"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> "maxine in ri" > wrote in message
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>> Ok, yesterday, my husband picked up the CSA share. Along with
>> parsley, a green garlic (tops are green), some baby zucchini, and a
>> bag of salad greens, we got pattypan squash, little ones about golf
>> ball size, some white and purple turnips with the greens on top, and
>> a bag of mustard greens which are no longer little and cute, so I'm
>> thinking they're ready for a little cooking. and about a pound of
>> purple potatoes.<G>
>>
>> I'm open to suggestions, altho I would like to keep this vegetarian.
>>
>> Let the creative juices flow!
>>
>> maxine in ri
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>
> No CSA where I live. But I went to the vegetable market on Highway 21
> last week. It's been raining so much in the last two months all the
> locally grown vegetables are stunted. The zuc's and cukes and yellow
> squash, which should be a decent size by now, are not even half the length
> of a dollar bill. Sorry, but I don't call that "baby". They're just
> puny. The weather has conspired against local farmers.
>
> Jill
I don't know whether they call it the same thing here but there is a similar
thing here. They want $600 for the seasons produce. A little pricey for
just the 2 of us.


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