One of the best things about moving to Blackheath (of which there are many and I am bound to bore your pants off with them), is the farmer's market. While not as huge as the Oxford Farmer's Market or as comprehensive as the Covered Market, it is a lovely weekly treat for me. Every Sunday there is a lovely selection of veggies, fruit, plants and flowers. I can feel myself creating excuses for why I need to be in the area every Sunday morning. Over the last few weeks I have developed an obsession with dahlias of which the lovely red beauties above are my latest haul.
This week it was a fairly bumper week of purchases, partly because I was cooking lunch for five, but mainly because there was so much amazing produce on sale — including yellow courgettes, plums and chillis. Since moving I have stopped my veggie box, which has made me realise that it is easy to fall into a vegetable rut. So this week I deliberately bought things I wouldn't usually choose, like globe artichokes, to experiment with.
Although I have been visiting my beloved for the best part of four years here, I haven't felt like a "regular" until just recently; I have finally started enjoying banter with the stallholders about my purchases, and I'm becoming excited about new foods as they come into season. This week, it was the first Discovery apples, and they look and taste mighty fine.
Hooray for becoming a regular! It is amazing to get to know such facts as which apples are coming into season etc.
Posted by: Felix | 08/03/2009 at 10:36 PM
O the miracle of good locally grown produce. Just look at those beets! And whats in that punnet?
Posted by: Kate | 08/03/2009 at 11:37 PM
Yummy plums were in the punnet - I am already dreaming about jam!
Posted by: Lara | 08/04/2009 at 09:13 AM