As a dedicated farmers' market groupie, I've learned that you need to go early to get the best eats. The Saturday market in Deering Oaks presents a challenge for me, because I'm not much of a early riser on the weekends. Even so, I thought we were doing pretty good to make it there at 10 am this past Saturday. But since everyone and their brother seems to have figured out that the farmers' market is the secret to eating well, the place was absolutely mobbed and the farmers were moving as fast as they could to keep the bins full and the huge lines moving.

So today, I headed out at 8:30 am for the market. The crowd was steady but not yet overwhelming, and I managed to get lots of tasty veggies and fruits. If you're heading out for today's market in Monument Square (it goes until 2 pm), here's a look at what you can expect to find.

Tomatoes, tomatoes and more tomatoes. Every stand has them in an endless number of colors and varieties.

I'm pretty fond of these fingerling potatoes. You know how the fast food restaurants inject their machine made french fries with artificial flavors to give them that distinctive smell and taste? Well I think they stole the flavor from roasted fingerling potatoes.

Whether you like them scorching hot or sweet and mild, there's no shortage of peppers at the market.

I like to pop into the Public Market House on Wednesdays to grab a loaf of bread from Big Sky Bakery. The price, flavor and freshness can't be beat.

For dessert, there are fruits galore. I found tons of apples and a great assortment of blueberries (the wild ones are pretty much done for the season, but the high bush ones should last through to the first frost), plus raspberries, blackberries, peaches and plums.