Here is a tick list of the plants that you will to find recent this week at the farm markets in San Francisco and Sonoma and a whole lot of other farm markets around the country this week:
First of season: Artichokes, cauliflower, cherries, chives, fava beans, garlic chives, goat cheese, herbs and vegetable starts, marjoram, olives, snow peas, Valencia oranges, kid zucchini squash.
Best of season: Asparagus, avocadoes, beets, broccoli, cabbages, carrots, chard, dates, dried fruit, eggs, green garlic, honey, hydroponic tomatoes, leaf lettuce, leeks, local recent and smoked seafood, mushrooms, spring onions, raisins, spring salad mix, spinach, strawberries, wine and apple cider vinegars, and recent herbs in conjunction with chives, dill, garlic chives, oregano, parsley, rosemary, Russian tarragon, and culinary bay leaves.
End of season: Blood oranges, garlic, grapefruit, lemons, limes, kale, navel oranges, potatoes, sweet potatoes.