exciting shopping

On the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month there's a Farmers market in the park near to where we live and work. One of the veg farmers does a deal where of a tenner a week he'll deliver a bag of fresh organic veg.

We signed up for this a few weeks ago and now Wednesday has become a day of excitement as we wait to see what veg we'll get this week. This pic to the left is not our veg, our veg comes complete with mud, just the way it should be. This week we got some potatoes - they are honestly the best spuds I've tasted in years, onions, a bulb of garlic, a leek, some parsnips (my favourite veg) and a nice wee pumpkin (need to look our my recipe for pumpkin soup).

Along with the veg you also get a wee news letter from the farmer. Alison commented yesterday, "it's great you feel like your part of his family", as the letter not only tells you what's in the bag, it's nutritional "value" and suggestion of what to do with it, but also news from the farmer, the weddings he's been to, the struggles he had with some unexpected frost.

Our bag of veg also helps keep us in line with what's in season, as it's all local produce. On Saturday we bought the last of the Clyde Valley tomatoes from a stall at the market, so now I'll have to resist buying Tomatoes in the supermarket that have been flown half way around the world.

Comments

[lynn]

I have had a box delivered for a couple of years now, comes from Broxburn though. Costs £14.90. Yours sounds great!

(I have to phone up regularly to find out what some of the sprouting green things are and what you do with them)

[Glenn]

That is cool. It tastes so much better when you have to wash the mud off.

On another note, that talking head is deeply freaky!!!! ;-)

[Wood Street Girl]

Brodie: I'm in total agreement with Glen, the talking head is REALLY weird!

If you're looking for a cracking recipe for spicy pumpkin soup (which I recommend mixing some liquidized tofu into, but some people prefer proper cream!) let me know.

[Dougie Lochhead]

If you wouldn't mind sharing that recipe then I have a pumpkin in the Compass larder that I really need to do something with otherwise it'll end up being pumpkin pie!