I have got to start bringing the panniers to work on Fridays so I can get my farmers' market purchases home more easily. I keep heading out the door in the morning thinking, "Oh, I don't need the panniers today - I'm just getting some dates and some salad mix ( Read more... )

"More kale. We always need kale. And we should get some chard. It would be good to change up the greens a bit."

Especially the one in Old Oakland, which tends to have much better prices than Grand Lake. Today I got six generous bunches of basil for $4, three bunches of kale and a bunch of beets with usable greens ($1 each), and a nice bouquet of sunflowers for $3 ( Read more... )

I ducked over to the Friday farmers' market at lunch with the intention of getting a couple of beets, a bouquet of sunflowers, and maybe some Parmesan or something like that if any of the vendors had any. (They didn't ( Read more... )

Wow, it has been way too long since the monkey and I got down to the Grand Lake Farmers' Market in Splashpad Park. My farmers' market reflexes have gotten rusty - I didn't even do the usual scope the whole market before deciding where to buy thing, I just headed for the first stall selling stone fruit ( Read more... )