Boulder Farmers Market - What's Happening Today

In its third week of spring, the themes of spinach and braising mix of course are with us at the Farmers Market, with lots of organic starter plants available for your garden, too. My big score was green garlic and sorrel at Red Wagon Organic Farm. Here's generally what I saw among my favorite organic farms: spinach and their own honey at Red Wagon Organic (in addition to the green garlic and sorrel), purple Peruvian potatoes, shallots, asparagus (new!), spinach, and lots of organic starter plants at Pachamama Organic, and braising mix and lots of starter plants at Cure Organic. Abbondanza has roasted Big Jim peppers, presumably frozen from last fall's harvest, if you need some to carry you through to this season's roasting time. And Black Cat (of the Boulder restaurant fame) continues to have the most eclectic offerings: rapini, chervil, mint, chives, and wild arugula, in addition to the usual spinach and braising mix, plus they have an early jump on salad mix. I was happy to see Modmarket, offering soup, salads, and sandwiches, join the vendors in the food court. I'm still hoping to see Denver's wonderful Le Central restaurant show up, as was reported to be expected in the Daily Camera. The mood was festive and crowded under the cloudy skies, with four guys harmonizing soulfully in the food court. Sure sign that the crowds have picked up: cars now circle like vultures for a parking space in the 14th Street city lots by the market. Parking will shortly need to be farther afield, and hopefully better biking weather will be in the forecast, too.