Winter Buyers Co-op, Week 4

grapefruit, 3 jars of One Straw Farm chopped tomatoes (this is the farm we get our CSA from - so fancy!)

Holy smokes, where'd the summer go?

I felt like it had been awhile since I posted something (ya think?!?), but it really shocked me to come here and see my last post was week 1 of our CSA.  Today is something like week 14.  Where did the summer go???

I haven't stopped taking photos, of course... just stopped uploading and posting.

So please excuse me while I catch up on the weekly CSA posts... and then maybe garden updates... and then maybe some other fun stuff I've been up to.  As usual, I will post them on or around the date taken since I can't stand things not being chronological here...

All I know is it may not all happen today.  It is too beautiful to be indoors; however - all the windows are open, I have a breeze at my side, and I can't really go anywhere until I'm done babysitting the tomatoes slow-roasting in my oven.  So stay tuned!

CSA: week 8

cucumbers, garlic, orange cherry tomatoes, yellow pear-shaped tomatoes

CSA: week 7

tomatoes, yellow summer squash, zucchini, eggplant

CSA: week 6

green onions, potatoes, kale, patty pan squash

CSA: week 5

red leaf lettuce, snap peas, garlic, zucchini

(blur due to extreme change in camera lens from indoors with AC to outdoors with HORRIFIC humidity)

CSA: week 4

Collard Greens, Radishes, Cucumber and Kohlrabi (purple and green)

CSA: week 3

Broccoli, curly-leaf kale, zucchini, romaine lettuce.

CSA: week 2

Golden beets, spring onions, spinach, collard greens.

CSA: week 1

Hooray, hooray, it's CSA time again!  In case you've been living under a rock, CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture.  You buy a "share" directly from the farmer at the beginning of the season (usually sometime Jan-April) and then you get weekly deliveries of fresh produce in return.  We buy a half-share (4 items) in a 24-week CSA that runs June-November.  The farmers get the money they need to start their crops (rather than taking out bank loans) and we get fresh produce straight from the farm.  No middle man means much lower prices!

Each week I will take a picture of our haul and post it here.  It's my favorite post since it's so easy to do!

this week: rainbow chard, garlic scapes, green leaf lettuce, romaine lettuce.

In the beginning, you definately have to handle a lot of greens!