Today was the first day of the 2014 Wednesday Farmer's Market in Blasdell. It takes place in the Ilio DiPaolo's additional parking lot on South Park. This year the market is PACKED with vendors, and opening day was a pretty good success I would say. I was working my weekly shift at the farmthisway stand, and we were quite popular with the crowd. Marty and Carolyn provided a huge array of flowers. Annuals, planters in multiple sizes, hanging baskets, herb plants, patio tomatoes, lettuce bowls, strawberry plants and more! It was a gorgeous sunny day!
Also, we had week three of our distribution. As always, they always supply an amazing distribution for the farmthisway CSA members. This week's distribution consisted of the dozen brown eggs (YUM!), a bundle of rhubarb, 2 citronella geraniums (they keep the bugs away!), a flat of mixed annuals, a flat of geraniums, and another lettuce bowl. We have been using our lettuce bowls every single night to have a fresh salad with dinner. Just clip off what we need, and it will grow back for us too!
We are all anxious for the fruits and veggies to start making their way to market, but have to be patient as the rough Winter and crazy Spring proved to be difficult for some of the crops. However, fresh produce should start making its debut within the next week or two, so keep your eye on the farmer's markets, and look for farmthisway!
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