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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.
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I LOVE this stall. Tried about 3 different types of zuchinni from them.
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.
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.