I picked up my first vegetables from my CSA yesterday. (CSA is Community Supported Agriculture--consumers pay in advance for a share of the season's produce.) My CSA provider is Susie Kyle of Winlock Meadows Farm. My share was $250 for ten weeks for a "Mini" package. It's just about right for the two people in my household (and probably more than enough since one of them takes a very suspicious view of any vegetables not served on a pizza.)

I came away from the Farmer's Market with a big grocery bag full of vegetables. Here is is on my kitchen counter. I may have to get a tripod for this kind of photography--these are the best of a blurry group of pictures.



There are:

One large slice of a Hubbard squash (since this is not a spring vegetable, it is obviously a good keeper!)
Three large carrots
One apple (Cameo)
One onion
Half a cabbage
Several small turnips (the turnips are the white vegetables in a bowl, about the size of a lemon each).
A bunch of kale (very sweet and tender--that's the spiky looking green stuff on the left)
Swiss chard (the shiny green stuff in the middle)
A bag of mixed green salad (including baby kale)
A bag of stir fry mix, ready to use
Parsley
Thyme
Sage

While I was at the market, I also picked up two loaves of bread from Homer's Bakery: one cinnamon raisin, and one cracked wheat; a pint of honey from John Penner (I've been buying honey from him at the Farmer's Market every spring and summer since 1994); and two dozen eggs from Kathleen's Animal Protein (KAP).

Posts will follow this week on meals prepared with local food.