Harvest time!

So today was the first day of our pick up for local foods. Since Lyle is at work starting at 4:30, I had the duty of popping to the local farm to pick it all up.

It was set up like a small farmers market with stuff all in bins, and you would grab a “bundle” or some of it had pounds attached to it, but you could pick which ones you wanted.

We have:

• 1 head lettuce
• 1 bag spinach
• 1 set turnips/greens
• 1 celeriac
• onions
• garlic
• potatoes
• carrots
• squash
• apples
• cherry tomatoes
• 1 bundle rosemary.

Mmmm. Sooo yummy!

the working man

For those of you who don’t already know, I finally have a job. It may not be very glamourous but at least it’s close to home (literally about a 5 minute walk). I’m effectively starting at the bottom but they know that I have eyes to move up the ladder quickly and they seem to be quite open to this. I have to wait 3 months for the probationary period to end before I can start to apply for other positions. It could potentially be a long three months, and that’s even ‘if’ a position opens up, but we shall see what happens. At least I’m finally getting a paycheque again. In fact, I got my first payment today and it couldn’t have come sooner (not true, I wish I had gotten one sooner… silly expressions). I cannot wait to get rid of these damned student loans of mine that necessitate these measures. Maybe someday in the near future my education will actually be of some use to me.

That’s probably the only major development to report for now. In local small news, Mar and I have signed up for a local produce basket that comes weekly I think it is. It’ll be filled with locally sourced fruit, veg and the like that are also meant to be seasonal. I imagine that through the winter we will be getting a lot of potatoes, squashes and carrots. I may need to be inventive with the recipes I’m choosing!

Eat Local!