Maybe all journalists find it easy to be a ham? I do enjoy it. During covid Pete did everything online and he shipped veggies out five days a week to Manhattan, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts .... but I missed the face-to-face interaction.
What a wonderful account of your sales efforts at the farmers market. What I wouldn't give for a wedge salad made from a head of that fresh iceberg. Blue cheese dressing, crumbled bacon, with diced fresh tomatoes, nom. Reminds me of selling my shelling peas and yellow beans at the Trumansburg Farmers Market back in the late 90s. I can appreciate all your husband's hard work and how $3 a head is not enough. You're a natural at selling the truth!
I grew up on a farm. My grandparents always had a vegetable garden, as did all our neighbors. I got so spoiled by eating fresh green beans, carrots, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, asparagus, cucumbers and rhubarb....nothing compares these days. I miss truly garden "fresh" foods. However, there is a woman who sets up a few tables nearby by the street. She sells tomatoes, melon, potatoes, green beans and sweet corn. We try to go there for all our vegetables. Wish you were nearby! Keep up this wonderful tradition!!
Good job, Maura. Both the selling and the writing.
Maybe all journalists find it easy to be a ham? I do enjoy it. During covid Pete did everything online and he shipped veggies out five days a week to Manhattan, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts .... but I missed the face-to-face interaction.
What a wonderful account of your sales efforts at the farmers market. What I wouldn't give for a wedge salad made from a head of that fresh iceberg. Blue cheese dressing, crumbled bacon, with diced fresh tomatoes, nom. Reminds me of selling my shelling peas and yellow beans at the Trumansburg Farmers Market back in the late 90s. I can appreciate all your husband's hard work and how $3 a head is not enough. You're a natural at selling the truth!
Thank you Jill!
I grew up on a farm. My grandparents always had a vegetable garden, as did all our neighbors. I got so spoiled by eating fresh green beans, carrots, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, asparagus, cucumbers and rhubarb....nothing compares these days. I miss truly garden "fresh" foods. However, there is a woman who sets up a few tables nearby by the street. She sells tomatoes, melon, potatoes, green beans and sweet corn. We try to go there for all our vegetables. Wish you were nearby! Keep up this wonderful tradition!!
Thank you, Kate!
Oh, do I wish I could pick up some of Pete's produce! Nicely done, Maura.
I admit that it is pretty great to spend 10 minutes in the garden and make a fresh salad from it 10 minutes later!