Winter farmers’markets

If, like me, you are miss­ing the farm­ers mar­ket sea­son when we are this deep into win­ter, don’t despair. There are sev­eral options for indoor mar­kets in our area. Take a field trip and dis­cover the treats and trea­sures in all of them — an activ­ity that is sure to tan­ta­lize your senses and warm your stomach.

• Wor­thing­ton Win­ter Mar­ket — Gris­wold Cen­ter, 777 High St. Open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Sat­ur­day through April 23.
• North Mar­ket — Short North, 59 Spruce St., Colum­bus. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon­days, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tues­days through Fri­days, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat­ur­days and from noon to 5 p.m. Sundays.
• Colum­bus Win­ter Mar­ket — Clin­tonville Women’s Club, 3951 N. High St. Open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 11 and 25 and March 3 and 17.

The Delaware County Com­mu­nity Mar­ket, at 222 E. William St. in Delaware, is also like an indoor farm­ers mar­ket, so keep that in mind as a great place to “win­ter over” until spring.

All of these mar­kets can be found on the Inter­net where you can view which ven­dors are avail­able. Don’t for­get now is the time to be research­ing your Com­mu­nity Sup­ported Agri­cul­ture (CSA) mem­ber­ship as the grow­ing sea­son quickly approaches. A great resource is the Local Har­vest web­site. Good luck and think spring!

Tues­day Trip­pier lives in Delaware, is a writer and mother of four with a spe­cial inter­est in green living.

Posted by Tuesday Trippier on Jan 25 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Comments can be made below.