Farmers Market

hi free_man how kind of you wishing me well! Thank you! I had no idea how many different varieties of honey there was til I moved to florida. I just thought honey was honey LOL Now I know bees make different kinds depending on what they pollunate. Even though I grew up pretty much on a farm during my childhood years honey making was not something my grandparents did. however I do remember grandma making soreghum. Didn't like the taste of it but I know some people do. My husband and I have put in a garden every year but it gets so hot here in florida it just bakes the poor plants. you water and water and they look good in March April and May then the heat wave comes and your poor plants cant stand up against them without a constant sprinkling system. So about two years ago after much investment in plants, seeds, etc we sold our tiller and gave up the idea of planting. So I love being able to help out our local farmers by what they raise.

You are so welcome Marie. I never liked soreghum either. My husband likes it. I know how hard it is to try and keep the garden from going down hill after all the work and money it takes to put it in. But we keep doing it every year. It is worth all the hard work to have fresh grown vegies. When the hotter months come up we water early in the morning and late in the evening it has always worked for us. Just takes a lot of patients and hard hard work. Good that you have local farmers markets we don't so we will keep putting in the garden every year.

I guess our farmers market does open early in the year compared to other states. I asked the lady at the market how long they will stay open and she said through November. I know my daughter went there when she was here a couple of times but I for some reason did not go to that one. We have two in town and I never made it down to the one by the water. I really enjoyed it though and know where I will go on Saturdays.

I actually get more vegetables for the money at the farmers market than in a grocery store. I got our weeks worth for 17.00 that would have cost me well over 50.00 even in a walmart supercenter And we are actually helping the people that grew it too. My daughter was here last year and had WIC for her baby girl and she was expecting her second and she actually got vegetable vouchers to use at the farmers market. She was thrilled to have fresh vegetables to cook.

I steamed fresh greenbeans and sliced carrots last night with fish. It was really good to have fresh veggies again. I have been reading articles saying there is no difference in buying the frozen or canned. I sure can taste a difference LOL. I got some zucchini. I plan on breading and frying some for dinner tomorrow night. And the tomatoes are red not pink like at the store. So we will have to eat them fast.