Starting today, Dan will head out to Pepper Place Market at the crack of dawn each Saturday to let you know what’s hot and happenin’.
Week 1: May 16, 2009
Weather: Mostly cloudy, feels humid
Temperature: 66 degrees
Arugula
Beets (Detroit Red)
Bok Choi
Broccoli
Butter Crunch Lettuce
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower (Gold, and Purple)
Chocolate Mint
Cilantro
Collard Greens (Morrishead)
Dill
English Peas
Hot House Tomatoes
Kale
Kohlrabi
Mustard Greens
Nectarines
Peaches
Peppermint
Potatoes
Radishes
Romaine Lettuce
Salad Mix
Sour plums
Spinach (Red Bordeaux)
Spring Onions
Squash
Squash Blossoms
Strawberries
Sugar Snap Peas
Sweet Potatoes (Beaureguard)
Swiss Chard
Thyme
Turnips
Strawberries seem to be on the way out with a number of farmers citing shortages due to massive amounts of recent rainfall. This is a developing feature. Please leave comments with any additional information or features you’d like to see.
Dan is the producer of ‘Ham Sandwich. He should take more casual strolls through Birmingham’s quaint neighborhoods.. Read about his cooking adventures as Skip on The Gourmetro and learn about him on aisle-9.net.
What did you buy and what will you make with it?
I got a half box of shelled green peas! Your favorite! Currently, I am giving them a quick cook, and afterward they will join a vegetarian pasta melange I’ve been eating all week (vidalia onions, asparagus, crimini mushrooms, thyme, etc). Because I’m going out of town (and am over-budget on groceries) I had to keep the buying light today.
the rain shooed me away yesterday, but i’m excited about the start of the pepper place season. counting the days until chilton county peaches. wonder how strong the crop will be this year…
It was so good to see you the other day, Dan! We got some delicious stuff as well. Hope you were able to avoid the rain!
[...] guess is that most farmers’ offerings will not have changed much from last week. Some producers cited heavy rains as a cause of setbacks, so perhaps we’ll see more variety [...]
[...] The Pepper Place is a great market. On average several thousand people come through each Saturday to buy. The atmosphere is more like that of an event than a market. There are live musicians playing on several stages, many people with their dogs, and families strolling between rows of festively decorated farm and craft stands. Everyone in our family worked hard to make our stand as attractive as possible. We had many people comment on its appearance and one gentleman even put a picture of it on his website. [...]
Larry O. Gay
3223 Exeter Avenue
Bessemer, Alabama 35020
205.428.6820
logay@bellsouth.net
Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is Larry O. Gay; I am a freelance photographer from Bessemer, Alabama. If you have a few moments, please view my selection of photos from the Pepper Place Farmer’s Market.
They were photographed in Birmingham Alabama and shot digitally large format, high resolution.
To view photos, you can click on the links below.
http://s183.photobucket.com/albums/x172/otto56/Pepper%20Place%20Market/
If interested in any images or have other interest, please feel free to contact me.
Thanks,
Larry O. Gay
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