Week 15: 8.18.12 and Apple Day!

Well, here it is. The last official week of summer vacation before school starts! We have a few teacher days later this week, and students start Monday. At least the beautiful produce is still coming for a few more weeks. :) This week our Creekside CSA share included: Cucumbers (2) Jalapeños (2…I totally took the … Continue reading →

Dilly Beans, Steakhouse Pizza, and Other Random Things

As the school year gets closer and closer, I find myself trying to finish random projects, cross things off my summer list, and enjoy life as much as possible. Thus, the blogging was a bit sparse this week. Thus again, this shall be a random post. Honestly? I had never heard of dilly beans until … Continue reading →

Week 13: 8.4.12

How is it possibly August already?? It’s been a fabulous summer, but certainly a fast one. This week our Creekside CSA share included: White corn (6 ears) Yellow corn (6 ears) Bi-colored corn (6 ears) Yellow watermelon Honeyloupe Cantaloupe Tomatoes Yellow tomato Green pepper Red pepper Zucchini (2) Yellow squash Green beans Candy onions (2) Red … Continue reading →

Weeks 10 and 11: Playing Catch Up and Music Camp

First, an apology for slacking on the blog. Returning from our fabulous trip to the Outer Banks only allowed for about a 24 hour turn around before I embarked on another year of teaching at music camp. Leaving my house at 7:30 am and typically returning after 10 pm each day didn’t allow for much … Continue reading →

Week 9: 7.7.12 and an Ocean View

It’s time to take a small break from the regularly scheduled CSA postings…greetings from the Outer Banks! Our Creekside CSA farmer, Josh, is super awesome and let us pick up our CSA share early this week so we could bring it with us to the beach (thanks Josh!!) With 8 adults and 7 kids, we’ll … Continue reading →

Week 8: 6.30.12 (mmm, fresh garlic)

…and on the last day of June, our Creekside CSA got even more abundant and exciting. :) This week we got: Carrots Garlic (seriously the best garlic ever) Zucchini Yellow Squash Cucumber Broccoli Cauliflower Green Beans Red Leaf Lettuce Swiss Chard Candy Onions It was also a cheese week. We got Colby… …and Pepper Jack. I’m … Continue reading →

Week 7: 6.23.12 and Zucchini Bread

Candy onions are here! I was looking forward to them this season, and I’m still trying to decide what I want to to with them. In our Week 7 Creekside CSA share we got: Green beans Candy onions (woo!) Red raspberries Yellow squash (3) Zucchini (2) Beets Red leaf lettuce Broccoli Last week I experimented … Continue reading →