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Local Roots Farm

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 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 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 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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When life (or your CSA) gives you carrots

July 24, 2008

I’m sure you can think of many delicious ways to eat fresh, sweet carrots. If, however, you’d like another one, here’s my suggestion (from our dinner last night): Slice a few carrots thinly, and saute them in butter with a sweet Walla Walla onion and some dill seed until the onion is soft. Add a [...]

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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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