Salisbury Farmers Market update | Salisbury, NC - Salisbury Post

By Katherine Jones

For The Salisbury Post

Plants are abundant at the Salisbury Farmers Market this week and May is a good time to plant flowers and vegetables mainly because the chance of a killing frost is almost nil.

Many of the vendors have a large variety of plants. Herbs, vegetables and flowers were everywhere last week it seemed. Country Gardens had at least 21 varieties of herbs, seven or more of tomatoes and over a dozen of flowering bedding plants. They also had lettuce bowls and hanging baskets. Bluebird Acres also had a great selection of all types of plants, hanging baskets and containers.

Produce vendors have lots of homegrown products now. Last week I bought turnips, fresh snap peas, beets and new potatoes. Lettuce is still available in green leaf, red leaf, romaine and butter crunch. Lee Ly and Correll Farms are offering Swiss chard, spinach, broccoli, and a good selection of cut herbs. Eagle Farms has some wonderful greenhouse tomatoes. There are many other fruits and vegetables on hand with all the produce vendors including Miller Farm, Bostian Farm and Callahan Farm.

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