Sunflowers from the Farmer's Market

We bought some sunflowers at the Square One Farmer's Market. They're quite nice!

Pink and Yellow Oyster Mushrooms

We picked these up from a fellow at the north end of the Sunday Square One Farmer's Market (he might only come on Sundays). He grows them organically in a place five minutes from Shelburne, Ontario, east of Toronto. He also had blue and regular oyster mushrooms, these looked the most interesting. They tasted good later, in a vegetable-mushroom-spaghetti sauce.

Heirloom Tomatoes

I got these from my sister; she got them from the Galt Farmer's Market. The vendor told her that this is a heirloom tomato, crossed with a green pepper. I can see the green-ness within the colouring, but it doesn't really taste like a green pepper. Nonetheless, it is a good tasting tomato (great tasting in the opinion of my sister) and an interesting and pleasant change from the normal tomatoes one finds in supermarkets.

Square One Farmer's Market Opens

The Farmer's Market at Square One Shopping Mall in Mississauga, Hurontario/Hwy. 10 and Burnamthorpe, located in the Zellers parking lot, opens again this Friday, 6 June, 2008, and is open Fridays and Sundays 8am till 4pm till November 2. Come and check out the more than 150 farmers, locally grown fruits and vegetables, fresh flowers, baked goods, all kinds of good things. There are better ones out there, like the ones in Kitchener and Waterloo/St. Jacob's, but, for me, I can't beat the location, just up the street from me (as opposed to driving over an hour).

Update: We went there on Sunday, and there were hardly any vendors, nor many customers. There were early strawberries, rhubarb, lots of tomatoes and new potatoes, a fellow selling Fair Trade coffee, and one selling freshly picked mushrooms.