I haven't had a chance to talk about the farm share yet. I am doing a half share that I pick up every other week and pic your own every week. I can't tell you how much better I feel knowing that my food is local and organic and affordable.
We have had two pick ups now and there are so many fresh greens. We have had lettuce, spring mix, bock choy, beets, turnips, fennel, strawberries...YUM, broccoli, spinach, and they had some corn they made into popping corn I guess from last season. We got to pull it off the ear. It was delicious!
We love going to the farm and filling our giant old fashioned basket with good green things right from our local soil. Our little one loves picking food and eating it right there. The strawberries were amazing this year. We have already met some nice people and W makes friends with a new kid his age each time we go.
Soon we will get to do our work for our share and we will have our whole family working and learning how farming works.
This harvest is from The CSA at the Poughkeepsie Farm Project. They have a waiting list, so if you are interested in joining anytime soon, you need to get on the waiting list.
http://farmproject.org/
Our own garden is bigger this year and we are doing away with our lawn and providing more growing space. This week I mulched the gardens to protect them during this hot weather. Everything looks so great. We are looking forward to a great mid to late summer harvest from our own yard.
We have had two pick ups now and there are so many fresh greens. We have had lettuce, spring mix, bock choy, beets, turnips, fennel, strawberries...YUM, broccoli, spinach, and they had some corn they made into popping corn I guess from last season. We got to pull it off the ear. It was delicious!
We love going to the farm and filling our giant old fashioned basket with good green things right from our local soil. Our little one loves picking food and eating it right there. The strawberries were amazing this year. We have already met some nice people and W makes friends with a new kid his age each time we go.
Soon we will get to do our work for our share and we will have our whole family working and learning how farming works.
This harvest is from The CSA at the Poughkeepsie Farm Project. They have a waiting list, so if you are interested in joining anytime soon, you need to get on the waiting list.
http://farmproject.org/
Our own garden is bigger this year and we are doing away with our lawn and providing more growing space. This week I mulched the gardens to protect them during this hot weather. Everything looks so great. We are looking forward to a great mid to late summer harvest from our own yard.
YUMMY YUMM and it doesn't get any better than having your own food right in your own soil at your home. Good for the body, good for the mind, good for the soul.
that's great Heidi - we don't have a farm share in Nassau County that I know of - they have them in brooklyn, but not on my neck of the island - frustrating!! Enjoy all that great fresh food and glad to hear the little man has fun picking with you :)
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