Davis Square Farmers Market opens today!

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Subject line pretty much says it all: today is the first day of the Davis farmers market.

It's open Wednesdays noon-6pm in the parking lot at Day and Herbert streets.

Yay!!!


(The Union Square market (Saturdays 9am-1pm in the plaza) starts June 5.)

Comments

[wallacestreet.livejournal.com]

I'm curious to see what's there so early in the season. At Harvard on Sunday, the only produce were green onions and green garlic. Otherwise, it was seedlings, bread, and meat. I went to a farmers' market in California a couple of weeks ago and it almost made me cry...

[m00n.livejournal.com]

I went to a farmers' market in California a couple of weeks ago and it almost made me cry...

Same here. Our strawberries are better, though, when we get 'em.

As an aside, how do we get these guys to keep the market open later than 6 pm so that those of us with, you know, JOBS, can actually go to it without having to leave early??? In general this is something that drives me nuts about area farmers markets. Especially since it seems like at 6 pm when they close, the crowds are just starting to pour in and there is a lot of produce to be sold but they are PACKING IT UP! WTF?

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing the issue is that they are farmers, after all. Which means they have a long drive home and get up at like 5am.

[ron_newman]

Hanson's Farm of Framingham will have strawberries for sale at next Wednesday's market.

[enhf94.livejournal.com]

non-california strawberries?! that's... surprising.

[ron_newman]

They told me that they had given some strawberries away as samples earlier yesterday. These were all gone by the time I arrived, but they said they would have plenty for sale next week.

[jadelennox]

eggs, seedlings, greens (huge bags of spinach, bok choy, lettuce), rhubarb, turnips, chives, flowers. Also bread, meat, lox, cheese, pastry, chocolate.

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

I bought bok choi and chard at the Central Sq. market on Monday. There were also other greens and lots of seedlings as well as bread and cheese.

[cheeseydreams.livejournal.com]

YAY!

Just got back...

[mattglet.livejournal.com]

There were about 8-10 tents set up. Mainly flowers, greens, breads, 2 cheese tents, and 1 meat tent.

Not sure if more farmers are arriving later with more stuff, but I guess the selection so far is what I expected being so early in the season.

[jadelennox]

And if you're excited about it, come join farmersmkt_by_t, too!

[lonelyholiday.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh, I'm usually at work during the market times, so I was so excited that I had a doctor's appointment today in the square and planned to stop by before going back to the office...

But I got out of the appointment at 11am and found that it didn't open until noon. Buzzkill. Hope I can get back another day.

/pointless story

[firepail.livejournal.com]

and don't forget... the Gelato/Sorbet vendor!!!
his tasty treats made my day today.

[fefie.livejournal.com]

I agree. I was excited enough to see some old favorites and some new vendors; the yummy gelato just capped it off!

[obie119.livejournal.com]

There is a huge increase of Saturday markets around, for those who don't have access to a market during their workday (I actually shop at Davis on my lunch hour, so it works in my situation). Off the top of my head there is Winchester, Cambridgeport, JP, Waltham, and Union Square Somerville on Saturdays, and a tiny market at Harvard Square on Sundays. The full schedule is at www.massfarmersmarkets.org

But yes, markets tend to end by 6 or so to allow the farmers to get home and farm n' stuff. However, Brookline (not open yet for the season) tends to run until dark for some reason. That's on Thursdays and it's a great market.

I was very happy with the selection at today's market - it's been so warm that all the crops are ahead of schedule, which is a nice treat. Strawberries in May (they had samples but not enough to sell) is unreal!

[magid.livejournal.com]

In case it's useful: I've set up a Google calendar of metro Boston farmer's markets: evcbeanr68e7c1irut4ode190c@group.calendar.google.com is the public address.

[ron_newman]

How do I look at the calendar? That looks like an e-mail address rather than a URL.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

The full URL (http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=evcbeanr68e7c1irut4ode190c@group.calendar.google.com) but I think you have to be logged into a Google account to see it?

[magid.livejournal.com]

Sorry; I thought that was the full address (when I checked the calendar settings).

It's a public calendar, so searching for "metro Boston farmers markets" will get you to it. Or to embed it (and not need a Google account), use:
[iframe src="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=evcbeanr68e7c1irut4ode190c%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe] but with the usual brackets instead of square ones at the beginning and end.

[ratheripped.livejournal.com]

I was really pumped for this but when I went it was such a let down. Mainly because I wasn't expecting the prices to be 3x what I would pay for the same stuff at Whole Foods. I guess the farmer's markets i've been to before spoiled me with "direct from the farm" prices. I know it's tough to keep a farm going up here and I want to support area as farmers, but hey..i need to be able to pay the bills too! Are there any markets (here or the burbs) that are like..."haymarket" level cheap but still have quality stuff?