This week there was a little screwup with the vegbox – apparantly there is a new delivery guy, and he likes to play “hide the veg box”. But, after a completely frustrating phone call with the GrowAlabama folks (in which they promised to do absolutely nothing and basically called me a liar), Emily “The Best Finder In The World” opened the closet door named “gymnasium” and found the box. Hallelujah!

This week we have:

• broccoli
• potatoes
• tangerines
• cabbage
• spinach!
• carrots
• one lonely parsnip
• (plus, the leftover zucchini from last week).

vegbox #1

Emily got her first nursing paycheck, and it was a good bit more than we expected. While entering it into Moneydance (which I check compulsively), I noticed that our budget surplus for the month equaled the same amount a 3 month subscription to GrowAlabama – a local CSA that I had been meaning to subscribe to for years. And they were running a 10% sale! So we signed up under their Silver Plan – 3-4 servings of 6 fruits and/or veggies each week.

I went into work early so I’d be able to pick up our box before 4:30. I was expecting a farm trailer to be parked in the parking lot, so I was a bit confused when I walked up to the pickup point and there were no trucks or trailers in sight. I noticed a woman walking very purposefully, so I followed her…through the doors of the church…and lo and behold, there were stacks of actual boxes with our veggie shares inside.

This week we got:
a beautiful head of cauliflower a bagful of carrots & parsnips & turnips. (I love carrots that have an actual flavor! I have no idea what to do with parsnips!) 4 yukon gold potatoes a huge portabella mushroom (bigger than my head)
4 or 5 zucchini 3 large winesap apples I’m so excited! The only bad part about this is I’m leaving town in a few days, so either we’ve got to use everything up by Saturday or Emily had better learn how to cook parsnips.