This morning we made our first family trip of the Season to the Farmer’s Market. We loaded up on fresh greens, onions, lavendar, baby bok choy, fresh made tortilla chips and a sweet Japanese turnip (forgot the name, started with an “h”)! When I put the turnips in the Chariot with Baby Green Me I [...]

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For the average green blog I have probably written extensively about my love of goats (and strawberries). Did you know I also love chickens? As a kid we had chickens, I helped my Dad feed them, broke the ice on their water in the Winter and I helped to eat their eggs for breakfast. All [...]

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A member of our Monroe Farms CSA just frowarded this article to our group:
Is Your Organic Food Really Organic?
This article confirmed some of my fears when buying organic at the grocery store, espcially imported organic goods, and it is well worth your read. I’ve cut and pasted a few of the most  significant statements from [...]

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We’ve got potatoes! At the last Farmer’s market of the season I bought quite the bag of potatoes, which we grazed on for several months. Unfortunately, in January they started to sprout — I kept intending to use them, but forgot — and by March they looked more like mutant spiders than potatoes.  Around that [...]

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When we bought our home two years ago we didn’t realize that we were just down the road from the local Farmer’s Market, which sets up on Saturdays at the County Fair Grounds. However, since we discovered the market and have gotten into the habit of visiting, it is our favorite Saturday activity. We did [...]

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