Whew! No Kale
Coming back from the farmer’s market today, I peeked into our grocery sack, and…NO KALE!!! It’s a lot like winning the lottery. I guess you’re probably wondering why. Last fall, we signed up for a half-plowshare of vegetables at a local farm, under a typical community-supported agriculture (CSA) system. Basically, for about $275 we get a largish grocery sack full of veggies each week for around 32 weeks. This is actually a pretty good deal, because organic produce is actually one of the most expensive things (leaving out things like beef roasts and such) on our grocery list in most weeks. Our half plowshare works out to about $8.50 a week. It’s been a very interesting experience, in a lot of ways. First, I had thought that we ate a lot of vegetables in a week. Wrong. A lot of vegetables is what we get each week now, and let me tell you, more often than not, we have what we’re beginning to call Veggie Saturday. This is the day where we eat something like salad and wilted ...
Posted on February 9, 2008 12:57:52 PM EST
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