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CSA 2016 • Week 2

Our second CSA haul is here and it’s full of vibrant luscious greens. We will devour. I don’t know if I just really missed our share the last few months, but I feel like the full-share has even more veggies than it did last year?? I’ll have to go back to last year and take a …

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Did the Voles Leave Us Alone? First CSA Share of 2016

I can’t believe it’s been a year since I wrote about the vole ravishing of our snap peas in last year’s CSA share, but 365 days plus a few have passed since then. We had a delicious 2015 rich with locally grown organic produce. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t worried when the CSA season ended …

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First Farmers Market of the Season [2016]

  I’ve been thinking a lot about my inner earth goddess (aka inner hippie) lately. I think we all have one and more often than not we end up ignoring her. Unknowingly of course. You can feel her awaken when you pause to take a deep breath or spend time in pigeon pose. My inner …

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nuts.com Haul No. 3

Nuts.com is a bulk-buying online store offering everything from nuts, seeds, beans, and medjool dates to kale chips, candy, raw vegan treats, and even coffee! I’ve happily been buying since 2010! The nuts haul Vegan “cheese” kale chips. I bought two of these bad boys. They are SO good. The sword stems are pretty much separate and …

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nuts.com Haul No. 2

If you are not familiar with Nuts.com they are a bulk-buying online store offering everything from nuts, seeds, beans, and medjool dates to kale chips, candy, raw vegan treats, and even coffee! I’ve been a customer of theirs for 6 whole years. Whoa! That seems crazy! We were living in Batavia and I didn’t even …

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Vegan Vitacost Haul #2

I’m pretty much an Amazon girl when it comes to online ordering. I’ve bought things like raw sprouted pumpkin seeds with sea salt, medjool dates, rice, and even a kombucha scoby. This is only my second order with Vitacost, but I’m starting to see the wider variety of items available compared with Amazon. Shipping is …

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CSA Haul, Week 19 | Potatoes, Pumpkins, and Tomatoes

We’ve been road tripping the last two weeks, which has meant NO CSA Haul! Don’t worry we’ve had plenty of good food during those two weeks, but still. Driving up the gravel hill with dust clouds racing our back tires to see a sight like this. To see and even touch where each nourishing item …

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Farmers Market Haul | September 2015

Our farmar hauls are a little light thanks to our CSA subscription this year. Today we picked up cucumbers, purple potatoes, honey crisp apples, and a 15 pound cabbage. edit: I don’t like these purple potatoes. Some taste good, some taste bad, and some taste really fishy. I don’t get it. One of my favorite …

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CSA Haul, Week 13 | Artichokes, Cantaloupes, and Potatoes Oh My!

Friday around 4 p.m. I headed out with my bike in the back of the car, an insulated tote, a reusable tote, and my bike gear. My first stop was to pick up our CSA, load the tender items in the insulated tote and everything else in the reusable before heading down to the trailhead …

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CSA Haul, Week 12 | More Beets? 😫

I picked up week 12 of our WSU Organic farm share yesterday and it looks amazing as always. Week 12 included: One head of rainbow Swiss chard A bunch of beets 😩 (I’m tired of beets – sorry, not sorry) Two bulbs of garlic Two onions Six beautiful red tomatoes Bag of green beans Summer squash …

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