The Winter session of the Lane County Farmer's Market kicked off the first Saturday in February. This year management decided to hold the Market every Saturday, instead of every other Saturday. I am pleased to report it appears that customers are supporting this change. There were 10-12 stalls at today's market. Most were selling Winter vegetables but there was also a bakery present, a vendor specializing in grains and flour, and a prepared food vendor.
As you can tell from the Winter Green Farm sign, there was truly an abundance of vegetables available. So often Winter is viewed as a "bleak" time, with little or no food choices. This chalk board tells a different story.
While locally available winter food is dominated by the dark green Brassica family, these carrots added a a wonderful punch of color to the mix.
Grateful Harvest Farm had 5 different varieties of Apples available as well as Asian Pears.
Pictured above are 3 dried ears of "Dakota Black" popcorn. This stand was selling the bagged dried corn and also popping the corn and selling freshly popped heirloom corn. We sampled some and it was delicious so a bag of dried corn came home with us.
The real stars of the season are the greens - Kale, Chard, Mustard Greens, and Cabbages galore!
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