The North End Masonville Friday Market

Sara Griffin from Green Door Gardens – Organically Grown Heirloom Tomato Plants, Herbs, Preserves and Herb Mixes In case you have not been yet, the Friday North End Farmer”s Market is back into swing for the year. It has been up and running since May 7th and will run every Friday from now until October 8th, it is open from 8 am – 2 pm and is located in the Masonville Parking lot. Yesterday I went over with my friend and work colleague Carolyn who wanted to buy some worms that are available there from Annelid Cycle. The worms are special warm blooded critters that are said to be excellent in helping with your compost pile. I will find out some more about how this works and post here a bit later because it looks pretty cool! Some things I saw at the market: Andy Devries is there from Concreations – he sells concrete statues and little gnomes to watch over your garden. Dolway Organics (who are a real favourite of mine) and sell at Covent Garden Market on Saturdays are there, so I was happy to see there are now two places that I can buy produce from them. Bayfield Berry Farms is there with their meat pies, berry pies, preserves, veggies, breads and all kinds of other goodies. There is a local cheese vendor there selling fresh curds and white cheddar and he has samples! Bacon Acre's Product List Sharon Kodde from Bacon Acre Farms is there. Bacon Acre (don”t you love that name?!) sell all cuts of pork and I will highlight these guys for a bit later as I was invited out to the farm. I will report back as I know quite a few of you have emailed me in the past looking for places to get meat through the year. Joyce Farms is there, they have a variety of vegetables that they grow on their own and they also bring in a lot from other local farmers as well. Right now they are bringing in some greenhouse grown peppers from Leamington for those of you (like me) who cannot wait! There were many other vendors there, I just did not get all of their names and I know there are many more vendors to come as the season picks up. I saw mounds of asparagus, I spied purple white and green varieties of the little green soldiers. Strawberries are fully going now, although perhaps as I was late in visiting the market, as I only saw a few pints for sale. You can still get plenty of rhubarb and there is a lovely woman there named Sara Griffin who is selling Heirloom tomato plants for you to plant at home. Sara runs a business called Green Door Gardens which provides Heirloom tomato plants, herbs, preserves and herb mixes. Sara says because of the rain, many people are a little behind on planting this year. It is still not too late as the plants are a really good size. Sara will be there next Friday if you want to try your luck at growing your own this year. Market season is well on, and I can”t tell you how happy I am to get right back to it! See you there.  Read More