CSA
In Celebration of 5
The morning of our anniversary dawned clear and gorgeous! Blue sky, puffy clouds, warm but not too hot temperatures. It was almost a carbon copy of our wedding day. How perfect was that for our anniversary?? For a multi-sport athlete, or at least the one I live with, there is no such thing as a [...]
Showing Them How It’s Done
Today was our Week 6 CSA Pickup. It reinforced our conclusion that kale and chard must be verrryyy easy to grow! Again, we got a huge bunch of each. As you can see from the picture below, those items make up about half of this week’s haul! Too bad we haven’t developed a taste for [...]
Fresh Herb Inspiration
So, since I didn’t post a photo of our CSA basket this week, I thought you might like to see a couple things we made with our fresh goodies: This week’s Italian parsley joined some oregano and basil from our garden to season some Three Cheese Stuffed Shells. The green leaf, red leaf, radicchio, mixed [...]
We Heart Lettuce and Mini Carrots
I’ve been remiss in posting about the latest CSA news… but no more! Here’s a recap of Weeks 4 and 5… and of our impromptu trip to the farm. Week 4’s pickup was another “bonus” week in that it included a cooking demo. This particular demo featured different salad dressing recipes. I tried three of [...]
Happy Hens
We’re back with a recap of our Week 3 CSA pickup! Over the past couple weeks, we have enjoyed a variety of vegetables from Trillium Haven, a local CSA farm. For the most part, it’s been wonderful. There have been a few items that were new to us that were kind of iffy— as in, [...]
Um, Does Anybody Have a Good Turnip Recipe?
We interrupt this wedding remembrance bonanza to bring you: a recap of our Week 2 CSA pickup! This week’s pickup was different in a lot of ways. I knew what to expect. However, this time, I went by myself on the way home from work; whereas, last week, Kevin and Kathleen (Did I mention that [...]
Quick! Get the Salad Spinner!
Look! It’s a basket full of freshly harvested deliciousness! Yesterday, we had our first CSA pickup. For those of you scratching your heads and wondering what CSA stands for, wonder no more. It stands for Community Supported Agriculture. During the growing season, as CSA group members, we’ll get a bunch of freshly harvested, locally [...]
