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Today, the historic fishing vessel Olympic made its first official produce run leaving from Brownsville in Kitsap County bound for the FarmBoat Floating Market at Lake Union Park in Seattle.

While researching local history, I recently ran across this article in a family scrapbook and offer this fascinating summary of the article: Back in the 1800’s in the Puget Sound area there weren’t any highways or freeways to depend upon … Continue reading →

Cinnamon dates back to 2800 B.C., it is native to an island located on the southeastern  tip of India, called Sri Lanka formerly known as Ceylon.  Over time, this spice has played an important role in economies, it was so … Continue reading →

The Cvita moored at South Lake Union Park at the Wooden Boat Center is a floating store boat, a project of Farmboat. Its name is derived from the Croatian word for flower.  Its purpose is to offer local produce from … Continue reading →

Purslane, a common weed and annual succulent is also known as Pigweed, Little Hogweed, Fatweed and Pusley.   It is also considered an exotic weed and in some areas an invasive plant.  Normally drought resistant it does grow in poor … Continue reading →

After a long dreary winter, the FarmBoat Lake Union Floating Market is back onboard the historic steamship “Virginia V”. We are ready for another fantastic season on the water. This year, Michael Petrone has joined us to help run the … Continue reading →

Due to the simultaneous construction closures of roads, parking lots and pedestrian walkways at South Lake Union, the FarmBoat Floating Market will close early this year. Despite hopes to run the market up until Christmas, the City of Seattle has … Continue reading →

The steamship Virginia V is 90 years old next year. All who built and ran her in the early days of her Mosquito Fleet career are dead now. The vast majority of folks who walked her decks over the years … Continue reading →

Fall is definitely here. Squash, apples pears, sweet corn, chard and kale star at the floating market. It’s a great time to start dreaming about those cozy holiday meals. This week, Adriana will be cooking up her famous Fish Tacos, … Continue reading →

When is the last time you dined and shopped for groceries on an historic steamship? Now is the time to come by if you have not experienced this exclusive Seattle treat. Fresh Fall crops are in! Eat well and stock … Continue reading →