Got enough to get through Thanksgiving?
We won’t get vegetables the week of Thanksgiving, so if you need to stock up or get extra for Thanksgiving dinner, it’s time to visit the store.
Patricia usually updates the store with the latest stuff available by noon Sunday. The cutoff to make the coming week’s delivery is Monday at [...]
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Don’t forget to go to the (online) store!
Posted in CSA notes on November 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Not giving in and going out
Posted in CSA notes on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Twice this week (and it’s only Wednesday) I’ve thought, “I don’t have the time or energy to stop and make something.”
But I hung in there, went to the kitchen, and whipped up stuff. And it was so much better.
I have goat cheese!
Posted in CSA notes on October 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Monday I went to visit Nancy and Jacque of Red Hott Tomatoes. (Yep, I needed goat cheese bad enough to drive to Bowdon.) Even more fun, Chris came with me.
We had a swell time hanging with the dairy goats and a grey cat with too much personality. And meeting new chickens and rabbits. And being [...]
Summer bug successes!
Posted in CSA notes on August 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A couple of months ago, I wrote about problems with bugs in the summertime. So I wanted to report two relative successes with fruit flies and chiggers.
Fruit fly trap
We’ve nearly eliminated the fruit flies with this trap.
The solution consists of water, about a teaspoon of sugar, a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, and a [...]
Ideas for eggplant
Posted in CSA notes, Recipes on July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here are four eggplant ideas that will work for globe or Asian eggplant. Asian eggplants are what I got last week. They’re not as bitter as globe eggplants and don’t even have to be peeled.
1. Eggplant Parmesan: It’s quite a production. But if you’ve got the time, it is delicious. Here’s my recipe.
2. Fried eggplant: [...]
CSA vacation week and farmers’ markets
Posted in CSA notes on June 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The CSA program is on vacation this week, so my neighbor and I are trying out the Powder Springs Farmers’ Market tomorrow. It’s in downtown Powder Springs every Thursday from 4 to 8 pm through September. Can’t wait to see what they have.
Click here for a list of other Atlanta area farmers’ markets where you [...]
Fruit flies, ticks, and other joys of summer
Posted in CSA notes on June 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Ah, summer! Fresh tomatoes, sweet corn, and oodles and oodles of crawly things.
I’m relatively tolerant of bugs. Most bugs I try to escort outside. Ants I have learned to kill on sight in the house – not because I want to but because I’ve learned the hard way what happens if you don’t kill the [...]
Goats are great!
Posted in CSA notes on June 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some things I’ve learned about goats while visiting Jacque and Nancy Garry at Red Hott Tomatoes in Bowdon, GA.
1. Goats make great stuff.
At Red Hott Tomatoes, I got to meet some goats and sample some of their wares. I had goat milk, goat cheese, and goat kefir. I’d had goat milk before [...]
New 2009 CSA pricing
Posted in CSA notes on February 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The new CSA website is up – www.farmersfreshcsa.com. It has a lot of new information about how the CSA’s going to work this year.
The $100 membership fee is required to subscribe. It comes with these benefits.
But you can buy produce from the online store without being a member. This could be a good option for [...]
Advice for newbies
Posted in CSA notes on February 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Greetings, newbies!
I’m defining newbie here as someone new to cooking fresh produce as well as new to CSAs. I wouldn’t have said I was “new to cooking” when I joined Farmers’ Fresh two years ago, but I was definitely new to cooking fresh produce.
Start in the spring. Spring is the easiest season to start your [...]
