The Covent Garden Outdoors Farmers Market

The Covent Garden Market is an amazing place. To be honest, I would need about 50 blog posts to cover the whole market…so I have decided to only focus on the outside farmers market portion for this post and will write more about the inside vendors at a later date. It was last Saturday that I was there. It was cold and rainy.. a lovely November 15th…pure misery! I was pleasantly surprised to see the amount of vendors still toughing it out at the market. They had a huge variety of fresh food available.. this is by no means all that was available, but I saw carrots, yams, squash of every colour, salad greens, parsnips, Osage oranges, baked goods, bison (more about THAT later!), chutney, jelly,breads,onions, garlics, cabbages, apples, potatoes, leeks, onions, herbs, brussel sprouts, shallots and even maple syrup! A few of the things that really stand out in my mind were the heirloom carrots – there were orange and purple ones. I bought some of the carrots, and I believe the purple carrots have a slightly spicier taste, very faint.. but it is there. Also, the Osage oranges are a really cool find – sadly, they are inedible. Osage oranges have a nice light citrus scent and are used for decoration only around this time of year.. as they are poisonous to eat! You have to get to the Covent Garden Market… and you have to get there soon! The farmers market is open on Thursdays and Saturdays up until the end of November from 8 am – 1 pm.  Read More