- Potatoes! Gee, we never really thought about potatoes until we tried their new potatoes a few years ago. This year there were several kinds of tasty potatoes - and we were surprised by how different they are.
- Beans! Yellow wax beans and the most wonderful Italian green beans. "Himself" never cared for beans until he tried Allan and Maura's, now he acts as if he cannot do without. He even helped pick beans (and found out just how labor intensive they are).
- Cucumbers. The cucumbers that we got early in the season were different - various shapes and sizes - and all very good. I ate most of them sliced for lunch.
- Lettuces. The lettuce in the share this week was better than any I've ever tasted. We made a salad with their lettuce and radishes, adding an onion and some of our favorite restaurant dressing. It was wonderful!
- We ordered the fruit share again and have been enjoying the juicy peaches and now the various apples - all better than anything I can select at the stores.
- We also enjoy Allan and Maura's meats. Their heritage hogs have us hooked - I'm not sure how we'd ever go back to meat from the grocery store. We just tried their new chicken and thought it was also very good. We made an excellent chicken soup and added some of the Chinese cabbage that came in our share. We expected to freeze at least a few servings, but I don't think there will be any left.
And, we still enjoy helping out on the farm although we haven't had as much time this year due to our work schedules. Allan is a fabulous teacher; we've learned more about sustainable farming from him than we ever could by reading and are much more careful consumers (and probably healthier) as a result. And, we've certainly learned that it is hard work - it makes us most appreciative of having access to pesticide-free, sustainably raised, tasty food.