The Farmers Market Box

English Peas Grower: McGrath Farms Description: Peas like beans are divided into two categories: those with edible pods and those without. The pea we are familiar with known as the English pea, green pea, and garden pea, falls into the latter category. Most commercial peas are called English Peas or garden peas. Today, of all the …

Lambs Quarter Grower: Coastal Organics Description: Not as sweet nor as juicy as common spinach, wild spinach, also know as lamb’s quarter, offers an even greener, earthier, mineral flavor. Some describe the taste of young, wild spinach as reminiscent to asparagus. Producing triangular velvety-textured leaves, the entire plant, including the stems, is edible. Small black edible …

Baby Parsnips Grower: McGrath Family Farms Description: These parsnips are harvested at a baby stage and resemble a white carrot. Pale yellow, the parsnip is more irregular in shape than its cousin, the carrot. Under its knobby skin is a creamy, smooth root with a firm texture. Usually marketed without its leaves, the green leaves closely …

Sanguinelli Blood Oranges Grower: J.J.’s Lone Daughter’s Ranch Description: Sanguinelli blood oranges are roughly rounded in shape with a semi-thin, smooth red-blushed peel that clings to its juicy and sweet, segmented flesh. The flesh is stained with a brilliant and consistent dark bing cherry color and though its flavor supreme, as with most blood orange varieties, …

Lyon Artichokes Grower: Life’s a Choke Description: The Lyon artichoke is the most imposing of all artichoke varieties, weighing in at an average of 1-2 pounds each. Its appearance is bold, its sharply tapered, thorned leaves forming a tight rounded floret. The Lyon has a long and dense roughly 7″ stem that when cooked is also …