We'll make sure to have some available when you get here, then. There's still overwintered kale in our garden, and some mache that self-seeded last year is volunteering for salads now. Plus there's the farmers' market, where the folks who have greenhouses have some truly lovely early salad greens.
You'll be proud (maybe?) to know that though we didn't buy anything at Findlay Market (overwhelmed, OMG...but now that we've been I can make a better plan for next week, like getting there when they open, not at lunchtime), I DID pick up a tomato plant and a bell pepper plant, which are now happily living on our subterranean balcony (which gets hella sun in the summer). Yeah, I cheated - they're already relatively big and have blossoms already, and they came all ready planted in these nifty planters that have cages built in. But I figure for a first time out, making it easy (and practically ensuring success) is a good thing - next year I can be more adventurous. :) Pics later in the week probably. LOL
Seeing how all I have going on this year is long-term, low-care stuff (onions, garlic, potatoes), pre-planted tomato and pepper sound okay to me. I was thinking about picking up a tomato plant or two.
And yeah, the first time at a good farmers market can be a little overwhelming, so getting the lay of the land as it were is perfectly natural. (Or it can be horribly disappointing. The first couple years we lived here, the local farmers market was pretty much all cutesy junk and no food but the Honey Guy. And not cool, hand-crafted cutesy junk but like hand towels w/ teddy bears that you could buy at WalMart cutesy junk. It's improved somewhat, but it's still a sort of lame market. But the Honey Guy is pretty cool.)
There was definitely cutesy stuff (but nice, like vending you'd see at Camp!, stones and jewelry and clothes), but Findlay is pretty huge all things considered - lots of produce, lots of meat and cheese, and a honey place too. It's just not really built for huge crowds, and it was a huge crowd. 'Yote liked it (and found several things he was particularly interested in, but we were "checking things out to go back and buy when we were done", and by the time we were done we were DONE. The guy who cooks the waffles at the St. E's show (the OTR accoustic fan show at St. Elizabeth's church the day after the Taft Christmas show) has a booth though - so I'm totally thinking next time (in 2 weeks again when I get paid) going early by myself, and then bringing Himself waffles
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I am proud of any effort that my family makes to eat closer to where they live, no matter how far from me they may currently be living. :)
Now you know what's available at the market this time of year, so you can make a plan for next time. That's super progress, and that you've got plants is even better! I totally and happily admit to being a fan of the plant sales of several farms around here.
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And yeah, the first time at a good farmers market can be a little overwhelming, so getting the lay of the land as it were is perfectly natural. (Or it can be horribly disappointing. The first couple years we lived here, the local farmers market was pretty much all cutesy junk and no food but the Honey Guy. And not cool, hand-crafted cutesy junk but like hand towels w/ teddy bears that you could buy at WalMart cutesy junk. It's improved somewhat, but it's still a sort of lame market. But the Honey Guy is pretty cool.)
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Now you know what's available at the market this time of year, so you can make a plan for next time. That's super progress, and that you've got plants is even better! I totally and happily admit to being a fan of the plant sales of several farms around here.
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