Enterprise Farm winter share
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magidThe onions are conventional but local. The parsnips are newly-dug :-).
Yay, grapefruit! Based on the list from the newsletter, the only thing I would have chosen differently would have been swapping a head of lettuce for some rutabaga.
Last week I emailed requesting less lettuce (I foisted a head off on Tapuz, leaving me with "only" two before this pickup), and got back a nice note saying they appreciated the feedback. Apparently I'm not the only one sending email; this week's newsletter said people would prefer more local and organic stuff through the winter. Their reply is that the demand is outstripping supply, and it takes a while for the infrastructure to be in place for winter-ready crops. Which sounds quite reasonable, except that I know Boston Organics is, in fact, offering a local-only option this winter, for the first time (had I known, I might have chosen that instead). Since there were again two lettuces in the box, I'm not sure whether this means they're planning to have different quantities, but it takes a week or two to change, or something else. Here's hoping...
- five medium-small onions, Long Plain Farm, Whately, MA
- three sweet potatoes (Beauregard or Ruby, not sure which), Watauga Farm, NC
- six medium red-skinned potatoes, Deep Root, VT/Canada
- a bag (two pounds?) of carrot,: Deep Root, Quebec
- four large parsnips, local spring dug, Hadley, MA
- a bunch of lacinato kale, Lady Moon, FL
- a bunch of collards, Lady Moon, FL
- two heads of lettuce (one large red-leaf, one smaller flat-leafed green variety), Lady Moon Farm, FL
- an eggplant, Alderman, FL
- a bag of green beans (half a pound?), Alderman, FL
- two large green bell peppers, Alderman, FL
- a pint of grape Tomatoes, Alderman, FL
- three Red Valencia oranges, Eagle's Nest, FL
- three grapefruit, Eagle’s Nest, FL
Yay, grapefruit! Based on the list from the newsletter, the only thing I would have chosen differently would have been swapping a head of lettuce for some rutabaga.
Last week I emailed requesting less lettuce (I foisted a head off on Tapuz, leaving me with "only" two before this pickup), and got back a nice note saying they appreciated the feedback. Apparently I'm not the only one sending email; this week's newsletter said people would prefer more local and organic stuff through the winter. Their reply is that the demand is outstripping supply, and it takes a while for the infrastructure to be in place for winter-ready crops. Which sounds quite reasonable, except that I know Boston Organics is, in fact, offering a local-only option this winter, for the first time (had I known, I might have chosen that instead). Since there were again two lettuces in the box, I'm not sure whether this means they're planning to have different quantities, but it takes a week or two to change, or something else. Here's hoping...
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Date: 2009-03-18 11:41 pm (UTC)Aw, the poor lettuce is sad you don't want it.
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Date: 2009-03-18 11:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-19 02:47 am (UTC)Okay, don't want it enough, then? *grin*
A little salad every day would be nice, I think.
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Date: 2009-03-19 11:58 am (UTC)A little salad every day wouldn't make it through all the lettuce, actually. And I admit that I don't always want a green salad. Just this week I made a completely cooked salad, for instance, Russian vinaigrette salad, to use up potatoes, beets and carrots...
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Date: 2009-03-19 07:28 pm (UTC)The cooked salad sounds yummy.
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Date: 2009-03-19 10:06 pm (UTC)