Food from Near and Far

 

I am so excited to finally see organic produce at the local grocery store. For the past two weeks Snow's Family Market has had an incredible variety of organic lettuce and greens. I've been buying as much as I think we can eat and more to encourage them to keep it coming.

Asher has been doing his part too. He loves salad - it's the oil in the dressing he really loves.

Now that summer is approaching I hope the farmers markets and our own garden will provide us with some good produce. 

A big thanks goes to Jere for helping us out through the winter with a gift subscription to Harry & David's Fruit of the Month club.  On Thursday we received March's selection - a box of carefully packed strawberries.

We also found that the local SHARE Wisconsin non-profit food buying club/co-op had a nice box of organic vegetables and vegetables that we could order once a month. You don't really know what you're going to get, but it was always good and I often bought two boxes.

Gwen and Joe also helped us out with hard to get items. We were delighted by the packages of coffee, nuts, Pete's beef jerky and especially the dog's favorite Costco dog treats.

One day UPS delivered a box from California and I just put it on the table to wait for Pete to come home. Maddie kept circling the table and wouldn't settle down. I finally put the box on the floor to let her see it. Seeing is not believing - she needed to get inside. She wouldn't let Asher help, but he could watch.

Her efforts were rewarded when she found two boxes of doggie jerky from Gwen and Joe. She  protectively carried one of the boxes around the house.

This summer we should be harvesting food from our very own garden.  The radishes and spinach are coming up.

Radishes

Spinach

On Sunday I planted two varieties of peas, arugula, nasturtiums, ten asparagus plants and two rhubarb plants. As the weather gets warmer more will go into the garden - stay tuned.

Pea Poles