Sundry items

[helwen]

Went for two walks today. One this morning to the nearer post office. Since I was just mailing a book order and not having to check the box, no need to go to the office at the mall.

Then this afternoon fitzw and I walked to the farmers market again. It's still a bit small, but the veggie people were there, so we got a couple more zucchini, a yellow squash, and a small bunch of asparagus. Also, from Berkshire Mtn Bakery, we got a loaf of sunny flax bread, and a couple of small herb chiabatta with dark chocolate. I think the latter will be breakfast tomorrow...

EDIT: fitzw and I talked about gas usage, and that if we had a car that got even a little better mileage, we would have been under 500 gallons. Which is true. A typical mid-size vehicle getting 35mpg, would have used 427 gallons. So, food for thought on possibly car shopping this year.

Over 4 miles walked between the two times. Yay!

I believe I've boxed the majority of the books we're putting away for the year, as of yesterday. Maybe one more box over the summer...

More laundry happened today. Nice sunny breezy day.

Spent less time on the PC today, and hope to spend even less tomorrow. I feel mostly caught up with the new 90% Reduction list, as well as comments on The Archdruid Report's latest essay. And wonder of wonders, I can actually follow most of what they're talking about.

Starting to pine for my little loom, but there's still work to be done around the house, tidying up so we can get back to renovations. And photos to take, print and send to Ashfield for the fall festival. And I should do some more reading of books... I think there's a poem hiding out, just waiting to pop up in the middle of my reading...

Comments

[flidaisairmid.livejournal.com]

I envy you with your Farmers Market. We have one. They consist of 3 Avon Dealers, a Community Info booth, a Mary Kay dealer and a person who sells homemade bread at 6 dollars a loaf. Its an improvement over previous years , where there were several flea market/garage sale type booths and a piano teacher trying to drum up business.

[loosecanon.livejournal.com]

Perhaps a better one might be found at
http://www.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/map.htm?
If not, call your ag agent or extension?

That does suck, I hope it gets better.

[flidaisairmid.livejournal.com]

Ours is listed on there- and they don't have a single scrap of actual produce there. Sadly the others are not much better. Farms here have been largely squeezed out by development- meaning you can get a Starbucks on every block but you will need to drive about an hour to get to any kind of non corporate farm. Let alone organic farm.

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a tough situation :(

I feel kind of guilty now... we have a few CSAs, multiple dairy and poultry places (granted I wouldn't be able to buy from all of them -- can't fit a whole cow in the freezer, and don't really want to), and half a dozen farmers markets within 10-15 miles of here. We're living in a pretty different area than you, though. Western Mass has cities, but with space around and between them for growing stuff. Part of the area's charm (read 'tourism'), but we like it.

Sounds like a few decent markets should be on your house-hunting list, when you get to the point of being able to do that.

Thinking positive thoughts!

[loosecanon.livejournal.com]

It was like that here for a very long time as well. My best wishes for a good influx of neat resources in the near future.