For the past couple of years, I’ve been looking forward to experiencing the Newburyport Farmers Market in Newburyport, MA. I am on their e-mailing list and it always seemed like an exciting market with lots of vendors, even in the colder months. Unfortunately, it’s about 35 miles from home, a little too far for a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘vegetables’
Vegetable Literacy by Deborah Madison – Book Review
I first noticed the Vegetable Literacy: Cooking and Gardening with Twelve Families from the Edible Plant Kingdom, with over 300 Deliciously Simple Recipes book on the library “new books” shelf and it immediately leaped into my hands. I opened the book and while flipping through only a few pages, I knew this book was something [...]
Salem NH Farmers Market
Drove up to the Salem NH Winter/Spring Farmers Market this morning. It was the last market of the season, so I really wanted to check it out. There was a good selection of products, but probably not as much as previous weeks. There was even raw dairy products: cheese, milk, cream, buttermilk, kiefer, yogurt, cottage [...]
Gardening Diary: Peas, Beets, Greens, Plus 2013 Plans
I planted my first seeds a week ago Monday (May 6th) so I figured I’d better post something, along with some gardening plans. I had three rows of garden last season, along with countless containers. This season, I’m planning on the three rows, and a few containers. In the row that grew tomatoes last season, [...]
Organic Tomatoes Are Stressed, But More Nutritious
Yesterday, I read a fascinating article at NPR. There is a new study suggests that organic farms grew tomatoes that were 40% smaller (than conventional), BUT were actually significantly higher in vitamin C, sugar and lycopene. Their reasoning is because organically farmed tomatoes are “stressed-out” more than conventional due to less pesticides. The organic plants [...]
Organic Bugs Me
Yeah, sometimes eating organic gives you a surprise or two. This afternoon, I was cutting off bits of the farmers market celeriac and plop, out fell a small (dead) worm. SURPRISE! GASP! EEK! I tossed it in the trash, but then I also noticed another teenie one on the counter that was slightly wiggling. Tossed [...]
Mahoney’s Winchester Winter Farmers Market-2nd Trip
Another trip to the Mahoney’s Garden Center Winter Farmers Market! Excellent selection of vegetables from 3 farms again. From Springbrook Farm, I purchased a 5+ pound bag of russet potatoes for $3. From Oakdale Farm, I spent $8.25 for small broccoli ($3/lb), sweet potatoes ($2/lb), beets ($1.50/lb), and a lovely cabbage head ($2 ea). From [...]
Winter Farmers Market at Mahoney’s Garden Center
I finally made it to the winter farmers market at Mahoney’s Garden Center in Winchester today. It was awesome; I was very happy I ventured out in the cold! There were 3 farms, selling lots of vegetables! Per usual, I initially walked around the floor, checking out the offerings, and I decided to buy a [...]
Why Toss Away Those Greens?
I was shopping at Wilson Farm, and this was the second time I got a freebie bag of greens that another customer didn’t want. The first time, I scored a huge batch of radish greens, and today I gained the tops of chioggia beets. Funny, during both instances they asked what do I do with [...]
