A couple of weeks ago I posted about the, then upcoming, Coburg Farmers Market. Well the second one is this Saturday: 8:00am – 1pm at Coburg North Primary School, 180 O’Hea St Coburg. It occurred to me yesterday that I have yet to post on the first market so I thought it was to time to remedy that and perhaps give you a taste about what the next one will be like.
The first one was held on a beautiful sunny day and our the forecast for this weekend suggests the weather will, once again, be perfect. I do think that weather helps a market immensely.
Personally I will still go even if it is raining but wont necessarily enjoy it nearly as much. I suspect I’m not the only one who enjoys a market in good weather as the first market was pretty busy.
I stayed for quite a while (the market is at the primary school which means there is lots of play equipment to entertain the kids) and during the time I was there a lot of the fresh produce sold out. This week I plan to shop early.
The stalls at the market were nicely varied, a few offering preserves, honey, fresh pasta and that sort of thing as well a good number selling fresh produce and basics like bread.
There was a stall selling the most amazing looking bagels but as yet I haven’t tried them as they had sold out by the time I did my buying round of the stalls. Sigh…. Produce wise there was a nice selection including hard to get seasonal things like chestnuts as well as more common produce like: pumpkin, apples, greens, potatoes and so on.
All in all it was a great market. I just hope the coffee maker gets their act together this week, although having said that the wonderful O’Hea St bakery is just a stones throw away and they do great coffee there.
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