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| On The Road To Mountain Fresh Farmers' Market - Maryland With Pride |
LFLF returned from a weekend trip and we made sure to visit the Mountain Fresh Farmers' Market in Oakland, Maryland. When we arrived, the folks in the pop-up tent on the right below were giving out fresh sweetcorn to the shoppers. Yum!
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| Entering Mountain Fresh Farmers' Market |
The parking lot was near capacity and the folks looked to be buying a little of everything ... in preparation for weekend cookouts?
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| Mountain Fresh Farmers' Market Shoppers |
Here's the 1st white and golden orange cauliflower that we've seen this season ... we'll show more of the market and vendors in our next post!
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| Mountain Fresh Farmers' Market - Fresh Cauliflower Selection |
5 comments:
variety of orange cauliflower might be cheddar. beautiful, isn't it?
Didn't your farm grow Cheddar? I try to ask farmers the names of the varieties they grow. Nothing nefarious, just curious to see what works and keep up on the latest varieties ... especially fun when people are trying heirloom veggies.
Yes, we have. Variety names are one of the perks of buying direct from the grower, unless he/she views it as proprietary information.
I find 3 things when I ask about varieties.
1-Grower is thrilled that you asked and happy to tell - these are also the folks who put the variety right on the price card.
And I do consider it a great perk.
2-A farm helper or intern is selling and truly doesn't know.
3-Grower knows, but says something like "I'm not sure which one this is". Of course they know because they're keeping some kind of production/productivity record and they've planted & nutured it. Veggies and fruits are like your children to growers - they know everything about them, right? :)
It goes something like this - "my favorite, I'll never plant that one again, the stink bugs are really eating this one up, maybe if I move it to another spot it would do better", etc.
As far as proprietary info, in my travels, I've seen that it's the other growers that you have to worry about ... ha!
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