This is one of the two-person baskets from this month. We have done pretty well this summer; more berries, beans, and peppers than last year, but still waiting on cukes and carrots...
There's always eggs for sale:
And even Madison gets in the act; she raises and sell produce through 4-H to the local market. Here we are on the first delivery day, ready to deliver boxes of cocktail tomatoes:
(Always time for a little Max love...)
6 comments:
That's awesome, Melanie. I wish we had a CSA within a reasonable distance. You inspire me to figure out some way to grow veggies in the summer here. For now, I'm planning for fall. Let's here it for farmers!
I like your blog. A farmer with a yarn habit gets me every time. :)
Thank you Barb! (Or should I use Barbara?) Frankly, anyone who loves yarn AND Diana Gabaldon, is OK in my book!
We have a CSA Farmer's Market every Sunday morning in town here ('bout 7 miles north of us). A friend of mine and I went, but it was so hot we didn't stay too long.
Re: farming...I had a Prof. for Farm Management who said on the very first day: "If you want to make money raising livestock, first get yourself a good paying job." I have found it to be true for almost any type of small farming. I know we couldn't do it without one of us having a good paying job with benefits. It seems like a sad thing to hear, but when I think back to my grandmother's farm, they did the same thing...my grandfather was a house painter/carpenter and my grandmother a nurse, but she also did the garden, etc. when she didn't have people to look after.
Well, someday... I don't want to make TONS of money, just enough to keep me stocked in the essentials. If I haven't learned to spin my own yarn by retirement, then it'll be my own damn fault if my stash breaks the budget.
Well written article.
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