Harvest!

First it has been a year since we started this blogging business. It is so fun to look back and see all that was written. We have missed sharing for over a month and a half and in my next post you will see why. There have been so many things I have wanted to blog about and it will be next to impossible to catch up. Instead I will simply move forward.

Since moving to Michigan we have talked about doing a garden but something has happened each year, and then there are also the deer (although we have a list of ideas to deal with that). This year a friend told us about this family who does Community Supported Agriculture. Their background is fascinating. We can enjoy their organic produce farming by paying ahead for a share of the crop. It turns out to be about 17 weeks worth of deliveries. It sounded like a lot of $$ at first but we decided that if we were to visit the farmers market weekly we could easily spend the same amount. It sounded healthy and a win win. So we signed up. The first delivery came the night before we left on our trip. We delivered that to some friends and arranged for the next two weeks to be picked up by different friends each week. After being on the road for so long I was really anticipating tonight! Finally our chance to keep the produce and enjoy some healthy stuff!

Can't wait for dinner tomorrow night. We did pick in a little tonight but tomorrow the meal will be planned around this. Nick snapped a few shots of our first harvest, thanks to the Swier family! Doesn't it make your mouth water? We have salad greens, cooking greens like kale, swiss chard etc., beets, radishes, garlic scapes, broccoli rabe, oregano, cilantro... They send us a newsletter each week and include a recipe to give an idea of how to use some of the produce. This week - Garlic Scape Pesto! Yum can't wait to try it.