Posted by Jessie Gunnard on Tuesday, September 28, 2010,
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weekly update
September is perhaps the sweetest month at the market. Summer produce is still coming in, and lettuces that suffered in the heat and drought are freshening up as evenings get cooler. Now the market brims with apples, squashes and plump pumpkins. Last Thursday Silverbrook Farm brought a basket of decorative gourds; they looked harlequinesque, for want of a better word - pear-shaped with big bold white and yellow stripes, with a little green-and-white stripy patch at their base. Our bakers have... Continue reading ...
Posted by Jessie Gunnard on Thursday, August 26, 2010,
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weekly update
Apples already! Boxes of early Macs and Galas at the market last week took us by surprise. This year’s growing season, fueled by abundant sunshine, is on fast forward. Some crops you’d expect to see in late summer or early fall are turning up sooner than usual. Other summer produce – peaches, blueberries and juicy, tender corn – may not be around too much longer. Savor them down to the very last bite. Note: In case you arrived too late to snag them last week, a few packets of coriande... Continue reading ...
