taking advantage of the farmers Market (taste, better, price, temperature)
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Our two main markets open the first weekend in March and run to the first weekend in December. The Saturday markets started last week. The Saturday markets tend to be smaller because there are so many of them and not all the growers can make all the markets, so the Tuesday and Thursday markets in the two main towns in the valley are the largest because all the growers make both markets.
I will happily pay $4/dozen for the local free range organic eggs from my favorite farm - they are the best quality eggs I have ever seen, with beautiful yolks.
Last week I picked up: rhubarb, snow peas, snap peas, pea shoots, 3 kinds of lettuce, spinach, chard.
The really nice free range eggs I buy once in a while are at least 4 dollars a dozen. The inexpensive ones look like something you'd buy in a supermarket.
The really nice free range eggs I buy once in a while are at least 4 dollars a dozen. The inexpensive ones look like something you'd buy in a supermarket.
that totally depends on where you get the free range eggs and where you live. We have used 2 different egg supplyers; 1; we loved her and she only charged $2 a dozen, but they could be huge, tiny, white, brown, whatever. it was always a surprise when we picked them up. She stopped delivering to our area, but may start again. The other guy (very local) has gotten out of the business. I just don't think it was his thing and apparently his hens were just not laying that well. The good thing, the eggs were huge, very fresh and certainly not much like store eggs. He charged $2.50 a dozen.
Well today is one of my favorite days of the year; our farmers markets are starting to open and we have o many, from ones with only a 1/2 dozen venders to one of the nicest ones in the country. Our little town will have their first one starting this year. Most of ours don't really open for a couple more weeks. They will be selling the first of the early spring produce, like beets and some greens. Also available will be fresh spring flowers and some homemade craft items.
I go to a year-round market. The fresh veggie vendors are just starting to come back this week, selling flats of seedlings, peach blossom branches and tender greens grown under cover. The folks who sell the eggs, jams, pickles, kimchi, breads, wines, cheeses, pasture-raised meats, sausages, etc. stay all year long.
This week started the 8 a.m. opening. They roll back to 9 a.m. through the winter. And, oh, it was so hard to roll out of bed and directly into clothes and out to the market first thing, but how else was I going to get thru breakfast & coffee without my Saturday morning sticky bun?
I only go to markets where they sell surplus produce from the produce warehouses - 60# for $10. The standard "farmers" markets are too expensive and rarely feature anyone who has spent much time on a farm.
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Is it Farmers market time where you live yet?
