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Weather has not been nice for vegetable growers this year. First, the temperatures rose so quickly in early spring that many greens bolted and bittered far before their time. Now tens of inches of rain are flooding fields. The lack of sunlight leaves fruits unripened and rotting. Those of us who don’t [...] | June 16th, 2010 | Tags: csa, rain, wayward seed, weather | Category: CSAs, Gardening |
| Leave a comment the little hound wants you to try a CSA! The first real snow is finally on the ground here in central Ohio. It might be hard to think about summer produce but that’s just what small farmers are doing. Several farmers offering Community Support Agriculture (CSA) shares already have their 2010 signups available. At least one is [...] |When we first became members of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), we received plenty of produce that we had never encountered before. CSA managers are getting better about identifying everything in the share, but in the very beginning, we were given some veggies we couldn’t even name! Here’s my quickie guide for using your CSA share to [...] |Readers have been asking me about recommendations for Summer CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) subscriptions. Wikipedia has a good entry on CSAs if you are not familiar. The truth is that this year, we will not participate in one. We think we can grow everything we need in our backyard garden supplemented with trips to the farmers market [...] |February 21st, 2009 | Tags: 2silos, csa, farmers market | Category: CSAs, Gardening, Local Food |
| 3 comments Eating made from scratch meals is common in our house. Most days we eat 3 meals of homemade food, mostly made from scratch. Many people we meet are stunned that we do this. 100 years ago everyone ate from home, but now many people are used to lunch out, and often breakfast and dinner on the run. Yet [...]  |
January 28th, 2009 | Tags: csa, eat at home, homemade | Category: CSAs, Eco-friendly, Family, Local Food, Make it Yourself |
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