We’ve spent the summer hangin’ out at the produce tables, and we’ve seen and tasted it all…from asparagus to the annual onslaught of the zucchini…but change is in the air. So as the seasons and offerings prepare for their next act, maybe we should take this time to explore some of the other edible opportunities to be found along our …
Beauty and the Beets
All summer we’ve (OK, I’ve) been blinded by the bling… the gold of peaches, the perfumed melons, the garnet gleam of berries and ripe cherries and the…blah blah blah… The truth is, looks aren’t everything. Take that pile over there of what-are-those-things that look like dirty softballs. Are they even edible? Wattamy supposed to do with those? So today …
Apples, peaches, pears and plums…
“The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer… like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning.”―Natalie Babbitt (Tuck Everlasting) If you just felt a tap on your shoulder…don’t turn around. It’s only August telling you to look sharp and don’t miss the best part of summer. Lazy days and nights …
Wasn’t it just June?
I can’t explain it, but somehow, even with this extra 5th weekend extension, we’ve reached the end of July. I should have realized it last week when the produce stands exploded in the first of the season watermelons, crates of corn, and peaches that needed our immediate attention. And was I lyin’ about the honeydews at GreenHorn Gardens? Smooth as …
Some Like It HOT!
…How HOT was it? It was so hot even the cucumber wasn’t cool. badumbump. I’m here all summer, folks. But there was iced coffee and cool drinks and a couple slices of shade, and another Lansdowne Farmers Market was underway. Because people gotta eat. And still beat the heat. And lucky for everyone, here at the LFM we were …
What is a Farmers Market?
A. A place where you go to engage the services of a farmer. B. A shopping event exclusively for farmers. C. A welcoming space for a community to gather to buy locally grown or prepared foods, beverages, flowers and other little luxuries while catching up with friends and sharing local news, blessing or complaining about the weather; and generally just …
It’s a Matter of Taste
Did you enjoy your 3rd, 4th and 5th of July? We didn’t know exactly which day to celebrate, so what to do but celebrate all three! That’s just how we roll …or march…here. And what made the celebration so extra special were the actual smiles that we’ve waited two years to see on the faces of friends that we …
Produce on Parade
This Saturday, July 3, there’s more than one reason to be up on the Avenue… Get up there early and grab your favorite spot to cheer the return of Lansdowne’s 4th of JULY parade …then march on down to the center of town to the day’s real fancy brigade… …because what could be fancier or more parade-worthy than a produce …
I found my thrill…
Fats Domino may have had to climb Blueberry Hill, but we only have to walk on over to the Lansdowne Farmers Market to find blueberry hills piled on the produce tables. *Nerd Alert!: The wild blueberries for which the state of Maine is so famous were known to our local indigenous tribes 13,000 years ago. And, in addition to …
TIPS from the TOP
To everything…turn turn turn… there is a season …turn turn turn. Whoever wrote those words must have been a farmer. Or a foodie. Did you ever get to the market only to find that the very thing at the top of your must-have list was either already gone or not in yet? Dang! If only there were a place …