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I want to participate in Plastic Free July  and make it a wholly plastic free month sometime. They encourage disuse of single use plastics -...

What do you do with the pumpkins that have graced your home for October and November?  First, you drag them to the Thanksgiving table for ...

Last CSA post! Are you relieved? I am slightly. But, more on that in a minute. This week... ... a bunch of turnips, red mustard green...

This week... 2 heads bok choy, a bag of arugula, slicing tomatoes, several sweet potatoes, sunchokes, and turnips. (sorry for the poor ...

This week... ... 1-2 lb baby golden potatoes, 3 sweet peppers, bunch of turnips, a lb of tomatoes, 8 spicy peppers, a bag of arugula an...

This week... ... a bag of lettuce, a bag of salad greens, several Asian eggplants, a lb of green beans, half dozen eggs, a pound of Rom...

Last month of CSA! (And if you are sick of the CSA posts, be happy ... only a few more to go.) a bunch of radishes, 3-4 small heads bok...

This week in the CSA world we got... ... a half dozen brown eggs, a bunch of turnips, a bunch of braising greens (4 different kinds of...

This week brought us... (sorry sorry sorry! these pictures are so yellow awful!) ... 4 crisp apples, a bunch of radishes, a lb of grape...

This week's CSA... ... included a bag of salad greens, several good sized Roma tomatoes, a bunch of radishes, more okra!, 4 pears, ...

Last week's CSA pick-up included... ... a huge bunch of fresh basil, a pound of okra, 2-1/2 cups mixed salad greens, a pound of red ...

I'm a week behind, but the computer is gone again all week, so forgive me. I'll play catch up next week. Last week's pick up i...

Only 2-1/2 more months of our CSA left! I can't believe that school is starting this week and fall is coming. The weather is so much nic...

This week's pickup included... ... 4 cucumbers, a pint of cherry tomatoes, 8 small peaches, a watermelon (yum!), a pound of okra and...

This week's CSA pick-up included... 1 lb okra, 2 lbs white onions, 1-2 lbs asian green beans, pint of cherry tomatoes, 4 slicing tomat...

CSA pick up seemed pretty sparse this week... a pint of cherry tomatoes, 1 squash, 2 small cucumbers, 4 slicing tomatoes, a bag of shal...

Our CSA pick-up this week provided a very large head of fennel, three small - med kholrabi, one large yellow squash, a pint of yellow and re...

happy 4th to all those Stateside. (I'm sure there will be more on our laid-back festivities tomorrow, but for now...) CSA pick-up last...

"'Enough' is having our survival needs met (food, clothing, shelter), having possessions that bring joy and comfort and even ...