Compost

This is just one more reason to love Wildman’s elementary school.  Wildman does not get much homework beyond reading for 1 hour each week but composting is an exception.  A mom with a passion for gardening has taken on the school grounds in an effort to beautify them.  Already she has spearheaded a butterfly garden, lots of lovely pavered pathways, raised planter boxes, a memorial garden and a sensory garden.  The place is looking pretty amazing.  I’ve noticed a mini greenhouse and a rain barrel too.  The latest project is rallying the entire student body to help with making compost to nourish the plants.  What could be more educational and fun?

So, I’ve dedicated a little black bucket for our compost contributions and the picture shows what Wildman will be taking to school with him tomorrow.  With all of the fresh veggies I’ve been consuming on the South Beach Diet, I have lots of deposits to make!

Happy Friday to you!  I’ll be going to yoga this morning, cleaning my house in preparation for a family birthday party on Saturday, heading to the boys’ flag football game and ending the night at my grandma’s birthday party across town.  I’m looking forward to it all.  Especially since J is coming home tomorrow morning too!

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Greens and Things Delivered

Overall I’ve been happy with the produce from our local co-op.  However,  it is a pain to run down to the pick-up location in the middle of Cutie Pie’s nap time.  If the pick up hour was a little bit earlier or a little bit later, I’d be all set.  But the 1:15 PM to 2:15 PM window is pretty much the worst possible time for us given Cutie Pie’s napping schedule.

So, I did a little research and found a local organic produce supplier who delivers to my door for only $5 more than I’d been paying!  And they have a convenient website from which to order!  I gave Greens and Things Delivered at try this week and was super happy with what we received on Tuesday.

The only issue I had was the huge window they gave for delivery.  It was basically all day.  If I left a cooler with some ice on the front porch and my payment under the welcome mat then I did not have to be home to accept the delivery.  I love that!  Our produce arrived at 6 PM though.  We were home so we didn’t need to leave the cooler full of ice on the doorstep after all and we didn’t get to have the produce for lunch or snacks.  But, hey, they deliver and it was awesome stuff.  I really cannot complain.

Here’s the list of what was in this week’s box:

green aparagus (CA)

collard greens (Lady Moon Farms FL)

fancy zucchini (MX)

cucumbers (MX)

green leaf lettuce (Lady Moon Farms FL)

box of grape tomatoes (MX)

2 hass avocados (CA)

fuji apples (US waxfree)

bananas (Ecuador or Columbia)

green bartlett pears (Argentina)

navel oranges (CA)

strawberries (FL)

The Best Yet

Here’s a look at the produce I purchased from the co-op last Tuesday.  I believe that this is the best batch I’ve picked up yet!  The bananas were actually yellow for once and not green.  In fact, I bought an extra pineapple and an extra container of strawberries.  I’m so glad that I did because they are amazing!!!

Now I’m trying to grow my own pineapple with the top of the one I cut up.  We’ll see what happens.  I have a black thumb…  But that doesn’t stop me from trying to grow things in the spring!  I’ve just planted some basil seeds and nasturtiums.  I recently purchased a hanging strawberry plant and a lovely tomato plant also.  Hopefully, I’ll be able to keep them alive long enough to enjoy their bounty.

This is the list of items in the produce box this week:

STRAWBERRIES

APPLES

ORANGES

BANANAS

AVOCADOS

LETTUCE

TOMATO

CUCUMBER

SNOW PEAS

POTATOES

ONION

CARROTS

MUSHROOMS