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Post by lisaann on Jul 4, 2015 22:55:03 GMT -5
$6 a pound. They looked nice.
Didn't buy any.
Came home and decided to plant some beans in the empty garlic patch.
I have so many beans for dried beans growing, that I was just going to buy string beans for fresh eating,
changed my mind.
So:
gonna stick these beans in the ground tomorrow:
Got the seeds at the local farm store on the way home out of the bulk bin.
52 days. $1.40 an ounce
www.burpee.com/vegetables/beans/snap/bean-burpees-stringless-green-pod-prod000579.html?omn2pd=bz&catId=cat30002
They should be ready just in time for my annual vegetable soup making.
What are the prices looking like at your Farmer's Market?
I didn't see any corn there..............I need to teach them to CHEAT! hahahah
Garlic dug last night $5 a head.
Pretty beets and I forget what they were charging, I don't care for beets, but the lady selling them , said they were great sautéed in a bit of balsamic vinegar and butter. She said she ate the whole pot of them. hahhahahaha
She was chit chatty!
Didn't seem like as many vendors as I remember last year, but hubby thought there were more vendors.
AND:
I forgot to grab my camera before I walked out the door, and it was laying on the table to grab. So, NO pics from the Market till the next time. Yes, I was mad that I forgot my camera!
Hubby was glad I did! hahhahaha
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Post by Mumsey on Jul 5, 2015 2:54:45 GMT -5
I have seen green beans $2.50/lb. Beets $2 a bunch. No garlic yet, but usually $1/head. I don't have beans yet, planted pole. Looks like they are about to start blooming.
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Post by restless on Jul 5, 2015 6:05:00 GMT -5
Certified organic string beans at my farmers market are 6.00 per pound. I grow my own, but don't mind buying them when mine aren't ready.
Some things are very inexpensive at my market and some things are quite expensive. But I still would rather buy what is in season locally than shop at a grocery store.
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Post by lisaann on Jul 5, 2015 8:55:13 GMT -5
Fresh eating beans are in the ground where the garlic was as of this morning. Gees it's wet out there. I tried not to disturb the soil too much when making my rows.
I just remembered I didn't see many zukes at market. And what was there wasn't as nice as my Green tiger. I was there early, so they were not sold out. They had just opened for the day.
I must take my camera next time, so I don't forget this stuff till I get home.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Jul 5, 2015 9:11:21 GMT -5
I think I will go to the farmers market....going on right now...besides I need breakfast. I keep thinking today is Monday and delighted to realize it is Sunday! Later!
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Post by lisaann on Jul 5, 2015 9:21:19 GMT -5
Take your camera.
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Post by OregonRed on Jul 5, 2015 12:17:53 GMT -5
I was at the market yester too, I don't remember much of the prices either...
I think string beans were 3.50...
I purchased strawberries and raspberries and lettuce.
I always shop for organic, so....they cost more.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Jul 5, 2015 18:28:32 GMT -5
Having gone to the farmer's market today, they had $4 for a qt of peas, $2.25 kale, I paid $3.50 for beets Beets weighed approx 2&1/2lb and Romaine was $2.50/head.
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Post by James on Jul 6, 2015 2:13:22 GMT -5
Interesting.
I sell at a Farmer's Market on Saturdays. I stopped at the local grocery store and garlic was .50 per head. I put ten heads of fresh garlic on my table and put $1 on them. They didn't last long. Garlic is a good seller at our market. One outfit selling at our market has a green house and has some things that are not ready yet in outdoor gardens in this climate. No green beans though. I joined the market to market my honey. I am a beekeeper. I do toss some veggies on the table when I have them. Green onions went like crazy. I could not have enough. Remind me to plant 4 times more next season?
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Post by restless on Jul 6, 2015 5:28:02 GMT -5
We have a lot of buildings in my neighborhood called farmer's markets that are really gourmet grocery stores or food courts. It drives me crazy. To me, a farmer's market is farmer's selling what they grow on their farms. Usually that means folding tables and a canopy if it rains, in a parking lot, not a building.
I am very lucky to have an excellent farmer's market near me to buy what I don't grow.
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Post by brownrexx on Jul 6, 2015 8:05:16 GMT -5
We have 3 Farmer's markets in my area. One is totally outdoors like you describe and it is only open during the warmer months.
The other two have buildings with permanent stalls inside but they are not fancy buildings. They have no AC and have concrete floors that are uneven. In the warmer months there are outdoor stalls as well but the buildings are open all winter. Obviously the veggies are not local during the winter but people still go there because they also have local butcher and bake shops and food stands. These markets are only open one day/evening per week.
I rarely go to these farmer's markets during the gardening season and when I do I always think that my veggies look better!
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Post by restless on Jul 6, 2015 8:21:22 GMT -5
My outdoor farmers market is all year around. There are less sellers in the winter. In the summer, in addition to farmers selling their produce, there are people who sell soup, pasta, baked goods, guacamole, gelato, a knife sharpener service, a fish monger who drives his goods up from the Jersey shore, a person who sells plants, and various organizations like animal shelters, etc. We also have a local mushroom grower from Kennet Square, PA, who brings amazing mushrooms every week. In the winter it is only every 2 weeks instead of every week. In the winter, the farmers who participate have storage crops like onions, winter squash, storage cabbage, beets, potatoes, turnips, etc. They also have greens and radishes and other vegetables that they raise in their high tunnel. The farmers who sell meat, eggs, and cheese also participate in the winter. The mushroom grower also participates in the winter. I don't buy prepared foods in general, made at the farmers market or not. I like to cook. But I buy all my vegetables there, eggs, and cheese on occasion. If my Dude decides to go with me, he will visit the meat producers and sometimes buy from them.
I join a winter CSA with one of the farmers and pick up my box every two weeks there.
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Post by brownrexx on Jul 6, 2015 8:40:01 GMT -5
That sounds wonderful. I think that a lot of our produce comes from New Jersey too, especially corn and melons until the local ones are ready.
Even the mushrooms in our regular stores come from Kennet Square. We are lucky to have such good mushrooms close to home.
Last year hubby discovered a mushroom house in Reading PA which is very close. They give away spent mushroom soil in the winter so hubby takes his landscaping trailer there and loads up for my garden. They let him drive their big, huge loader and do it himself and I think that driving the loader is what he enjoys the most so he gets me several loads of soil.
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Post by desertwoman on Jul 6, 2015 9:11:16 GMT -5
We have a quite the farmers market. An outdoor affair with farmers selling their produce, animal products, compost, plant starts, cut flowers, etc but there' s also a building along side it, with some summer vendors set up in there, and then it's the home for the winter market where processed produce is sold along with greens that are greenhouse grown, beef, eggs,, etc and wool products- knitted caps, woven ponchos, etc. It has been written up as one of the country's premier markets.
It's like a festival. Musicians playing, jugglers and dancers performing.
Unfortunately, along with this fame and size is high prices. Higher then Whole Foods,even, which i find expensive. But between Whole Foods, Trader Joe's The Food Coop and Farmers Market, the is a huge selection of organic produce, meats, chickens dairy and eggs. I'm just glad I can grow some of my own.
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Post by restless on Jul 6, 2015 9:17:28 GMT -5
The two farmers from whom I primarily buy my produce are from Downingtown, PA and East Earl, PA, respectively. (Two Gander Farm and Wimer's Organics). They are both certified organic growers. There is a third Mennonite family who comes to the market from whom I buy. They are not certified organic but they follow organic practices, which is good enough for me. I also buy from Green Zebra Farm, Gradyville, PA, but they are not at my market every week. I get my eggs from Canter Hill farm in Malvern, PA. Canter Hill also offers meat, which I do not buy, but my fiance does on occasion. Two Gander Farm is awesome. I was thrilled with their winter CSA last year. They also keep bees on the farm, and there were small jars of honey in the CSA box on occasion. Oh, and brownrexx, if I have the chance to drive a font end loader, I may rent a pick up truck and drive to that place in Reading.
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