The hottest stall at the St Kilda Farmers’ Market? Organic heritage vegetables.
It’s the one where people squeeze in shoulder-to-shoulder and queue three deep.
Think unfeasibly long striped snaking cucumbers. Voluptuously rippled, erm, aubergine Aubergines. White and aubergine striped aubergines…
At a time when organic has become commodotised and baby vegetables seem a little tired these are vegetables with that very old-fashioned concept of a unique selling proposition. And they look at taste great too. Ideal candidates for Kalyn’s Weekend Herb Blogging#22.
No chicken blogging this week, But love the idea of heritage chickens and bantams.
Next market: April Fool’s Day.
WHB, WHB#22, weekend herb blogging, Melbourne, Australia
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Oh, that just looks glorious! I wish I could get good organic produce here that does not cost an arm and leg. And organic seems to equal miniature here too! Sigh.
I LOVE this stall. Tried about 3 different types of zuchinni from them.
They look wonderful. I’ve only grown heirloom tomatoes, but no other types of heritage vegetables. The heirloom tomatoes taste really amazing.
Beautiful!!! I have to wait another month before I can plant aubergines–or eggplant as we call it here. Unfortunately, insects adore young eggplant seedlings more than any other plants. Last year they ate every one of my little seedlings!
I should try and plant Aubergines but they’v never worked out – perhaps it’s the insects. Good luck with them when they go in.