Summer finally appears to be here! Our CSA share was much larger this week, thanks to the warm, sunny days. When I piled it up on my counter, it almost completely eclipsed the toaster & toaster oven (yes, redundant appliances). It was great to see the first broccoli of the season. I’m excited about munching on that, especially since the broccoli plants in our garden are only about 3” tall right now.
Once upon a time, four green bloggers decided to get together and do some giveaways. Once upon a time happened to be today and I happen to be one of them. Today’s giveaway is permaculture focused. I’m currently trying to learn a little more about permaculture because, frankly, it just makes sense to me. I LOVE systems and permaculture is all about designing and using systems to your advantage. But the more I learn, the more I realize how set in its ways my mind is. My brain takes comfort in the idea of an annual garden and its straight rows. Those rows = my rut.
What a great CSA bag this week! Tons of spinach, delicious strawberries, chard, and a bounty of asparagus. I made some yogurt to go with the strawberries, and I’m really looking forward to eating all the amazing greens this week.
A thoughtful reader left a provocative (no, not that kind, the thought kind) comment on a post of mine last summer, asking some interesting questions about industrial agriculture: On a more serious note, do you think the industrial food system is bad in-and-of-itself, or in the ways it currently operates? Could the system be changed? More importantly, could we (as in all almost 7 billion of us) survive without the industrial food system? How do we address the issue of food distribution (and why aren’t we doing a better job of it now)? I’m not sure if there are solid answers to these questions. As it is, I’m just kind of thinking out loud.