More treats from the farmers market:
Am I the only one who’s never seen carrots that were anything but orange?
Cucumbers that look like they’re almost pickles. My grandmother made the best dill pickles! The entire basement smelled like brine when she made them.
Blue and white statice
and gorgeous strawberries.
Waves of asparagus
and a bouquet of squash blossoms.
I’m not a fan of plums, but I love the colors in these.
This made me want to run home and bake zucchini bread.
The label read “eggplant,” but it’s not like any I’ve seen before. I think they might be “Romanesca.”
Finally, can you stand one more shot of tomatoes? They’re just so red and delicious-looking. . . .
Hope your week’s going well so far. We had summer again with temps in the 90s this weekend, but parts of the country got lots of snow. I miss snow just a tiny little bit. Must drive up to the mountains one day this winter.
{carole}
Pearls & Prose 
Beautiful produce. Those little purple “eggplants” are very Italian and, in fact, we often have them here. The tiny “cucumbers” look like big cornichons. What a wonderful market. Lovely pics.
Thanks so much. After looking at the photos I realized this little once-weekly farmers market is pretty nice.
go green……green-o-logy makes me strong
Cool. 🙂
Are some of those carrots parsnips? I’ve only seen orange carrots. Snow. where did it snow?
After a little research, I found a similar photo and it read “heirloom carrots.” I can see why you would think they’re parsnips, though.
It snowed in the the Dakotas, Wyoming, Montana and Nebraska. Some areas got almost 3 feet of snow! Colorado may have gotten some too.
Three feet! It’s too early for that much. Might be a harsh winter for some. Colorado is dealing with the aftermath of floods so I hope they didn’t get too much. Too much damage.
Yes, way too early. A lot of cattle were lost. Colorado has really gotten hit this year… hopefully they won’t have a harsh winter.
You do such a great job of capturing the colors at the Farmers Market. I can’t believe you still have asparagus growing! That ended here about May.
I’m going to be in SD next month for a whirlwind weekend to visit a friend. I hope I get to eat some asparagus.
Thanks, Jackie. I was kind of surprised to see asparagus too.
I hope we can meet up one day!
Great shots. I’ve seen carrots in different colours, even almost white. They are called carrot + something but I can’t remember.
I seem to remember white carrots now too. I think they look so pretty together.
Oh my dear God! It makes me wanna grab it all and bring into my kitchen! 😀
Tfs, Dwi
Ha, I know what you mean!
🙂
Great post! I think my favourite is the first one, I have never seen carrots like this. 🙂
Thanks so much! I haven’t seen heirloom carrots before either.
I could just touch it, soooo beautiful and inspiring ! Faithfully Debbie
Glad you liked the photos!