i had a chai at like 6:30 which is why i'm still awake

[tsuki_no_bara]

happy mother's day to the mothers on the flist! you're a pretty fabulous bunch of people and i hope your kids know it.

also happy birthday donutsweeper! i hope it was a good one, possibly with... doughnuts. :D

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[donutsweeper]

Awww that news story was so sweet :)

Thank you, I did have a lovely birthday and I did have donuts! You can't go wrong with birthday donuts :)

I did a farm share for a few years when I was working at a place where they were dropped off. I found it in parts interesting and tasty and also frustrating and a little annoying. My parents, however, have done two for years and years (a regular one and a "fall" one that starts the end of Aug and continues through early Oct I think) and absolutely love it. Things to ask yourself if are considering doing it are - how willing are you to try different things, how much effort will you take to find recipes for foods you never heard of or plan a meal around what happened to show up, can you eat (or pass off to someone) extras if you wind up getting three huge bags of mustard greens one week and another two the next? What about a large amount of beets? Will you be annoyed if you buy a share but it's a bad year and you get half a bag of mealy green beans, a few snap peas and some wilted spinach as the whole box one week? Do you love tomatoes and are willing to subsist solely on them one week?

If you're doing it to save money my advice is don't- find a nearby farmer's market and shop there instead and get only things you are interested in and will use before spoiling. The farm share did introduce us to some things we'd never tried before and wound up liking but in general it was a lot of staring at the box and going- how am I going to do something with this?

[tsuki_no_bara]

birthday doughnuts are the best doughnuts. :D (cupcake icon in the absence of doughnut icon.)

i figured a farm share would probably be more expensive, but i thought it would get me to a. eat more veg, and b. learn how to cook new and exciting things. i'm not sure i'm totally prepared for the overabundance of something i don't like or don't know what to do with, tho. definitely something to think about.