We bought a full season share of a berry CSA that runs from early May thru mid September. Every week we can look forward to 6 "units" of strawberries and other fruit and complementary veggies like sugar snap peas, asparagus, blueberries, cherries, red raspberries, black raspberries, blackberries, plums apples, purple raspberries, peaches, melons, and rhubarb. Units can vary from a pound, 1/2 pint, pint, quart, peck or 3-5 fruits, depending on the type of fruit and harvest conditions.
Two years ago we bought a share of a veggie CSA, and every week I blogged about the produce we received in our share and many of the recipes that we tried. Some of my favorite posts are here (the video of Roscoe eating snow peas is classic), here, here, and here. For our produce last year we relied on a small garden and the farmer's market every Sunday. This year we're planning a combination of family garden, csa, and farmer's market. I'm excited!
At the indoor farmer's market at St. Stephen's church on Wednesday, AgriBerry was selling the season's first strawberries! We also picked up three heirloom tomato seedlings (brandywine, brandywine yellow, and black crimson) and 4 sun sugar cherry tomato seedlings (and some incredible looking sausage) from Frog Bottom Farm.
If you're in the area and want to join AgriBerry Farm's csa check out the details and the application here--Anne said they need more people to pick up at the Monument Avenue Farmer's Market Saturdays from 8:30 -11:30. Maybe we'll see you there!
Wow...FRESH strawberries so soon!!!! My strawberry plants have blossoms and I can't wait till they yield fruit. Tell me you've gobbled them up already! :-) I look forward to reading what you do with your CSA goodies.
ReplyDeleteI know! Strawberries in April. They were good too! We ate them all within 24 hours. That's my fear with this CSA, not sure there will be time for recipes and all that....we'll just end up eating everything fresh and on the spot!
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