Monthly Archives: September 2021

Last week Sarah Brodbar-Nemzer sent me some photos of a vine which had grown two storeys high in a single season, climbing up through her apple tree until it could only reach for the sky. It was covered with large hanging ‘fruits’. Sarah had lost the tag for the seedling she brought home from the […]

Every Thursday at 11 am, after all but a few vendors have dropped off their products and we have completed most inventory checks, our market crew gathers outside for announcements. This is when we review the trickiest items of the week. You may think you know your veggies, but we have enough varieties to foil […]

Hello Market Friends: There is no pretending that the climate crisis only affects people far away when extreme storms hit the farms we depend on. Both Aldergrove and Kooners’ suffered serious crop losses due to last week’s deluge and high-force winds, and Indy Kooner lost a greenhouse. To add insult to injury, Indy’s truck got stuck in deep mud when he […]

Hello Market Friends: When I was trying to think how to describe the fantastic variety of produce available right now, an orchestra came to mind. I went looking for an image to go with this idea, and that is when I discovered The Vegetable Orchestra of Vienna! No kidding! They have performed hundreds of concerts […]