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CSA 2012: Week 3 — One Tired Salad Spinner

More spinach! The early part of the season is a bit tedious with all the greens. There, I said it. I’m hoping to raise a lettuce lover in my son by starting early, but I have to confess that I have to work to like eating lettuce — even this high quality organic lettuce. I [...]

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CSA 2012: Week 2 — Little White Orbs of Yum

More lettuce! We hadn’t even gotten a chance to get through all of our previous greens and now we have more! I’ll tell you everything’s official name at the bottom of this post. It’s a challenge to use up all the food and a reminder that if you eat seasonally, you will eat more healthy [...]

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2012 CSA: Week 1 – Lettuce Tsunami

The first CSA of the year arrived! Seeing the box made me happy I decided to do go for it again this year. I think this year’s CSA is going to suit us well. First, it’s getting delivered to our house. Going to a drop off point was fine last year, especially since the CSA [...]

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5 ways to find your first CSA

I know it’s tax season and we all have a lot on our financial plates, but now is the time to start thinking about summer veggies straight from the farm and paying upfront for a summer of wellness. If you enjoyed my blog series about our first CSA last summer, now is the time to [...]

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CSA Box Week 10

Did you miss CSA Box Week 9? Yeah, we were out of town and had our friends pick it up. So this is our last “official” CSA box! We have applied for the “extended season,” which means we will be getting a few more boxes in November and December, but I’m bummed that the main [...]

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CSA Box Week 8

Another fun CSA box: Greens! — Help me identify them (the middle is chard) A bag of lettuce and radishes Onion, tomatoes, kohlrabi, broccoli Two acorn squash, a cabbage, and a carrot I made fried green tomatoes for the first time — thanks to a commenter I don’t remember who gave me the idea! They [...]

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My Journey to the Farm: Making Goat Milk Ice Cream

Close Encounters with the Goat Kind This summer we took a trip to a farm that is affiliated with our CSA. I found the experience to be life-changing. But first, a little background. Before I started this blog, my son was very sick. He was getting ear infections every two weeks. He had a constant [...]

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CSA Box Week 7 and tomato sauce

Another fun CSA box!  Parsley, red pepper, three tomatoes, and again: The Mystery Herb (you guys identified that as lovage, right?)  Broccoli and lettuce Shard and a leek! Two more bunches of broccoli Guess what was in the bag? Potatoes! Three more tomatoes, an onion, and two pumpkins  Wow, pumpkins! It feels too early for [...]

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