Interactive Map As Dane County Farmers Market Starts On Capitol Square Saturday!

Judy Hageman sent out her weekly email on the latest news about the Dane County Farmers Market which starts Saturday, and included a wonderful link (interactive map) to provide information on the vendors and their locations. 

Sandy Kallio, Wisconsin State Journal, and market manager Larry Johnson worked together and came up with an awesome interactive map of the Square. Check it out at this link. The information will be updated each segment of the market season.

Judy writes that there are many items to catch your fancy.

Hoophouse veggies - limited amount due to the cold spring, Fresh Trout, Fresh Salmon, Mouth Watering Bakery, Arugula, Spinach, Golden Pearl Onions, Spring and Winter Onions, Burdock, Ramps, Sunchokes, Nettles, Horse Radish, Parsnips - overwintered so they will be very sweet, Fresh Cut Flowers - come early, Cheese cake, Potatoes, Fresh Salad Greens, Homemade Salad Dressings, Herb Vinaigrette, Ostrich, Emu, Specialty and Organic Cheeses, Cheese Curds, Homemade Cottage Cheese, Goat and Sheep Milk Cheese, Fresh Pasta, Pesto, Grass-fed Beef, Pastured Pork, Homemade Dog Treats, Dried Flowers, Fresh Pasta, atercress, Lamb, Homespun Wool, Fresh Farm Eggs, Pussy Willows, Poultry, Jams and Jellies, Honey, Fresh and Dried Herbs, Mushrooms, Bedding Plants, Hanging Baskets, Nursery Stock, Maple Syrup, Popcorn, Vegetable Transplants, Garlic, Garlic Greens, Curly Willow, Cardinal and Red Dogwood, Willow Wreaths, Guajillo Pepper Ristras, Dried Chile Pepper Ristras

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Dane County Farmers Market Ends Season On Saturday

Another great year of getting up for donuts and friends around the statehouse square comes to a close on Saturday.  While there will be other venues for the market in the weeks to come, there really is nothing to compare with the sights and sounds of walking around the Capitol Square buying fresh produce.  So as a way to say farewell for this year take a look back at a memory or two from this spring in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Saturday Scenes

 The start of never-ending blooms at the Statehouse.

This tree is perfect!

Overlooking everything at the Dane County Farmers Market at the Statehouse was the reminder of the news this past week.

Brass sounds on a sunny Saturday.

Spring REALLY Starts on April 21st.

I know that some think that March 21st is the start of spring.  A great friend in the Twin Cities might feel more inclined to think that spring starts the day he sees the first daffodils bloom.  For me the start of spring takes place in just a few hours!

The event that really kicks off the warm weather and carefree living in Madison is the Dane County Farmers Market.  It begins at dawn in Madison on Saturday, April 21st around the Statehouse.  Our market is special, and I am not just bragging.  By all accounts the market is the largest producer-only market in the nation.  All the products are from Wisconsin, and in addition to the 300 vendors that will show up as their produce becomes available, there is also entertainment and all sorts of booths with special interest material.

I think the only way to view the market is with a donut in your hand, and more in a bag when the other has been eaten.  The potato buttermilk donuts that are sold in the vicinity of West Washington are what Grandma’s make and kids of all ages love to eat.  And lets be serious about this purchase.  They will ask if you want plain or sugared…….and they ask with a straight face……I am not sure I trust those who select plain….

The thing that really amazes me is how as many as 20,000 people all know how to walk in the correct direction every weekend, every year around the Square.  I have often wondered what would happen if a thousand people just turned around at once and started walking in the opposite direction.  And I wonder if anyone else has ever thought that same thing?

Spring is REALLY about to start, and I hope that everyone who reads this can make it to at least one market this year in Madison.  They run through the first weekend of November.    We go each weekend so if you see a good-looking couple at the market eating sugared buttermilk donuts stop and say HI!  Talking at the market is as fun as eating the donuts….well almost.

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