Visiting the recently finished Farmers Market at Westin was more of a spur of the moment decision. I initially thought well it is in a 5 star it is going to be expensive and no idea what kind of farmers are going to come to such a Farmers Market. I have been to farmers markets in the UK and always enjoyed picking things up. Well off I went to Westin and was pleasantly surprised at the offering.
Let me start of with the vegetables. There were a few stalls that were selling veggies like lettuce, brocolli, celery, rocket and the other good stuff. Now generally I pick up some of this stuff from super markets but is usually expensive. Getting broccoli for 20 and a bag of mixed cut leaves for 60 was not something that I had imagined. I loved the way the people where friendly and were happy talking about their farm and the produce. I also liked the price and could not help buying quite a few things.
There were quite a few wine stalls. Unfortunately I did not visit them. I did visit the flower and plants stall and loved the things they had. I am very happy with the cactus I bought. Also it was not very expensive. You rarely get the plants at your local or nearby flower shop.
I did see "Pride of Cows" at one of the stalls and wanted to visit it but didn't get the time.
My take away to you is if you do see a farmer market taking place do visit it and be blown away. Only feedback I would have had was if they had some protein it would have been great. Oh one of the farmers does have home delivery I have registered for it now to see if it works and put it up.
Let me start of with the vegetables. There were a few stalls that were selling veggies like lettuce, brocolli, celery, rocket and the other good stuff. Now generally I pick up some of this stuff from super markets but is usually expensive. Getting broccoli for 20 and a bag of mixed cut leaves for 60 was not something that I had imagined. I loved the way the people where friendly and were happy talking about their farm and the produce. I also liked the price and could not help buying quite a few things.
There were quite a few wine stalls. Unfortunately I did not visit them. I did visit the flower and plants stall and loved the things they had. I am very happy with the cactus I bought. Also it was not very expensive. You rarely get the plants at your local or nearby flower shop.
I did see "Pride of Cows" at one of the stalls and wanted to visit it but didn't get the time.
My take away to you is if you do see a farmer market taking place do visit it and be blown away. Only feedback I would have had was if they had some protein it would have been great. Oh one of the farmers does have home delivery I have registered for it now to see if it works and put it up.
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