Red raspberries have finally arrived in good quantity. You may pick them up Blueberry Hill and by the yellow Raspberry Shed by our Market Barn. Yesterday we picked over 600 watermelon: traditional red with seeds, red seedless, and small sweet yellow watermelons. Great for your Labor Day picnic. Both watermelon and raspberries will be available in good quantity at the Princeton and Peoria Farmers’ markets.

Today in Princeton and LaSalle markets we will bring our first few blackberries of the season. We will also have a fair number of raspberries and lots of blueberries. We will have new potatoes, peas, green beans, garlic, onions, herbs and a variety of other fresh garden veggies. Also plenty of Plow Creek Bakery goodies.

This being the 3rd Tuesday, there are special events at the Princeton market — a cooking demonstration, hot food, and more.

Today I will bring plenty of blueberries but just a few raspberries that I want to let a number of people of taste, so a small limit per customer.

New are fresh garlic and big sweet onions. I will also have plenty of peas and new potatoes, plus the usual greens and herbs. Delicious Plow Creek Bakery goods will also be there.

Sorry, no more strawberries.

This Saturday in Princeton we will have lots of strawberries, blueberries, and sugar snap peas. We plan to bring our first new potatoes, plus cabbage, broccoli, kohlrabi, bok choy, beets, lettuce, spinach, dill, cilantro, peppermint, Swiss chard, and kale. And, as usual, a good selection of Plow Creek Bakery goodies. Market opens at 8:30.

Tuesday and Saturday we will have blueberries along with our strawberries in Princeton. Of course we will have Plow Creek Bakery goods and a good variety of other produce.

Tueday, June 17 is the first of our monthly special Tueday afternoon markets. This Tueday’s plans include:

Ribeye sandwiches served by the Princeton Chamber and the Princeton Young Professionals. 4:30 pm—6:30 pm

Chef Monika from Chestnut Street Inn will be preparing a dish made with locally-grown foods found right there at the market! 5:30 pm

Kids! Learn about dairy foods and milk a pretend cow. 6:00 pm—7:00 pm

FREE Blood Pressure checks provided by Perry Memorial Hospital. 3:30 pm—7:00 pm

And Plow Creek will have a hillside full of strawberries for sale, along with salad fixings and other spring produce. AND Plow Creek Bakery goodies!

We will have a good quantity of strawberries at the Princeton Farmers’ Market Saturday, June 7. U-pick will open soon!

Also in Princeton we will have herbs, radishes, Swiss chard, lettuce, spinach, and Plow Creek Bakery goods.

We’ve found our first few ripe stawberries. We might have a few pints available for the first customers for the Tuesday June 3 afternoon Princeton Farmers’ Market at 3:30. There should be at least a limited quantity for the Saturday June 7 market. Depending on how fast they ripen, we’d expect we might be open for picking the week of June 9 - 14.

We had a good start last Saturday at the Princeton Farmers’ Market. This week we will again have rhubarb, spinach, salad greens, herbs, radishes, and Plow Creek Bakery goodies. Also another chance at our most nutritious (and that’s saying a lot — blueberries are fantastic) product - stinging nettles. Use them for tea or a cooked green. Great in quiche.

Tuesday afternoon/evening we start the new schedule - Tuesdays 3:30 - 7:00.

Sorry. It will be at least another week until enough strawberries for market are ripe. We’ve seen a few close enough to being ripe to be tempting. Warm weather in the forecast should speed the ripening.

Our first Farmer’s Market of the year is this Saturday in Princeton. Market opens at 8:30 A.M. We plan to have rhubarb, spinach, herbs, and Plow Creek Bakery goodies. Sorry — no strawberries yet.

Saturday morning, raspberries will be plentiful at the Princeton Farmer’s Market, Peoria Riverfront Market and Sterling Market. At Princeton and Peoria, you can also find a good supply of watermelon, green beans and eggplant. Tomatoes and herbs will be available to the early shoppers.