A few weekends ago I was driving home from a Sunday romp with our dog on Humrock Beach. I was surprised to come across a sign at Kennedy's Country Gardens advertising a winter farmers market on Sundays from 11-3pm. I quickly pulled a U –turn to check it out. Inside the greenhouse local vendors of cheese, produce, fresh eggs, sauces, cookie, cupcakes, and crafts were to be found on site. I was thrilled! I didn’t have to wait until the Spring to buy the products that I look forward to at Scituate’s “nice weather” farmer’s market. On another note it gave me the opportunity to check out the Kennedy's Country Gardens, which otherwise I would not have thought twice about. The greenhouse was full of gorgeous plants and best of all they had two on site pet birds/parrots.
One talks and I believe his name is Marty. Marty was very inviting and had quite the personality. At first I thought it was a crotchety old lady yelling “Hello” at the top of her lungs…but as I soon found out, it was Marty.
So if you are beginning to feel the winter blues and bummed you can’t get and fresh local produce until the nice weather you now can! Get your tooshie off the couch on Sunday and check out the winter INDOOR farmer's market. I would highly suggest trying the cookies from the local Scituate cookie vendor. They are gluten free and at first I thought ewe gluten free they must taste like a combination of dirt and saw dust. I was wrong and learned I shouldn’t judge cookies by their lack of ingredients. They had samples out and I thought I had died and gone to cookie heaven. Besides my Nana’s homemade chocolate chip cookies these things were the best cookies I have ever tasted. There is also a woman from the cape who sells yummy chowder, sauces, homemade dog treats, and rawhides. My dog usually will have a rawhide and it will last him a week. I bought one of these homemade rawhides and he gobbled it up in less than 5 minutes. At first I thought he hid it in his bed but after seeing a few leftover crumbles and him licking his chops I knew it was all in his tum tum. I'll have to stock up next time. There is also a woman who sells some fantastic dips. I sampled a few but fought the urge to purchase any because dips are not my friend. They cause little elves who specialize in sewing to sneak into my closet at night and “take in” all of my clothes. Not cool.
