Winter CSA

I admit, I was a little jealous that my sister started taking part in a CSA-like produce delivery program before we did. We have wanted to be involved in a CSA for the last few years but signing up for one involved committing to an entire growing season and reserving your spot with a hefty down payment almost a year in advance. When the probability of moving within a year is greater than zero, it's tough to make that commitment. It was our inability to commit that led us to gardening ourselves as abandoning a small garden mid season was a little less costly. As it turned out, it was less costly, but a bit more traumatic.

Our arrival in Maryland was such that by the time we finished (mostly) with our first priority - unpacking, it was too late to start a winter garden from scratch. We checked around and got on a waiting list for Even' Star Organic Farm's Winter CSA. They eventually called, we jumped, and now we're getting a half-bushel of hearty winter produce every week.

What grows here in the winter? Greens, and lots of them. Every week we usually get one thing not green (radishes, sweet potatoes, etc.) and the rest is salad mix, stir fry mix, or hearty greens. It's pushing us to eat a little healthier and expand our cooking comfort zone. So, here is Audrey enjoying the homemade arugula and parsley pesto Kelly whipped together for dinner the other night: