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May 6: The Bushel Basket Farmers Market opens; here’s what to expect

File photo. A scene from the Wednesday Bushel Basket market.
File photo. A scene from the Wednesday Bushel Basket market.

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Stephanie Willette for the information in this story.)

The Bushel Basket Market will open at the Palmer lot on Wednesday, May 6, in a new location at a new time from 2-6 p.m. plus, many of your favorite vendors plan to be back.

asparagus-2The mid-week farmers market features a variety of local and fresh healthy foods and handmade products in a pleasant, easily accessible location.

Expected are 19 full season vendors. And in addition to fresh seasonal produce and local grass-fed meat, you’ll also find herbs, annuals, perennials and flowers, and a variety of local food and handmade products such as soaps, arts and crafts, birdhouses, baked goods, maple syrup, granola, artisan cheese, kettlecorn, spice rubs, cards, and nuts.

Here’s what to expect Wednesday:
Golden Fleece – eggs and lamb
Bordine Farms – dahlia bulbs
Guthrie Gardens – Hanging baskets, Asparagus crowns, Blueberry plants, perennials, shrubs and a Dawn Redwood or two.
Stone Hearth Breads– bread, cinnamon rolls, cookies, baked goods

Flavored nuts, meat and poultry rubs, marmalade, greeting cards and Dammit Dolls from Janet's LLC.
Flavored nuts, meat and poultry rubs, marmalade, greeting cards and Dammit Dolls from Janet’s LLC.

Kapnick Orchards – asparagus, baked goods, vegetables, apples
Janet’s LLC – chocolate and nuts
Needle Lane – vegetables
Janes Place – maple syrup and granola
Devulder Farms – vegetables and baked goods
Family Circle Farms – vegetables and honey
Pregitzer Farm Market – vegetables and CSA
Greystone – cheese
Lutchka Angus – vegetables, flowers honey, jam
Marks Greenhouse – vegetables and starts
The Cookie Pot – cookies
Natural Fix – soap, herbs, birdhouses

Bonnie Mulliner – weaving

Stamatopoulos and Sons – olive oil

(Next week, expect Chelsea Update’s full listing of what all the vendors plan to have.)

File photo. Wednesday's Bushel Basket Farmers Market.
File photo. Wednesday’s Bushel Basket Farmers Market.

 

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