Walking the Union Square Greenmarket

The greening of New York is most in evidence at the Union Square Greenmarket and its stalls of fresh merchandise trucked in by regional farmers and culinary craftspeople. Locals pack the square most days a week to buy fresh produce for their own New York tables, and even visitors make their way through the market to buy a little something. Some merchants become personal favorites,

Lucky me that I live within 15 minutes walking distance of the market. For the past two Saturdays, a soft morning August light has illuminated the bounty of late summer on display there - blueberries, eggplants, peaches, nectarines, heirloom tomatoes, and more, and the beautiful weather has brought out many early shoppers. I see many of my fellow apartment dwellers heading up University Place with their carts, and it's easy to know where they're going.
I'm including a couple of images here to share. I brought home some peaches (a few still with the leaves on), a carton of blueberries, a cinnamon bun, a tiny apple pie, and some carrots. I often buy vegetable and flower plants from a particular grower there, a woman who specializes in heirloom plants. I've gone green at home, too, growing vines of cucumbers on my terrace. I have a fantasy about making the next great New York pickle. I'm going to need a pushcart.
The Union Square Greenmarket is open every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. See more of the bounty at Flickr WOTBA.
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