Time to really stock up on local fruits and vegetables…..this coming market will be the last of our regular Thursday gigs. Still to come, our two holiday markets. We return November 22, the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, and Saturday December 3, the day before the Christmas parade. (Check The Falmouth Enterprise and www.falmouthfarmersmarket.org for details closer to the time.)

Buy Fresh Buy Local (www.buyfreshbuylocalcapecod.org) is organizing a Harvest Celebration on October 23, with tours...
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It’s the season for pumpkins, squashes and gourds. A Musque de Provence pumpkin, spotted at Silverbrook last week, was as shapely as a fairytale coach. Two enormous Blue Hubbard squashes, pale and plump with tapering goosenecks, looked almost birdlike, nesting together at Peachtree’s table. The larger of the two weighed in at 22 lbs. Last week also saw the first Cape cranberries of the season. Danielle Verzone – the creative talent behind Sirenetta -- brought chocolate owls made from co...
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Last week’s market had a drizzly start. So it was wonderful to see so many of you, umbrellas unfurled, spirits un-dampened, shopping at the market as usual. Those who braved the elements to arrive for the market’s opening were able to snap up peaches and raspberries – still available, though now in short supply. At one point the RTA bus pulled up and eight people hopped off, making a beeline for the market. A gold star to those of you who take the low-carbon route to town --arriving by ...
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More seasonal changes and celebrations. There should be plenty of colorful fall squashes at the market this week and maybe pumpkins. Fans of Jerusalem artichokes (a native plant) may want to check the baskets at Peachtree Circle’s table for the knobbly, nutty tubers.  Unusual eggplants will be featured at Lucky Field Organics, including a tiny, tender Japanese variety, and Artisan Bake Shop will tempt with apple pies and tartlets.  We hope to see Italian plums on Oakdale Farm's table.

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The market is now in full swing, with more summer produce arriving each week. We should be seeing corn this week. Blueberries are scheduled to make an appearance, too. Dare we hope for the first sun-ripened field tomatoes? Much depends on weather! Here’s some of what you can expect this Thursday.

Corn.
Rhubarb, raspberries, blueberries, currants (red and white), strawberry vinegar.
English shelling peas, sugar snaps, snow peas, organic pea tendrils, string beans.
Loose field greens, arugula, sp...
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It’s a great time of year to go to the market. You can have your summer tomatoes, eggplants and zucchini, and you can have autumn squashes too, including delicata, acorn and spaghetti squashes. Amazing grapes appeared at the market last week. And gladioli! Kat Kadlik of Fromage à Trois even brought fresh pasta, green fettucine made with pea shoots and pink fettucine tinted with beets. More news: Great Cape Bakery’s popular doughnuts, made in Marston Mills, have been an early-bird special...
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