Monthly Archives: November 2011

Another wonderful basket full of goodies this week. I am always amazed at the quality and the variety in this CSA.

This week we received:
1 bag carrots
1 Hokkaido squash
1 butternut squash
1 bunch specialty radishes
1 bag mixed specialty beets
1 bag sweet Hakurei turnips
1 head red romaine lettuce
1 head tatsoi
1 bag teeny tiny bok choy
1 bag Beauregard sweet potatoes
2 leeks
1 bag onions

All are certified organic.

I already have the beets roasting in the oven.

We found out that there will be no winter CSA in this area, but not to worry for us. We searched the local harvest site and found a new CSA for 18 weeks starting when this one ends. AND!!!!!! they deliver to our county, since the farmer’s markets are finished in this area, and they have a small circle of subscribers that they can bring it to us.

Can’t wait to begin this one, as we added a meat subscription and bi-weekly eggs. I already miss my suppliers from the markets.

I got this lovely Queensland Blue Squash last week in the CSA basket. I hoped to roast it and make bread with it for a get together at my volunteer site.

But, although organic foods are wonderful for me to use, they have their downsides. I picked it up today to cut it and roast it and found an tiny hole in the bottom, probably the exit point for the little critter who had gotten in through the stem. He (it) had wreaked havoc in the squash and it gave off an ugly odor. Off to the compost pile for my lovely squash, and on to plan B, a butternut squash from two weeks ago.

Thankfully, critter free.