Monthly Archives: February 2020

LATE-BREAKING NEWS: I guess we should change the news title to ‘Snow will Blow…” because a few of our vendors are stuck in drifts today and won’t be coming in. Angelos can’t get the snow-blower to start, so no Country Meadows, and Vasile couldn’t make it to Pine River to get produce from Bob Felhazi, […]

Hello Market Friends: It may be February, but you can have a rainbow on your plate with the winter foods our vendors have put by, like these beautiful pickled veggies from the Plan B kitchen! Many of Spade & Spoon’s fans have been asking when we will see Blythe again. Here’s the latest report from […]

Hello Market Friends: In case you don’t know what to do with winter vegetables, here’s a little inspiration from Giuseppe Arcimboldo. I thought of sending a farm-themed Valentine, but ‘I’m a-tractored to you’ was the best caption I found. The rest were really corny. You’ll be glad to know that we have a full house […]

Hello Market Friends: I’m always smitten with the first snowdrops. They don’t predict anything, unlike Wiarton Willie or Fred la Marmotte, but one day, there’s no sign of them, and the next, they’re up. By the looks of it, they’ll be buried again soon, and then they will return,  just as cheeky and beautiful as […]