Oh, Happy Day!

It's Farmer's Market Time! I didn't make the grand opening but I stumbled in on Friday and here is my weekend booty.

Confession time, I left out the coconut macaroons from the photo. There is a lovely stand from a bakery in Ventura and they have the most luscious macaroons and yes, I am addicted. So with all these wonderful veggies I sneaked in some cookies; shameful.

The carrots are so wonderful just scrubbed and eaten out of hand. I'm going to try roasting the asparagus and don't know about the leeks yet, any suggestions?

If you have local Farmer's Markets or crop share in your area please support them. Lil Bird has been participating in her crop share since June of last year. With Doodles being on the road this year I'm sure she'll stop at a few roadside stands to try the local produce. Remember, it's the independent farmer who's keeping the variety in the crops grown in this country.

a new adventure

so, i, little bird, am apparently becoming quite the bo-bo (that's bohemian bourgeoisie for those of you not keeping track). we got a civic gx (natural gas car) last year, i started taking the bus to work at least once a week, and i just joined a csa. what's a csa? well, i'm glad you asked!

csa stands for community supported agriculture. basically, you buy a share (or, in my case, a half share) in a local farm and, in return, you get a regular delivery of food from the farm. it's all good. you're supporting farmers, eating local, getting fresh fruit and vegetables and eating seasonally and usually the farms are organic and sustainable. you can find a csa near you by checking out the local harvest site.

i joined the tierra miguel csa and i just got my first delivery today:



yum. as you can see, i got lemons, oranges, avacados, lettuce, baby spinach, leeks, a giant onion, some garlic, red potatoes, carrots, radishes, zuchinni and rhubarb!

so, as doodles would say, stay tuna'd, and join me on this csa adventure. first up, what to do with rhubarb!