this week
- What’s Coming To The Market?
- Cooking Ideas – Mache Salad

Spring is coming and a few more regulars are coming back. Creative Growers, Copper Crown and Garden Color return this week. Farris-Seaman Plants, Gales Meadow Farm and Sungold Farm return on March 22nd. Ayers Creek Farm finished up their winter season last week but will be back in July with berries, frikeh, preserves and more.

Daylight Savings Time starts at 2 AM on Sunday. Don’t forget to turn your clocks ahead one hour this weekend.

See you on Sunday!

Eamon Molloy
Market Manager

What’s Coming To The Market This Week?

There are quite a few greens available this week – kale, chard, spinach, mache and several kinds of salad and braising mixes. You will also find a nice variety of carrots, parsnips, beets, potatoes and more. You’ll also find a wide variety of apples and pears. There should be a good supply of kiwifruit too.

It’s not too early to think about your garden either. You find a nice variety of hellebores, peonies, tree peonies and other plants too.

Check the availability list below for the complete list of who’s coming this weekend and what they expect to be selling.

IN
Copper Crown
Creative Growers
Garden Color

OUT
Ayers Creek Farm (back in July)
Farris Seaman Plant (back March 22)
Gales Meadow Farm (back March 22)
Kookoolan Farms (back March 22)
Salmon Creek Hydroponics (back in March)
Sungold Farm (back March 22)

Availability list for March 8 2009

N.B. This availability list is subject to change. Weather and other factors affect what the farmers bring to the market. This list is posted on the Thursday before the market and updated as necessary. Check Market Updates in sidebar for changes.

(O)= certified organic

Produce

Creative Growers, Noti: (O)
Leafy Greens: kale, mache.
Root vegetables: carrots (bunch), celeriac, potatoes (purple and yellow), garlic, turnips.
Other: broccoli, brussel sprouts (maybe), winter squash.

Deep Roots Farm, Albany:
Leafy Greens: arugula, collards , escarole, kale, radicchio, spinach.
Root Vegetables: leeks, potatoes, radishes.
Other: chines sprouting broccoli, bok choi.

Draper Girls Country Farm, Parkdale:
Fruit: Apples, pears, asian pears.

Gathering Together Farm, Philomath: (O)
Bulb/Root vegetables: beets, carrots (bunch and loose), potatoes, onions, beets.
Leafy Greens: kale, braising mix, winter salad mix.
Other: squash.

Gee Creek Farm, Ridgefield, WA: (O)
Root Vegetables: onions, potatoes.

Greengable Farm, Philomath:
Fruit: kiwi.
Root vegetables: potatoes.

Greenville Farms, Banks:
Other: prunes.

Rick Steffen Farm, Silverton:
Greens: Spinach, kale.
Root vegetables: beets, carrots (bunched, white, purple, orange), potatoes, onions.
Other: kohlrabi (maybe)

Springwater Farm, St. Helens:
Mushrooms (wild): yellowfoot chanterelles, hedgehogs, black trumpet(maybe).
Mushrooms (cultivated): maitake, shiitake.
Other: black truffles, black truffle salt.

Stephens Farm, Grand Island:
Fruit: apples, Apples, kiwi, pears.
Vegetables: kale, leeks, onions, potatoes.

Other Foods
Ancient Heritage Dairy: sheep’s milk cheeses.
Boyco Foods: honeys and honey based dressings and sauces.
Brownie Farm: brownies, shortcakes.
Columbia River Fish: salmon, sturgeon (maybe).
Copper Crown: pestos and dressings.
Draper Girls Country Farm: Apple, pear and cherry-apple-pear cider (all nonpasteurized), meats (beef, goat, lamb).
Fraga Farms: goat cheeses, eggs.
Fressen Artisan Bakery: German and Austrian breads and pastries, granola.
Greenville Farms: eggs.
Jacobs Creamery: ricotta, marscapone, yogurt, butter, milk, ricotta pies.
Llama Mama: pies, cakes, breads.
Souper Natural: soups.
Stephens Farm: apple cider.
Sweet Briar Farm: pork (cuts and sausage), grilled sausage.
Tastebud: wood-fired oven baked pizza, bagels and bagel sandwiches, salads.
The Smokery: Lox (hand sliced, cold-smoked hook & line caught, ocean-going Chinook Salmon), Hot-Smoked Flavors (all hook & line caught, ocean-going Chinook Salmon)
Plain (salt, honey & lemon), Old Irish (salt, brown sugar, molasses, onion & garlic powder and dill weed), Peppered Old Irish (same as above + fresh cracked pepper), Whiskey (salt, Jack Daniel’s, brown sugar), Ivory (salt, honey & lemon), Sable (salt, honey & lemon), Smoked Salmon spread (smoked salmon, cream cheese, horseradish, shallots, tabasco & lemon juice).
Wild Oregon: seafood.
Zbeanz: coffee.

Flowers & Nursery:
Garden Color: hellebores, peonies, tree peonies, other hardy perennials.
Greengable Farm: Cut tulips and daffodils, bouquets, assorted potted blooms.
Rick Steffen Farm: cut daffodils and tulips, assorted potted blooms.