First CSA Pick up and Farm Stand Debut!

Summer is here.

I know, because my first fresh box of veggies are here!

Community Supported Agriculture, (CSA) feels good.  It tastes better.  Farmers get the support and cash they need up front in order to support their farming addiction.  In return for the upfront payment of what works out to be 20.00 a week, the buyer gets prime pickings of the freshest, most unique produce off the farm.  It is grown and picked with care.  I think it actually tastes better because of this.

And of course, we do things in style.  So the Farm Stand CSA Pick up will happen every wednesday.  A crew of hard working volunteers have created a real little place to be on wednesday nights.  It is focused around the veggies, and from there it will be anyone's guess.  

Next week my daughter has decided she is going to sell her art!  She is going to make "limited edition prints" and put them in picture frames.  Best she learn some basic business skills if she wants to be an artist right?

I think what struck me about it was how alive it felt.  How real.  We're really getting there!  I remember when I was first reading the Blog from afar.  We had not yet committed to the project but I was enchanted by it.  I read Ann's blog posts regularly and I remember a post where she day dreamed about a time in the future when she would be able to have fresh veggies in a CSA.  It seemed so far off.  It was this idea, or dream.  And now I am living here- blogging to you about a very real CSA.  It gives me great hope that one day YOU might be blogging about our finished seniors cohousing, or the Grand Opening of the Organic One Mile Ale Pub my husband so desperately wants to start.

Here, dreams come true.  It just takes love, and work.

If you aren't signed up for a CSA you can still come down and purchase breads, coffee, eggs, and produce at the farm stand.  Wednesdays from 3:00-6:00

Tam explains the veggies of the week.

That Chard looks like lunch to me!

We were amazed how quickly things sold!

There was a constant flow of happy people, excited to have their veggies

Sauteed Garlic and Ginger in sesame and avocado oils.  Shredded Swiss Chard, Kale, and toasted slivered almonds.  Just an average lunch the day after CSA!