Valley Green Feast

[tisiphone]

So, they delivered my box about 5 PM today. I got -

4 teeeny potatoes
Half a dozen smallish red onions
3 small sweet potatoes
An enormous lettuce
Two nice big slicing tomatoes
Two crowns of broccoli
Five apples
A bag of spinach

This was all local produce (the farthest away was from Granby), and everything was organic except for the apples, which were IPM. $25 for the box, which I think is a pretty good price.

I also added on a dozen eggs from Diemand Farm (the farm my mother used to get eggs from), a loaf of whole grain bread from a local bakery, and a fresh herb bouquet. The herbs small amazing, and it's an enormous bunch for $3. It has rosemary, sage, thyme, parsley, cilantro, and some dill.

Overall, I'm pretty impressed. I think I'll keep going with it.

Comments

[arelenriel.livejournal.com]

They are only just beginning to harvest potatoes and onions around here (I do believe- at least that was what the girl at the farmstand here in Belchertown said) that might explain why they were dinky. Glad you got a good deal

[wherever.livejournal.com]

Yes, but are you going to Scarborough Fair? (Sorry, couldn't resist!)

They have something like that here, called Bountiful Baskets. I really need to get in on it, but I've been put off by the fact that you have to get up at 7 am on a Saturday morning and go get it (they don't deliver) thought it is only $17 for a ton of stuff.

[tisiphone.livejournal.com]

That seems like a bit of a test of dedication, I'll agree. I'd be tempted to see if I could find someone that mad, and give them an extra fiver to get mine too.