Cooking & Baking
Related: About this forumhooray, the farmers' market is opening on Mothers Day!
Happy dance, happy dance!
I'll be looking for rhubarb and peas and maybe local strawberries this opening day.
Oh, perhaps someone will have bouquets of sweet peas, too!
elleng
(131,107 posts)dem in texas
(2,674 posts)My grandmother, who was a famous gardener, used to plant her sweet pea seeds in January in central Texas. I loved to visit her because she'd always pick me a big bouquet of flowers from her garden to take back to Dallas. I have grown sweet peas here in the Dallas area and just when they start to bloom the aphids get them. I used to live in Alaska and grew them there all the time. The blooms would be huge. Gr arden peas are hard to grow here in Texas, too aphids go for them also. I grew garden peas in Alaska and my plants would go wild. climbing everywhere. I'd be picking peas all summer. Sure miss that now.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)The only flowers I love the fragrance of as much as sweet peas are lilacs, lily of the valley, and gardenias. Oh well, then there are marigolds, too, which always take me back to Aunt Dorothy's garden.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)I'm jealous!
grasswire
(50,130 posts)One of those is new this year. They are everywhere here.
I wish you had one, too, Lucinda.
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)a couple of ours are open and the last one opens next weekend. let's see if i can drag myself out of bed early enough to get down there tomorrow.
pinto
(106,886 posts)They're a great addition to a community.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)It's walking distance.
FarPoint
(12,437 posts)It's a family owned farm, butcher shop style market. They had the vegetable stand outside and market inside as the primary store. They also were grilling out for customers.
Inside they had fresh bake goods, fresh meats and sausages, soups, honey, cheeses and lots of farm made pastries inside for starters. I bought some beautiful short ribs to braise tomorrow. I also got leeks, garlic, farm fresh asparagus, fingerling potatoes, carrots, onions....all ready for Sunday dinner.
It was packed!
https://landesfreshmeats.com/
grasswire
(50,130 posts)That's a lot of prep.
FarPoint
(12,437 posts)to buy local. I love shopping at multi-generational owned stores and markets.
I myself...love the produce and appreciate the organic aspect. Lots of love on both sides.
Retrograde
(10,156 posts)(well, the one that's within easy walking distance - we're spoiled here in California) Bought some locally caught albacore, mushrooms, and strawberries. Still a bit early for peaches, though.
My biggest problem with the market is limiting my buying to what I can use in a week.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)....but too early yet for good local berries.
The flower stands today were just gorgeous!
And the tomato starts were outstanding. So many varieties!!! One grower had about fifty different varieties, and they looked really good. Compact, not leggy. Really good.
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)picked up some tomatoes, honey, a chunk of beef, milk and hot sauce.
also grabbed some tamales for lunch