cornucopia
Happy Thanksgiving! The above photo of a cornucopia of produce from the Gulfport (Florida) Fresh Market is my holiday visual greeting for this celebration.
The whole horn of plenty was less than $7.00. I got them at the Tuesday morning incarnation of the Gulfport Fresh Market (they used to be only a Saturday morning event).
The official name is the Gulfport Art Village Fresh Market, which is located at the Gulfport Art Village (2908 Beach Boulevard, South Gulfport, FL; 727-528-2575).
produce snapshots
At this Gulfport’s Tuesday Morning Fresh Market article there is a stunning collection of photos of the market. This website, gulfportflorida.us, has an email subscription if you’re interested in Gulfport activities. I recommend the gulfportflorida.us site, highly.
Another article on the Gulfport Fresh Market that has excellent photos is this post from the travel group at the gather.com website. I enjoyed this post and the author’s eye–it’s the kind of positive post I try to write myself. Really enjoyed it.
Gather.com is an interesting site, overall. Kind of a communal blog with various subgroups (travel, food, thrifty tips, etc.) on which members publish posts. It’s free and quite nice–perfect for someone who doesn’t want to write an independent blog.
honey
Other than the produce stand–which is excellent, truly, truly excellent–the main draw of the market for me is The Honey Cart. They give sample tastes of their four honeys, each gathered in a different season and from different flowers: Spring (citrus, primrose, clover), Summer (palmetto, jasmine, gallberry), Fall (black mangrove, wildflower), and my favorite, Winter (maple, tea tree, golden rod, strawberry, blueberry). I like the winter honey because it has a nice dark taste that goes well on my oatmeal in our “cold” 52° mornings in our Florida “winters.”
The Honey Cart folks sets up at a number of different local farmer’s markets. Here’s a list that’s even more complete than their website:
Pinellas Park Farmer’s Market (Monday); 5120 80th Ave. N. 9am-2pm
Gulfport Fresh Market (Tuesday); 2908 S. Beach Blvd. 9am-3pm
Clearwater Farmer’s Market (Wednesday); 112 S. Osceola Ave. 8am-1pm
Safety Harbor Farmer’s Market (Thursday); 401 Main St. 8am-1pm
Tampa Downtown Market (Friday); 400 Franklin St. 10am-2pm
Ybor city Farmer’s Market (Saturday); 8th Ave. & 18th St. 9am-3pm
I already have plans to visit–and report on–several of those.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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