CSA report
How can it be August already? The summer is flying by and all I have to show for it are two cups of frozen shredded zucchini. Half a CSA share does not provide enough food for us to preserve for the winter, but with the new baby it’s a good thing we didn’t go for a full share since most of it would have ended up in the compost bin anyway. I’m a bit behind since we were out of the city most of last week, so here’s a photo of the share from two weeks ago:
3 medium eggplants, 3 red onions, a big bunch of carrots, a bunch of swiss chard, a pint of mixed tomatoes, a big bag of green beans and cheddar cheese and yogurt from the buying club.
Last week’s unphotographed share included a quart of Yukon Gold potatoes, close to a pound of green beans, a 1/2 pint of mixed grape and cherry tomatoes, a 1.5 lb bag of red potatoes, 2 summer squash and 3 pattypan squash, 3 huge green peppers and a quart each of raspberry and peach yogurt.
This week’s share had 1.5 pounds of Yukon Gold potatoes, about a pound of green beans, a quart of mixed tomatoes, half a dozen yellow squash, a pint of jalapeño peppers, and 5 yellow onions.
This summer I find that the half share is enough for us and I haven’t had to supplement with any additional vegetables from the market. Unfortunately the buying club through the CSA hasn’t offered any fruit at all this season, so I’ve had to buy fruit each week. If I don’t make it to the farmer’s market up the street on Fridays I get stuck buying it at the supermarket so it’s not local and frankly not that great.
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