Food for Thought :)

had some thoughts while making the kids lunch.

1. if you have a chance, join a CSA ( community supported agriculture). they were recently featured in one of our local papers. there are several in our area, with great country farms being the most known and talked about. www.greatcountryfarms.com

if you can afford to pay for your share upfront, do so. you save money off the total price. plus, if you garden and have a membership with a CSA, you can actually save money over the spring/ summer and fall months. if you aren't having to run to the grocery store and farmers market all summer you can put that money away each week. also, if you were to buy a share of a CSA and pay in full, and then in May lose part or most of your income, you will still be able to eat veggies all summer long!!!! i don't know about you, but i find fresh fruit and veggies to be the most expensive part of my grocery bill. it might be hard to find the money upfront, but if we were to lose a part or most of our income after march of this year, i KNOW that fresh fruits and veggies would be the first items i would be worried about buying and providing for my family, and with the CSA share i wouldn't have to worry :)

2. once the Upick farms open up, GO!!!!! hit up the strawberries when and where you can. then can can can! this is the cheapest way to have jam/ jelly, and sauce. several farms do peaches and other berries as well. in the summer and fall do apples and can those as well. if you can find someone or someplace to buy GOBS of tomatoes during the summer as well, and again, get to canning! this really is provident living as well as preparing for an emergency.


3. START your garden NOW! that's right ladies. you can get the little peat pellet greenhouses and start your tomatoes, peppers, and more. if you start now they will be ready for transplanting right after the last frost date for our area, which is end of April/ beginning of May. i know i'm going to order all of my stuff, or pick it up locally, this week!!!

alright, gotta run! thanks for reading :)