turnips (Photo credit: Joanna C Dobson)
Our farmer’s markets are definitely in winter mode. At the NC Farmer’s Market, many farmers who feature summer crops are gone and have been replaced with Christmas tree and firewood vendors. Our weekend markets have reduced their hours because, really, who wants to get outside at 8am when it is 30 degrees outside to score some fresh kale. Not me, that’s who. Even though the markets have lost their summer bounty and a bit of their festive air, they are still full of goodness!
Here is what is available now at central NC markets:
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Kale
- Collard greens
- Turnips (and turnip greens!)
- Beets (and beet greens!)
- Carrots
- Parsnips
- Lettuce
- Greenhouse tomatoes
- Rutabegas
- Potatoes
- Sweet potatoes
- Winter squash
- Pumpkins
- Butternut squash
- Acorn squash
- Cabbage
- Onions
- Pecans
- Apples
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