The first Saturday Farmers Market was last week and I was busy weeding my own crops, so I missed it. I went downtown today and it was packed. Two booths had local strawberries and they were gone within a half an hour. Many of the farmers are using poly tunnels to get early harvest of all sorts of crops.
The Wednesday Farmers Market also started up for the season last week. A non profit market association organizes both the Corvallis and Albany Farmers Markets. The board of directors is made up of farmers, gardeners and community leaders.
The Corvallis Farmers Market has set up a Market Friends pool on Flickr with photos from past year’s markets. I took some action shots today and they are below the fold…
Graphic/logo credit: Corvallis Farmers Market
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I have been using plastic covers on my crops and was able to grow all winter on certain crops such as carrots, beets, lettuce, greens, onions, cabbage, brocolli, and the like. When it gets hot latter in the summer I cover my frames with netting and it keeps out a lot of bugs. Are they using PVC and making their own or buying commercial tunnels? Do you have any pics of their crop covers.?I am in zone7 and it got down to 5 here last winter.
Tom:
Please put them in the pool if you do Flickr at all.
Wow, how did you get the camera high enough to do that great crowd shot? I’m short and I can never get that nice angle on the crowd. A ladder would be nice.
Thanks!
Wow – the Corvallis farmer’s market is hopping!! We are still just gearing up and getting mostly late winter and early spring produce here: lots of greens, some root vegetables (radishes, turnips), spring onions.
This post would be great for the Farmer’s Market Report. I hope you’ll consider submitting it: http://toeverymeal.blogspot.com/2009/04/farmers-market-report-april-27th.html
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if you know of a situation, e-mail me & i’ll fwd you her stats, put you all in touch. new mexico misses her bad!! (no one’s ever hired this woman who wouldn’t have her back in a heartbeat, that’s how great she is!)