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The weather was perfect yesterday morning, and I knew this really cute guy would be selling leafy greens and flowers at the Rutland farmers’ market, so I decided to head downtown and check it out.

I was impressed with the sheer number of vendors — people were selling everything from jewelery and handbags to pupusas and dog biscuits (and, of course, vegetables). I went with $25 in my pocket, intent on getting some cheese and asparagus and seeing what else struck my fancy.

I did come home with cheese (a lovely hard goat cheese from Consider Bardwell Farm in West Pawlet, VT). I also got a jar of very interesting apple cider vinegar & horseradish jelly, which will be good with the cheese and on our morning english muffins. The loaf of honey-oat bread I bought from a very old man turned out to be absolutely perfect, crusty on the outside and moist on the inside. I got some rhubarb (for literally half of what it would have cost in DC), which I’m hoping Cian will turn into a crumble.

I was able to pull Cian away from his work for a few minutes to get some tasty Pakistani food from a vendor. Oh, and I spent some time talking to Karl Thomsen, who does beautiful seat weaving — a trade he learned from his father. And there was a woman from the Czech Republic selling cookies so beautifully decorated I’m not sure I could bear to eat one.

Overall a good haul, and under budget. There wasn’t much point in buying veggies, since we get those at work for the time it takes us to pick ‘em. The one big disappointment was asparagus. Since “our” farm doesn’t have an asparagus bed, I was really looking forward to picking a bunch up, but no one had any! I know we’re a little further north, but I can’t believe that not a single bit of asparagus is ready to harvest yet. What’s spring without asparagus? I ask you. Maybe next week.