Penultimate Market Day Brings Autumn Produce to the Fore

Is the Belmont Farmers Market actually coming to a close in one week? It seems just recently that Market Days opened for the season on a cool and misty afternoon. 

It may be late in the growing year, especially in New England, but shoppers will discover plenty of produce and fruit in season: apples, beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, garlic, herbs, kale, leeks, lettuce, melons, onions, parsley, parsnips, pears, potatoes, pumpkins, raspberries, rutabagas, spinach, swiss chard, turnips and winter squash.

This week's occasional vendors are Coastal Vineyards, Coutts Specialty Foods, Sara Ran Away with the Spoon and Underwood Greenhouses join the regular vendors from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Belmont Center parking lot on Claflin Road.

What's going on at the Market? Read the weekly email newsletter with a great recipe for Hearty Autumn Soup.

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In the Events Tent
• Ruth Rappaport and Friends are back at 2 p.m. with old-time Appalachian string-band music. Celeste Frey on banjo and Emily Horne on fiddle.

• The Wonder School with fun for kids of all ages: make autumn wreaths and decorate pumpkins.

• Stories for preschoolers at 3:15 p.m. with staff of the Belmont Public Library.

Fall & Winter Farm-Share Fair 
Discover the variety available in fall and winter, and sign up for a winter CSA share at the first-ever fall & winter farm share fair. Oct. 22, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Watertown Public Library. 

Belmont Food Pantry
Bring non-perishables to the Market tent every week.