Lucky us, rain is a farmer’s best friend. I guess, so long as it doesn’t flood. Though we are a bit later to blossom than many of our neighbors, our organic gardens are really starting to come of age this season. Slow and steady wins the race, right? This week, look for gorgeous red ace beets, tons of green bell peppers and several varieties of chile peppers, green and purple basil, scallions, cucumbers, baby carrots, zucchini and much, so much more to come!

This weekend we’re mixing up our greens! If you liked the baby kale, look for our mixed bags of baby rainbow chard, spinach and red Russian kale. More tender, baby lettuces, red and French Breakfast radishes, as well as white and purple bunching onions.

This past Wednesday in Chicago, we were so excited to encounter the very first strawberries of the season from Ellis Farms. They’re the most magical touch on our Magical Morning Breakfast Tart, also featuring Tomato Mountain’s strawberry raspberry preserves, Prairie Fruits Farm chevre, Ellis Farms honey and crushed walnuts on our sprouted wheat tortilla

In Chicago, we’re also very excited to have Christie Phillips helping out at the Tiny Greens Kitchen this weekend while Chef Daniel Asher is exercising his culinary prowess at a special event in Colorado. And be sure to stop by the Green City chef demo at 10:30 to see our friend Greg Christian of Greg Christian Catering showcase the best of late spring in the Midwest.

For all of you who found us at Urbana’s Market in the Square this morning, thank you for stopping by! And thanks again for visiting our website and blog. We had a great time seeing all of you this morning, old friends and new, and we hope to see more of you in the weeks to come. We’d like to give a special thank you to Lisa Bralts, the new market manager, for helping us and all the other vendors get off on what looks to be a fantastic season. Now that we’re off to such a great start, we’ll be keeping this blog updated with all kinds of things: new produce we’ll be bringing to the market, new products from other vendors we may be featuring from our kitchen and new ideas we’re always looking to bounce off each other and all of you. So thank you again, Urbana, for a beautiful Saturday morning and we hope to see you all again next week and for the rest of the season.

For all of our friends in Chicago, we can hardly wait to see you all again this Wednesday in Lincoln Park. Look for us on the corner straight south of the info booth, across the paved walk. In addition to our sprouts and baby microgreens, we’re bringing back our full menu of internationally inspired, locally grown vegetarian cuisine including the Quesadilla Verde, Pizza del Mercato, Sunny Crunch Wrap, Breakfast Quesadilla, The Sproutwich and our new Salad du Jour, all featuring our sprouts and/or baby microgreens and other seasonal produce from our own farm and other Green City Vendors. We’ll also have our famous sprouted wheat tortillas for sale by the half dozen, beautiful bunches of chives and fresh wheatgrass juice, pressed to order. Come hungry! It’s going to be an amazing day!