Farmers Market 2

Sequim’s Saturday Farmer’s Market has a selection of many of the sorts of things you’d expect. Local purveyor Nash’s Farm has a front and center presence with fresh produce. And there’s honey, interesting condiments, and, of course, lavender. Crafts people are well represented. This person makes interesting variations on bird houses: gnome dwellings. Apparently the … Continue reading “Farmers Market 2”

The Farmer’s Market

Summer months bring out the Sequim Farmer’s Market, an event held on Saturday’s downtown. I was truly spoiled by farmer’s markets in California. Bigger metropolitan areas create a worthwhile demand for producers to truck their goods to these markets and California’s long growing season favors production. It’s not so bountiful and diverse in Sequim’s little … Continue reading “The Farmer’s Market”

Okay. I’ll take breath mints.

I grew my first successful crop of garlic last year. It was modest, perhaps a dozen heads of Nash’s Delta Giant but I was hooked. The dried version you get at the supermarket is pretty generic, much of it imported from China. Fresh garlic is gentle, succulent, and nuanced. It grows well here. It gives … Continue reading “Okay. I’ll take breath mints.”