When a friend of ours told us about this project we didn't hesitate to get on board. Having shares on the crops of a local organic farm would not only mean we make a tiny contribution to supporting a cause we believe in but it would also mean that we could have a good amount of fresh herbs, flowers and organic produce every week for many months.
Having fresh herbs and produce triggers our imagination to use them during our menu planning system. Part of the fun is never knowing exactly what we are getting each weekend.
Currently, five households got together to alternate our pick-ups. The farm is roughly 45 minutes away from London so we thought it would make sense to do this throghout the season. When we get there, we have a list of the amount of produce we are allowed to take each week. It's a very well organized system and the produce looks fantastic.
One of the favourites features of our CSA share is the amount of fresh herbs we get to bring home every week. There are some herbs we were familiar with (mint, basil, cilantro) as well as others that we never heard of or we didn't know what to do with them (chive blossoms, lemon balm, lovage).
Flowers are also available. There is a "cut flowers" section where we are allowed to get as many flowers are we want.
One of the first produce to be available was rhubarb. It is interesting to see how much nicer the rhubarb gets from week to week.
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