Friday, September 12, 2025

The Keady Market

 On Tuesday past, we went to the Keady Market, a crazy, crowded place that sells everything from livestock to strawberries, from baking to sunglasses!  We were there for the fruits and veggies of course.  Mrs. F.G. worked in a fruit and veg market as a teenager, and ever since she's had strong ideas about what makes great fruit and veggies.

The Keady Market is actually a livestock market, with farmers buying and selling all kinds of livestock every week, but it has expanded into all sorts of other things, and few people who visit are actually there for the livestock sales now.

There is sausage and bread.  We bought some nice bread here.

It wasn't far before we hit the fruits and veggies.  Not all of this is locally grown, some likely comes from the Toronto Food Terinal.

But if you were after fruit you could certainly find it!  Do you recognize the small orange berries to the left?

These are Sea-Buckthorn berries, said to have many health benefits.

But as I said, there are vendors selling many other sorts of items.

And of course there's a stand where you can buy you snack and a drink.  And we're barely half-way through!


12 comments:

  1. It looks like a grand little stop. Grand and little? What am I saying? 😊

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  2. A grand place to visit and find goodies.

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    1. Nancy, I've been missing your posts, though I always enjoy your comments.

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  3. the funkier stuff the is, the more the customers.

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  4. Wow, what a neat market! Even if I didn't buy anything, I'd be impressed with the variety and colour. Your photos are lovely!

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  5. That looks like a really nice market.

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  6. Those sea-buckthorn berries look very much like the fruit of horsenettle -- it would probably be quite bad to make a mistake with those two.

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  7. It does look a very nice market - so much to see (and buy!)

    All the best Jan

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  8. I really enjoy your shopping adventures. I have my mom's tea cups in the basement and my boys will probably toss them when they are gone.

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