Posted in food, tagged apples, Asian pears, cabbage, farmers' market, October, pears, SquashFest 2008, winter squash on October 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
As October progesses, tomatoes are on their way out. Looks like next week may be our last week at the farmers’ market. I guess for everything there is a season, and for tomatoes, October is not a happy time. It is, however, the beginning of winter squash.
My favorite exchange of the day:
Customer (buying tomatoes and [...]
Posted in food, sustainability, tagged color, conserving, embroidery, farmers' market, local food, peppers, purple, sublime stitching, tomatoes, vegetables on September 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Alarm clock goes off. 6 AM on a Saturday. Gross. I flop out of bed and manage to grab a hoodie and my keys through the fog of slumber. There are a few cats meandering the streets, but that’s about it. It’s early. It’s dark. I’m tired.
But I’m happy. Or I will be. Early Saturday [...]
Posted in knitting, sustainability, tagged conserving, farmers' market, knitting, sustainability on September 19, 2008 | 12 Comments »
I have a deep hatred of plastic bags. I’ve recently exiled plastic bags (like the ones they give you at chain grocery stores or Target) from my life for a couple reasons. More often than not, they get thrown away. Those that don’t end up in the ocean — where they ensnare marine life or [...]
Posted in cooking, vegetarian, tagged cooking, farmers' market, tomatoes on September 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I worked my first farmers’ market this weekend, helping out at the booth of a local organic farm known for their incredible dry-farmed tomatoes. It was great to give out samples (essentially enticing customers in, because apparently I am, as my co-worker put it, “more attractive than the two of them”) and see people’s reactions. [...]
