Saugerties Farmers Market will have vegetables from A to Z to be available this week: aggretti, cucumbers, fresh garlic, mixed salad greens, yellow squash and zucchini blossoms, but no apricots, cherries, or corn yet. It has been a challenging growing season this year with lots of rain and little sun. Tom Maynard of Maynard Farm reports that he usually picks 7,000 pounds of cherries by this time, but this year has picked 80 pounds. Other tree fruits have problems in appearance because of the tremendous rains. The apricots split; the strawberries went to mush. The corn, despite the countdown from tasseling is still not ready. The life of a farmer is always weather dependent and requires endless stamina to shoulder on despite weather crises.
Part of the education of eating from a farmers market is understanding the seasonal rhythms, both the good and the bad, and learning to cook and eat what is in the market rather than what is on our grocery lists. Given these challenges, we plan to enjoy all the vegetables that make it to the market as well as the handmade cheeses, preserves, maple syrup, honey, grass fed poultry and meats, artisan breads, unusual baked goods, and eat-in brunch foods.
Bicentennial Farmers Cook-Out will be rescheduled when the weather allows. Be prepared to tap your feet to the lively rhythms of Deuces Child, as Gigi Tanglewood and Lou Patrick fill the market with their creative harmonics.
Calling all kids to assist in completing Art Lab's dragon float for the Fourth of July parade. Further information available at SaugertiesFarmersMarket.com.
Saugerties Farmers Market will have vegetables from A to Z to be available this week: aggretti, cucumbers, fresh garlic, mixed salad greens, yellow squash and zucchini blossoms, but no apricots, cherries, or corn yet. It has been a challenging growing season this year with lots of rain and little sun. Tom Maynard of Maynard Farm reports that he usually picks 7,000 pounds of cherries by this time, but this year has picked 80 pounds. Other tree fruits have problems in appearance because of the tremendous rains. The apricots split; the strawberries went to mush. The corn, despite the countdown from tasseling is still not ready. The life of a farmer is always weather dependent and requires endless stamina to shoulder on despite weather crises.
Part of the education of eating from a farmers market is understanding the seasonal rhythms, both the good and the bad, and learning to cook and eat what is in the market rather than what is on our grocery lists. Given these challenges, we plan to enjoy all the vegetables that make it to the market as well as the handmade cheeses, preserves, maple syrup, honey, grass fed poultry and meats, artisan breads, unusual baked goods, and eat-in brunch foods.
Bicentennial Farmers Cook-Out will be rescheduled when the weather allows. Be prepared to tap your feet to the lively rhythms of Deuces Child, as Gigi Tanglewood and Lou Patrick fill the market with their creative harmonics.
Calling all kids to assist in completing Art Lab's dragon float for the Fourth of July parade. Further information available at SaugertiesFarmersMarket.com.
