It’s zucchini season.
You must act now to keep gardeners from leaving zucchini in the back seat of your car! I swear you can watch them grow.
We got zucchini today from three sources. In the CSA. In the Friends and Farms basket. And from my garden. Bread is in the future. Chocolate zucchini bread, that is.
A quick look at what we got from our local and regional sources for food.
Friends and Farms gave us heirloom zucchini, tomatoes, a cucumber, white potatoes, green bell peppers, leaf lettuce and scallions. The fruit was a pint of blueberries. I picked white bread this week. Eggs. Swordfish. Beef kabob cubes. This is an individual basket. Just the right size for a couple who have a garden, and a CSA subscription.
The greens are already gone. They were in tonight’s salad.
As for Lancaster Farm Fresh and our half share CSA.
Eight items in the vegetable share. Two pints of organic blueberries in the fruit share. Three lovely cheeses. Chicken share a mix of boneless skinless breast meat and whole legs.
The veggie share. Eight ball zucchini. Green cabbage. Peas in the shell. Green beans. Pickling cukes. One large slicing cucumber. New red potatoes. And heirloom spinach (which was supposed to be kale, but I swapped).
Gouda, cheddar and bleu cheese. Every month a threesome of interesting fresh, mostly raw milk cheeses.
I don’t need grocery stores. I have it all in our “grand slam”. CSA. Friends and Farms. Our garden. Jenny’s market. Where today I picked up oranges to make my fennel salad. A few grapes and plums for my husband’s fruit fix.
Here’s to eating what is freshest and from small local sources. And, that garden thing.
Zucchini anyone? I can deliver.
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