saying goodbye before the Recessional gets under way. Dutchmill isn't here today, but may be here on Friday. Sycamore still has good looking heirloom tomatoes and corn and Eckerton has an excellent selection of hot peppers.
It's definitely pear and apple season and time to start drinking cider, if you haven't already! Cherry Lane and Stokes have great sauce tomatoes.
Saturday, October 8, 2011 L'Shana Tovah, Y'All! Taking today off, but did want to post that I got a notice that Violet Hill has fresh pork today!
Also -- as I've been saying all week, buy your tomatoes (and basil) if you're planning to freeze for the winter. Things are winding down.
Friday, October 7, 2011 Sugar Pumpkins! Winter Squashes! Gourds! Grapes!
It's definitely apple and pear season, with Samascott, Locust Grove, and others bringing in many tasty varieties. There is also fresh apple cider and Red Jacket has all sorts of fruit flavored ciders and juices. Beth's Farm Kitchen has luscious jams and jellies, and Deep Mountain has maple products, including maple marshmellows. Madura has great looking produce and many interesting mushroom varieties.
Muddy River has fennel, cipollini, and other vegetables and Norwich has a wide choice of beans, greens, squashes, eggplants, and tomatoes. Sycamore has corn, tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, and cauliflower. Cayuga is here with many dried beans, delicious whole wheat and ale breads, and Berried Treasures has beans, red and yellow raspberries, cherry tomatoes, and various tiny potatoes. Pura Vida has wonderful fresh fish. John Fazio has poultry and rabbit and Dancing Ewe is here with their fabulous cheeses (ask them about their CSA and gift boxes).
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Sauce Tomatoes! Hot peppers! Celeriac!
Stokes, Berried Treasures, Bodhitree, Cherry Lane, Mountain Sweet Berry, and Sycamore all have delicious looking tomatoes for sauce. The heirlooms still look good, but if you're freezing heirloom tomatoes for the winter, this is the week to do it. Chill is in the air and supplies are definitely starting to shrink. Bodhitree and Berried Treasures have good looking beans and several stands have many types of eggplants, but those are on the downslide as well. There is a freeze in our near future and farmers are struggling to bring in good produce. Nevia of Bodhitree thinks she'll only be coming in for two more weeks, for instance.
Stokes has many pumpkins, lots of big bunches of herbs, and lemongrass. S&SO still has a good deal of produce, as do Paffenroth and Miglorelli, but you can see things starting to lessen in amounts and types of vegetable.
Saturday, October 1, 2011 San Marzano, Federale, Purple Cherokee, all heirloom tomatoes!
Seize the day! Great tomatoes are to be had all over the market, but a frost could come at any time. Cherry Lane, Mountain Sweet Berry, Stokes, Norwich, Oak Grove, Sycamore, and others have excellent tomatoes, but the weather is changing. If you freeze tomatoes or make sauce for the freezer, now's the time.
Buzzard Crest is here with luscious grapes and grape juices. Some varieties will only be here for another week! Try the Jupiters! Quattro's has all kinds of poultry, eggs, and sausages. Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens and parts. Ronnybrook DOESN'T HAVE BUTTER OR CREME FRAICHE today.
Eckerton and Oak Grove have wonderful selections of hot peppers and Sycamore has corn, sweet peppers, and other produce. Stokes, Paffenroth, Ryder, Gorzynski, and others have cut herbs and Oak Grove has beautiful herb plants. Stokes, Sycamore, and others have sugar pumpkins and Paffenroth, Oak Grove, Stokes, and others have winter squashes. Norwich has all of those AND summer squash, beans, eggplants, and other goodies.
All of the usual suspects are here, except for Silver Heights (gone until next year). Violet Hill has gorgeous wild mushrooms and Bulich has beautiful cultivated ones. Cato is here with tasty cheeses and Three Corner Field Farm has cheeses, yogurts, and lamb cuts. Beth's Farm Kitchen has their excellent preserves and chutneys. Cayuga has lovely ale bread, whole wheat loaves, and beans. Go to this URL to see who's here and what they've brought:http://tinyurl.com/3wokmr7
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Winter Squash! Hot Peppers! Heirloom Tomatoes! Interesting Mushrooms!!
Dutchmill and River Garden are here with beautiful flowers.
Honey Hollow, Madura, and Bulich have many kinds of mushroom. Cayuga, Hot Bread Kitchen, and Our Daily Bread have a wide variety of breads. Sycamore, Bodhitree, Cherry Lane, Stokes,Norwich, and others have heirloom tomatoes. Two Guys and Keith have several kinds of lettuce and Keith, Paffenroth, and Miglorelli have delicious greens. Oak Grove and Eckerton have fantastic hot peppers of all sorts and Stokes and Paffenroth have bunches of herbs. Among the people who have an assortment of potatoes are Mountain Sweet Berry, Paffenroth, Bodhitree, and Madura. Andrew is here with unique honeys and Locust Grove, Caradonna, Breezy Hill, and others have crisp new apples.Click on this url to see pictures of who's here today and what they've brought: http://tinyurl.com/3sk3q4j
Saturday, September 24, 2011 Violet Hill has several kinds of wild mushroom this week. Bulich also has a large selection of mushrooms. Stokes, Paffenroth, and others have winter squashes. Lani, Norwich, and others have a great selection of beans. Stokes,Sycamore, Oak Grove, Cherry Lane, and others have heirloom and field tomatoes and eggplants. Eckerton and Oak Grove have great selections of hot and seasoning peppers. Eckerton has chestnuts. Check Keith for fresh black walnuts (I saw them Wednesday but breezed by too fast to notice if they have them today.).
This is the last day for Silver Heights and their beautiful vegetable and herb plants. They'll be back next year! Binder is here with lush herb and flowering plants.
Several stands have peaches and plums. Sycamore has corn (no second load after that big rain) as does Oak Grove. Paffenroth has a wide selection of produce including gorgeous baby beets. Northshire Farm has puntarella, CARDOONS, and other unique greens in addition to eggs.
See the following for pictures of the produce and stands that are here today: http://tinyurl.com/42u6fbn
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Last gasp of the stone fruit this week? Check out this url to see who's here and what they've brought:
http://tinyurl.com/4332rh3
Fantasy Fruit -- blueberries, apples, grapes Rogowski -- gourds, onions, potatoes, greens. Kernan -- okra, eggplants, peaches, peppers, mini pumpkins. Honey Hollow -- mushrooms, elderberries. S&SO -- salad greens, peppers, tomatoes, herbs, mini onions. Eckerton -- Trinidad flavoring peppers, other hot peppers, basil varieties, tomatoes. Tamarack -- pork products, greens. Keith -- tomatoes, herbs, rocambole garlic, pumpkins, greens, peppers, fresh walnuts! Beth's Farm Kitchen -- jams, jellies, chutneys, pickled vegetables. Blue Moon -- fish and shellfish.
Andrew's Honey. Mountain Sweet Berry -- mini potatoes, French baby leeks, greens. Sycamore -- corn, tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes. Oak Grove -- herb plants, hot peppers, heirloom and other tomatoes, melons, corn, peaches. Paffenroth -- wide variety of produce, including burdock, carrots corn, leeks, onions, shallots, unique greens. Cherry Lane -- okra, heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, sauce tomatoes. Bodhitree -- beans, squashes, eggplants, heirloom tomatoes, salad greens, herbs. Stokes -- lemon grass, various mints, many basil varieties, heirloom tomatoes, potatoes, greens. Three Corner Field Farm -- yogurt, lamb cuts, cheeses.
Saturday, September 17, 2011 Eckerton and Oak Grove Have Great Hot Peppers!!
Catch Buzzard Crest's delicious grapes and grape juice while you can! They are aiming for Thanksgiving, but the freaky weather may change that. I've already got a couple of pints in the freezer. Now is also a good time to buy San Marzano tomatoes from Northshire, Cherry Lane, and others for your winter supply of sauce.
There are a lot of winter squashes in the market already, at Norwich Meadows, Paffenroth, Oak Grove, and other stands. I've even seen pumpkins, although it looks like S&SO will not have their usual massive display this year. Paffenroth, Sycamore, and others have corn and Sycamore will be getting their second load, picked today, at around 11AM. Mountain Sweet Berry had Tri-Star strawberries when I went by at 8:30, but it looked as if they were going fast! They also have excellent sauce tomatoes.
Stokes Farm's heirloom tomatoes looked great this morning, as did Keith's, Oak Grove's, and several others. Cherry Lane has beautiful little fairytale eggplants and basil. Northshire has cardoons, puntarella, and other unique vegetables as well as eggs. Quattro's and Violet Hill are here with poultry and eggs and Flying Pig has tasty sausages and pork cuts. Ronnybrook is having a special on ice cream and Milk Thistle is here with milk. Tonjes has buttermilk, cheeses, and yogurt.
Click on this URL to see who's here and what they've brought in: http://tinyurl.com/3ccrafc
Friday, September 16, 2011 Muddy River is back!! New Bakery -- Nordic rye bread!!
I was so happy to see Muddy River in the market today. They lost 75% of their crop between Irene and the other hurricane, but have leeks, beets, onions,and other good things. They say they will be coming in for a while, but not for the winter. Click on this url to see what's here today and some pictures of what Irene did to Muddy River Farm: http://tinyurl.com/3vcy5cr
I'm eating some excellent cranberry rye bread from a new bakery in the market. They have several small loaves and other choices. The stand is called Nordic Breads. I'm in real trouble now -- love their cranberry bread, Cayuga's ale bread, Our Daily Bread's sourdough, and Hot Bread Kitchen's challah! Forget the low carb diet, especially on Fridays!
If you're planning to freeze tomatoes and herbs for the winter, this seems to be the weekend to do it. Some farmers are expecting frost tonight. Meanwhile, there are plenty of good looking tomatoes at Norwich, Bodhitree, Miglorelli, and other stands. Samascott has good looking Italian plums and several stands including Bodhitree, Berried Treasures, and Norwich, have excellent beans. Berried Treasures has TriStars and elderberries and Cheerful Cherry has great tomatoes and grapes.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 EEk! Winter Squashes! Sweet Potatoes!! Grapes!! You know what's coming!
Fantasy Fruit has grapes along with their blueberries and apples. Tweefontein has several kinds of peppers along with herb drinks and other items. The hot peppers are IN in the market, with Eckerton and Oak Grove having the widest choice. A few stands, including Bodhitree and Paffenroth, have many kinds of winter squash in addition to their summer squash, signaling the arrival of Autumn. And the supply of heirloom tomatoes, while still fairly strong, shows signs of fading. There are still plenty of peaches, but that won't last much longer either. Locust Grove and Cherry Lane have raspberries -- better get those while you still can. Locust and others have grapes.
Bodhitree and Berried Treasures have squashes, beans, heirloom tomatoes, and other produce. Look for Romano beans among others. BerriedT also has Tri-Star strawberries and Mountain Sweet Berry has Italian sauce tomatoes and Tri-Stars as well. The shocker this morning for me was the huge range of winter squashes at Paffenroth's stand and the diminished supply there of baby beets! Miglorelli has a great deal of produce as does S&SO, but you know that October is about to come and crash the summer season. It's almost last gasp time!! http://tinyurl.com/3jawyhp
Saturday, September 10, 2011 Seatuck(whole fish, filets, shellfish), Ryder(organic produce),Buzzard Crest(grapes,grape juices)!!!
Many farmers had problems with tomatoes due to Irene and to the extensive rainstorms, but careful searching will produce rewards. Sycamore will be bringing in second delivery corn at around 11AM(picked today). Fantasy Fruit says that they'll have blueberries for about two more weeks. D'Attolico was hit with flooding and lost their wonderful carrots and tomatoes, but they're here with great onions, garlic, and sprouts. Hoeffner, Lani, S&SO, Paffenroth, Eckerton, Oak Grove, Sycamore, Gorzynski, and many others are here with great selections of produce. Flying Pig has pork products, chickens, and eggs, and Violet Hill has beautiful and unusual mushrooms in addition to their Belle Rouge chickens and chicken parts and many kinds of egg. Northshire has their own special eggs and unique produce.
The survivors of the rain include a wide range of hot and sweet peppers from Eckerton, Norwich, Oak Grove, and others. Stokes has all sorts of cut herbs, heirloom tomatoes, and other produce.
If you have a chance, call the Federal and State Agriculture departments to support relief for our farmers. They stood up for us; we should do the same for them!!! www.agmkt.state.ny.us/contact.html
Monday, September 5, 2011 Just about every stand usually here on Monday is here. Lani, Norwich Meadows, Maxwell, and others are here with a wide variety of produce, including beans of all sorts, melons, heirloom tomatoes, greens, salad vegetables, and herbs. Healthway has many kinds of potatoes and Truncillo has white and yellow peaches. Consider Bardwell cheeses and Hudson Valley Duck are here with delicious appetizers and great main dish items. Red Jacket and Race have fruit and other produce and the Lavender By The Bay stand has dried lavender and gift options. Norwich Meadows has golden and red raspberries, chickens and chicken parts, and various yogurts. Check out album: http://tinyurl.com/3rf9a5e
Saturday, September 3, 2011 Buzzard Crest is Here With Grapes and Grape Juices!! Second Delivery Corn From Sycamore at 11 AM!!!
Paffenroth is here with a wide variety of produce, but did lose a field of carrots and showed me pictures of fields of water. They still have beautiful baby beets, colorful carrots, all sorts of onions and related vegetables, herbs, and unique greens. Sycamore has corn, tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, peaches, and cucumbers. S&SO has all sorts of salad vegetables and herbs. Keith has heirloom tomatoes, salad greens, herbs, rocambole garlic, and other greens. Stokes has big bunches of cut herbs, heirloom tomatoes, lemongrass, squashes, and eggplants. Buzzard Crest has Niagara, Concord, and Delaware Seeded grapes, Caradice, Jupiter, and Nimrod Seedless grapes, as well as red and white grape juice!
Eckerton has all sorts of peppers and heirloom tomatoes. Oak Grove has herb plants, heirloom tomatoes, peaches, many kinds of hot and sweet peppers, corn, and pork products. PE&DD has cooked lobsters, fish, shellfish, and fish salads. Silver Heights has organic plants and eggs. Windfall Farm has many sizes and kinds of squashes and greens, as well as edible flowers. D'Attolico has sprouts, young onions, and young garlic. Northshire has rocket, puntarella, tomatoes, and eggs. Violet Hill has chickens and chicken parts, and Berkshire pork products, as well as mushrooms, duck eggs, and many varieties of chicken egg.
Check this URL out for a picture notebook of what's here today: (Incidentally, there are a few shots at the end from my visit to Russ and Daughters this morning. Not sure how that happened!)
http://tinyurl.com/3phku3h
Friday, September 2, 2011 Muddy River Is Not Here Today
Muddy River got seriously flooded. I hope that he can recover soon! Many of our farmers were victims of Irene. I wish them all well and speedy recoveries from wind, rain, and flood, and hope to see them back in the market soon. Meanwhile, we need to support the farmers who are here -- they, too, have had some problems resulting from the hurricane. When I think of how they struggled to get here the week of 9/11, and gave us a sense of normalcy, I have only good thoughts for them.
Meanwhile, here's who's here: copy and paste: http://tinyurl.com/3mjcojg
Cheerful Cherry(grapes, heirloom and other tomatoes, white and yellow peaches), Two Guys (lettuces, greens, herbs), John Fazio(chicken, chicken parts, rabbits,ducks), Roaming Acres(Ostrich), Bodhitree(eggplants,beans,peppers,greens,squashes,squash blossoms),Divine Brine(pickled vegetables),Cayuga(Breads,grains,dried beans,flours), Hot Bread Kitchen.
Miglorelli (wide range of produce), Madura(just mushrooms today), Bobolink(bread and cheeses), Pura Vida(fish and seafood), Sycamore(corn,heirloom tomatoes,peaches),Berried Treasures(shelling beans, heirloom tomatoes,red and gold raspberries,squashes,cress), Oak Grove (white and yellow peaches, wide range of hot and sweet peppers and heirloom tomatoes,melons,corn).
Samascott(blueberries,strawberries,Italian plums,other produce), Norwich Meadows (squashes,melons,beans,greens,heirloom tomatoes,raspberries,peppers,okras, tomatillos), Van Houten (tomatoes,melons, Stokes(lemon grass, many basils,other cut herbs,heirloom tomatoes,potatoes,cucumbers).
Wednesday 31, 2011 Black Walnuts(Keith), Jelly Melon Cucumbers(Eckerton) Fresh Edamame(Bodhitree and Paffenroth)
Keith -- Heirloom tomatoes, salad greens, new season onions, cut herbs, black walnuts, rocambole garlic.
Eckerton -- The pepper season is IN, with many varieties! Heirloom tomatoes, tiny cucumbers, herbs.
Cayuga, Hot Bread Kitchen -- Breads, crackers, beans, flours.
Locust Grove -- Peaches, plums, raspberries, grapes, blackberries.
Tamarack and Rogowsky -- A variety of produce. Tamarack also has pork and kielbasa.
Beth's Farm Kitchen -- Ask about elderberry jam!
Garden of Spices Poultry Farm -- Chicken liver pate, whole fresh chicken, whole fresh duck, chicken and duck parts, eggs.
Andrew's Honey -- The new crop from New York City is here, by borough!! When they say local honey, they mean local!!
Mountain Sweet Berry -- Tri-Star strawberries, sucrine lettuce, and other unique greens, Italian sauce tomatoes.
For a look at what's available today: http://tinyurl.com/4xu4g6n
Monday, August 29, 2011 Most Monday Farmers Are Here Norwich Meadows, Lani, Fantasy Fruit, Madura, Maxwell, Consider Bardwell, Race, Red Jacket, Phillips, Central Valley, Dutchmill Flowers, and PE&DD are all here! Copy and paste this URL to see what they've brought!!! http://tinyurl.com/3nj4ya7
Saturday, August 27, 2011 These stands will be here until 11 A.M. today:
Flying Pig (pork products), Violet Hill(chickens), Stokes Farm (cut herbs, tomatoes, greens), Beth's Farm Kitchen (jams, pickled vegetables), Bobolink Dairy (cheeses), Caradonna (fruit and vegetables), Paffenroth(a huge variety of vegetables), Catskill Merino (lamb, lamb sausage, knitting wool, garlic), Keith's Farm(heirloom tomatoes, greens, Rocambole garlic), Van Houten (melons, vegetables), Mountain Sweet Berry(Tri-star strawberries, wild baby arugula, other unique greens), Windfall Farm(greens, squashes--ask about eggs), and more. See this URL for pictures of what's available: http://tinyurl.com/424swxt
Greenmarket Update from GreenNYC:
Dear Greenmarket Shoppers,
Apologies for sending multiple notices, but we will now have three markets OPEN TOMORROW FROM 8AM-11AM:
Union Square Greenarket Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket Ft. Greene Greenmarket
**There will be NO EBT/Debit/Credit available and NO compost or textile collection.
ALL other Greenmarkets will be closed on Saturday 8/27 and Sunday 8/28.
Farmer's trucks are packed to the brim with the summer harvest and they need to be empty by 11am so grab your totes and stock up early! Thanks, everyone, see you tomorrow morning.
Friday, August 26, 2011 Hurricane Preparations? Buy vegetables and fruit and plan cold meals with cheese!
I have peaches from Cheerful Cherry and Sycamore, tomatoes from Norwich, Sycamore, Keith, and Stokes, bread from Cayuga, jam from Beth, beans from Bodhitree, charontais melon from Norwich (last weekend for them), and corn from Sycamore. I have herbs from Stokes, blueberries from Samascott, and yogurt from H. I have feta cheese from Kalustyan (not in the Greenmarket, but it will be great with the tomatoes) and Molly's Folly cheese from Cato (who will probably be here tomorrow).
Tomorrow I will fill a couple of pots with water and set up the steamer with water for corn. With the Greenmarket so close, I don't think I'll be having an unhappy hurricane experience! Like the Boy Scouts, I am Prepared!!
Monday, August 15, 2011 Wednesday, August 24, 2011 Sweet Raspberries from Locust, Blueberries from Fantasy Fruit, Tri-Stars from Berried Treasures and Mountain Sweet Berry!
Slurpy peaches -- Sycamore, Oak Grove, Locust Grove and others
Purple haricots verts -- Paffenroth, Bodhitree
Delicious Heirloom Tomatoes -- Stokes, Eckerton, Sycamore, Bodhitree, Keith, and others
Big generous bunches of cut herbs -- Keith, Stokes, Paffenroth
Tasty potatoes -- Paffenroth, Berried Treasures
Apricots -- Red Jacket
Eggplants and other produce -- Rogowsky, S&SO, Kernan, Sycamore, Paffenroth, and others
Dried beans, grains, flours, ale bread, whole wheat bread -- Cayuga
Unique and tasty mushrooms -- Honey Hollow, Madura, Bulich
Elderberries -- Honey Hollow, Berried Treasures
Melons -- Bodhitree, Oak Grove, and others
Saturday, August 20, 2011 Stop By Oak Grove and say hello if you know Ted Blew!!!
Oak Grove -- many kinds of peppers, both sweet and hot, heirloom tomatoes, melons, corn, peaches -- and TED!
Miglorelli -- Apricots!
Locust Grove -- Several kinds of plum
Cheerful Cherry -- Peaches, heirloom tomatoes, green grapes!
Eckerton -- The pepper season has started! Many heirloom tomatoes, too!
Stokes, Cherry Lane, Lani, Norwich, and others -- Beautiful heirloom tomatoes!
Many stands have squashes, both small and large, and Windfall has great ones as well as squash blossoms and other edible flowers
Seatuck -- Fish and shellfish
Violet Hill -- Belle Rouge Chickens and many kinds of egg
Quattro's -- Heirloom chickens, ducks, soup meat, sausages, chicken eggs.
Northshire -- Eggs, cardoons, squashes, and other produce.
Lani and Norwich -- all sorts of eggplants, squashes, beans, melons, greens. Try Norwich's Charontais melons!
Mountain Sweet Berry -- Tri-Star strawberries, wild arugula, SUCRINE, beets.
Friday, August 19, 2011 Stokes Farm is here on the East side of the market. Berried Treasures on the West 17th St Corner
Cheerful Cherry -- First grapes of the season, peaches, heirloom tomatoes
Two Guys From Woodbridge -- lettuces, herbs
John Fazio -- Rabbit, chicken, duck, chicken and duck eggs
Roaming Acres -- Ostrich meat and other products
Bodhitree -- eggplants, squashes, heirloom,herbs, melons, salad and other greens, edamame
Divine Brine -- pickled vegetables
Cayuga -- beans, fours, grains, NO BREAD TODAY
Hot Bread Kitchen -- breads and crackers
Bobolink Dairy -- cheeses and breads
Queens County Farm -- peppers, greens, heirloom tomatoes, flowers
Madura -- a variety of mushrooms
Sycamore -- Corn, heirloom tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, peaches, eggplants
Muddy River -- artichokes, beets, fennel
Tellos -- aracuna eggs
Beth's Farm Kitchen -- pickled vegetables, chutneys, jams, jellies
Berried Treasures -- Tomatoes, shelling beans, herbs, strawberries, elderberries
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 Apricots, Elderberries, Jacob's Cattle Beans, Shishito Peppers
Eckerton, Bodhitree, Stokes, Oak Grove, Sycamore and others -- Heirloom Tomatoes
Red Jacket -- Apricots
Honey Hollow, Berried Treasures -- Elderberries
Fantasy Fruit, Phillips -- Blueberries
Sycamore, Locust Grove, Oak Grove, and others -- Peaches, nectarines, plums
Honey Hollow, Bulich -- Mushrooms
Rogowski, Sycamore -- Broccoli
Bodhitree, Windfall, Berried Treasures -- all sizes of squash
Windfall, Bodhitree -- Squash blossoms
Bodhitree, Eckerton, Oak Grove -- all kinds of peppers
Melons -- Bodhitree, Oak Grove, and others
Breads -- Hot Bread Kitchen, Cayuga, Our Daily Bread
Eggs -- Tello, Windfall
Milk, ice cream, butters, cheeses, yogurts -- Ronnybrook
Monday, August 15, 2011 Avocado Squash, Purple and Green Long Beans, Maiitake Mushrooms, Heirloom Tomatoes and Eggplants
I ran into one of the Top Chef Masters at Lani's stand this morning, and he recommended the avocado squashes. I picked up a couple of those and some purple and green long beans. They have beautiful produce, including many varieties of squash, bean, pepper, lettuce, and other greens, as well as tasty heirloom tomatoes and eggplants. Next door, at Norwich Meadow's stand, I found gorgeous melons, peppers, heirloom tomatoes, and herbs. Last Saturday, I bought one of their Charontais melons and it was perfect -- sweet, juicy, and delicious.
Eckerton is here with a very wide selection of heirloom tomatoes in many sizes and varieties, from tiny cherry to very large. You can buy single mixtures or a mixed box. Madura is here with many kinds of mushroom, including criminis, maiitakes, and oyster. PE&DD has succulent fish and seafood and Duncan Dairy Farm has whole milk in various sizes. Red Jacket has many different kinds of plums and their always excellent apricots. Check out a new entry in the Monday market, Raghoo, a stand with chickens, whole and part rabbits, ground chicken, and duck eggs. Hudson Valley Duck Farm is here with ducks, rillettes, smoked duck, and other duck products. Check out Roaming Acres for all sorts of bison, Berkshire pork, and ostrich meat.
Saturday, August 13, 2011 Tri-Star Strawberries! (Berried Treasures and Mountain Sweet Berry!) Peaches! (Sycamore, Cheerful Cherry!)
Charontais Melons! -- Norwich Meadows, Mountain Sweet Berry
Heirloom Tomatoes -- Eckerton, Stokes, Keith, Sycamore, Cherry Lane, Oak Grove, and others
(Sycamore says no second delivery corn! The birds got'em!)
Sauce Tomatoes -- Cherry Lane, D'Attolico, Sycamore
Gorgeous Carrots -- D'Attolico, Paffenroth, Miglorelli, S&SO
Generous Bunches of Herbs -- Stokes, Paffenroth, S&SO, Miglorelli
Hot and Sweet Peppers -- Oak Grove (a huge selection)
Lemon Grass, Lemon Verbena -- Stokes
Paffenroth -- Beautiful beets, purslane, lambs quarters, and other unique produce
Gorzynski and Keith -- many kinds of organic salad greens
Northshire -- CARDOONS, interesting eggplants and squashes
Binder -- Excellent wide variety of potted herbs and flowers
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 Great day for melons, heirloom tomatoes, squashes, peppers.
Stokes has lemon verbena and lemongrass, as well as other unique herbs. Keith has a great display of fresh cut herbs and Oak Grove has lush herb plants. Bodhitree has interesting herbs and greens, as well as delicious sweet melons. Sycamore has white and yellow peaches, and Locust Grove, Kernan, and others have good looking peaches as well. Sycamore also has their fresh corn and heirloom tomatoes. Eckerton has a wide selection of heirloom tomatoes and Cherry Lane's and Stokes Farm's heirlooms are looking tasty, along with Keith's.
Paffenroth has their usual wide variety of great produce, including many kinds of carrots, baby fennel, big bunches of herbs, all kinds of onion family items, corn, and beets. S&SO, on the other end of the market, has all kinds of salad vegetables, herbs, peppers, and heirloom tomatoes.
Cayuga has several kinds of beans, grains, and flours, in addition to their wonderful ale bread and whole wheat loaves. Hot Bread Kitchen also has good looking breads, crackers, and other baked goods. Roaming Acres has all sorts of ostrich and emu products and says that one of our well-known restaurants has been making pasta with ostrich eggs! (They are also here on Monday and bring in bison meat along with ostrich only on that day.)
Beth's Farm Kitchen is here with excellent jams, chutneys, and pickled vegetables, and Andrew's Honey has honeys and honey products. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries, new crop apples, and honey. Ronnybrook has creme fraiche, milks, creams, butters, and ice creams, along with their drinkable yogurts.
Saturday, August 6, 2011 Aunt Ruby's Back in Town!! Heirloom Tomatoes Galore!
Stokes Farm has their first Aunt Ruby tomatoes today! There are many stands with good looking heirloom tomatoes, squashes, eggplants, and melons. Just a few stands have lettuces, including Gorzynski and D'Attolico, but many have greens, like Norwich Meadows, Paffenroth, S&SO, and Miglorelli. You'll also find beets, radishes, fennel, and other great produce around the market. Several stands have peaches, including Locust Grove, Oak Grove, and Caradonna. Oak Grove has a fantastic assortment of hot and sweet peppers, and they and Norwich have a wide variety of melons. Fantasy Fruit is here with cultivated blueberries, and Violet Hill has good looking wild ones.
Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Star strawberries and Red Jacket should have tasty apricots (I was too early to see if they were in, but they told me yesterday that they'd have them today.). Stokes, Paffenroth, Miglorelli, and Keith have all kinds of cut herbs and Binder and Oak Grove have herb plants.D'Attolico and Cherry Lane have San Marzano tomatoes for sauce.(Stokes has stevia, among others.) Violet Hill has unique mushrooms and Bulich has several kinds of mushrooms as well.
Cato Corner has delicious cheeses and you can once again taste before you buy. Cayuga has great ale bread to go with them. Ronnybrook has ice creams, milks, yogurts, butters, and cheeses.
Friday, August 5, 2011 Golden Raspberries, Peaches (White and Yellow), Wild and Cultivated Blueberries, Heirloom Tomatoes!!
John Fazio has whole and cut up chickens, rabbits, ducks, and other poultry products. Dancing Ewe was Not Here at 8:30 AM. Cayuga has great breads, beans, grains, and flours. Roaming Acres Ostrich Farm is here with ostrich meat and other products. Bodhitree has all sorts of eggplants, beans, peppers, and heirloom tomatoes. Miglorelli has donut peaches along with a wide variety of other produce. Floying Pig has bacon and other pork cuts.
Pura Vida has fresh fish and shellfish. Queens County Farm Museum is here with great looking produce. Sycamore has delicious slurpy peaches, heirloom tomatoes, corn, cauliflower, and broccoli. Madura has a variety of tasty mushrooms, including Shiitake, Maitake, and others. Muddy River has artichokes, fennel, herbs, greens, beets, and carrots.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 Red Celery! Haricots Verts! Heirloom Tomatoes! Squashes!! Peaches!!
Fantasy Fruit -- Blueberries. Red Jacket -- Plums. Kernan -- Peaches, squashes, tomatoes, corn, eggplants, okra. Honey Hollow -- Lobster mushrooms, chanterelles, and other mushrooms. Eckerton -- Heirloom tomatoes, peppers, herbs, potatoes.
Locust Grove -- Peaches, nectarines, plums. Keith -- Heirloom tomatoes, herbs, garlic, lettuces. Blue Moon -- Fresh fish and shellfish. Windfall Farms - Squashes, squash blossoms, other edible flowers and greens. Sycamore -- Corn, heirloom tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, basil, white and yellow peaches.
Oak Grove -- Heirloom tomatoes, peaches, sunflowers, squashes, peppers. Cherry Lane -- Heirloom tomatoes, squashes, eggplants, kirbys, Jersey beefsteak tomatoes. Berried Treasures -- Red currants, raspberries, strawberries, haricots verts, Romano beans, wild blueberries. Madura and Bulich -- many kinds of mushroom. Bodhitree -- Shishito and other sweet and hot peppers, squashes, heirloom tomatoes, beans, melons, greens, herbs. Paffenroth -- many varieties of carrot, radish, beet, greens, lettuces, red and green celeries, herbs, good looking kohl rahbi, and other produce. Stokes -- Many varieties of basil, generous bunches of herbs, heirloom tomatoes, lettuces, and garlic.
Saturday, July 30, 2011 Berried Treasures is on the East end of the market today. Cheerful Cherry isn't here.
Berried Treasures has tasty Tri-Stars today. Red Jacket has sweet cherries and apricots, in addition to various ciders and juices. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries. Stokes has green and yellow string beans, squashes, and many types of tasty herbs, beets, and eggplants. Quattro's has their excellent eggs and poultry. Keith has heirloom tomatoes, herbs, and French Crisp lettuce. Seatuck Fish is here with fish and seafood and PE&DD has fish, shellfish, and cooked lobsters.
Binder is here with great herb and flowering plants. River Garden has beautiful bouquets. Norwich Meadows has delicious watermelons and other melons in addition to FAVA BEANS, other beans, squashes, eggplants, tomatillos, greens, and heirloom tomatoes. Ronnybrook is having a sale today on various milks. Oak Grove has melons, peaches, sunflowers, many kinds of hot and sweet peppers, tomatillos, and tomatoes. Sycamore has their first load of corn (There will be another around 11!), heirloom tomatoes, and cucumbers. Mountain Sweet Berry has Tri-Star strawberries, wild arugula, pea shoots, and other unique produce.
Windfall Farm has several kinds of mesclun and other greens, beautifully cared for squash blossoms, and many sizes of squash. Northshire has interesting looking eggplants, quail and chicken eggs, andsucrine lettuce. Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens, chicken parts, wild mushrooms,duck eggs, and many colored chicken eggs. Gorzynski has fresh coriander seeds, beautiful lettuces, and other organic produce. Paffenroth has red and green celery, purslane, lambs quarters, many colors of carrot, all kinds of onion family items, and other unique vegetables.
Locust Grove has red currants, peaches, and plums, as well as blackberries. Eckerton has all sizes of heirloom tomato, including cherry tomatoes. Lani has fresh chickpeas, heirloom tomatoes, and eggplants, as well as a number of other unique vegetables. Cherry Lane has heirloom tomatoes, field tomatoes, cucumbers, and corn. Cornuco has delicious looking organic produce
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 Strawberries!! Wild blueberries! New varieties of stringbeans and limas!
Rogowski has all sorts of lush produce, including purslane, herbs, greens, and other vegetables. Fantasy Fruit has black and red currants and says this week is the last for them, but blueberries will continue for a while. Red Jacket has sweet dark cherries and beautiful apricots. Kernan has fragrant peaches, as well as eggplants, potatoes, squashes, and nectarines. Locust Grove also has good-looking red currants.
Keith, Eckerton, Cherry Lane, Bodhitree, and others have heirloom tomatoes. The season is definitely here. Stokes, Keith, Paffenroth, and others have cut herbs. Keith has beautiful French Crisp lettuce and many stands, including Cherry Lane, Windfall Farm, and Stokes, have various sizes and types of squashes and eggplants. Ask Andrew's Honey about their new products. Stokes has great purple French beans and other beans, herbs, and other produce.
Windfall and other farms have zucchini blossoms. Windfall also has every size and type imaginable of squashes, including tiny to huge sizes. Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures have sweet strawberries and Berried Treasures has raspberries, wild blueberries, and many types of bean. Mountain Sweet Berry, Paffenroth, Eckerton, and others have several delicious types of beet. Mountain Sweet Berry and Paffenroth have lambs quarters, and Paffenroth is one of several stands with purslane.
Sycamore, Oak Grove, Locust Grove, and others have peaches. Bulich and Madura have several varieties of mushroom. Oak Grove and Bodhitree have tomatillos and a wide variety of hot and sweet peppers.
Monday, July 25, 2011 You would think that a Greenmarket much smaller than on other Union Square Greenmarket days would be less interesting, but that isn't the case at all. Coming in from the West end of the stands, you get to two of the farms with the most unique and varied offerings, Norwich Meadow Farm and Lani. Both have a wide range of beans, eggplants, peppers, tomatoes, herbs, okra, and other great produce. Norwich has artichokes today, as well as some interesting heirloom melons and sweet golden raspberries. Lani has purple and green long beans.
Ask Central Valley Farm about their CSI. I saw their sample offering last week and it looked like a good deal. Fantasy Fruit has blueberries and good looking black and red currants. It's Roaming Acres Berkshire pork day, with many cuts of pork in addition to their usual ostrich offerings. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has tasty rillettes in addition to ducks, smoked duck breast, and other duck products. Madura has brought in several kinds of mushroom.
PE&DD have fresh fish and shellfish and Red Jacket has excellent sweet cherries, their wonderful apricots, and blueberries. Maxwell's Farm has cranberry beans, huge cabbages, squashes, sweet and hot peppers, herbs, tomatillos, and other excellent produce.
Race has white corn (picked yesterday afternoon), and other produce and pastries. Consider Bardwell has tasty cheeses, the lavender people have fragrant lavender both edible and decorative, and Troncillito Farm is here with peaches. River Garden and Dutchmill both have beautiful flowers.
Saturday, July 23, 2011 Sycamore's Fresh Second Delivery Corn!! Stokes Farm's Generous Bunches of many Kinds of Basil!! Fantasy Fruit is on the East End of the Market!!
Just about every Saturday regular stand is here, despite the crazy heat. Violet Hill has some interesting mushrooms as well as pork cuts both fresh and smoked and Belle Rouge chicken, whole and parts. Northshire has good looking wild cress and Gorzynski has luscious looking lettuces, herbs, and root vegetables. S&SO has salad vegetables, specialty onions and peppers, herbs, and tomatoes. Eckerton has heirloom tomatoes, Grenada seasoning peppers, squashes, and other delicious vegetables. Oak Grove has white and yellow peaches. squashes, and small heirloom tomatoes, peppers, and herb plants.
Quattro's has excellent eggs, poultry, and poultry products, as well as venison sausage. Flying Pig has pork cuts and products as well as eggs. Sycamore has cauliflowers, corn, tomatoes, and peaches. Cayuga is here with their delicious breads and beans and Cherry Lane has fragrant basil, fairytale eggplants, and other great produce. Lani has squashes, eggplants, beans, onions, squash blossoms, and other vegetables. Tweefontein Herbs has moved to the East side of the market.
Keith has tasty tomatoes, herbs, lettuces, garlic, squashes, and sungold cherry tomatoes. Norwich Meadows has several kinds of melon as well as greens, heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, many kinds of beans, including favas, and peppers.
Friday, July 22, 2011 Too Darned Hot!! But the farmers are here and so is their wonderful produce! Dancing Ewe of the delicious cheeses has a small cheesecake today! John Fazio has poultry, rabbit, and eggs. Divine has tasty pickles! Cayuga has ale bread, beans, flours, and grains. Hot Bread Kitchen has breads and other baked goods. Two Guys has greens and lettuces.
Bodhitree has lima, fava, romano, cranberry, and other fresh beans, eggplants, squashes, peppers, heirloom tomatoes. Bobolink Dairy has cheeses and breads. Queens County Farm Museum has greens, herbs, flowers, and eggplants. Madura has many kinds of good-looking mushrooms, and other produce. Sycamore has ripe peaches, corn, squashes, cauliflower, broccoli, and tomatoes. Dutchmill Farm has beautiful lycianthus, gladiolas, and zinneas.
Beth's Farm Kitchen has delicious wild blueberry and many other excellent jams, chutneys, and pickled vegetables. Berried Treasures has sweet raspberries, wild blueberries, currants, and strawberries, squash blossoms, and beans. Tremblay has honeys and Deep Mountain has maple syrups and other maple products. Oak Grove has white and yellow peaches, several varieties of hot and sweet peppers, boxes of heirloom tomatoes, and corn. Muddy River has artichokes, greens, herbs, onions, and lettuces.
Samascott has sour cherries, gooseberries, blueberries, peaches, and other produce. Norwich has several kinds of MELON, including watermelon, fava and other beans, ready to eat heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, sweet golden and red raspberries, and other great produce. Michisk has beans, tomatoes, and other good-looking produce. Stokes has many kinds of cut basil, generous bunches of other herbs, tomatoes, squashes, and beans. Van Houten has started bringing in corn and other produce.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Heirloom Tomatoes! Baby Artichokes! Zucchini Blossoms!
Honey Hollow has mixed and separated boxes of porcini, chanterelles, and trompettes de morts today. Eckerton has baby artichokes and heirloom tomatoes. Locust, Kernan, Phillips, and others have blueberries and Locust has currants. Berried Treasures has black and red raspberries. Eckerton, Windfall, Berried Treasures, and Bodhitree have squash blossoms. Oak Grove, Cherry Lane, Sycamore, Eckerton, and Bodhitree have heirloom tomatoes. Kernan has nectarines and peaches.
Bodhitree and Kernan have okra and Sycamore, Oak Grove, Locust Grove, and others have peaches. Stokes and S&SO have generous bunches of cut herbs. Sycamore, Eckerton, Miglorelli, Cherry Lane, and others have corn. Bulich and Madura have wide varieties of mushrooms. Berried Treasures, Eckerton, and Sycamore have fava beans, and Bodhitree has a huge variety of beans, including flat beans, several kinds of string beans, and others.
Two Guys, Keith, and others have greens and lettuces. Paffenroth has many kinds of braising greens, and red and green celery. As Puck says, "I know a place where the wild thyme grows", which is apparently Honey Hollow! They have pretty large bunches.
Saturday, July 16, 2011 Second Load Corn From Sycamore Around Noon Today!!
Sycamore's second load will be fresh picked this morning! Cherry Lane, Eckerton, and Oak Grove have their first field grown HEIRLOOM TOMATOES!! Red Jacket has SWEET BLACK CHERRIES!! Stokes has low acid yellow tomatoes! Cheese purveyors are allowed to give samples again!!
Quattro's has Italian turkey sausage and ground turkey! One more week for Norwich Meadows fava beans! Also here today: Cayuga with ale bread, beans, grains, flours. Cherry Lane with Turkish orange eggplants, corn, field tomatoes, kirbys, okra.
Lani with flat beans, LONG BEANS, squash blossoms, peppers, onions, CRANBERRY BEANS, ROMANO BEANS, fresh CHICKPEAS. Eckerton with Walla Walla onions, peppers, unripe green tomatoes, corn, bush basil. Flying Pig with pork products, including Chardonnay sausage, bangers, and other sausages, bacon, liverwurst, and pork cuts.
Locust Grove with red and black raspberries, currants, peaches, plums, and other fruit, as well as good looking squash blossoms. Paffenroth with many unusual vegetables, incuding baby fennel, lambs quarters, purslane, puntarelle, chiogga beets, many types of carrot, and other tasty vegetables and herbs. Northshire with eggs and wild watercress, squashes, and other vegetables. Gorzynski with delicious organic vegetables and berries. Mountain Sweet Berry with green and red sucrine, wild baby arugula, baby beets, and other unique vegetables. (They'll have Tri-stars next week, we hope.)
AND MANY MORE!!!!
Friday, July 15, 2011 Second Load Corn From Sycamore Tomorrow!!!
Sycamore will be bringing in a second load of corn tomorrow, picked in the morning. This makes a significant difference in sweetness and freshness. They usually come in around 11 AM.
Muddy River has started their artichoke season. Unfortunately, I was late this morning and missed them, but they'll be here next Friday.
Both Muddy River and Queens County Farm Museum have good looking basil and other herbs. Stokes has stevia, sorrell, and many other generous bunches of herbs. Cayuga is here with their great breads and beans and Hot Bread Kitchen has unusual crackers, breads, and rolls. Bodhitree has interesting eggplants and squashes.
Dutchmill, River Garden, and Rose Meadow are all here with lovely flowers.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Mushroom Heaven!! Peaches! Squash Blossoms! Heirloom Tomatoes!! Corn!!
Honey Hollow has chanterelles, trompettes de mort, and other mushrooms. Bulich has Shitake and other mushrooms. Madura has many kinds of unique mushrooms. Eckerton, Cherry Lane, and Bodhitreee have heirloom tomatoes.
Locust Grove, Berried Treasures, and others have raspberries, and Locust has red currants as well. Sycamore has ready to eat slurpy peaches and Kernan and Oak Grove have tasty peaches as well. Sycamore has corn, as do Eckerton and Miglorelli. Several stands have blueberries. Honey Hollow has black currants. Eckerton has wineberries.
Stokes, Bodhitree, and others have great looking squashes. Bodhitree has many kinds of eggplant, peppers, herbs, and tomatoes.
Bodhitree, Eckerton, Berried Treasures, and Mountain Sweet Berry have squash blossoms.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 Gooseberries! Currants!! Blueberries!! Sour Cherries!!
Sycamore has delicious ripe peaches, corn, tomatoes, and other vegetables. Cheerful Cherry has sour cherries. Locust Grove has raspberries, blueberries, red and white currants, and strawberries, as well as peaches and plums. Eckerton had wineberries and will have them again next week. Fantasy Fruit is back with goosebrrries, blueberries, and honey.
Stokes has cherry tomatoes, fresh garlic, and many kinds of herbs and greens as well as squashes and squash blossoms, eggplants, beets, and tomatoes. Cato Corner Farm is here with many delicious cheeses and Quattro's has several kinds of poultry (ducks, pheasants, chickens, etc.) and pheasant, turkey, and chicken eggs. Keith has delicious organic lettuces, many sizes of garlic scape and Rocambole garlic, herbs, and other produce. Ryder Organic has good looking purslane and other vegetables and flowers.
Seatuck has great looking fresh fish and shellfish, as does PE&DD. D'Attolico's excellent carrots are back! Paffenroth has a huge selection of onions, carrots, radishes, beets, greens, and herbs, including lambs lettuce, purslane, baby fennel, kales, and chard. Eckerton has their first heirloom tomatoes, corn, and beets, along with squash blossoms.
Friday, July 8, 2011 Sycamore's Luscious Peaches! Oak Grove's First Field Heirloom Tomatoes!! Norwich's Green and Red Okra!
Dancing Ewe's Truffle cheese and ricotta!
Fazio's Rabbit Sausage!
Sycamore's ripe and ready peaches and sweet and tasty corn!! Oak Grove's lush herb plants, colorful pepper and nasturtium plants, peaches, and the first field heirloom tomatoes.
Bodhitree's many bean, pepper, and eggplant varieties. Cheerful Cherry's sour cherries and black raspberries.
Samascott's gooseberries, sweet and sour cherries, blueberries, and strawberries. Norwich Meadows Farm's squashes, peppers, greens, onions, and okra.
Muddy River's fennel, sorrel, arugula, onions, many colored carrots, and leeks. Stokes Farm's many kinds of mint, savory herbs, salad greens, and tomatoes.
Michick's okra, cauliflower, and onions. Hammond Dairy yogurts.
Cayuga's bread and many varieties of dried beans, grains, and flours. Berried Treasures' flowers, peas, and sugar snaps.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 corn! blueberries!! gooseberries!! peaches!! field heirlooms!!
Bodhitree has field heirloom tomatoes, peppers, several kinds of bean, salad greens, braising greens, herbs, and field sungold cherry tomatoes. Sycamore, Eckerton, Kernan, and Miglorelli have corn. Paffenroth, Bodhitree, Eckerton, Miglorelli, and Mountain Sweet Berry have great looking beets, radishes, and other root vegetables. Mountain Sweet Berry and Eckerton have squash blossoms (check out Windfall and Bodhitree also). Several stands have blueberries, including Rogowski, Locust Grove, and Kernan. Kernan has tasty peaches and Oak Grove has gooseberries, raspberries, sour cherries, and other fruit.
Sycamore has cauliflower, greenhouse tomatoes, and kirby cucumbers. Mountain Sweet Berry has wild arugula, pea shoots, chives, chervil, and other interesting greens. Cayuga has dried beans in bulk, packaged flours and grains, and excellent bread. Ronnybrook is here with milks, ice creams, butters, and other dairy products and Bulich has several kinds of mushroom. Honey Hollow is here with trompettes de mort and chanterelle mushrooms.
Monday, JULY 4, 2011 There's Plenty of Beautiful Produce in the Greenmarket Today!!
Race has donuts and other pastry as well as squashes and other produce. Philips has all kinds of vegetables and fruit, including shelled peas, shelling peas, several greens, onions, peaches, blueberries, raspberries, and sour cherries. Maxwell's has berries, squashes, peas, carrots, and beets. Duncan's Dairy Farm is here with whole milk. P.E.&D.D. has lovely fresh fish and shellfish. Lani has asparagus, squashes, carrots, many kinds of pepper, beets, radishes, fairytale squashes, fresh garlic, herbs, greens, and other produce. Norwich Meadows Farm has mini-squashes, all kinds of beans, greens, fennel, beets, turnips, lettuces, and cucumbers, as well as Aracuna (green)eggs, chickens, and chicken parts.
Central Valley Farm is inviting people to join their CSA. Looks like a good deal. They have fresh butter, vegetable soups, eggs, cheeses, and beef, as well as vegetables. They're having a mozzarella sale today!
Saturday, July 2, 2011 HAPPY JULY 4TH WEEKEND!!
All of the farmers are here, so come ahead! Oak Grove has their first peaches, Hodgson has blueberries, Breezy Hill and Cheerful Cherry have sour cherries, Locust Grove has gooseberries, white and red currants, raspberries, strawberries, cherries, and other fruit, so you're covered if you want to make a cobbler for the holiday picnic!
You can still get asparagus from Lani, in addition to their many onions, greens, squash, squash blossoms, fresh chickpeas, and other produce. Stokes and Keith have gorgeous garlic and Stokes has tomatoes. Miglorelli has CORN today, as well as many kinds of carrot, onion, herb, peas, and juice. Bulich is here with mushrooms and Sycamore has tomatoes, cucumbers, peas, and kohlrabi. Mountain Sweet Berry has wild arugula, CHERVIL, sucrine and red "sucrine", tiny beets, and other unique produce, but NO STRAWBERRIES THIS WEEK.
Violet Hill has beautiful unique mushrooms, pork products, and Belle Rouge chickens, as well as DUCK EGGS and chicken eggs. Northshire has good-looking chanterelles, greens, chicken eggs and QUAIL EGGS. Quattro's has many kinds of poultry, sausages, DUCK EGGS, PHEASANT EGGS, and chicken eggs. Flying Pig has excellent pork products, as does Oak Grove.
Monday, June 27, 2011 A Smaller But Worthwhile Greenmarket
Lani is here with calaloo, Tuscan and other kales, new onions, asparagus, purple, yellow, and other beans, salad greens, young garlic and onions,squashes and squash blossoms, and other delicious produce. Roaming Acres has pork as well as ostrich meat today. Norwich Meadows has fava beans, baby squash, garlic scapes, salad greens, and other tasty vegetables, as well as chicken and chicken parts. Central Valley has cheeses, soups, and sauces. Consider Bardwell has great cheeses and Hudson Valley Duck Farm has rillettes, duck prosciutto, duck bacon, ducks, and other duck products.
Dutchmill has beautiful zinnias, gladiolas, and other pretty flowers. Maxwell has fennel, herbs, and big good looking cabbages. Madura has a variety of mushrooms and greens. Phillips has blueberries, raspberries, shelled peas and lima beans, as well as a wide variety of produce. Duncan Dairy has whole milk (they're planning to have other milk choices later on). Race has tasty Queen Ann, red sour, and sweet red cherries, as well as pastries and beans.
Saturday, June 25, 2011 Lani's Fresh Chickpeas, Eckerton's Small Tomatoes, Stokes New Garlic, Northshire's Greens!
Stokes -- Cherry tomatoes, tomatoes, cut herbs, fresh young garlic, sorrel, squash, beets. Keith -- Young garlic, scallions, onions, cut herbs, greens, baby squashes. Miglorelli -- Strawberries, red and yellow cherries, beets, radishes, greens. Binder and Oak Grove -- Beautiful lush herb plants. Norwich Meadows -- Wide variety of small squashes, fava beans (their high point this and the next week or so), greens, baby beets.
Oak Grove -- Nasturtium plants, pepper plants, squashes. Sycamore -- squashes, tomatoes, strawberries. Northshire -- Big beautiful chard, sucrine, eggs. Violet Hill -- Mushrooms, Belle Rouge chicken, chicken parts, smoked and fresh pork, eggs. Gorzynski -- Gorgeous salad greens and herbs, other organic vegetables,black currants. Paffenroth -- Many kinds of carrots, onions, radishes, potatoes, beets, herbs, and greens, including purslane, lambs lettuce, and other unusual greens. Locust Grove -- Raspberries, blueberries, red currants, gooseberries, strawberries, apples, cherries.
Eckerton -- Red and yellow cherry tomatoes, small tomatoes, unusual tasty lettuces, beets, carrots, radicchio,and other organic vegetables, squash blossoms, black raspberries. Lani -- Fresh chickpeas, squash blossoms, asparagus, peppers, greens, squashes, beets, tomatoes. Cherry Lane -- lemon pickles, gherkins, heirloom tomatoes (greenhouse), kirbys.
Friday, June 24, 2011 Dutchmill has lycianthus!!! Samascott has sour cherries, sweet black cherries, and Queen Annes! Bodhitree, Norwich Meadows, and Muddy River have fava beans! Norwich Meadows, Bodhitree, Stokes, and others have several kinds of squash. Bodhitree has fresh chickpeas and greenhouse heirloom tomatoes. Samascott has several kinds of cherries, as well as asparagus, strawberries, and rhubarb. Sycamore has shelling peas, sugar snaps, tomatoes, cucumbers, and strawberries.
Muddy River has big gorgeous heads of lettuce, cabbages, new garlic, and interesting carrots. John Fazio has ducks, chickens, eggs, and rabbit. The lavender stand has fragrant fresh lavender bunches and the ostrich stand has soaps in addition to their meats and other products.
Berried Treasures has smoked trout, sugar snaps, strawberries and wild strawberries, and herbs. Dancing Ewe has fresh ricotta, merquez, and wonderful cheeses. Check out Amantai Farm, a newish stand in the market.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Last Day For Bodhitree's Asparagus! Honey Hollow Has Chanterelles!
Tweefontein has pesto, hand salve, and other herbal products. Rugowski is here with bok choi, spinach, salad greens, and other excellent produce. Eckerton has squash blossoms, fava beans, beets, sugar snaps, and beautiful lettuces. Mountain Sweet Berry has sucrine lettuce, red sucrine-like lettuce, wild arugula, chamomile flowers,and other unique vegetables in addition to Tri-Star and other strawberries. Locust Grove has red currants, raspberries, red and queen anne cherries, and strawberries. Berried Treasures has wild strawberries, sunchokes, and herbs.
Dutchmill has many colors of gladiola as well as sunflowers, sweet peas, and lilies. River Garden has beautiful bouquets and fragrant lavender. Kernan has blueberries, peaches, squashes, red jacket potatoes, and broccoli. Keith has young garlic, onions, shallots, herbs, lettuces, lovage, stinging nettles,and other tasty produce. Sycamore has shelling peas, squashes, strawberries, and tomatoes. Caradonna has raspberries and queen anne cherries. Bulich Mushrooms and Madura have many kinds of good-looking mushrooms and Madura has lettuces and other vegetables.
Oak Grove has several kinds of good looking pepper plants, lush herb sets, and great pork products. Bodhitree and Cherry Lane have delicious greenhouse heirloom tomatoes and squashes. Cherry Lane has new red jacket and yukon gold potatoes and Bodhitree has a variety of peppers, herbs, and greens.
Saturday, June 18, 2011 Catch Asparagus While You Can! The Season is winding down!
Cherry Lane has new red skin and yukon gold potatoes, greenhouse heirloom tomatoes, and squashes. Lani and a couple of other stands have asparagus, but this is more or less the end of the season. Eckerton has zucchini blossoms and D'Attolico has some of the sweetest sugar snap peas in the market. Stokes and Keith have great young garlic and Stokes has tasty greenhouse tomatoes, cut herbs, squashes, and other produce. Keith also has beautiful organic lettuces and herbs, as does Gorzynski. Norwich Meadows is here with lovely greens and mini squashes.
Quattro's has luscious poultry, including delicious small chickens, boneless chicken breasts, ducks and duck parts, sausages, and eggs (creamy pheasant, turkey, and chicken eggs). Violet Hill is here with Belle Rouge chickens, fresh pork, and a variety of interesting mushrooms.
River Garden has fragrant lavender, beautiful bouquets, and grasses. Ryder Farm is back with bouquets and organic vegetables. PE&DD and Seatuck are here with seafood (Seatuck has live blueclaw crabs!).
Friday, June 17, 2011 Well, the Thunder Knocked My Schedule Out, So I'm Late!
Dancing Ewe has truffle cheese and other tasty varieties. John Fazio is here with delicious poultry. Ostrich meat is here as well as other ostrich products. Bodhitree has great looking summer squash, fava and string beans, and all kinds of greens. Miglorelli has many kinds of beets and turnips at reasonable prices and Queens County Farm Museum has picture perfect lettuces, cabbages, and other vegetables. Madura has excellent mushrooms and Sycamore has sugar snaps, tomatoes, and strawberries. Dutchmill, Stokes Farm, and Oak Grove have herb plants and Oak Grove says tomorrow is their last day for heirloom tomato plants.
Muddy River has chervil, greens, and other produce and Stokes has tomatoes, strawberries, cut herbs, and plants. Today is Amantai's first day back in the market with baby spinach, snow peas, garlic scapes, and salad vegetables. Berried Treasures has wild strawberries, Tri-stars, sunchokes, trout, herbs, FAVA LEAVES, and flowers.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 Chiogga Striped Beets! Fava Beans!! RASPBERRIES! SQUASH BLOSSOMS!
Paffenroth and Miglorelli have Chiogga striped beets and other beets, new carrots, new onions, sugar snap peas and English peas. Eckerton also has beets, French breakfast radishes, lettuces, sugar snaps, SQUASH BLOSSOMS, and English peas. Bodhitree and Eckerton have fava beans. Cherry Lane and Bodhitree have tasty greenhouse tomatoes (raised in soil in the greenhouses). Mountain Sweet Berry has wild arugula, green sucrine lettuce, red sucrine-like lettuce (less sweet, but nice and crunchy), red and white spring onions, and strawberries(!). Berried Treasures has CHERVIL!
Kernan has blueberries and Locust Grove has RASPBERRIES, RED CURRANTS, cherries, and strawberries.Silver Heights and Oak Grove have many kinds of tomato plant. Both also have hot and sweet pepper plants.
Saturday, June 11, 2011 Locust Grove CHERRIES!
Stokes, Keith, and others have the new crop of garlic and garlic scapes. Stokes, Lani, and Cherry Lane have various squashes and Lani has SQUASH BLOSSOMS! Mountain Sweet Berry has wild arugula, tiny strawberries, and other unique produce, and a huge long line at 8:30! Quattro's has chicken, turkey, and pheasant eggs as well as all sorts of poultry, sausages, and fresh ducks and duck parts, chickens and chicken parts, and smoked poultry. Paffenroth has BABY FENNEL!
Seatuck and PE&DD are both here with delicious fish and shellfish. Seatuck has scungilli, razor clams, and other unique items and PE&DD has cooked lobsters in addition to their excellent shellfish and other seafood. Three Corner Field Farm has yogurt, cheeses, and succulent lamb cuts. Norwich, Keith,Eckerton, and Gorzynski have beautiful organic produce and Cherry Lane, Stokes, Sycamore, Paffenroth, and S&SO have a wide assortment of delicious produce as well. (Cherry Lane's greenhouse heirloom season is winding down, but their excellent field heirlooms will be coming in soon.)
There are luscious strawberries all over the market, with Stokes, Locust Grove, Cherry Lane, and others bringing in several different kinds. Locust Grove has started their cherry season as well. Gorzynski and Locust Grove have rhubarb. Eckerton has sugar snap peas and shell peas and Cherry Lane, Lani, and others have asparagus.
River Garden is bringing in the first of their beautiful bouquets and Rose Meadow has lovely roses and sweet peas (the ones I bought from them last week were beautiful, fragrant, and longish lasting).
Friday, June 10, 2011 Bodhitree has squashes, fresh chickpeas(garbanzo beans), string beans,fava beans!!!
Bodhitree, Norwich, Miglorelli, and Paffenroth have baby beets. Norwich, Stokes, Muddy River, and others have garlic scapes and Muddy River, Stokes, Norwich, Bodhitree, and others have the new crop of young garlic. Sycamore, Samascott, Stokes, Berried Treasures, and others have strawberries.
Pura Vida is here with fresh fish and Cayuga has breads and many kinds of dried beans, flours, and grains. Others are also here with breads and other baked goods. Dutchmill has beautiful lilies and sunflowers.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 If you're going to the market, get out early!!! Eckerton has delicious sungold cherry tomatoes, sugar snaps, and English shell peas. Kernan has BLUEBERRIES!! and NEW RED SKIN POTATOES!! Stokes has SORREL!! Mountain Sweet Berry has STRAWBERRIES, WILD ARUGULA, PEA SHOOTS. Paffenroth has Big Bunches of Herbs. Rogowski has GARLIC SCAPES! Hoeffner, Cherry Lane, and others have ASPARAGUS and Hoeffner has RHUBARB! Many stands have beautiful lettuces. Bodhitree and Cherry Lane have greenhouse HEIRLOOM TOMATOES. Dutchmill, Hodgson, and the local rose stand have beautiful flowers.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 Garlic Scapes! Rhubarb! Strawberries! English Shell Peas!
Cherry Lane and Eckerton have English shell peas. Cherry Lane has greenhouse heirloom tomatoes that are very tasty, especially if you give them a day or so, as well as strawberries, asparagus, sugar snap peas, lettuces, and other produce. Lani has garlic scapes, garlic, mini beets, salad and braising greens, sugar snaps, baby bok choi, fairytale eggplants, and zucchini. Hoeffner and Locust Grove have good looking rhubarb.
PE&DD and Seatuck have beautiful fresh fish and shellfish. S&SO has garlic scapes, salad mix, various kinds of greenhouse tomato, lettuces, onions, and 0ther produce. Paffenroth have a wide variety of produce, including BABY FENNEL, all sorts of lettuces and herbs, many kinds of onion, and greens. Sycamore is back with greenhouse tomatoes and strawberries!
Friday, June 3, 2011 Bodhitree Has FAVAS!! Muddy River Has STINGING NETTLES!!Norwich Meadows Has GARLIC SCAPES!!
Dancing Ewe's delicious truffle cheese is addictive! I'm having it for breakfast on Our Daily Bread's Italian loaf. John Fazio has rabbit, duck, and chicken parts. Stokes has luscious looking strawberries and asparagus, along with cut and potted herbs. Berried Treasures has watercress, black mint, and other herbs, as well as unripened strawberries (which she and one of the restaurant foragers say is the coming thing!). Norwich has squash blossoms!
Madura has brought in several kinds of mushroom as well as lettuces and other produce. Queens County Farm Museum has lush lettuces and herbs. Oak Grove has beautiful pepper and tomato plants as well as lovely herb plants. Pura Vida is here with many kinds of fresh fish and Cayuga has several kinds of dried beans and grains, along with their excellent breads and flours. Miglorelli has sugar snaps, radishes, arugula, and other produce
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 Sycamore is Back With Strawberries and Sugar Snaps! Beth is doing a demo today from 11:00 to 1 in Union Square Greenmarket!
I was so happy to see Sycamore here today! It's good to have these long-time farmstands back here, especially since I still give them the credit for making Union Square and its surrounding shops the destination place to shop for food and other items. Sycamore, Cherry Lane, and others have strawberries and Locust Grove and Hoeffner have rhubarb! Stokes, Cherry Lane, Hoeffner, and others have asparagus.
Honey Hollow is here with green garlic, mushrooms, and some exotic vegetables. Madura has several kinds of mushroom as well as other produce. S&SO has salad and other vegetables and Bodhitree has braising greens, salad vegetables, asparagus, and greenhouse heirloom tomatoes. Cherry Lane also has greenhouse heirloom tomatoes as well as lettuces and sugar snaps.Rogowsky has greens, spinach, and other vegetables and herbs as well as herb-flavored SALTS!
Saturday, May 28, 2011 Keith is back! Eckerton has gorgeous lettuces and sugar snap peas.
Strawberries -- Lani, Stokes, Cherry Lane, and others.
Sugar snap peas -- Cherry Lane, Eckerton
Asparagus -- Lani, Cherry Lane, Hoeffner, Stokes, S&SO, and others
Lettuces and other greens -- Norwich Meadows, Eckerton, Lani, 9J, Cherry Lane, Miglorelli, D'Attolico, Gorzynsky, Lani, Cornuco, and others
Milk -- Ronnybrook and Milk Thistle
Cheeses, butters, yogurts -- Ronnybrook, Three Corner Field Farm, Cato Corner, Tonjes
Poultry -- Quattro's (duck,chicken,pheasant, sausages, etc.), Violet Hill
Meats -- Quattro's (venison), Flying Pig (Pork cuts, bacon, etc.)
Cut and potted herbs -- Stokes, Oak Grove, Binder, Caradonna, Keith
Beans and Bread -- Cayuga
Potted Flowers -- Hodgson, Oak Grove, Van Houten, Hoeffner
Cut Flowers -- Durr (peonies, old fashioned irises, other country flowers), River Garden
Friday, May 27, 2011 KEITH WILL BE HERE TOMORROW!! (Think garlic scapes, Rocambole garlic, organic greens!)
Stokes has strawberries and asparagus as well as sorrel, flowering broccoli rabe, chamomile, and other herbs. Muddy River has young garlic and other greens and fragrant mint. Samascott has lots of rhubarb and asparagus along with other vegetables and apples. Oak Grove says this week and next week are the last for their excellent heirloom tomato plants, but they've just started with their pepper plants. Deep Mountain is here with maple syrup and other maple products as well as their last week for fiddleheads. Tremblay has various kinds of honey. Two Guys and Queens County Farm Museum have salad and other greens and herbs.
Berried Treasures has lupins, garlic chives, savory, hyssop, green garlic, and lovage. Beth's Farm Kitchen has delicious jams, chutneys, and pickled ramps and other vegetables. This is probably the last day for Dutchmill's beautiful and fragrant peonies. Cayuga is here with their wonderful ale bread and Divine Brine has tasty pickled beets and other pickled vegetables. Bodhitree has strawberries, cherry and heirloom tomatoes, sugar snap peas, salad and other greens and herbs. Fazio is here with duck, chicken, and guinea hen eggs, ducks and duck parts, chicken and chicken parts, and rabbit. Dancing Ewe has brought in their tasty cheeses, merquez, and ricotta (My favorite is the truffle--so light and subtle.)
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 Honey Hollow has Mushrooms, Ramps, and Herbs.Cherry Lane and Bodhitree Have Great Looking Greenhouse Heirloom Tomatoes. Cherry Lane has sugar snaps, salad greens, spinach, strawberries, asparagus, and other produce. Ronnybrook is moving across the walkway from their 20 year old spot! Madura has delicious looking mushrooms, as does Bulich. The ostrich meat stand has only ostrich meat today. (Ask them what they bring in on Mondays!) Mountain Sweet Berry has spring garlic, wild Italian arugula, cultivated wild chicory, chives, and Rose Valley potatoes
Windfall has all sorts of delicious greens, including "Red Bordeaux spinach", and various sizes of lettuce and mesclun mixes. Andrew's Honey and Beth's Farm Kitchen are here and Cayuga has all sorts of beans, flours, grains, and two delicious addictive breads. Silva Orchids, River Garden, and Dutchmill all have beautiful flowers.
Monday, May 23, 2011 Hudson Valley Duck Farm is NOT here today.
Lani has young onions, new garlic, and ZUCCHINI BLOSSOMS, as well as asparagus, salad and other greens, herbs, eggs, radishes, strawberries,and beautiful baby beets. Central Valley Farm is here with soups, sauces, cheeses, eggs, marinated mozzarella, and butter. Consider Bardwell has several tasty cheeses, and the lavender people are here with edible lavender, plants, and various related gift items.
Dutchmill has beautiful irises and fragrant peonies. Madura has several kinds of mushroom and PE&DD has great looking fresh fish. Tello's has various types of chicken egg in several sizes. D&J organic farm has kimchee, bok choi, carrots, Chinese cabbage, and other produce. Duncan Dairy Farm is here with milk. Troncillito has vegetables, cider, apples, basil plants, and other items. Maxwell's Farmstand is here with lovage, strawberries, rhubarb, asparagus, rutabaga, herbs, leeks, and other vegetables. Race has herb plants, flowering plants, pastries, honey, and other items.
Saturday, May 21, 2011 Stokes Fresh Cut Herbs, Cherry Lane and Lani's STRAWBERRIES, Gorzynski's RHUBARB
Eckerton has mixed radishes, several kinds of heirloom lettuce, and other vegetables. Cherry Lane has greenhouse tomatoes, asparagus, lettuces, STRAWBERRIES, and fresh cut oregano. Cornuco has various salad and other organic greens. Gorzynski has burdock, eggs, and many kinds of organic salad and braising greens. Seatuck and PE&DD are here with fish and shellfish. Cato and Valley Shepherd have terrific cheeses and Ronnybrook has cheeses, ice creams, milks, and yogurt. Cayuga has breads made by Orwashers and delicious grains, beans, flours, and cornbread mix. Beth's Farm Kitchen has jams and chutneys wrapped for gifts in addition to their interesting cookbook and preserves.
Stokes has beautiful potted herb and flowering plants and fresh cut sorrel, mint, chives, and other herbs. Binder, Silver Heights, Oak Grove, Hoeffner, and others have beautiful herb and flowering plants and Oak Grove has many kinds of heirloom tomato plant. River Garden, Rose Meadow, Durr, and others have lovely cut flowers.
Friday,May 20, 2011 Bodhitree's Strawberries!! Berried Treasures' fiddleheads and ramps!! Norwich Meadow's tiny beets!! Muddy River's red cipollini onions!
Samascott has beautiful rhubarb and gorgeous French lilacs today. Stokes and Bodhitree have purple and green asparagus and Bodhitree has good looking greenhouse tomatoes. Norwich has an extensive variety of braising and salad greens, including Tuscan and Russian kales, as does Bodhitree, and Muddy River has Swiss chard, green spring garlic,broccoli rabe, and other greens. Tundra Brewery is here with beer. (I haven't tasted it yet. 8 A.M. is too early for me!)
Cheerful Cherry has lovely succulents and other potted plants and Oak Grove and Stokes have good looking potted herb plants. Bodhitree has sugar snap peas and English shell peas. Miglorelli has many greens, including kales and salad greens, and rhubarb. Bobolink Dairy is here with cheeses and breads and Cayuga has ale bread, whole wheat bread, and their excellent grains, flours, beans, and cornbread mix. Beth's Farm Kitchen is here with tempting jams and other treats, and Dutchmill flower farm has beautiful irises and peonies. Tello's has multi-colored and sized eggs. Hammond Dairy has their tasty yogurts.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 Dutchmill has peonies!! Cherry Lane, Bodhitree, and Kernan have STRAWBERRIES!!
Bodhitree has green and purple asparagus, greenhouse heirloom tomatoes, beautiful salad greens, English shell peas, pea shoots, and STRAWBERRIES. Cherry Lane has asparagus, STRAWBERRIES, lovely big bags of salad greens, and other delicious vegetables. Silver Heights has vegetable, herb, and other potted plants. S&SO has various kinds of onion, salad greens, herbs, and other vegetables. Berried Treasures has FIDDLEHEADS, RAMPS, lilacs, tiny potatoes, RHUBARB,and herbs. Cayuga is here with their excellent cornbread mix, grains, flours, beans, and breads. Hot Bread Kitchen has various baked goods and Blue Moon has excellent fresh fish. Andrew's Honey is back and Mountain Sweet Berry has RAMPS, FIDDLEHEADS, wild arugula, PEA SHOOTS, young garlic,and potatoes.
Windfall has all sorts and sizes of greens and edible flowers. Tello is here with various types of egg. Ronnybrook has several flavors of ice cream, including blueberry, toasted hazelnut, and coconut, as well as milks, butters, and yogurts. Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes, herbs, and salad greens. Miglorelli has greens and radishes, as well as apples and other produce. Rogowski has salad and other greens, asparagus, herbs, and other produce. Madura is here with many kinds of mushroom.
Saturday, May 14, 2011 Eckerton's Butterhead Lettuce and Field Grown Greens, Asparagus from Stokes, Lani, Cherry Lane, Hoeffner, and others, Locust Grove's Rhubarb! Cornuco Farm and Cheerful Cherry are back!
Quattro's -- duck, chicken, pheasant, pheasant eggs, chicken eggs, sausages, etc.
Seatuck -- Fish and shellfish
River Garden -- Lilacs and lily of the valley
Durr -- Old fashioned and Dutch irises, tulips, peonies, lily of the valley, and vegetables.
Miglorelli -- radishes, greens, apples, cider.
Binder -- Herb and vegetable plants, flowering plants, lilacs.
Norwich Meadows -- Salad and other greens, Cipollini and other root vegetables.
Three Corner Field Farm -- cheeses, yogurts, lamb cuts.
Shushan -- hydroponic tomatoes, salad greens, herbs.
Oak Grove -- herb plants, heirloom tomato plants, popping corn, pastries, pork cuts, scrapple.
Hodgson's -- lilacs, potted plants.
Bulich -- mushrooms
Rose Meadow -- Anemones, roses, other flowers.
Windfall -- wide variety of greens and edible flowers, eggs.
Mountain Sweet Berry -- ramps, fiddleheads, potatoes, pea shoots, potato chips
Northshire -- Sucrine lettuce!!! Honey, ramps, eggs.
Violet Hill -- ramps, eggs, smoked pork cuts, Belle Rouge chickens, mushrooms.
Paffenroth -- Wide range of salad, herb, other greens such as chickweed and stinging nettles, and root vegetables.
Beth's Farm Kitchen -- Pickled ramps!!!!! Jams, chutneys, and other pickled vegetables.
Locust Grove -- Lilacs, apples, Rhubarb!
Cayuga -- Ale Bread, whole wheat bread, flours, grains, beans, and cornbread mix.Milk Thistle -- organic milk and yogurt.
Lani -- Greens, asparagus, herbs.
Cheerful Cherry -- flowering and other plants
Cherry Lane -- Asparagus!! tomatoes, spinach, salad greens, arugula.
Ronnybrook -- milks, creams, butters, yogurts, cheeses, and ice creams
Flying Pig -- pork cuts and sausages.
Cornuco Farm -- Back with fresh greens.
Friday, May 13, 2011 John Fazio has duck eggs this week, along with chicken, duck, and rabbit meat, and chicken eggs. Hammond Dairy has tasty strawberry, peach, raspberry and other flavored and plain yogurt. Dancing Ewe Farm has delicious cheeses. Roaming Acres Ostrich Farm has ostrich cuts and eggs and Bodhitree is here with salad and other greens,asparagus and other vegetables,herbs, and greenhouse tomatoes. Flying Pigs Farm has pork cuts and Pura Vida has delicious fish. Queens County Farm has their delicious salad, spinach, mint and other fresh vegetables and herbs. Beth's Farm Kitchen has jams and chutneys and Cayuga is here with ale bread, whole wheat bread, flours, beans, and a new cornmeal muffin and corn bread mix.
Madura has several varieties of mushroom. Dutchmill has beautiful irises and River Garden has lily of the valley and lilacs. Tello has many sizes of fresh egg. Rose Meadow has some unusual anemones and other flowers. Berried Treasures has ramps, lovage,green garlic, and small potatoes.Cheerful Cherry has beautiful potted plants and succulents. Oak Grove has small windowsill herb gardens, nasturtiums, herb plants, popping corn, and pork cuts, bacon, scrapple, and other treats. Stokes has purple and green asparagus and potted herbs and flowering plants. Muddy River has green kale, swiss chard and other greens and red cippolini onions.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Mountain Sweet Berry's Fiddleheads! Stokes, Bodhitree, Hoeffner's Purple Asparagus! Honey Hollow's MORELS!!
Bodhitree and Cherry Lane have their new crops of greenhouse tomatoes. Shushan is here with hydroponic cherry and vine tomatoes. Bodhitree has sungolds. It's an asparagus lover's paradise today, with Cherry Lane's generous tasty bunches, Bodhitree's green and purple varieties, Hoeffner's green and purple spears, and others. Cherry Lane, Bodhitree, and others have salad greens, and Honey Hollow has wild young garlic, ramps, MORELS, fiddleheads, and "Japanese knotweed"(ask them about that one!).
Silver Heights has a wide selection of vegetable and herb plants and Stokes has herb and other vegetable sets. Oak Grove has lush herb plants and heirloom tomato plants. Rogowski Farm has some foraged vegetables as well as herbs, lettuces, green garlic, and herbs. Mountain Sweet Berry has pea shoots and fiddlehead ferns. Several stands have ramps.
Saturday, April 30, 2011 Durr's Peonies!! Locust Grove and Terhune's Mixed Lilacs!! Gorzynsky's Fiddleheads!!
Cherry Lane has delicious asparagus today. Other stands with good-looking asparagus include Hoeffner's purple and green varieties, Lani, Durr, and others. Mountain Sweet Berry and D'Attolico have pea shoots and Violet Hill, Northshire, Terhune, and others have ramps. Norwich has beautiful greens, radishes, and root vegetables. Paffenroth has unique green vegetables, herbs, potatoes, several kinds of onion, and other produce. S&SO has herbs and salad vegetables as well as asparagus.
Durr has flowering branches, tulips, and old fashioned irises as well as several kinds of peony. Terhune has flowering branches as well as their wild asparagus. Locust Grove has mixed lilac bunches and other flowering branches. There are many stands with potted flowering plants, including Hoeffner, Hotaling, Van Houten, Stokes, Caradonna, and Binder. Stokes, Binder, and Oak Grove have lush herb plants and Silver Heights has all kinds of vegetable plants. Nine J has salad vegetables, including lettuce and organic greenhouse tomatoes. Cheerful Cherry is back in their new spot on the end of the market near 14th on the West side, near Cherry Lane!!
Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens, fresh pork cuts, sausages, eggs, and mushrooms. Bulich has several kinds of mushroom. Quattro's has ducks and duck parts, chickens and chicken parts, sausages, and their excellent capons, as well as wild turkey and pheasant eggs. Flying Pig is here with pork cuts, sausages, and bacon. P.E.&D.D. has fish and shellfish, including cooked lobsters, and Seatuck has shellfish and fish.
Friday, May 6, 2011 BULLETIN!!! CHEERFUL CHERRY IS BACK AND WILL BE HERE TOMORROW!!! BERRIED TREASURES HAS FIDDLEHEADS!!LAST FRIDAY FOR DUTCHMILL TULIPS (BUT SHE HAS GOT BEAUTIFUL IRISES!!
Saturday, April 30, 2011, 2011 Cherry Lane is back!!! S&SO is Back!! Durr Has Gorgeous Lilacs!!!
Cherry Lane has their wonderful asparagus and the beginnings of their greenhouse tomatoes, and a new location near the 14th Street West side of the market. S&SO has peppers, various onions, and tomato sauce. Paffenroth has stinging nettles, upland cress, burdock tops, and chickweed, along with many more usual vegetables. Gorzynski has burdock root, garlic mustard, scallion cress, pea greens, yellow dock, and other organic produce, along with good-looking rhubarb. Miglorelli has French breakfast radishes and other greens. D'Attollico has young garlic young onions, several kinds of greens, and sprouts. Stokes has several cut herbs, including chives, thyme, and rosemary, along with herb and flowering potted plants.
Durr has beautiful lilac branches, tulips, and asparagus. Terhune has flowering branches, pastries, apples, and ramps. Quattro's has turkey eggs, pheasant eggs, and chicken eggs, along with their delicious poultry (chicken, duck, pheasant, etc.), sausages and smoked poultry. River Garden has flowering branches and tulips. Seatuck Fish has fresh fish and shellfish, including razor clams, mussels, clams, oysters, and eels, monk fish, cod, and blackfish. PE&DD has cooked lobsters, other shellfish, and several kinds of fish.
The Binders, Van Houten, Hodgeson, Hoeffner, and others have beautiful flowering plants, and Binder, Oak Grove, Stokes, and others have lovely herb plants. Silver Heights has unusual vegetable and herb plants. Norwich Meadows has many new greens and salad vegetables, including various radishes and young onions. Shushan has hydroponic cherry tomatoes, vine tomatoes, lettuces, and herbs. Bulich has several kinds of mushroom and Violet Hill has a couple of unique mushrooms as well as their Belle Rouge chickens, chicken parts, and eggs. Windfall has a wide variety of unique greens and edible flowers, including tiny arugula flowers. Nine Jay has lettuces and greenhouse tomatoes. Hoeffner has rhubarb and the first of their asparagus.
Northshire has ramps, spring onions, yellow onions, and free range eggs. Flying Pig has pork products and eggs. Lani has cut herbs and a wide variety of greens, ramps, and asparagus. Berried Treasures, now at the 14th Street and West side of the market, has sunchokes, ramps, and potatoes.
Friday, April 29, 2011, 2011 Nettles! Wild Chives! Spinach! Ricotta! Rabbit!
Muddy River has nettles, cipolline onions, shallots, young garlic, and other greens. Madura is here with greens and mushrooms. Queens County Farm Museum has beautiful salad greens, spinach, and wild chives. Bodhitree has greenhouse heirloom tomatoes, salad greens, braising greens, fairytale eggplants, herbs, and other vegetables. Miglorelli has broccoli raab, arugula, and other greens. Stokes has cut herbs, potted herbs, and potted flowering plants. Tello has eggs, as does the Queens County stand, and Oak Grove is here with beautiful herb and heirloom tomato plants, as well as all sorts of pork products. Berried Treasures has various sunchokes, potatoes, ramps, and other vegetables. Two Guys has hydroponic salad greens, herbs, and other greens.
Cayuga has ale bread, whole wheat bread, flours, beans, and grains. They have a new cornmeal pancake muffin mix. Tremblay has honeys and Deep Mountain has maple syrups and candies. John Fazio has delicious rabbit, chicken, duck, and eggs. Roamin' Acres Ostrich farm has ostrich meat. Beth's Farm Kitchen has jams, chutneys, and other preserves. Dancing Ewe has tasty truffle cheese, ricotta, merquez, and other cheeses.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 2011 Cherry Lane is Back, With Asparagus and Lilacs!!
The market is an asparagus lover's dream today, with Cherry Lane, Bodhitree, and Kernan bringing in delicious varieties. You can't go wrong! Cayuga has a new cornbread and muffin mix as well as their excellent breads, flours, beans, and grains. Hot Bread Kitchen has interesting breads and crackers.
Cherry Lane also says that they will have greenhouse heirloom tomatoes in a couple of weeks. They were excellent last year, so I'm looking forward to them. Strawberries are in the near future as well. Silva Orchids has beautiful orchid plants today and Dutchmill has lovely tulips (almost the last of the season -- they may have some this weekend and are looking forward to irises soon).
Bodhitree has fairytale eggplants today, along with other small eggplants and greenhouse tomatoes. They also have several kinds of salad and braising greens, cucumbers, and other vegetables. If you are a ramp fan, you'll find them at Mountain Sweet Berry, Berried Treasures, and other stands. Madura and Bulich have great mushrooms and Oak Grove has lush herb plants, heirloom tomato plans, and edible nasturtium plants.
Monday, April 25, 2011, 2011 Lani has beautiful ramps, broccoli raab, and asparagus. Madura has greens and several kinds of mushroom. Duncan Dairy is here with milk and Hudson Valley Farm has duck salami, smoked duck breast, and other duck products. Consider Bardwell is here with great cheeses and Dutchmill has lovely tulips today. Uphill Farm has beef, lamb, and pork, and Central Valley has eggs, tomato soup and sauces, cheddar cheese, and a new product, fresh flavored mozzarella, as well as a sale on their fresh butter. Tello's eggs, PE&DD's cooked lobster and other seafood, and Race's pastries and vegetable plants are here. Red Jacket has juices, apples, and their canned unpitted apricots. Phillips has a wide assortment of vegetables, including green rhubarb. The ostrich meat stand is also here.
Saturday, April 23, 2011 Lani and Durr both have asparagus. Violet Hill has duck eggs as well as a variety of chicken eggs, and Belle Rouge chickens and some unusual mushrooms. Stokes has cut herbs and herb sets as well as potted flowering plants. Durr has parrot and other tulips and flowering branches. Terhune and Mountain Sweet Berry have ramps. Cato Corner Farm is here with delicious cheeses and Quattro's has good-looking capons, chickens, and other poultry, as well as wild turkey eggs, pheasant eggs, and chicken eggs. Roaming Acres is here with ostrich meat. Miglorelli has big bags of spinach and broccoli raab. D'Attolico has pea shoots and other greens, young garlic, and delicious cress.
Binder has beautiful herb and salad green plants as does Silver Heights (who also has other vegetable plants). Norwich has tasty looking spinach and other greens, radishes, scallions, and root vegetables and Bulich has several kinds of mushroom. Oak Grove has HEIRLOOM TOMATO PLANTS, herbs, pork products, and pastry, and some of the best popping corn around. Windfall has edible flowers, various sizes of mesclun and salad greens. Mountain Sweet Berry is trying a new potato product, "crunchy Indian" chips! Northshire has honey, root vegetables, and ramps. Paffenroth has root vegetables, Upland cress, chives, chickweed, and other unusual vegetables.
Gorzynsi has organic root vegetables, gtreens, and eggs. Deep Mountain has maple syrup and other maple sugar products, and Cayuga is here with ale bread, whole wheat bread, grains, beans, and flours. Milk Thistle has milks and Beth's Farm Kitchen has jams, chutneys, and a great recipe book if you want to try to make your own jam! Flying Pig has pork products and Berried Treasures has small European style potatoes. PE&DD has cooked lobsters and other seafood. Hoeffner and Van Houten have potted flowering plants. Lani has a wide variety of greens and ramps. Red Jacket is here with various juices and Breezy Hill has apples, ciders, and pastries.
Friday, April 22 Bodhitree had some purple and green asparagus this morning. I had some on Wednesday that was delicious! Cayuga is here with ale bread, beans, grains, and flours. Dancing Ewe has great cheeses, including ricottas and hard cheeses. Miglorelli has made sauces and other items from their tomatoes and Queens County has excellent spinach and salad greens. Madura has several kinds of mushroom and Berried Treasures has potatoes, sunchokes, and ramps.
Tremblay has honey and Deep Mountain is here with maple syrups and candies. Oak Grove has pastries, popping corn, and herb plants. Ardith Mae has goat cheeses and goat meat today. Muddy River has greens, spinach, and fresh young garlic. Hammond Dairy has yogurt, both plain and flavored. Samascott has apples, potatoes, ramps, and beef. John Fazio is here with tasty chickens, chicken parts, rabbit, and duck.
Wednesday April 20,2011 Another nasty day, but the tulips and other brightly colored flowers all around the Greenmarket make it a pleasure to be there. Berried Treasures and Mountain Sweet Berry are well supplied with ramps and Bodhitree had the first of their delicious asparagus today (all gone already, unfortunately). Silver Heights, Oak Grove, and Stokes have great looking herb and other vegetable plants and Oak Grove has heirloom tomato plants and edible nasturtiums. Windfall has all sorts of delicious greens, edible flowers, and root vegetables. Bulich Mushrooms and Madura's mushrooms are here. In addition to mushrooms, Madura has various greens. Bodhitree has the last of their tasty wintered over broccoli raab. Oak Grove has many pork cuts and delicious scrapple.
Several flowering plant farms including Hodgson, Stokes, Hoeffner, and Van Houten are here with beautiful flowering sets and flats. Silva has lovely and unusual orchid plants. Hot Kitchen and Bakers Bounty have a variety of breads and Cayuga is here with whole wheat bread, ale btead, flours, grains, and beans. Locust Grove, Terhune, and Breezy Hill have apples and cider.Andrews Honey is here with honey and honey products and Beth's Farm Kitchen has jams, chutneys, and pickled vegetables. Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes, herbs, and greens, and Two Guys has hydroponic salad and other greens and herbs.
Tamarack Hollow Farm has many pork cuts, including hams, various roasts and chops, and bacon, as well as sausages and eggs. Garden of Spices has pastured cornish game hens, fresh pastured duck, and various chicken products including livers and eggs. Ronnybrook has milks, creams, ice creams, butters, creme fraiche and yogurts.
Monday, April 18,2011 Lani Has Tasty Broccoli Raab and Tuscan Kale. Dutchmill has lovely tulips and River Garden has pussy willow and other branches. The ostrich meat people are here (Roaming Acres) and Central Valley has butter, eggs, sauces, and soups. Madura is here with mushrooms and Healthway has potatoes and plants. Race has a wide variety of flowering, vegetable, and herb plants. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has ducks, smoked duck cuts, and other duck-related products. Duncan is here with milk and chocolate milk and Tello has various kinds of fresh eggs. Red Jacket has juices.
Saturday, April 16, 2011 Silver Heights is back with vegetable and herb sets! Mountain Sweet Berry has plenty of RAMPS today. Stokes has beautiful flowering plants and herb sets. James Durr has tulips, daffodils, and flowering branches. Terhune has flowering branches and apples. Cato has moved their tasty cheeses to the North side of the market near Terhune and Roaming Acres ostrich meat stand. Quattro's has WILD TURKEY EGGS, PHEASANT EGGS, and chicken eggs along with their excellent poultry and venison. Seatuck is here with shellfish and other seafood. Miglorelli has spinach and broccoli raab and D'Attolico is here with tasty greens and sprouts.
Binder has potted salad and herb plants. Oak Grove has lush herb plants, nasturtiums, and HEIRLOOM TOMATO PLANTS. Friend Ronnybrook dairy on Facebook or Twitter and get a coupon for a good-looking reusable shopping bag. Norwich has beautiful spinach and kale and root vegetables. Bulich is here with a variety of mushrooms. Rose Meadow Farm has lovely roses, sweet peas, and other flowers. River Garden has pussy willow branches and dried flower arrangements. Tonjes has buttermilk, cheeses, and yogurts. Gorzynski has organic mache and other greens. Berried Treasures has a couple of varieties of sunchoke and many kinds of small potatoes. Paffenroth is here with a wide variety of root and other vegetables.
Lani has many kinds of greens, herbs, and shitake mushrooms. PE&DD has cooked lobsters and various seafood. Hoeffner has flowering plants. Red Jacket is here with ciders and other juices.
Friday, April 15, 2011 Dancing Ewe has Merguez! Bodhitree says they'll have asparagus next week! Van Houten, Stokes, Samascott, and others have flowering potted plants today. Oak Grove has lush heirloom tomato plants, herb plants, nasturtium plants, and windowsill herb "gardens". Bodhitree has delicious wintered over broccoli raab and sweet sunglow cherry tomatoes. Queens County Farm Museum has delicious salad greens, honey, and spinach. Hammond Dairy has excellent yogurts and Cayuga is here with their wonderful breads, grains, beans, and flours.
Dutchmill Farm has beautiful tulips and River Garden has pussy willow branches. John Fazio has rabbit, chickens and chicken parts, and eggs. Muddy River has onions and shallots, as well as broccoli raab and potatoes. Madura has good-looking mushrooms. The lavender stand has indoor and outdoor lavender plants. Tremblay is here with honey and Deep Mountain has flavored and unflavored maple syrup, including the 2011 crop. Pura Vida has fish and shellfish.
Saturday, April 9, 2011 Don't assume that your favorites are not here if you don't see them in their usual places. As more stands come in for the season, there is a shakeup in positions, so keep looking! For instance, Cato is on the West side of the market and Cayuga's great ale bread, beans, and flours can be found near the West end of the market.
Mountain Sweet Berry had a few RAMPS at 8 AM, but they may be gone by now. Phillips, Hodgson, and Durr have cut flowers and Binder, Oak Grove, and Stokes have lush and healthy herb plants. Stokes and others have good looking flowering potted plants as well. Oak Grove has HEIRLOOM TOMATO PLANTS and windowsill herb gardens.
D'Attollico and Lani have many kinds of greens and Gorzynski has unusual root vegetables and beautiful sorrel. Lani has frozen strawberries as well. Miglorelli has all kinds of frozen vegetables.
Milk Thistle and Ronnybrook are here with milks and creams and Ronnybrook has their excellent ice creams and butters as well.
Seatuck has shellfish and other fish and Quattro's, Violet Hill, and others are here with poultry. Violet Hill also has pork and both have eggs. Northshire has eggs and root vegetables and Paffenroth has a wide variety of root and other vegetables.
Friday, April 8, 2011 Pickled vegetable lovers are lucky enough to have two pickle purveyors in the Greenmarket. Friday's newest arrival is "Divine Brine". They also have chutneys. Beth's Farm Kitchen also has chutneys and pickled vegetables along with their excellent jams, jellies, apple sauce, and other goodies. John Fazio has such good-looking rabbit that I'm tempted to try it (never having cooked rabbit before), as well as chickens and chicken parts, and eggs. Flying Pig has sausages, bacons, and pork roasts and other cuts.
Cayuga is here today with beans, flours, grains, and wonderful wheat bread and ale bread (both made with Cayuga's flours). (Cayuga has retained their place in the Saturday market as well, on the East side of the market.) Dancing Ewe has delicious cheeses, merguez sausages, and ricottas. Bobolink has cheeses and breads.
Van Houten Farms has potted plants and trees. Oak Grove has HEIRLOOM TOMATO PLANTS, salad sets, and herb plants. Dutchmill Farm has beautiful cut tulips.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 Happy news!! Enough people protested losing Cayuga on Saturdays for them to regain their place in the market! They'll be on the East side of the park, near 16th Street on Saturdays. They are in the West side near 16th today, with their great ale bread, whole wheat bread, dried beans, flours, and grains. Dutchmill flower farm is here for the first Wednesday of the year and will be here on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Stokes is back today with potted flowering plants and herbs. Other beautiful flowering plants can be found at Hodgson's, Van Houtens, and other stands. Bodhitree has tasty wintered-over broccoli rabe as well as many braising and salad greens, eggs, and tomatoes. Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes, basil, and other herbs and lettuces. Rogowski has an assortment of vegetables and Oak Grove has mesclun and herb plants as well as pastries. Berried Treasures has tiny potatoes and sunchokes. Tamarack has pork products and is taking orders for Easter hams. Blue Moon has fish and other seafood. Ronnybrook is here with milks, ice creams, yogurts, and butters. Several stands have eggs.
Locust Grove, Terhune, Breezy Hill, and Caradonna are here with apples and ciders. Windfall has greens and edible flowers. Bulich Mushrooms is here with several kinds of mushroom.
Monday, April 4, 2011 Either some stands are late setting up or their farmers were discouraged by the weather. Dutchmill isn't here today with Anna's beautiful tulips, for instance, but may get here late. Anyway, there were still many stands, including Tello for great eggs, Hudson Valley Duck Farm for rillettes, ducks, smoked duck breast and other goodies, and Scarborough Fields for herb and other plants. Lani has braising and salad greens and the ostrich meat stand is here. Central Valley Farm has butter, eggs, soups, and ground beef (the only beef they sell). PE&DD has cooked lobsters, many kinds of fish, and other seafood. Consider Bardwell has tasty cheeses. Healthway has various interesting potatoes and Race has pastries, apples, and root vegetables.
Saturday, April 2, 2011 Gorzynsky, Binder, Hodgson, Hoeffner Are Back!! Cayuga Has Lost Their Saturday Spot!!
Gorzynsky is back with root vegetables and arugula. Cayuga will be here on Wednesdays and Fridays with their great beans, flours, grains, and breads, but has lost their Saturday spot until next winter! James Durr has flowering branches and the Binders are back with beautiful herbs and salad sets. Stokes has lovely pansy and other potted flowering plants, herbs, and some cut herbs today. Van Houten and Hodgson have pretty potted flowering plants and Hodgson has cut flowers as well. Rose Meadow has sweet peas, anemones, and roses. Hoeffner has potted flowers and potatoes.
Terhune, Locust Grove, Breezy Hill, and Caradonna have apples and Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures have wide varieties of European style potatoes. Rick of Mountain Sweet Berry is expecting to have ramps in two weeks. Just sayin' ... Oak Grove has lush herb plants and tasty pies. Bullich is here with several kinds of mushroom and Violet Hill has an interesting pink mushroom variety. Red Jacket is here with juices.
D'Attolico is here with salad and other greens, sprouts, and young garlic and onions. Quattro's and Violet Hill have great looking poultry and eggs. Violet Hill has "Cayuga" duck eggs -- no relation to the bread and grain stand. Seatuck has oysters, clams, and fish. PE&DD has cooked lobsters as well as fish and shellfish. The ostrich meat stand is here also. Lani is here with spinach and other greens and will be here on Saturdays and Mondays this season. Norwich Meadows Farm also has spinach and braising greens as well as root vegetables. Paffenroth has great carrots, onions, potatoes, and other root vegetables. (I used their carrots last week for a soup and they were sweet and delicious.)
Friday, April 1, 2011 Muddy River has root vegetables. Miglorelli has frozen summer vegetables as well as root vegetables and apples. Red Jacket is here with ciders and other juices and Samascott has root vegetables, apples, and beef. John Fazio is here with duck and chicken eggs, ducks, chickens and rabbits and various cuts of all three, as well as chicken and duck livers. Deep Mountain has this year's maple syrup and other maple products and Dancing Ewe is here with ricottas and other Italian style cheeses. Bobolink Dairy is here with many kinds of bread and artisanal cheeses.
Beth has delicious jams and Cayuga has ale bread and whole wheat bread as well as many kinds of dried beans, flours, and grains. They are running out of barley today, by the way. Rose Meadow Farm has sweet peas, anemones, and roses. Dutchmill has gorgeous tulips. Tello has various sized eggs and Queens County Farm has good looking salad mix and spinach. Bodhitree has a wide variety of salad and braising greens. D&J Organic Farm has Asian greens and kimchee. Pura Vida is here with a wide selection of fish and shellfish.
Flying Pigs has all sorts of pork products, including bacon, sausage chops, and roasts, as well as eggs. Twqo Guys From Woodbridge has salad greens and herbs.
Monday, March 28, 2011 The weather may be cold, but the sun is out and Lani has been back for a month! They have beautiful greens today, both for salad and for braising. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has tasty duck "bacon" and duck sausage ragu which I'm trying tonight. Central Valley Farm has fresh butter, spagetti sauce, eggs, and other goodies. Healthway has interesting potato varieties and apples. Dutchmill Farm has beautiful tulips and River Garden has a couple of kinds of pussy willows. Phillips has peach flowering branches, spinach, rosemary, and root vegetables.
The ostrich meat stand is here and Race has pastries, Japanese sweet potatoes, honey, and apples. Red Jacket has canned their apricots and has many juices and apples. Madura has several types of mushroom and root vegetable and Consider Bardwell, in addition to their delicious cheeses, is having a sale of their goat meat. Truncillito is here with apples and cider. P.E. & D.D. has good looking fish, shellfish, and cooked lobsters and crab cakes.
I tried Duncan Dairy Farm's milk today -- very nice. They also have chocolate milk. D&J has kimchee, salad, bok choi, and other greens. Uphill Farm has beef, pork, and lamb cuts.
Saturday, March 26, 2011 Quattro's has beautiful thick cut venison chops. Northshire has quail eggs. Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens, pork products, and duck eggs. Phillips has tomato products as well as jams and flowering branches. P.E. and D.D. has lobsters and other seafood and fish. Bulich has several kinds of mushroom. Shushan and Two Guys have salad and Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes. D'Attolico has greens, sprouts, and young garlic and onions. Cayuga has ale bread, whole wheat bread, and dried cannellini among other beans. Cayuga and Oak Grove have popping corn.
Milk Thistle is here with milks and Ronnybrook has milks, butters, ice creams, yogurt, drinkable yogurt and cheese and is giving samples of their "keifer". Flying Pig has pork products and Roaming Acres has ostrich meat. The Lavender stand is here and Deep Mountain has 2011's maple syrup. Locust Grove, Terhune, Breezy Hill, and Caradonna have apples and Brezy Hill and Oak Grove have pastries. Oak Grove has herb plants (if it's still freezing out, they'll have them in their truck, so ask). Tonjes is here with buttermilk, cheeses, yogurt, and kefir. Cato Corner has a wide variety of cheeses. Norwich has kales and other greens.
Mountain Sweet Berry and Berried Treasures both have tiny European style potatoes.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 Bodhitree is bringing in beautiful salad and braising greens and had their excellent eggs this morning. Most of the Wednesday stands are here, including Hot Bread Kitchen, Cayuga, Caradonna, Miglorelli, Beth's Farm Kitchen, Windfall, Breezy Hill, Red Jacket, and others.
This is Three Corner Field Farm's last day until the first Saturday in May! Stock up on lamb cuts, yogurts, and cheeses. Roaming Acres is here with ostrich meat and Blue Moon has good looking fish and shellfish. Tamarack has tasty pork cuts and eggs and Andrew's Honey is here with great honeys and honey products.
Saturday, March 19, 2011 Now that Oak Grove's lovely tiny mesclun is here, along with Vin D'Attolico's young greens and garlic, I know that Spring is about to arrive. Dutchmill Farm is here today with tulips, but will be coming in on Mondays and Fridays from now on. They are in other markets on Saturdays. Ronnybrook is giving out samples of their newest product, strawberry,blueberry, and plain "keifer" today -- I just tried it and liked it.
This is Three Corner Field Farm's last Saturday in Union Square for a month or so. They'll be back in May. It's lambing season!!
James Durr is back with magnolia and other flowering branches and Locust Grove has brought in their flowering cherry branches and pussy willow.
The rest of the stands are about the same as they've been for a while. Violet Hill has great bacon today. Unfortunately, Hudson Valley Duck Farm won't be here in the Saturday market, so you'll have to find them on Mondays for their excellent ducks and duck products. Quattro's is here with their excellent poultry and Flying Pig is here with pork products.
Friday, March 11, 2011 The only new greens in the market were Muddy River's spinach and swiss chard and Queen's Farm's spinach, all of which I missed by sleeping late today. If spinach is here, can ramps be far behind? Well, they can be two or three weeks behind, according to some farmers. But it is definitely time for me to get to all the Union Square markets early to catch the stealth Spring produce!
Hammond Dairy is here with yogurt, Bobolink with cheddar and other cheeses and breads, Madura with mushrooms, Muddy River with root vegetables, Cayuga with the ale bread I've been talking about here for weeks, and Beth's Farm Kitchen with jams, chutneys, and pickled vegetables. The rose people have pretty anemones again today as well as roses and other flowers, and Samascott has many kinds of apples, root vegetables, and grass-fed beef.
Tree-licious has apples, apple products, and pastries. Roaming Acres has ostrich cuts and the lavender stand has various lavender products for gifts. John Fazio is here with poultry and Bodhitree has many kinds of greens and root vegetables.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 The usual Wednesday suspects are here, with root vegetables, etc. With the continuing cold weather, asparagus isn't expected until the middle of April, so we'll have to content ourselves with greenhouse greens from Bodhitree, Two Guys, and Windfall. Madura has a good variety of mushrooms and Caradonna, Locust Grove, Terhune, Miglorelli, and Breezy Hill have apples and pears as well as cider. Andrew's honey is here and Hot Kitchen, Cayuga, and Our Daily Bread have various breads. Ronnybrook is here with butters, ice creams, yogurts, and cheeses and Three Corner Field Farm has lamb cuts, cheeses, and yogurts (until March 23, their last day for a while). The rose people have roses and anemones and River Garden has two kinds of pussy willow.
Saturday, March 5, 2011 It's always good to see Anna's beautiful tulips back in the market, and today is her first day! The rest of the market is pretty much the same as it was last Saturday. Locust Grove will have flowering branches in a couple of weeks and Mountain Sweet Berry should have ramps in about three weeks. D'Attolico has young onions and young garlic today.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 If desperation drives you to purple-topped turnips, as it seems to have done to New York Magazine this week, you can find good-looking ones at Windfall Farm's stand today, along with a wide variety of microgreens and other greens and turnips. There are actually stands with greens, though, although we're still dependent on greenhouses and hydroponic farmers for lettuces and other greens. Bodhitree has a good variety of braising greens, salad, and pea shoots, as well as tomatoes. Two Guys From Woodbridge and Shushan have hydroponic salad greens and herbs and Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes. Miglorelli has many kinds of frozen vegetables from their summer harvest and Madura has some greens along with their great variety of mushrooms, popcorn, and eggs. Windfall has their delicious aracuna eggs and squash puree. Rogowski has radishes, young garlic, and scallions. Berried Treasures has their tiny European potatoes and sunchokes.
Terhune, Locust Grove, Caradonna, and Breezy Hill have apples, cider, and pastries. Tamarack Farm has all kinds of pork products and Three Corner Field Farm is here with lamb cuts, yogurts, and cheeses. Ronnybrook has milks, yogurts, butters, and ice cream.
I'm totally addicted to Cayuga's ale bread, which is here along with their whole wheat loaf, grains, beans, and flours. Hot Kitchen is also here with various breads and Beth's Farm Kitchen has great jams and chutneys. I'm having ale bread with Ronnybrook butter and Beth's blueberry jam along with Windfall's eggs (hard boiled) for breakfast. Lovely!
Saturday, February 26, 2011 Here we are again, waiting for Spring and the first new green things. Everyone who was in the Greenmarket last Saturday is here again, of course, with better weather. There are whisperings of things to come, but no big news.
My one discovery of the winter is Cayuga's ale bread. It is delicious and addictive and goes well with Ronnybrook's butter, Cato's cheeses, and Shushan's hydroponic tomatoes. All of them are here, along with Terhune, Caradonna, Locust Grove, and Breezy Hill for apples and cider, Paffenroth, Mountain Sweet Berry, and Berried Treasures for root vegetables, Norwich Meadows for greens and root vegetables, and Quattro's, Violet Hill, Flying Pig, and Oak Grove for poultry and pork. Several stands including Northshire, Quattro's, and Violet Hill, have eggs.
Cato Corner, Three Corner Field Farm, and Tonjes have cheeses and Catskill Mountain has lamb and sausages. Two Guys From Woodbridge, Windfall, Shushan, and D'Attolico have various types of salad greens. Mountain Sweet Berry has good looking shallots and Berried Treasures has sunchokes.
The lavender people are here and River Garden has pussy willows and dried flower arrangements. The rose stand has beautiful roses.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 River Garden has a pile of pussy willow branches today, teasing us with a promise of Spring. We've really got a few weeks to wait, but it's nice to know it is coming! Meanwhile, the brave year-round farmers are here on this sunny (chilly) day, although some of them made it in a little late and were still setting up when I got there.
Terhune, Caradonna, Breezy Hill, and Locust Grove are all here with apples and cider. Miglorelli has apples, cider donuts, and frozen vegetables, as well as jars of tomato puree. Bodhitree has delicious greens, greenhouse tomatoes, kimchee, and root vegetables. Red Jacket is here with ciders and fruit juices and Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes, herbs, and greens. Two Guys From Woodbridge has hydroponic salad and herbs. Windfall has greenhouse greens, root vegetables, and squash puree.
Three Corner Field Farm will be here until the end of March, with yogurts, lamb cuts, and cheeses, and then will return in May. Tamarack has pork cuts and the ostrich meat people are here with various cuts of ostrich. Andrew's Honey and Beth's Farm Kitchen are here and Pura Vida has fresh fish. Hot Bread Kitchen, Cayuga, and Our Daily Bread have delicious breads, and Cayuga has wonderful flours, grains, and beans. (Try Cayuga's tasty ale bread!) For a great fresh scent, try Lavender By The Bay's lavender products.
Saturday, February 19, 2011 Just as I suspected, the warmth of yesterday has disappeared, blown out by a strong cold wind. It looks the same -- sunny, relatively cloudless -- but it is pretty cold out. When I was a kid, I would have brought out my "Spring coat" and lived to regret it. However, there is some good news, if only for the future. Oak Grove Plantation will be bringing in their terrific tiny mesclun in around three weeks -- one of the first two early signs of spring, the other being baby field spinach. Actually, D'Attolico had a bit of young garlic this morning! Norwich has some good looking spinach today (greenhouse? I didn't ask), so things are looking up.
Terhune has generous bargain bags of apples today, along with cider, apples, and pastries. Quattro's has good looking duck breasts along with chickens, ducks, pheasant sausages, soups, and their excellent chicken pot pies. Mountain Sweet Berry's stand is on the 17th Street part of the market again today, with tiny potatoes and shallots, and Hudson Valley Duck Farm is in Rick's usual location near the uptown west entrance of the subway. Miglorelli has frozen vegetables, apples, and cider donuts.
Cayuga has their delicious ale bread and Ronnybrook is strategically located next to them with wonderful butters. Tremblay honey is close by as well and Cato Corner Farm cheeses are available right across the way. Shushan's basil, tomatoes, and lettuces are fairly close as well. I think I've got my lunch for today!
Oak Grove is here with sugar pumpkins, squashes, dried hot peppers, terrific pork products, and colorful popping corn. They've brought in some herb plants, too. Hudson Valley Duck Farm has a new product, duck sausage ragu, which looks terrific. Northshire has eggs, honey, and vegetables and Violet Hill has excellent looking lamb cuts, fresh cut pork, Belle Rouge chickens and chicken parts, and eggs, and is having a lamb and pork sale. Paffenroth has many kinds of root vegetable at very reasonable prices. Milk Thistle is here with milks and Tonjes has buttermilk, cheeses, and yogurts. Bulich has several kinds of mushroom and Berried Treasures is here with potatoes and sunchokes.
Friday, February 18, 2011, 2011 Faux Spring!!
It is one of those times that occur in November and February when the sun is out and the temperature is temperate and we all get fooled and end up wearing either too much or too little. The beautiful sunny morning at 8 AM has become cloudy, though, and it's hard to decide what to do. When I was in the greenmarket at 8:30, the vegetables, root and sparsely green as they were, were still bright and beautiful. Now, at 9:30, I wonder. At least the sun was out for my pictures!
Hammond Dairy has tasty yogurts, flavored and plain. I tasted the peach, which was very good. Red Jacket is here with juices and Muddy River has carrots, celeriac, squashes, potatoes, and spinach. Samascott has all kinds of apples, potatoes, and various fruit items, as well as grass fed beef. Norwich has good looking greens and root vegetables. Deep Woods maple syrup and Tremblay Honey are here and Tree-Licious Orchards has apples and pastries. Beth's Farm Kitchen has luscious jams and chutneys (my current favorites are raspberry, black currant, and blueberry). Bobolink Dairy has delicious cheddar-style and other cheeses.
Pura Vida has excellent fresh fish and shellfish. Flying Pig has bacon, pork roasts, and eggs. Miglorelli has frozen vegetables (corn, collards, tomatoes, etc.), apples, and other produce. Madura has several kinds of good looking mushrooms and the ostrich meat stand is here as well. Two Guys From Woodbridge have hydroponic lettuces and herbs. Cayuga has lovely ale bread and whole wheat loaves as well as beans, grains, and flours. John Fazio has ducks, rabbits, and other poultry. And last, but not least, Bodhitree has tasty looking greens, peppers, and root vegetables.
Saturday, February 12, 2011 There are many more farmers here this week than there were during last Saturday's freezing weather! Miglorelli is here with frozen corn, collards, and other vegetables as well as cider and apples. D'Attolico has sprouts and Norwich Meadows has root vegetables, cabbages, and canned vegetables. Ronnybrook is here with milks, creams, butters, yogurts, and ice creams. Cato Corner Farm has delicious cheeses and Tonjes is here with buttermilk and cheeses. Milk Thistle has milk and cream.
Mountain Sweet Berry has been moved to the 17th Street side of the Greenmarket and has various European style small potatoes. Terhune has apples, including bargain bags for apple sauce, and cider. Caradonna, Locust Grove, and Breezy Hill have apples and cider. Berried Treasures has small and large potatoes and sunchokes. Cayuga has excellent ale bread and whole wheat bread as well as dried beans, flours, grains, and, a new addition, popping corn. Two Guys From Woodbridge has hudroponic greens and herbs and Shushan has hydroponic tomatoes and greens. Windfall has a wide selection of greenhouse greens and root vegetables. Paffenroth has many potato and other root vegetable varieties.
Violet Hill has Belle Rouge chickens and chicken parts. Quattro's has ducks, capons, soups, chickens and chicken parts, sausages, and smoked poultry. Flying Pig has pork products, including pork cuts, sausages, and bacon. Oak Grove Plantation has scrapple, bacon, and other pork products in addition to squashes, dried hot peppers, and pastries. Beth's Farm Kitchen has come out with a beautiful new cookbook using their jams and chutneys.
Saturday, February 5, 2011 It's a bit nasty and some stands are not here, but there is still a bit of news. This is the last week for Paffenroth's leeks! The stands who are here include Ronnybrook, Milk Thistle, Cato, Quattro's, Violet Hill, Flying Pig, Breezy Hill, Terhune, Paffenroth, Miglorelli, Beth's jam, Hudson Valley Duck Farm, and Cayuga(breads, grains, flours, beans).
Friday, February 4, 2011 Considering the cold, we've got many stands here today! Queens County Farm has salad mix, frozen tomatoes, gold top turnips, and celeriac. Grazin' Angus Acres has meats, pastured chickens & eggs. John Fazio Farms has fresh rabbit, chicken, livers, and ducks. Cayuga has beans, grains, flours, and two great breads. Two Guys From Woodbridge has hydroponic salad greens and herbs. Roaming Acres Ostrich Farm has ostrich meat. Lavender by the bay is here with lavender products. Miglorelli has apples and fresh frozen vegetables, including corn, beans, tomatoes, and collards. Madura has a good selection of mushrooms, including Shiitake, Maitake, and others. Flying Pigs Farm is here with pork and sausages. Bobolink Dairy and Bakeyard has artisanal cheeses and breads. Beth's Farm Kitchen has jams, chutneys, and pickled vegetables. Deep Mountain Maple has syrups, candies, and other maple products. Ardith Mae has chevre, feta, and other goat cheeses. Norwich Meadows has squashes, root vegetables, and preserved vegetables. Samascott Orchards has many kinds of apples, cider, and root vegetables. Muddy River Farm has various potatoes, shallots, onions, and squashes. Bodhitree has Shishito peppers, greens, sweet potatoes, red and green tomatoes, mixed baby greens, watercress, and kimchee. Red Jacket Orchards has many kinds of fruit juices.
Saturday, January 29, 2011 New in the Greenmarket -- Cayuga has a new "ale bread", which is delicious. Hudson Valley Duck Farm is here with ducks, rillettes, smoked duck breast, and other duck products.
Bulich -- mushrooms
Locust Grove, cider and apples
Grazin' Angus -- various meats
Milk Thistle -- Milk
Flying Pig -- pork and eggs
Ostrich Meat
Deep Mountain Maple syrup and other maple products
Beth's Farm Kitchen -- ask to see Beth's new book!
Paffenroth -- potatoes and other root vegetables
Windfall -- greenhouse greens and root vegetables
Two Guys from Woodbridge and Shushan -- hydroponic vegetables
Breezy Hill Orchard -- apples, cider, pastries
Mountain Sweet Berry -- potatoes
Tonjes -- buttermilk, cheeses
Cato Corner Farm -- Cheeses
Three Corner Field Farm -- lamb, yogurt, cheeses
Violet Hill -- chickens, eggs
Quattro's -- poultry, eggs, sausages, venison
Oak Grove -- Scrapple, bacon, hams, other pork products, squashes, pastries, popcorn, cornmeal.
Norwich Meadows Farm -- root vegetables, cabbages, squashes, eggs, canned vegetables.
Miglorelli -- apples, cider
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 The New York Times has an article about wheat grass in the dining section today but neglected to mention Greener Pastures, our local purveyor of wheat grass, vegetable juices, and sprouts, a stand in the Union Square Greenmarket most market days and definitely here today!!!
Berried Treasures -- small European style potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes, and fresh garlic. Cayuga -- grains, flours, beans, and delicious whole wheat bread Hot Kitchen -- interesting crackers and breads Tamarack -- pork products and greens Beth's Farm Kitchen -- jams, chutneys, pickled vegetables Andrew's Honey -- honeys and honey products Windfall Farm -- root vegetables and many greenhouse greens Two Guys From Woodbridge -- hydroponic lettuces and microgreens Breezy Hill -- apples, pastries, ciders Rose Meadow Farm -- beautiful roses Shushan -- hydroponic tomatoes, greens, herbs Madura Farm -- root vegetables and mushrooms Bodhitree -- sweet potatoes, root vegetables, greens, kimchee Caradonna and Miglorelli -- apples
Saturday, January 15, 2011 THE SATURDAY WINTER HEROES!
Terhune -- apples and cider
Beth's Farm Kitchen -- jams, chutneys, pickled vegetables
D'Attolico -- greens and sprouts
Norwich -- carrots and cabbages
Miglorelli -- apples, cider
Ronnybrook -- milks, creams, butters, yogurts, ice creams
Quattro -- eggs, chickens, ducks, pheasants, soup meat, sausages, smoked poultry
Three Corner Field Farm -- lamb cuts, yogurt, cheeses
Cato -- cheeses
Shushan -- hydroponic tomatoes and greens
Oak Grove -- squashes, pastries, greens
Caradonna -- apples, vegetables
Breezy Hill -- apples, cider, pastries
Hawthorne Valley -- breads, cheeses
Lavender by the Bay -- lavender
Two Guys From Woodbridge -- hydroponic greens
Windfall -- root vegetables, greenhouse greens, squash puree
Northshire -- Eggs (free range on pasture, all vegetable local grown feed, no commercially grown feed) extra large. $3.90 dz.!
Violet Hill -- Belle Rouge chickens, eggs.
Paffenroth -- root vegetables, herbs.
Flying Pig -- Pork products, including sausages
Locust Grove -- apples, cider
Cayuga -- bread, grains, flours, beans.
Milk Thistle -- milk
BULLETIN WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2011 NO GREENMARKET TODAY!!! SNOW!!!
Friday,January 7, 2011 Everyone who was here last Friday was here today, except Bodhitree. It looks as if these are the winter season heros for the next couple of months. A new arrival, Hammond Dairy, has tasty yogurt. Muddy River had good looking winter vegetables and Red Jacket was here with juices and canned apricots. Bread Alone was here and Samascott had grass fed aged Angus beef as well as apples, frozen berries, and pastries. Deep Mountain has delicious maple syrups, flavored syrups, and other maple products. Tremblay Apiaries has tasty honey. Beth's Farm Kitchen has all sorts of jams, chutneys, and pickled vegetables. Stone Arch has pie and breads. Pura Vida has fish and shellfish.
Monday,January 3, 2011 Our winter season Monday stalwarts are here today and will be here all winter for the most part: Red Jacket for apples and juices Lavender By the Bay Patches of Stars for goat milk, goat milk ice cream, goat cheese Truncillito Farms for cider and apples Consider Bardwell for delicious cheeses Madura for mushrooms and vegetables Tello for eggs Hudson Valley Duck Farm for ducks, duck salami, duck prosciutto, etc. Ostrich Meat Central Valley Farm for eggs, butter, tomato sauce and soup Healthway for apples and potatoes Race for pastry, apples, cider, and squashes
Friday, December 31, 2010 NEW YEAR'S EVE DAY!!
Bobolink is here with cheeses and breads and Windfall Farm is here with greens and root vegetables. Bodhitree is here with greens, sweet potatoes, and peppers. Ardith Mae is here with goat cheeses. Muddy River has great looking root vegetables and squashes.
Ronnybrook has milks, creams, yogurts, ice creams, butters. Three Corner Field Farm has lamb and lamb products. Beth's Jam is here with jams, chutneys, and gift-wrapped goodies. Di Paola has turkey and other items. Pura Vida has gorgeous shellfish (clams, mussels, etc.) and fish. Nemeth Orchard has pastries. The ostrich meat stand is here with filets and steaks. John Fazio has beautiful chickens, rabbits and rabbit parts, ducks and duck parts, and chicken livers. Cayuga has all sorts of flours and should have their delicious whole wheat bread by now (I missed the delivery -- too early today!). Miglorelli is here with apples and vegetables.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 Quattro's is here with beautiful turkeys, ducks, chickens, and eggs, as well as sausages, pheasants, and other birds.(They have two HUGE turkeys, too, if you need one!) Tamarack has pork products and some salad greens. Flying Pig has pork today as well. D'Attolico is here with sprouts and salad and Bodhitree has salad, root vegetables, beautiful sweet potatoes, and kimchee.
Two Guys From Woodbridge and Shushan are here with greens, herbs, and in Shushan's case, hydroponic tomatoes. Bodhitree has tomatoes as well. Paffenroth has a wide variety of root vegetables, including many kinds of potato, carrots, celeriac, leeks, and others.
Hudson Valley Duck Farm has ducks, rillettes, smoked duck products, and sausage. Three Corner Field Farm and others have lamb and lamb products. Ronnybrook has milks, yogurts, ice creams, and butters, and Cayuga is here with flours, grains, beans, and breads. Beth's Jam is here with jams and chutneys wrapped for gifts and Andrew's Honey has a variety of choices.
Locust Grove, Caradonna, and Terhune are here with many kinds of apple, as is Breezy Hill, and the wheat grass truck is here as well! Windfall Farm has many root vegetables and greens.
Friday, December 24, 2010 Here Today, Next Wednesday, and Next Friday
Beth's Jam
Ronnybrook for milk, ice cream, butters, creams, yogurts, eggnog
Three Corner Field Farm for lamb, yogurt, and cheese
Bodhitree for greens, root vegetables, and squashes
Windfall for root vegetables, greens, and pureed squash and pumpkin.
Flying Pig for pork products.
Migliorelli for apples, pears, and vegetables
HERE TODAY: Two Guys From Woodbridge with hydroponic greens.
Bobolink for bread and cheese.
Muddy River for Vegetables.(May come next Friday. Not sure.)
Madura for Mushrooms.
Red Jacket for juices.
DiPaola for turkeys and turkey products.
Norwich Meadow Farm for greens and squashes (Last Day Until February)
Happy Holidays!!!!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 Say goodbye to Keith and Stokes after this Wednesday!(Last chance to buy herb wreaths from Stokes.) HUDSON VALLEY DUCK FARM IS HERE TODAY AND WILL BE HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY with ducks, smoked duck breast, rillettes, salami, and other duck treats. Northshire Farm is here with vegetables and eggs. Violet Hill is here today with beautiful chickens and will be back on January 8th. Quattro's has lovely chickens, ducks, pheasants, and other poultry and poultry products and will be here next Wednesday. Madura is here with mushrooms and vegetables and will be here on Friday with mushrooms only.
Next Wednesday will be Paffenroth's last Wednesday for a while. Beth's Jam will be here on Friday. Tamarack is here today with pork roasts, bacon, and other meats. Andrew's Honey is here today as is Deep Mountain Maple products (try the raspberry maple syrup!). Several stands have beautiful Christmas decorations, including Mountain Sweet Berry, River Garden, and Berried Treasures, and many have trees and garland.
Oak Grove has fresh hot peppers, pumpkins and other squashes, kale, and pastries. Rogowski Farm and Cayuga have beans and Cayuga has flours, grains, and bread. Hot Kitchen also has interesting crackersl and breads. S&SO has salad and other vegetables. Berried Treasures, Mountain Sweet Berry, and Paffenroth have an excellent selection of large and small potatoes. NOTE:several Saturday stands will be here on Friday and next Wednesday. Check with your farmers today!!
Saturday, December 18, 2010 Last Day Before Christmas for Cato Corner Cheeses!! Many Saturday stands will be here on Wednesday December 22 and December 29!! Order your Christmas goose and other birds for Wednesday from Quattro's and Belle Rouge chickens or guinea hens from Violet Hill.
Several Saturday farmers will be here on Friday as well, but you need to check with them today. Mountain Sweet Berry will be here with decorations, small potatoes, and shallots on Monday and Wednesday, but not on Friday. Norwich will be here on Friday with various root vegetables. D'Attolico has great carrots onions and greens today and should be here on Wednesday as well.
Milk Thistle is here with milk and cream and Ronnybrook has butters, yogurts, ice creams, milks and creams. Three Corner Field Farm is here with lamb, yogurt, and soaps and other items for gifts. Beth's Jam has beautifully wrapped jams for gifts as well. Paffenroth, Miglorelli, and S&SO are all here today with a variety of vegetables and apples and will be here on Wednesday as well.
Monday, December 13, 2010 Hudson Valley Duck Farm has delicious smoked duck breast and other tasty treats. Order your Christmas duck today!
Race Farm has brought in cut squashes as well as pastries and other vegetables and apples. Central Valley has Vegetarian Pasta Sauce, cheeses, butter and New Jersey Tomato Soup with Parmesan Cheese. Healthway Farm has winter squashes, interesting potatoes, and other vegetables, and apples. The ostrich meat stand is here with filets, steaks, and other ostrich items. Red Jacket has apples, CHESTNUTS, juices, and canned apricots. Mountain Sweet Berry is here today and next Monday in addition to their regular Wednesdays and next Saturday, with potato mixes and beautiful wreaths and garland. River Garden has lovely dry flower arrangements and holiday wreaths. Consider Bardwell has tasty cheeses. PE & DD Seafood has good-looking fresh fish. Lani is here at the 17th Street end of the market with all sorts of fresh salad and other greens, yams, sweet potatoes, chinese cabbage, green and purple brussells sprouts, squashes, and other vegetables.
B>Wednesday, October 6, 2010 There are still tomatoes, but it won't be for long. Corn is also here, but disappearing. Heirloom tomatoes: Sycamore, Berried Treasures, Eckerton, Oak Grove, Stokes. Large and small hot and sweet peppers: Oak Grove, Eckerton, S&SO. Eggplants: Bodhitree, Stokes, Oak Grove. Many kinds of greens:Keith, Paffenroth, Windfall, Bodhitree, Stokes. Cut herbs: Stokes, Paffenroth, S&SO, Keith. Corn: Sycamore, Oak Grove, Caradona,and others. Apples and pears: Locust Grove, Terhune, Breezy Hill, Caradona. Interesting potato varieties: Berried Treasures, Mountain Sweet Berry, Paffenroth. (Berried Treasures has the first of their Red Crescents) Winter squashes AND summer squashes: Oak Grove, Paffenroth, Stokes. Wide choice of mushrooms: Bulich, Honey Hollow, Madura. Andrews Honey, Beth's Jams, Hot Kitchen and Cayuga's beans, flours, and breads are here. You can still find many summer seasonal items, but it won't be long before the frost. It was 40 degrees in some areas this morning.
Saturday, October 2, 2010 Pumpkins!! Winter Squash! Grapes!! And the fading soon of tomatoes, corn, summer squash, and other summer goodies.