gigem92 said:
When are the best times to get fresh vegetables and fruits there? My wife and I have been several times to both and have been very disappointed in the lack of fresh fruit and vegetables being sold.
We have gone at different times in the year and maybe we are just not hitting it right.
Best time is first thing in the morning for the largest selection. Best time of year depends what you are looking for.
Tomatoes late May - end of June, maybe early July depending on weather. Cucumbers can be earlier as well. Green beans May/June. I usually have apples in late May/June. Corn is June, peppers May/June depending how cool the spring was. Onions/Potatoes - May usually. Green onions earlier.
Fall tomatoes if anyone grows any you are looking at Oct to first frost, same with peppers, fall green beans late Oct to November (try to get that planting around labor day and it is about a 60 day crop). Sweet potatoes are in the fall. Melons are June-now. Okra if anyone is selling would be around now. Bryan did have a peach vendor this year and they had peaches for awhile. (Most of the peaches and blackberries I produce I use for canned goods.) I had lots of figs this year but due to short shelf life I usually just dehydrate or can them.
Eggs usually plenty in spring. Excessive heat and shorter days can affect production so might be less in fall/winter. I have seen strawberries in the spring as well. That one is a crop I would like to do but it is alot of work to plant in fall and get through winter.
Herbs can be in summer. I just don't usually sell fresh herbs because they don't sell alot and not a ton I can do with the leftovers.
All that said if a particular vendor is flooded out, burned up in the summer heat or gets a hail storm all bets are off.
I know the main produce person at the Aggieland market it taking a few weeks off right now to prep for fall planting.
