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This Week at the Market

May 10th-Queen Bees-MFM Celebrates Mother's Day
At the MFM on May 10, look for spring onions, potatoes, carrots, beets, sweet potatoes, radishes, arugula, mesclun, spinach, fresh young lettuce and lots of strawberries. Among other foods, we’ll also have granola, honey, preserves, coffee and Black Angus beef.

This weekend, the Memphis Farmers’ Market is the place to get your garden going with a fragrant potted arrangement of herbs, a hanging basket, a colorful bouquet or some vegetable starts, perennials and annuals for your garden. Plan to visit our fresh-cut flower vendors to find a unique Mother’s Day arrangement for the mom in your life. You can’t find blooms like these anywhere else!

You can also pick up a coffeecake, a loaf of crusty bread, handmade chocolates, or another of our delicious prepared foods for Mom. Or maybe she’d like something for the kitchen or garden from one of our artisan vendors. And while you can’t bring faithful Fido into the market, you can pick up some treats for him. The MFM pretty much has it all!

What To Expect at the Market

The growing calendar in the tri-state area is seasonal. This means that early-season crops you'll find in May and early June need cool weather (warm days/cool nights). Examples of early crops at the Market are greens, lettuce, cabbage, onions and strawberries. The season starts to peak in late June and July when such crops as tomatoes, squash, cucumbers and peppers become available. Soon after you'll find sweet corn, melons, peas and late summer tomatoes. The season winds down in September, repeating the cool weather cycle of lettuces, cabbages, broccoli and radishes while fall's cooling weather brings pumpkins, gourds, pansies and mums.

This spring’s rains have relieved most of our drought conditions but have slowed the maturing of early fruits such as strawberries, which should be in good supply by the end of April. We’re glad to report that the low temperatures of mid-April do not seem to have wiped out this year’s peaches, although there was damage in low-lying areas at some orchards.

Tennessee Harvest Calendar

The Tennessee Harvest Calendar applies to crops grown in the State of Tennessee. Keep in mind that crops grown in West Tennessee may have different availability dates.

CROP AVAILABILITY / HARVEST CALENDAR FOR TENNESSEE

PRODUCE TYPICAL AVAILABILITY DATE
Apples June 15 – Dec. 1
Asparagus April 20 – May 30
Autumn Olive August – Sept.
Bok Choy Oct. 1 – Nov. 15
Beets July 1 – July 30
Bell Pepper July 7 – Oct. 10
Blackberries June 7 – Oct. 10
Blueberries June 21 – Aug. 21
Boysenberries June 21 – Aug. 21
Broccoli May 10 – June 10 & Oct. 1 – Nov. 15
Cabbage May 7 – Nov. 15
Cantaloupe June 25 – Sept. 10
Cauliflower May 10 – June 10
Chinese Cabbage Oct. 1 – Nov. 15
Cherries June 15 – July 31
Carrots May 1 – July 1
Cherry Tomatoes June 15 – Oct. 15
Collards April 1 – June 1
Cucumbers June 15 – Sept. 30
Dried Apples Aug. 1 – Dec. 1
Elephant Garlic June 15 – Aug. 31
Eggplant July 10 – Sept. 30
English Peas July 1 – Oct. 15
Field Peas July 1- Oct 15
Garlic June 15 – Aug. 31
Gooseberries June 15 – July 31
Gourds Year-round
Grapes July 25 – Sept. 15
Greens Apr 15 – Jun 21 & Sep 21 – Nov 20
Herbs Year-round
Honey Year-round
Hot Peppers July 1 – Oct 31
Indian Corn Year-round
Irish Potatoes July 1 - Oct 1
Kale May 1 – Jun 21 & Sep 25 – Nov 20
Leeks June 1 – July 31
Lettuce May 1 – June 21
Limas July 10 – Oct 15
Muscadine Grapes July 25 – Sept 15
Mushrooms Year-round (depending on type)
Mustard May 1 – June & Sept 21 – Nov. 20
Nectarines July 1 – July 20
October Beans July 15 – Oct. 15
Okra July 15 – Oct. 10
Onions May – Aug. 31
Peaches June 1 – Sept. 15
Pears Sept. 1 – Oct. 10
Pecans Oct. 1 – Dec. 31
Pimento Peppers July 7 – Oct. 10
Plums July 1 - July 31
Polebeans June 20 – Sept. 20
Popcorn Oct. 1 – Nov. 31
Pumpkins Sept. 15 – Oct. 31
Raspberries May 20 – Oct. 10
Rhubarb May 1 – June 30
Grapes July 25 – Sept. 15
Shelly Beans June 10 – Oct. 1
Snapbeans June 10 – Oct. 1
Sorghum Syrup Oct. 1 – March 31
Snow Peas May 1 – June 10
Spinach May 1 – June 21
Sugar Peas July 15 – Sept. 15
Sweet Potatoes Plants May 1 – June 10
Sweet Potatoes Aug. 21 – March 31
Squash June 1 – Oct. 31
Strawberries May 1 – June 10
Sweet Corn June 25 – Sept. 25
Tomatoes June 15 – Oct. 15
Turnips Sept. 10 – Nov. 20
Watermelons Sept. 10 – Nov. 20
Wax Beans June 20 – Sept. 20