The first sign is the blooming of those trees that you never really noticed before, suddenly puffed pink and white blossoms that create a snowy carpet after it rains. Bunches of fennel and asparagus, nettles and watermelon radish rabe, beets and artichokes - the farmer's market has blown up! And then there's the flowers - iris, daffodil, narcissus, ranunculus, tulips - bustin' out all over, and the wildflowers carpeting the hills...I don't think there is a better time of the year.
I went way overboard at the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market this weekend, and will be making my way through my vegetables this week. Beets, baby lettuces, nettles, puntarella, watermelon radish rabe, asparagus, leeks - OH MY! Despite the forecast of a miserable weekend, there was not a drop of rain after 9:00 a.m. Saturday and the day was absolutley perfect. Go support your farmers!
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