• Fresh & Healthy: Community Supported Agriculture (Week 3)

    It is our third week receiving fresh produce from our CSA!  Our family purchased a half of share and will be receiving fresh produce, local honey, eggs and more for 20 weeks.  I plan to give an update on the items we receive from week to week.  The girls and I picked up this weeks goodies at our local farm!  Next week we will not be receiving items from our local CSA because it has been so hot and dry in our area that our local CSA has decided to hold off a week to make sure they have enough produce to provide all the people getting vegetables.

    Week 3 of Fresh Goodies from our CSA!

    Fresh Garden Veggies from our CSA!


    Items in our Basket this Week:

    • Bundle of Green Lettuce
    • Bundle of another variety of Lettuce Greens
    • Bundle of Carrots (2 Orange, 1 Yellow & 1 Red)
    • Half a Dozen of Fresh Eggs
    • Stock of Collard Greens
    • Bag of Peas
    • Bundle of Bok Choy
    • Bundle of Chards
    • Bundle of Scallions

    I am looking forward to eating these goodies this week!  Thanks everyone for the delicious Recipes!!!  Do you have any amazing recipes to share that use a variety of Bok Choy or Chards?

    To find out how you can be a part of a local CSA check out this post – Fresh & Healthy:  Community Supported Farms

  • Fresh & Healthy: Our Garden – Fresh Lettuce, Spinach, Dill, Broccoli, Radishes….Oh MY!

    We are enjoying our garden!

    Here are some of the fresh veggies we were able to eat and share this week:

    Fresh Leafy Garden Lettuce and Spinach, first pick of the week!

     

    Fresh Garden Dill

     

    Fresh Garden Broccoli and Radishes

     

    Another day of picking fresh veggies in the garden. Sink full of fresh garden Veggies - Lettuce, Spinach, Radishes, Broccoli!

     

    Another batch of Fresh Vegetables from our Garden! Love eating fresh salads!

     

    And MORE Coming Soon…..

    3 Baby Summer Squash Growing on one of the plants in the Garden!

     

    Beautiful Flowers Blooming on the Beans! We will miss the pretty flowers but are looking forward to the yummy beans!

     

    Two Big Tomatoes begging for the sun to shine this week so they can ripen!

    Hopefully next week you’ll see the ripened version of some of the produce.

    Looking forward to seeing what we’ll be picking from the garden in the next few days to eat and share!

  • Fresh & Healthy: Our Garden – Fresh Lettuce, Spinach, Radishes, & Broccoli

    Directly from the garden to the table! Fresh Spinach, Broccoli, and Radishes . Love Garden Veggies!

    I have been enjoying our Vegetable Garden this year. Many thanks to my amazing husband for putting in the time and energy to help get it started for me.  The girls are thrilled to help me pick veggies.  The vegetables are fresh, delicious and they can be taken directly in to eat at dinner.  This week we picked A LOT of lettuce (a variety of leafy lettuce), some spinach, a few radishes, and a couple small broccoli heads.  My broccoli doesn’t get as big as the ones in the grocery store but they taste good!  I even made homemade White Pie Pizza topped with fresh spinach from the garden, black olives (from the box sale), and mushrooms.  All the neighbors and some of their family members have received lettuce from our garden already this year.  It is amazing how having a garden will encourage your neighbors to come over and visit for a few minutes every week.  The girls helped me deliver lettuce to those who haven’t had the chance to stop by the house this week.  I am thankful that we have been blessed with a garden this year, I LOVE being able to eat fresh veggies and share with others.  It has been a wonderful adventure and has already been a great venue for teaching the girls about giving to others and how to cook what we grow.

     

    Fresh Garden Vegetables we picked this week! We were able to take lettuce around to the neighbors this week, we had a great time catching up with everyone!

     

    Fresh Garden Radishes, the girls comment on their taste was "SPICY"!

     

    Fresh Homemade White Pie Pizza with Fresh Spinach from the Garden, Olives and Mushrooms!