A visit to Sebastapol Farmers Market

A wonderful Sunday with a visit to a real farmers market in Sebastapol. If I guessed, perhaps fifteen or so farmers were present. I wished I could had stayed a bit longer and chatted with the farmers, but time flew. Just a few stands that I registered: Clark Summit Farm near Tomales offered organic pastured eggs and took orders of grass fed beef and pigs. Bloomfield Bee Honey offered samples of a variety of honey, I picked up a small jar of raw Blackberry honey, not available in stores, they can't ship in volume, they said.

Redwood empire farms showed off gorgeous, huge heirloom tomatoes, and I had to buy a few. They said the largest they every grew ended up at 3 lb, pretty huge. They offered samples of a sweet yellow watermelon variety, I don't think I ever tasted that before.

Lastly I knew that Golden Nectar Farms would be here, showing of a few of their grapes, and I picked up a bit of Black Muscat. A wonderful change from the run-of-the-mill Thompson Seedless. They grow twenty varieties of grapes, two miles away from our house.

One of the stands (can't remember which one) offered sweet round lemon cucumber that ended up in my salad.

The day continued to Petaluma with a delightful lunch at Water Street Bistro (open for breakfast and lunch) who offered great choices in coffee and organic menu choices, in a casual atmosphere. The day finished at Wholefoods Market where I saw Redwood hill Farms real Goat Feta, unfortunatly it wasn't the best Feta I've had, it had too little salt, too sweet/creamy, and not crumbly enough for my taste.