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By: beforewisdom

beforewisdom — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:14:10 +0000

I went to the TKPK market today after 2. There wasn’t much there besides apples and cheese. No surprise for the dead of winter. I did find mustard greens in the Giant in TKPK for 79 cents a pound.

By: Buzzard

Buzzard — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:04:21 +0000

Yes, that’s right. College Park and Riverdale both run from May through November or so. Sometimes (in 2006 and 2008, but not in 2007 I don’t think) the Thanksgiving Farms people continue to show up in College Park through December. Takoma Park is year-round, although many of the vendors and most of the customers do not come in the winter. But there is still plenty of good stuff to be had, especially if you like apples.

By: beforewisdom

beforewisdom — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:28:26 +0000

Very useful information! I take it that College Park and Riverdale are done for the season. The market at Takoma Park is still running despite winter?

By: Buzzard

Buzzard — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:18:57 +0000

The main vendor at the College Park market is a distributor that sells mostly stuff that is trucked in from who-knows-where (and tastes absolutely vile). They do have a few local items that are clearly marked “homegrown.” But I go there mostly for the other vendors, who all sell local stuff. “Thanksgiving Farms,” run by a crazy old guy who counts back your change to you in German, is my favorite, especially in the late summer, when they have varieties of eggplants, tomatoes, and peppers that I’ve never seen anywhere else. And they have “German honey beets,” which are awesome. Once in a while their things have an insect content that’s rather unpleasantly high, but it’s all cheap enough that I don’t feel bad if I have to throw out one or two things. They don’t advertise their greens (or anything else) as organic. I think they also go to the Greenbelt farmers’ market, but I’ve never been to that one.

I got some spinach for free once at the Riverdale market. The vendor had a whole lot of it, and it was just starting to go bad, so they were giving it away by the bagful to anyone who would take it. But I don’t remember what I usually pay for greens there. Less than $3/pound, certainly.

I know Thanksgiving Farms has turnip greens at least sometimes, but they’re done for the season now. I think the lady in Takoma Park from whom I bought my mustard greens last week might also have had turnip greens, but I don’t remember.

I don’t remember a whole lot about other markets I’ve been to – just that none of them beats Takoma Park, College Park, and Riverdale on the combination of quality, selection, price, and convenience for me. There are a bazillion seasonal Saturday morning markets that I’ve never been to – I’m happy with College Park’s seasonal Saturday morning market, so I haven’t explored any others.