I would love to do a CSA, but I'm only one person, and I worry that a lot of it would go to waste, since I will sometimes have entire weeks when I'm not home for dinner. I think that it would be fun to have the surprise every week, though.

Who You Gonna Call? Turdbusters!

Funny advertisement on a van of a company that repairs septic systems.

Vortex, some CSAs offer half-shares. Also, if you can find a friend to go halves with you, that can help. I'm splitting a half-share with amyth. We'll probably look for another CSA with a different selection next year, but the weekly portions have worked out pretty well.

I hesitate to call it a CSA share, but I get a box of produce delivered once every four weeks. It's a little too much for one person, and some of it goes to waste but that's only because I haven't been on top of getting the quick to spoil items into some storable form. If I got it every week there's no way I could keep up, but it's a nice treat once a month to not have to shop and maybe get something I wouldn't have thought to pick up on my own.

Yeah, when I did a CSA a few summers ago, I never really had trouble with using up the vegetables, and I could usually find things to make with them that would keep for a little while if I knew I wouldn't eat them right away. Also, since you're getting them right from the farm, CSA vegetables tend to keep at least several days longer than grocery store ones. (The reason I didn't do the CSA again was that the pickup point was in Dupont Circle, and it was too much of a pain to go there every week.)

bonny, I will totally buy two copies of your e-book, one for me and one for parents.

The echidna debates made me snort out loud.

sarameg, I live in the hope of a transformation like yours. So beautiful to read about.

I'll definitely sign on for a copy.

Am out on the lake in my dad's tiny little fishing boat. Awesome.

Timelies all!

Happy birthday, meara!

I'm full of gronk today because I couldn't get to sleep until 3ish but had to get up early today for an appt. I'm cycling uptown to look at a proposed site for a community garden. I feel like it's an exercise in futility at this point given that the new city code on community gardens forces several thousand dollars of environmental site assessments and site improvement on gardeners regardless if it's public or private land. Really depressed about it.

Oh well, time to put my shoes on, grab some quick b'fast and cycle up there.

I just have to say this in thread, Java did an amazing and lightening speed upgrade on my doggy lama handbook. I am in awe and greatly appreciative.

Oh it was fun to spruce it up a bit.

Uhg, so Mister Kitty had what I'm pretty sure was a low blood sugar episode. He was pacing crazily, with weak legs. Poured some Karo and got a can of food into him, and an hour later, he seems much more normal. He's done this a couple times before, with no clear indication of what caused it.

Cleaned the downstairs, will go to the pool shortly. I should note, I slept in and did basically NOTHING until around 1. Wasn't the plan, but doesn't really hurt anything.

OK, gotta get a move on.