The Copley Square Farmers' Market. Photo: leigh_householder/Flickr

I just got a review copy of Heidi Swanson’s Super Natural Every Day a couple of days ago (more on that to come), and if there’s one thing I’m jealous of, it’s her weekly access to fresh, local, bountiful farmers’ markets. She lives in California, a state with huge amounts of produce at any time of the year; in Massachusetts, we’re not so lucky (I, for one, would love to meet the committed New England locavore who survived all winter without citrus or tomatoes).

So what we feel now – now that the first farmers’ markets of the year are approaching? Joy. Elation. Other emotions not commonly associated with food (lust?). Forgive us – in the words of Deb from Smitten Kitchen, “when you start trying to eat along with the seasons, you realize how long the winter is on the East Coast and begin to eagerly anticipate the day in spring when the first green things pop from the ground.”

Those sunny days of strolling through the local market, sampling wildflower honey and haggling over asparagus, are soon upon us. Here’s when some of our favorites open for business!

• May 2: South Boston
• May 17: Copley Square
• May 18: Cambridge Center
• May 19: Prudential Center
• May 23: Central Square; City Hall Plaza
• May 25: Davis Square
• May 26: South Station
• June 3: Charles Square
• June 4: Cambridgeport; Roslindale; Union Square
• June 8: Arlington
• June 9: Belmont; Kendall Square
• June 11: Waltham
• June 14: Harvard University; Farm Hill (Stoneham)
• June 15: Dedham
• June 16: Brookline; Medford; Melrose; Milton
• June 17: Allston; Boston Medical Center; Post 440
• June 18: Everett
• June 21: Revere Beach
• June 23: Codman Square
• June 24: Quincy
• July 2: Frederick Douglas Square
• July 5: Newton
• July 7: Bowdoin Geneva; East Boston; Loring-Greenough; Lynn
• July 9: Hyde Park
• July 11: Cliftondale Square
• July 12: Grove Hall
• July 15: Community Servings
• Sept. 8: Boston University