Warm Weather Means Planting, Lots of Fresh Florida Veggies and Italian Ice
March 18, 2009 9:14 pm UncategorizedThe warm weather is setting in which means landscape planting, more grilling out and Florida’s harvests are really coming in. If you’re like us, you’ll need to get some new plants for spring and probably replace a few that got frosted, so the plant selection from Natalie’s Jungle will be popular.
We grilled grouper last night from Boat Direct Seafood and it was great. I recommend any of their selections and Jeannine has easy recipes to get you started.
Jim, our Village Garderner, is back from his permaculture symposium with more fresh vegetables available for harvest every week. His broccoli is outrageously good, and always sells out. Get there early for the good stuff. Anything that Jim doesn’t have, like ridiculously sweet grapes, Market on Main can provide for your veggie basket. Their breads sell out early and you can’t go wrong with the handmade pieorgies.
For those with a sweet tooth, Gail’s Organic cookies are great or you can try out fresh italian ice from Taste of Parad-Ice. On a warm day that might make a nice Italian dessert after your pizza from Lonzalo’s. Don’t forget the Jam Ladies. The apricot is gone (I got the last one) and the others are going quick, so stop by and stock up for the summer.
You may have heard about the community garden starting at the market and it will be kicked off this weekend! If you’re interested please send an email to longleaf-market-garden@googlegroups.com or come ask us questions at the market.
Finally, for those who don’t know what the market looks like, check out this great video done by Longleaf’s own George Albright. Longleaf Market Promo Video. It’s excellent and we’re really lucky to have help like his promoting the market. George, thanks for your effort.
Eat your veggies!