Last week was National Farmers Market Week. If you were watching this space it may have passed you by – our promo encountered printing problems, and didn’t appear—but you can check our website for the previous week’s news and recipe (guacamole loco.)

Last Thursday Dan and Sandy unveiled their family’s canned and pickled vegetables, grown at Da Silva Farm in Teaticket. There were dilly beans and sweet pickles, garlic dill pickles and mixed tomatoes, everything tucked into glass canni...
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Did you spot Emma’s impressively fat garlic bulbs last Thursday? Her garlic, called Music, is a new variety planted this year at Peachtree Circle Farm in Sippewissett, which is run by Carrie Richter. Emma and her mother have been tending a plot there, and brought not only Music, but baskets of tender baby new potatoes to market in the past few weeks. Last Thursday also brought good news about Long Lane Farm’s Portuguese-style creamy goat’s cheese. Allen, the cheese-maker, just out of ho...
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It’s the season for local strawberries, the first sweet taste of summer. And big, sweet-smelling peonies, the size of small cabbages—the market’s show-stoppers last week. And, right now, there’s a huge proliferation of fresh-picked lettuces – green, or speckled with purple, ruffled or oak-leaf-shaped  -- as well as other vibrant spring greens and vegetables. This week Tina’s Terrific Plants will be featuring watermelons and cantaloupes suitable for growing in our area. Cantaloupe ...
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