I joined a CSA specifically for the fruit this year. I never have quite been able to justify an entire veggie share, and especially not now with it being just the dutchkid and I. But fruit? Fruit I could get behind.
It’s been sort of a bust so far… a bad year for sweet cherries here because of a late frost. We had several weeks worth of applesauce and apple cider, which the farm had wisely put up last fall just in case. But then last week I got a bunch of rhubarb, and now this week almost 3 pounds of pitted sour cherries, plus the first of the peaches. Things are looking up. Good thing too, because even from afar dh has been grumbling… “what a communist system,”…”I can’t believe you paid for fruit that you’re not getting,”… let’s just say he’s a tough sell on the idea of a CSA.
I like it, though. I haven’t had sour cherries since I was a kid. I like the idea that I’m helping out a local farmer and get organic produce in return. I’m not sure why the concept escapes my dh. I just wish he were here to drool over the cherry crisp I just made, I would make sure to put up a sign, “Communist hippies only.”
teehee…communist hippies only!
I’m not overly pleased with my veggie CSA this year either. I was able to sign up for a partial share of another CSA that started before my main CSA and the other one was MUCH better. I’m hoping I can sign up for a full share of that one next year.
There are a few CSA’s around here. My sister participated in one awhile. Around here the harvest season is so short that she ended up with a lot of greens like kale and swiss chard. I had to eat so much of that as a kid that I just can’t bear to put my kids through that.
I like the idea of it, though. I do like to go to the farmer’s market late in the summer and get the veggies.
I had a csa this year for a few weeks…the person I was buying form couldn’t deliver in the area anymore…I was disappointed of course, but fortunately, I was only paying him weekly when I picked up. So no money lost. We had a csa (wonderful one) for 2+ years and would have stayed but we moved out of state.
I have the same name as yours. Since blogging, I think I’ve ‘met’ more Ellens than I have my entire life.