I signed up for a CSA today
 Spring until November is the time frame. Has anyone ever done this before? I guess you get a box of veggies every week. Enough to feed 2 adults and 2 children. Then also cut your own fresh flowers and herbs. It sounds great to me. I can't wait. Lisa Frankie and Mattie |
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| Those programs are terrific. They make you expand your cooking, too, as you sometimes get produce that you have never cooked before. What time is supper? |
What an awesome idea!  |
| We've been dying to try one for years, but either didn't have the money, or the pick-up locations were much too far away. This year a farm just a mile down the road is starting one - and it will be 52 weeks a year, including fresh meat and dairy! (We're already getting their milk, and I'll never go back to store-bought again!) We'll have to compare cooking adventures when the deliveries start! |
| You guys should share any good recipes you find! David and I live a block away from a farmer's market and I want to try more variety this year. Might even try my hand at canning, if I get brave enough (I worry about poisoning someone). |
| My BIL and his wife do a CSA, out in California though. We stayed with them a week last summer and got to enjoy all their fresh fruits and vegetables. It really does expand how you cook; you'll start experimenting with new ingredients, and eat foods you never knew you liked before! Hubby and I have looked at doing one here in Kansas City. We have some that even include meat and eggs. |
| I think there are some in WI but as far as I know none around here. I would be interested too if something was available especially if you get meat too. Kim, canning isn't that difficult you just have to get good directions and a pressure cooker is best. I just can tomatoes and I do the hot water bath, haven't poisoned us yet. Freezing works good too. |
Mady wrote: Might even try my hand at canning, if I get brave enough (I worry about poisoning someone). I was always reluctant to can, because of the fear illness, and what I thought would be DAYS of hard work for a couple of little jars at the end of it. When we realized that our new home had an apple tree on it, I figured I might as well give it a shot. It's not nearly as ominous as I thought it would be. (And I realized that it's just as easy to make a small batch of something as a large one.) I put up 6 quarts of apple pie filling, a dozen pints of applesauce, and 3 dozen half pints of apple butter last year, and give it out constantly to friends, family and co-workers. And the CSA farmer said he's willing to take our reject apples to feed to his pig, so we'll have no waste at all this year. You can do it!  Happy canning! |
| I've been canning, freezing and dehydrating my entire life. It really is quite easy. The hardest part is just making the commitment and actually doing it! My twenty-something kids and their friends have this plan for world apocalypse...and it includes moving to our farm and using our land and Todd and I's knowledge of hunting, gardening and farming to survive!  It was kind of cool when they told me of this plan - who would have even thought my techie geek kids and their friends would even think of this!  |
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