First Local Tomatoes

Carpenter's Organic Produce now has the first locally grown tomatoes of the season at the Market.

The plants were started in the green house in January. They are drip irrigated with an organic nutrient solution. This seems to give the plants all the diverse micro-nutrients they require to produce really good tomatoes.

First of May and the First Strawberries

Carpenter Organic Greenhouses and Produce have the first very early strawberries at the Market. The available yield is small so you have to get there early.








Here is a close up of the berries being grown. Note the drip irrigation tube.

The variety is "Seascape" a relatively new day neutral variety developed by the University of California at Davis.

Day neutral strawberries produce fruit throughout the growing season. They are great when space is limited, but the fruits are usually somewhat smaller than June bearers.











Here is a shot of the berry patch.

Rhubarb at the Market

Rhubarb from Wasem Fruit Farm.














The first rhubarb pie of the season








Very early strawberries are also at the Market, but you have to come early to get them.

Early Spring Produce is at the Market

The early spring produce, such as this asparagus from the Merry Berry Farm and rhubarb have appeared at the market.

The first fresh asparagus soup of 2010

Spring has come to the Market

It is official Spring must be here, Dennis Sparr has returned to the Market.

An interesting article on another vendor, Shannon Brines, was in the Freep.com

Early Spring at the Market

It is early Spring at the Market.

The first flowers have appeared
from the Platt Road Farm and Greenhouse.

The Market in Winter

In winter the market rests, but it is still open. Unless the weather is very cold there will be a few vegetables from the hoop houses. The apple vendors are almost always there. The beef/buffalo and the egg vendor are almost always there too.

In winter we continue to go to the Market, Kerrytown shops and the Peoples Food Coop every Saturday just as we do in the warmer weather. It is only that more of the purchases are from the indoor shops in the winter than in summer.