Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

livingontheland - [Livingontheland] Market launch

livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Healthy soil and sustainable growing

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@gilanet.com>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Livingontheland] Market launch
  • Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 21:35:50 -0600


http://www.santafenewmexican.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=43961&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=6
Market launch
Sunday, April 25, 2004
By YASMIN KHAN | The New Mexican


The delicate lavender fragrance wafting from Rosalie Carle's farmers market
booth is irresistible. Children and adults flock to her purple table covered
by piles of dainty lavender sachets in all shapes and sizes, made from fine
lace, satin, silk flowers and other touchable fabrics.

"Give the teddy bear a squeeze, it releases the scent," said Carle, who is
dressed head-to-toe in lavender under a fuzzy, grape-hued jacket, topped with
a lavender straw hat with a purple Lilly. Even her eyeglass lenses are
lavender tinted.

Carle is one of dozens of local vendors who braved chilly early morning
weather Saturday to sell their wares on the opening day of the Santa Fe
Farmers Market at Guadalupe Street and Cerrillos Road.

The scent of her lavender-filled, pearl-encrusted broaches, lavender clothes
hangers, flower covered pillows and terry-cloth clothes dryer sachets wafts
to the next booth, mingling with the aroma of apple and cinnamon.

Pat Montoya's apple chips, preserves, jellies, fruit butters, hot apple cider
and cider snow-cones are his family's off-season specialties from their
12-acre fruit orchard in Velarde.

"Were pretty much apple everything," said Montoya, who has been selling at
the market with his family for 26 years.

Victoria's sour cherry jam won the blue ribbon at the 2003 state fair and was
sold out before 9 a.m. on Saturday.

While browsing through displays of garden plants and cut flowers, market
visitors can snack on samples of Victoria's jams and jellies and other
vendor's goat cheese and crackers, homemade butter-pecan brittle, local
honey, fresh pastries and organic fruits and veggies. Local, organic meats,
handmade furniture, natural skin-care products and arts and crafts are also
at the market.

Barbara and Tom Cavanaugh, of Houston, said the Santa Fe market is bigger
than any market in their hometown. She said they like to support the small,
organic farmers and independent businesses in the Santa Fe area.

"I bought chile pistachios. That's something we don't have in Houston,"
Barbara said. "I'm on the cutting edge."






  • [Livingontheland] Market launch, Tradingpost, 04/25/2004

Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page