In our crate this past Thursday:
1 lrg. & 2 sm. heads of Red Leaf Lettuce (some of the darkest stuff I’ve ever seen!)
1 sm. bunch Basil
1 pd. Green Beans
1 sm. Watermelon
1 pnt. Cherry Tomatoes
6 Tomatoes
5 Roma Tomatoes
5 Pink Tomatoes
1 huge Zucchini Squash
1 gigantic Green Bell Pepper
1 lg. Red Italia Pepper
8 ears Sweet Corn
Corn so sweet, you can eat it without cooking it! I’m loving my little guy’s grubby paint stained hands holding this pristine ear of corn and just munching away!
In our crate this week:
11 Tomatoes
5 Green Heirloom Tomatoes
1 pt. Cherry Tomatoes
1 Hot Pepper (of some kind…Jalapeño)
2 Green Bell Peppers
1 Red Bell Pepper
Lg. bunch Basil
2 sm. heads Green Leaf Lettuce
Sm. bg. Beets (about 1 1/2 pints…haven’t actually counted them yet)
Sm. Spaghetti Squash
Sm. Watermelon
2 Onions
*bonus: I gathered about 3 pints of Roma Tomatoes from our front yard today and another pint or two back on Tuesday.
Once again, I haven’t forgotten how to count…last week was rushed and crazy, so no pictures or posts about the CSA share last week, but trust me when I say that it was pure goodness!
In this week’s crate:
Lg. head Green Leaf Lettuce
Lg. bag Various Young Chard Leaves
Med. bunch Basil
Sm. bunch Cilantro
Lg. bag Carrots
11 Red Tomatoes (the usual kind!)
2 Green/Yellow Striped (Heirloom) Tomatoes
6 Red Potatoes
1 Lg. Onion
1 Lg. Green Bell Pepper
1 Jalapeño
1 bulb Garlic
1 pnt. Blueberries
* I have lots of tomatoes to freeze/turn into yummy sauce to freeze.
No, I haven’t forgotten how to count…this is the ninth crate of green goodness from our CSA. I totally dropped the ball on taking pictures or posting what we got last week…sorry. Just take my word that it was plentiful and good!
This week’s share had to offer:
Lg. head Lettuce
Lg. bag Carrots
8 Pickling Cucumbers
2 Green Bell Peppers
2 Yellow Wax Peppers? (if you know what those yellow guys are, let me know)
1 Fatty Jalapeño
2 Zucchini Squash
8 Red Potatoes
Sm. bag Green Beans
11 Tomatoes
6 Green Onions
Sm bunch Cilantro
1 Pint of Blueberries**
Bonus:
*Sweet neighbors Sarah & Bill shared some Cherry Tomatoes with Elijah and I as we walked home and sent us home with a Pimento (the reddish looking bell pepper thing in the picture).
**We also ordered a flat (12 pints) of blueberries from our CSA.
***Tonight I picked ten black heirloom tomatoes, two large bunches of basil, one large bunch of sage and one roma tomato from our community garden.
I cut and froze three and a half quarts worth of green beans from this week and last week. I frozen six pints of blueberries and made two dozen blueberry muffins and one and a half dozen blueberry mini-muffins.
I’ve got tons of cukes to try and pickle…with a new recipe. I need to make and freeze tomato/pasta sauce and cut and freeze some squash to add to soup this Winter.
Did I mention that we are flush with yummy veggies right now!
I’ve mentioned unschooling and food on here before, but I came across a podcast about just this and I wanted to pass it on. I know the concept of unschooling food and not limiting food with children, might be a new idea to many coming to unschooling. Obviously, unschooling food is part of radical unschooling, whole life unschooling or life learning (whatever you might want to call it) and not just a part of [academic] unschooling.
If it’s not already apparent, let me explain to you that we are radical unschoolers and are not only following our son’s lead when it comes to filling up his educational cup, but we are following his lead in his life and respecting his voice and guiding and encouraging him to listen to his own body and to find his own passions.
Over at her blog, Sarah has put out a few podcasts about unschooling and I want to link to the one on unschooling food here.
Thursday’s Crate Contained:
2 med. heads Bibb/Butter Lettuce
Dill sprigs
1 pint Blueberries
1 Lg. bunch Flat Leaf Parsley
2 heads Garlic
1 bunch Green Onions
1 head Purple Cabbage
4 Potatoes
4 Cucumbers
3 Zucchini Squash
1 Yellow Crooked-Neck Summer Squash
1 med. bunch Kale
* 4 Beets w/ tops, that we left someone else…I like beets, but I can’t do them every week and I do not like them preserved in any way.
Bonus:
1 Huge-Ass Green Tomato from our Community Garden
4 Purple Bell Peppers from the Community Garden — gave one to neighbor & she gave us…
3 Peaches from the Farmer’s Market (one was eaten before I could take a picture!)
I made a ton of pickles last night with the cucumbers. It was fun. They were salty — have to tweak the recipe.
Sorry there isn’t a picture, but last Thursday was hectic for us.
Our crate contained:
2 heads Romaine Lettuce
1 head Red Leaf Lettuce
1 Lg. Fennel Bulb w/ Fronds
8 Carrots w/Green Tops
Sm. bunch Dill
Med. bunch Kale
10 New Potatoes
3 Cucumbers
7 Zucchini Squash
*Bonus
I picked 3 more Apples on the way home from picking up the CSA share!
In today’s crate:
6 Zucchini Squash
2 Yellow Crooked-Neck Summer Squash
1 bunch Parsley
Med. bunch Red Chard
1 Green Onion
1 med. Fennel Bulb w/ Fronds
10 New Potatoes
1 lg. Romaine Lettuce
1 lg. Red Leaf Lettuce
12 Squash Blossoms
*5 Beets w/ tops, but we gave them away, because I still have a couple from last week!
Bonus: 2 Green Apples
We picked four green apples from a neighbor’s yard, but gave two to our friends when we saw them picking up their CSA share
In today’s share…
Lg. Red Leaf Lettuce
Lg. Romaine Lettuce
Lg. bunch Yellow Chard
Med. bunch Collard Greens
Sm. bunch Kale
Lg. bunch Parsley
Sm. bunch Green Onions
5 Zucchini
4 Lg. Beets w/ tops
Sm. bg. Broccoli Heads/Flowerettes
Last week was number three for us.
Our share contained:
5 Zucchini
Sm. bunch Green Onions
5 Beets
Sm. bg. Garlic Scapes
2 Lg. heads Romaine Lettuce
1 bg. Salad Mix/Spring Greens
1 Lg. bunch Yellow/Orange Chard
1 Lg. bunch Basil
2 Sm. heads Cabbage
Lg. crate Strawberries
