organic produce

[crossfit]

I just wanted to let folks in the United States know that spring is a great time to find a CSA. Whats a CSA? It stands for "community supported agriculture. They are small organic farms across the United States that sell "shares" to the public. In return for your "share" you get a weekly basket of fresh organic produce in season usually picked that morning.

 

Here is mine: http://www.liveearthfarm.net/

 

Here is a list of CSA's across the country: http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/csa/csa.shtml

 

Whenever I have done this for the spring/summer/fall season, I end up with many, many yummy veggies. Enough for me, family, friends, and all my animals to share. And I had a herd of goats last time I did it so my one small fid should have plenty.

[judygram]

My husband grows a big garden and he gives most of it away to family and co-workers. It is a lot of hard work but he enjoys it and the produce is better than any you find in a grocery store.

 

I know a lot of people don't have the space to grow their own vegetables and nowadays you have to have a high fence around the garden to keep the deer out or they will eat it all down to nothing.

 

Nothing tastes better than a homegrown vegetable, when those tomatoes and corn come in I am in heaven and you wouldn't believe how many squash you get from just a few plants, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.

[JillyBeanz]

I'm no gardener (and in fact had my whole back garden decked) but over the last couple of years during the summer months we have added potato pots and courgette plants and tomatoes and had a little turnover! The taste is delectable! I wish I had time (and the effort) to have an allotment (as we call it here in the UK) but I don't! Perhaps when I retire......

[Greywings]

Thank you for the reference link. Great idea. Karma to you.

[crossfit]

I also have a garden. I find that growing my own lettuces and greens and picking them for salad is my favorite. I never managed to get broccoli or cauliflower growing well enough to do it regularly. If you are gardener, check out the ideas of permaculture.

 

anyone can grow a small pot of greens. Get a "cut and come again" mix. These are not lettuces that form a head so you just cut some leaves, wash them, and give them to your bird. You can even grow these types of lettuces in pots. Lettuces don't like heat so all you in the UK could do better with them than I do here in California with a long hot season each summer. Then again, I get awesome tomatoes in the hot summers!