The Downtown Farmer's Market

There is nothing as wonderful as being able to peruse fruits and vegetables in an open air farmer's market. It's one of the things I love about spring and summer, being able to buy seasonal produce and plants from stands. It seems so much friendlier to talk to the vendors and purchase things directly from them.  Randy and I decided to go May 4th, as it was the first day of opening of the new market.

Celery Root

The market was bright and full of people. The booths all had similar stuff, honey, bread, vegetables, and even one rare beef jerky booth, which Randy wanted most of all. My favorite part of the farmer's market is the vegetables that I don't understand, like this celery root. I have no idea what a person would do with this thing. We ended up slicing it, steaming it, and mashing it with potatoes. It was delicious.

We bought potatoes (of course, they are my favorite starch and a staple in our house), the celery root, onions, potato bread, maple syrup, and Randy sampled a little be of the beef jerky. My favorite thing that we bought was the honey comb. I've never had honey comb before. It was a sweet treat.

Daffodils for sale 

Break dancers under the bridge 

There were also people break dancing and there was some other dances with hula hoops and music. It was a really busy place. I'm grateful to my husband for taking me out in the sunshine. It's nice to see such wonderful weather in Michigan, and we never take advantage of it as it's usually too hot, too cold, or there is some sort of precipitation.

This was where we went:

http://downtownmarketgr.com/