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CSA Week 14

September 9, 2008

I know, I know, another photo mosaic. Well, they’re fun to make, and the 50mm lens on my camera right now is not so good at, as it were, the big picture. One of these days, I’ll put my old lens back on the camera, but right now I’m enjoying getting to know this one. [...]

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CSA Week 13

September 3, 2008

Last week at the farmers’ market, I was chatting with our farmers Siri and Jason when a man came to their stall looking for salad mix. Siri sold him a bag of Local Roots’ delicious spicy salad greens. A few minutes later, the man returned with the bag of greens. He pointed out that some [...]

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CSA Week 11

August 19, 2008

When I picked up this week’s box of produce from the front porch, I got a whiff of something very green. Oh, yum, basil! Today’s box from Local Roots Farm contained: Big bag o’ basil (the aroma when I dumped it into the bowl was amazing) Couple of tomatoes (the larger one was dinner tonight, [...]

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CSA Week 10

August 12, 2008

We arrived home this evening from several days on Vancouver Island to a box filled with: Bunch of beets with greens Bag of spicy salad mix Bunch of Walla Walla sweet onions Purslane 1/2 pound salad tomatoes More beautiful purple potatoes Summer squash

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CSA Week 6: Fresh from the farm

July 15, 2008

Yesterday evening, Paul and I drove east, over the lake and through the ‘burbs and beyond… all the way to Local Roots Farm, where Siri, Jason and Dan were hosting a farm dinner. Before dinner, we wandered around the farm, checking out the chickens (some of whose compatriots we would later eat), talking with Dan [...]

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CSA Week 1: A mountain of greens

June 10, 2008

Today was our first CSA delivery of the season from Local Roots Farm. A brand new farm at last year’s new Queen Anne Farmers’ Market, Local Roots quickly became a favorite of ours, not only for the gorgeous greens and beans and super sweet cherry tomatoes, but for the obvious pleasure that farmer Siri and [...]

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