Garlic Baskets

We just got home from a much needed vacation.  This summer has been hot and humid and we are a year older.  The hot weather and farm work was taking its toll on us.  So, we decided to let the garden go and take a road trip.  Weeds have taken over a lot of the garden and about all we had left were tomatoes and peppers which were suffering from the hot weather as well.  So, it was not that hard of a decision to make.

Years ago, we went to Santa Fe and decided we'd like to go back. We had in mind to go through the Georgia O'Keefe art museum and spend some time in that area of the country.  While we were there, we saw a sign about the Santa Fe Farmers' Market.  It is held on Saturday and Tuesday mornings. The Tuesday market worked into our schedule perfectly.  

It is held at the railway terminal, hence the rails in the foreground. There were lots of booths with all kinds of beautiful produce.

Tom spent a lot of time checking out the tomatoes.

And, it was all I could do to keep from buying some of these heirloom tomatoes.

This being New Mexico, of course they had all kinds of peppers.  In one booth, they were roasting them and selling bags of them.  I couldn't resist and bought a bag to put in our cooler to bring home.

There were even decorations made with peppers.

And, there was garlic.  Here is a booth that specialized in it.  

They had hard-necked garlic tied up in bundles.  Almost too pretty to eat!

They had several varieties that we have never grown.  So, Tom picked out a few nice heads and bought them.....not for us to eat, but to grow this fall.

And, I bought some pretty baskets to put it in next summer at our farmers' market.