April 28 CSA Share
Full share from April 28, 2010
Wow! This is my fifth year as a CSA member! I’m super-excited about the coming season for several reasons.
One, my feeble attempt at a vegetable garden last summer was pretty much a fail. I only had a 4X4 plot, and though it was in the sunniest part of our yard, it just wasn’t enough. I got a few tomatoes and cucumbers, and some basil, but it wasn’t a particularly productive garden. The hot peppers that I planted in pots on the back desk did pretty well, though.
The second reason I’m looking forward to my weekly shares is that we’ve had some changes in our family’s financial situation. Getting in a batch of produce each week that was paid for a long time ago is going to be a huge plus in meal planning and saving on groceries – something that I’m planning to start blogging a little more about in general.
I have to say, I wish there were more strawberries this week. As in previous years, we are splitting this share with another couple, and half a pint of strawberries is pretty much just a handful. (But they were delicious!) Here’s what we received: one big bunch spinach, one pint of strawberries, two baby bok choi, one big bunch turnips, one bunch French breakfast radishes, and two enormous heads of lettuce – one Romaine, one red-leaf.
Tags: bok choi, lettuce, radishes, spinach, strawberries, turnips
I think its great that you are members of a CSA. I have been wanting to do it for a few years now, but our situation keeps changing (ie, we are never somewhere long enough to do one…my husband is in the military). I really wanted to do it this year, and looked into it a lot, but then we found out we’re moving in the fall before the season would be over, so we can’t. Anyway, I think its great, and I look forward to hearing more about it on your blog!
Thanks! You might be able to work out splitting a share with someone next year – keep it in mind! As long as you know approximately how much each week’s share is worth, someone could cover the last few weeks, or you could split a share each week, like what we do. If one family is on vacation, then the other family gets the whole share that week, and the first family gets the whole share the following week. It works out pretty nicely.