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CSA Week 12

August 26, 2008

When I opened this week’s box from Local Roots Farm, look what I found: Bunch o’ scallions Head o’ red butter lettuce Several tomatoes Bag o’ mustard greens Bunch o’ little carrots Bunch o’ kale Bunch o’ flat-leaf parsley French fingerling potatoes It’s past the end of pick-up time, and someone hasn’t shown up to [...]

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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 8: Ooh, look, fruit with our greens!

July 29, 2008

When I opened our box of of produce this week, I was surprised to see stone fruit, as we’d seen no fruit trees of bearing age when we visited the farm. The peaches and nectarines in this week’s boxes aren’t from Local Roots; they’re from Acma Orchards in Quincy, WA, which has the stall next [...]

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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 5

July 8, 2008

In this week’s Local Roots CSA box: Broccoli (hooray! last week’s was really yummy) Bunch of radishes (should I keep trying to like them, or give them to someone who already does?) Bunch of arugula Green onions Head of savoy cabbage Rainbow chard (I love chard) Mixed salad greens (not visible, as they’re playing a [...]

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CSA Week 2: A garden bouquet

June 17, 2008

Our second CSA box from Local Roots was waiting on the front porch when I got home from work. Today’s box contained: A bunch of mustard greens Mystery lettuce #1 (in the middle: thick, deeply lobed leaves, almost chewy, neither bitter nor sweet) Mystery lettuce #2 (on the right: dappled with burgundy, romaine texture, slightly [...]

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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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