Tuesday, November 5, was a beautiful day at the Boalsburg Farmer’s Market! I had not been there for many weeks. Now that our garden is done, it’s always fun to check out what other folks still have growing in their gardens…in greenhouses and covered planters. So many interesting things were being offered.
Much of the produce was similar to what we are able to grow: carrots, onions, sweet potatoes and sweet peppers.
But then I found surprises…mushrooms and microgreens!
I am just not familiar with the many kinds of mushrooms that exist…but the vendor was very helpful in explaining how they were different from each other and some simple ways to cook them. Very interesting! I picked up a small basket of “black” mushrooms (unknown official name). Hopefully, Bert will help fry them in butter so we can give them a try. They would be good on our homemade pizza and on top of our salads.
The next surprise was the vendor selling microgreens!
I was able to buy three small bags of greens to use in salads. Since I’ll be the only one eating them, that will be enough for a week or so!
I have tried to grow microgreens in the past and never quite got the hang of it…who knows if the trouble was with the seeds, the water, the light (or it just could have been me!). The vendor encouraged me to consider signing up for a workshop to be held next weekend in State College where I could learn all the basics. How exciting! I brought home the information and shared it with Bert. He wasn’t interested but encouraged me to sign up…he knew I had wanted to learn more about it. What a great birthday present!
So, I came home from the Farmer’s Market with some interesting mushrooms, three little bags of microgreens and an exciting workshop to look forward to!
Today, Bert chopped up the mushrooms and fried them in butter.
Next, I built myself a lovely salad topped with a few microgreens and the mushrooms. What a glorious salad!
I look forward to sharing the microgreen workshop experience with you in the next week or two! Enjoy!