Plants and flowers debut at Mat-Su Farm Market Monday

PALMER — A variety of plants and flowers will be available at this week’s Mat-Su Farm Market from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday at the Palmer Depot. The market will take the week off April 14 and continue the following week through May 19.

Vendors at this week’s market include:

• The Alaskan Sourdough Bread Co. — Sourdough breads, including angry rooster, roasted garlic, cranberry walnut, olive and regular sourdough. Specialty breads, such as challah, spring stollen, farmhouse hearth loaf, balsamic onion focaccia and Alaskan sea salt focaccia.

• Alaska Sprouts — Sprouts and hydroponic lettuces.

• Alaska Yard and Goat Co. — Full line of Alaska goat milk soaps: oatmeal, milk and honey, Hawaiian dream, mountain pine, lavender, tropical vacation, buck naked, and Arctic ice.

• Bistro Red Beet — Delicious gluten-free baked goods including breads, cookies, brownies, muffins and more. Featured this week: strawberry fry bread and more of our amazing cauliflower, as well as pear kimchi.

• Brooke Family Farm — Quail, chicken and duck eggs, and will take orders for 2014 free-range chicken, ducks, geese, turkeys and hogs. Hogs available now.

• Bushes Bunches — Blue, Yukon, peanut and red potatoes, pumpkins, turnips, beets and carrots. Blueberry crumble. Forgot Valentine’s Day? Stop by to pick up a piece of unique handmade jewelry.

• Choose Food Wisely LLC — Offering a New flavor of coconut kifer that is delicious and can double as a no-work dessert offering for you.

• Coba’s Plant Care — Fresh microgreens. Come get your basic or spicy salad mix, broccoli, radish or cabbage microgreens. Microgreens are nutritious and tasty and always harvested fresh, even now in the middle of winter. New this week: basil starts, flower starts, including lobelia and geraniums.

• Country Health Foods — Farm-fresh vegetables, beef, pork, chicken, Alaska seafood, whole-grain barley, barley flour, honey, baked goods, Alaska sea salt, salsa and fresh California oranges. New this week: yak meat, everything from burger to steak.

• Gee-Haw Realty (the market’s sponsor) — Information on some great farm properties. Have a real estate question? Stop by and ask Carl.

• Hippy Psych Designs — Earrings, bracelets and scrubbies, all handmade in Alaska.

• Jonesers — Teas, rubs and handmade nectars made right here in the Mat-Su. Featured this week: bananas foster nectar. After lots of experimentation, this nectar has been perfected so it tastes just like the real thing.

• Loco Mamas — Come check out the updated Monday Market menu! Chicken and beef tacos, panini sandwiches, wraps, nachos and more. And, as always, fresh homemade tamales.

• Monica Estill — Monica Estill is a local author, artist, poet and philosopher. Stop by to pick up a copy of her book “The Bossy Boulder.” She also has varying size prints of her unique art, which is whimsical, cute and beautiful! Cards available, too. New this week: Monica’s guide to being happy.

• Moonlit Lake Garden — Local, organic fermented and cultured veggies. Featured this week: Golden cultured horseradish. Starts for sale: tomatoes, peas and more. There is a seed swap basket available to drop off and pick up packets of seeds free of charge. Seeds for seeds only; no plants, other products or services. If homegrown, please make sure they’re labeled. There will also be information about the Good Earth Gardening School classes offered this year.

• Reckon it’s a Craft — Handmade potholders, aprons, birdhouses and climbers. Handmade bags just for the market.

• Three Branches — Fabulous handmade wild harvest salves, balms, lip balms and lotions, all chemical free and made with locally harvested and sourced ingredients. Featuring Alaska Forage teas with new varieties.

• Tilgner’s Smoked Salmon — Cold smoked Scottish-style wild Alaska salmon.

• Ultima Skin Care — Get the ultimate sauna experience in your own home. Products include, sugar scrubs, moisturizing creams, aromatherapy steam bags, conditioning lip moisturizers and, of course, the authentic glacier mud mask.

• Unique Alaskan Birch — Handmade birch bowls and home décor.

• Voodoo Chocolates — Come by the market this week to pick up a box of locally made chocolates. New this week will be a coffee meltaway and a dairy-free water truffle. Get ready for Easter with some great local-made chocolates.

• Warren Troy — Author of “Alaska Wilderness Adventures.” Come get a copy of the book and he’ll personalize it for you.