Tuesday, July 24, 2007
VACATION
Sorry for the lack of posts :-) My baby brother is going to be married this Saturday, and Matt and I are in and out of Maine all week. I won't be able to post a OLS meal this week either :-( But, I hope to post two next week to make up for it. I hope everyone is enjoying the lovely week! Thank God the rain has stopped and it is sunny! Couldn't ask for a better vacation :-)
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Proverbs
I can't believe that I am already into Proverbs. This is absolutely amazing! I think I definitely will be able to finish reading the entire Bible by the end of this year, which was my goal. I love the book of Proverbs, I think because it is so easy to read. Each little passage is short and sweet, yet packs a huge message.
A lot of the proverbs I have been reading talk about wisdom, and how God created wisdom in the beginning and how we should always be seeking wisdom from God. I guess sometimes I forget that. I forget that we actually need God's wisdom to make decisions, to actually move on in our lives to new endeavors. Most of the time I rely on myself first, and God second. Why is that? Why as humans do we feel the need to rely solely on ourselves until we fail miserably, and then turn to God?
I have been working on that a lot recently. Making sure that I start my day with prayers praising God, and then asking for him to give me wisdom when making decisions throughout the day. I've found that I don't need wisdom ONLY for the big decisions, but the everyday decisions and situations. To think about whether I should be saying something at work, as I am the only Christian there, and need to make myself a good example. To think about how I dress each morning, and know if it is modest, or if it may be crossing a line.
One of my favorite verses out of Proverbs is Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
That is really powerful to me, because as I said before I tend to rely on myself first. How can I get past that? Well, I am hoping that my diligence in Bible study, as well as a lot of prayer helps me turn from my own ways. I think this will always be a struggle, because we, as humans, will never be perfect. Perhaps someday I will be able to humble myself enough to realize that God is the only way I am going to feel peace and make the right choices for my life. For now I hope that copious amounts of prayer help me to find what God truly wants for my life.
A lot of the proverbs I have been reading talk about wisdom, and how God created wisdom in the beginning and how we should always be seeking wisdom from God. I guess sometimes I forget that. I forget that we actually need God's wisdom to make decisions, to actually move on in our lives to new endeavors. Most of the time I rely on myself first, and God second. Why is that? Why as humans do we feel the need to rely solely on ourselves until we fail miserably, and then turn to God?
I have been working on that a lot recently. Making sure that I start my day with prayers praising God, and then asking for him to give me wisdom when making decisions throughout the day. I've found that I don't need wisdom ONLY for the big decisions, but the everyday decisions and situations. To think about whether I should be saying something at work, as I am the only Christian there, and need to make myself a good example. To think about how I dress each morning, and know if it is modest, or if it may be crossing a line.
One of my favorite verses out of Proverbs is Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
That is really powerful to me, because as I said before I tend to rely on myself first. How can I get past that? Well, I am hoping that my diligence in Bible study, as well as a lot of prayer helps me turn from my own ways. I think this will always be a struggle, because we, as humans, will never be perfect. Perhaps someday I will be able to humble myself enough to realize that God is the only way I am going to feel peace and make the right choices for my life. For now I hope that copious amounts of prayer help me to find what God truly wants for my life.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
One Local Summer Week 4
Today I decided to make my OLS meal, and after this dreary cold and rainy day I figured soup would be perfect! My old standby is my take on the Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana soup. Usually I start out with some onion, but I didn't see any at the Farmers' Market, so instead, I just took my organic local hot sausage (Snafu, 15 miles) and sauteed it with a little non-local olive oil and red pepper flakes.
Then I took some of the chicken stock I made and froze from my roasted chicken a couple weeks ago, and threw that in the pot after the sausage was browned. Add a little salt and more red pepper flakes...I really do enjoy spicy food, have I mentioned that before? Anyways, in went some sliced up local Maine potatoes, from the Fish and Produce guy in Hallowell. I didn't realize that all of the produce they sell comes from his father just a few miles away. They aren't certified organic, but they don't spray and seem to farm organically. It's amazing what a few questions will tell you! Let the potatoes cook, and then add some Kale, and maybe a little more salt (I am a firm believer in seasoning every stage of the meal.) When the kale is wilted, just add a little heavy cream, or in our case half and half from Oakhurst farms, then the soup is done. Although it tastes much better if you let it sit overnight. Usually I add a little cheese to top it off, but since I didn't have any local cheese, we skipped that :-)
So here it is in all it's glory, my lovely soup, and probably one of my most favorite meals. And pretty easy to make. I have enough for tomorrow's dinner as well. In my original recipe I also add a little bacon which I could have done if I had thought far enough in advance and bought the bacon at the farmer's market on Saturday...but, overall not bad at all!
I am really enjoying putting together local meals. I really want to thank Liz for getting me to think about my food and where it comes from. I feel so much healthier eating this way as well. I have also found that I tend to have more local meals during the week, although we still do buy lot of stuff too. But, it is all about baby steps and that is what we are trying to do.
I am really enjoying putting together local meals. I really want to thank Liz for getting me to think about my food and where it comes from. I feel so much healthier eating this way as well. I have also found that I tend to have more local meals during the week, although we still do buy lot of stuff too. But, it is all about baby steps and that is what we are trying to do.
Monday, July 16, 2007
garden update
My garden is doing so well! I am super excited about it. I can't wait to actually be able to pick more from my garden. I have been picking the herbs constantly, but no actual vegetables. Well...I did have that little green pepper that I just couldn't manage to wait to pick :-) I am so happy that nothing is dead yet though!
Friday I came home from work and looked up at the step and deck where all of my plants are, it looked a little different though, so I went around to the front of the steps to see properly. I looked up the steps, and there were my two cherry tomato plants, completely tipped over and out of their pots. I almost dropped at the foot of the stairs. I ran up to look at them, and most of the little tomatoes that had been on the plant had been snapped off.
Luckily I was able to get the whole plant back in the pot, and some of the tomatoes are still on there. I am just hoping that it doesn't die. I think the saving grace was that I had cages around those two plants, so when the wind blew them over, they kind of got stuck upside down on the step, and weren't able to go anywhere else. If they had completely fallen down all the steps...well it would have been all over.
Tomato cages...well...I only had 3 tomato cages, so most of my tomatoes seem to be growing like a forest currently. Is that bad? Are they not going to grow well? I can't imagine that is the case, because all of my tomato plants have tons of tomatoes on them. I planted 13 tomato plants so that in case I killed most of them, I would still be able to have a few tomatoes for salads and maybe to make a little sauce to throw in the freezer. How was I to know that my tomato plants would take off and I would have enough tomatoes to feed me for at least 2 years? Well here are my pictures then:
Friday I came home from work and looked up at the step and deck where all of my plants are, it looked a little different though, so I went around to the front of the steps to see properly. I looked up the steps, and there were my two cherry tomato plants, completely tipped over and out of their pots. I almost dropped at the foot of the stairs. I ran up to look at them, and most of the little tomatoes that had been on the plant had been snapped off.
Luckily I was able to get the whole plant back in the pot, and some of the tomatoes are still on there. I am just hoping that it doesn't die. I think the saving grace was that I had cages around those two plants, so when the wind blew them over, they kind of got stuck upside down on the step, and weren't able to go anywhere else. If they had completely fallen down all the steps...well it would have been all over.
Tomato cages...well...I only had 3 tomato cages, so most of my tomatoes seem to be growing like a forest currently. Is that bad? Are they not going to grow well? I can't imagine that is the case, because all of my tomato plants have tons of tomatoes on them. I planted 13 tomato plants so that in case I killed most of them, I would still be able to have a few tomatoes for salads and maybe to make a little sauce to throw in the freezer. How was I to know that my tomato plants would take off and I would have enough tomatoes to feed me for at least 2 years? Well here are my pictures then:
writing and other stuff
I haven't been writing as much as I would like. I wish I could be one of those people who updates everyday, sometimes twice a day. I guess I could be that person, but I am constantly concerned about what people are going to do once they read what I do have to say. It's probably no secret that I am a conservative Christian, and I would like to reach out to people from this blog, but I feel like if I am completely honest and true to what I want to write, I would just start getting hate mail...and really, I just have no desire for hate mail :-)
That being said, I am having a difficult time forming my thoughts into coherent sentences that one can actually read. Sometimes I think that I must be going through some type of crisis mentally because I have so many thoughts racing through my brain. Is this normal? Do other people deal with this as well?
I guess we are just experiencing a lot of life changes in my household currently, nothing bad, but just trying to figure out where to go next. There are a lot of things that Matt and I want to accomplish...many many things really. I think that is good, we are only in our 20's. But, then my practical planner side kicks in and I end up over analyzing everything and end up doing nothing. I don't want to look back on this time and be upset or regret a choice that we made. So I just keep talking about the choices, and trying to figure out what the next step really should be.
Exciting times are ahead I feel...I am looking forward to new adventures and hopefully at some point a larger family to continue my journey with. We shall see what the Lord brings.
That being said, I am having a difficult time forming my thoughts into coherent sentences that one can actually read. Sometimes I think that I must be going through some type of crisis mentally because I have so many thoughts racing through my brain. Is this normal? Do other people deal with this as well?
I guess we are just experiencing a lot of life changes in my household currently, nothing bad, but just trying to figure out where to go next. There are a lot of things that Matt and I want to accomplish...many many things really. I think that is good, we are only in our 20's. But, then my practical planner side kicks in and I end up over analyzing everything and end up doing nothing. I don't want to look back on this time and be upset or regret a choice that we made. So I just keep talking about the choices, and trying to figure out what the next step really should be.
Exciting times are ahead I feel...I am looking forward to new adventures and hopefully at some point a larger family to continue my journey with. We shall see what the Lord brings.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Inspiration
I was inspired by SouleMama to buy a sewing machine...now granted, the last time I sewed anything was in high school, but I figure I can learn again. Plus, I have my secret weapon...MY mama :-)
I have always been a crafty person. I love scrapbooking, needlepoint, taking pictures, journaling, and there was a time when I loved sewing, but then my little singer sewing machine went kaput. It was a very old one that my mom had when she was growing up. I didn't know where I could get it repaired, so into the dumpster it went one day when I was having a particulary productive purge of my bedroom (before I left for college).
Now, all of a sudden, I have this strong desire to start making "things" again. I want to set up a room where I can just do crafting. Any type of crafting, it doesn't matter. I feel like I have lost my creative outlet since we started working on the house. One could say that remodeling my home should be a creative outlet, and to some extent it absolutely is. But, I am more of an instant gratification gal, and need to see something completed in a much shorter time frame then this house.
Matt is all supportive of me doing my crafty things, hoping that at some point we will start saving money, instead of just spending more money on buying craft supplies :-) The final straw for me to get the sewing machine, however, was related to the house. This house has a total of 30 windows...30 windows! What the heck were these people thinking...so after figuring out how much curtain panels are, and figuring out how much the fabric is for me to just MAKE the curtains...well making the curtains won out.
Since I was inspired to buy the sewing machine, I better use it :-) Let's hope I can find a table soon to put it on, and then relearn how to sew. Should be an interesting journey...one of many that I am on currently.
I have always been a crafty person. I love scrapbooking, needlepoint, taking pictures, journaling, and there was a time when I loved sewing, but then my little singer sewing machine went kaput. It was a very old one that my mom had when she was growing up. I didn't know where I could get it repaired, so into the dumpster it went one day when I was having a particulary productive purge of my bedroom (before I left for college).
Now, all of a sudden, I have this strong desire to start making "things" again. I want to set up a room where I can just do crafting. Any type of crafting, it doesn't matter. I feel like I have lost my creative outlet since we started working on the house. One could say that remodeling my home should be a creative outlet, and to some extent it absolutely is. But, I am more of an instant gratification gal, and need to see something completed in a much shorter time frame then this house.
Matt is all supportive of me doing my crafty things, hoping that at some point we will start saving money, instead of just spending more money on buying craft supplies :-) The final straw for me to get the sewing machine, however, was related to the house. This house has a total of 30 windows...30 windows! What the heck were these people thinking...so after figuring out how much curtain panels are, and figuring out how much the fabric is for me to just MAKE the curtains...well making the curtains won out.
Since I was inspired to buy the sewing machine, I better use it :-) Let's hope I can find a table soon to put it on, and then relearn how to sew. Should be an interesting journey...one of many that I am on currently.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
One Local Summer Week 3!
This week for our local meal I was finally able to take something from my garden. It was very satisfying to run up the stairs and pick my first green pepper! Of course, if I had left it on much longer obviously it would have been bigger, but I just couldn't wait anymore! I also used some of the basil. I have been picking basil about every couple of days off my little basil plant, it seems to enjoy growing, and I am certainly enjoying eating it!
What One Local Summer is allowing me to do is be more creative with my meals. I have said before that I love cooking, so to have to figure out what to make with what is available...well it is interesting to say the least. I have baked biscuits, bread, and a chicken. This week? I decided I would try my hand at making pasta. I mean, how hard can it be? Some flour, and some eggs, check and check. I had both of those local, eggs from Monmouth and flour from King Arthur in VT. I am still using up the last of my VT flour, and then will be buying the "Maine milled" flour that is at the health food store. I put the ingredients into my lovely green kitchen aid mixer (my favorite appliance by far, if only for the color) not quite sure what would come out.
I made the dough, and realized I now needed to roll it out with a rolling pin, or put it through the pasta attachment...it was at this point that I realized that I had neither...so what did I do? Well, being oh so creative, I just stretched and stretched the dough...yeah...and then I attempted to cut the dough with a butter knife...we are still unpacking the kitchen stuff :-P
The above is what I came up with for pasta...I named it heathernguine. Although from the picture it appears more like funnel cake with confectioners sugar...
I then let my heathernguine sit while I made sauce. I chopped up some local tomatoes, Backyard Beauties, and put them in a sauce pan with some non-local olive oil and garlic, let it cook down and simmer. While that was simmering, I browned my organic and local hot sausage from Snafu Acres with my fresh picked green pepper and some hot pepper flakes (non-local). Then I put the sausage mixture in with the tomatoes...it was at that point I realized even if the pasta sucked I could totally eat the tomatoes and sausage...yum!
The above is the final meal, with Gritty's to wash it down with :-) Overall it got the "my favorite meal ever" award from Matt, and that makes me happy. Now...the next time I make pasta...I will have a roller...or better yet...the kitchen aid pasta attachment :-)
What One Local Summer is allowing me to do is be more creative with my meals. I have said before that I love cooking, so to have to figure out what to make with what is available...well it is interesting to say the least. I have baked biscuits, bread, and a chicken. This week? I decided I would try my hand at making pasta. I mean, how hard can it be? Some flour, and some eggs, check and check. I had both of those local, eggs from Monmouth and flour from King Arthur in VT. I am still using up the last of my VT flour, and then will be buying the "Maine milled" flour that is at the health food store. I put the ingredients into my lovely green kitchen aid mixer (my favorite appliance by far, if only for the color) not quite sure what would come out.
I made the dough, and realized I now needed to roll it out with a rolling pin, or put it through the pasta attachment...it was at this point that I realized that I had neither...so what did I do? Well, being oh so creative, I just stretched and stretched the dough...yeah...and then I attempted to cut the dough with a butter knife...we are still unpacking the kitchen stuff :-P
The above is what I came up with for pasta...I named it heathernguine. Although from the picture it appears more like funnel cake with confectioners sugar...
I then let my heathernguine sit while I made sauce. I chopped up some local tomatoes, Backyard Beauties, and put them in a sauce pan with some non-local olive oil and garlic, let it cook down and simmer. While that was simmering, I browned my organic and local hot sausage from Snafu Acres with my fresh picked green pepper and some hot pepper flakes (non-local). Then I put the sausage mixture in with the tomatoes...it was at that point I realized even if the pasta sucked I could totally eat the tomatoes and sausage...yum!
The above is the final meal, with Gritty's to wash it down with :-) Overall it got the "my favorite meal ever" award from Matt, and that makes me happy. Now...the next time I make pasta...I will have a roller...or better yet...the kitchen aid pasta attachment :-)
Friday, July 6, 2007
Bible study and prayer in the morning
I was inspired a while back to try and get up early in the morning to study God's word. I used to have a quiet time everyday, but then life seemed to get in the way. And when that happens I tend to start trying to do things on my own strength without asking for God's help...and it is always a disaster where I find myself humbled and running as fast as I can back into the arms of my God to help me with whatever I have seriously screwed up.
I have to say, I thought getting up at 5am was going to be horrible, not that I haven't done it before, and not that getting up at 5:30am is much different. I actually find now that I am waking up at 4:30am in anticipation of the alarm going off. I haven't made the jump to get up that early yet, but maybe I should.
I am able to have about an hour of quiet time in the morning now, just reading God's word and praying and readying myself for the day. I feel stronger, not tired, more energetic. Words that I rarely would use to describe myself before these past weeks. And a big one, happy! It's so much better when I am happy, obvious statement right? I think that it is a joint effort between reading God's word, and God providing the enormous amount of sunshine that I have seen in the past few weeks. There is something about waking up with the sun streaming in the windows that makes it that much easier to climb out of bed.
So what will happen once it is cold and snowy again? Well, I'm hoping that I can continue to get up, and that God will give me the strength to endure the very very very long winter that Maine has to offer...does anyone else have an issue with snow in April? Just curious ;-) Anyways, I am in a good place right now, and that is excellent. Life finally seems to be settling slightly, and maybe I can relax and look forward to the new adventures that will be coming hopefully soon in our lives.
I have to say, I thought getting up at 5am was going to be horrible, not that I haven't done it before, and not that getting up at 5:30am is much different. I actually find now that I am waking up at 4:30am in anticipation of the alarm going off. I haven't made the jump to get up that early yet, but maybe I should.
I am able to have about an hour of quiet time in the morning now, just reading God's word and praying and readying myself for the day. I feel stronger, not tired, more energetic. Words that I rarely would use to describe myself before these past weeks. And a big one, happy! It's so much better when I am happy, obvious statement right? I think that it is a joint effort between reading God's word, and God providing the enormous amount of sunshine that I have seen in the past few weeks. There is something about waking up with the sun streaming in the windows that makes it that much easier to climb out of bed.
So what will happen once it is cold and snowy again? Well, I'm hoping that I can continue to get up, and that God will give me the strength to endure the very very very long winter that Maine has to offer...does anyone else have an issue with snow in April? Just curious ;-) Anyways, I am in a good place right now, and that is excellent. Life finally seems to be settling slightly, and maybe I can relax and look forward to the new adventures that will be coming hopefully soon in our lives.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
updates
I can't believe it is actually July right now, I don't think I remember having June! Everything has been crazy busy around my house...and it is about to get crazier. I have weddings galore this month...including my baby brother's wedding...awwww :-) Matt and I celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary on the 2nd, and 8 years of being together on the 3rd...again...crazy.
Yesterday we managed to put in new flooring in the living room. Yay! That means I can walk from the front door of the house all the way to the back of the house in my bare feet now...no more carrying shoes from the entryway to the living room so we can get to the bedroom. Now, all I have to do is prime and paint the window/door trim. Pretty exciting stuff considering we expected to be DONE with the house May 1st :-)
I must confess, the only reason the living room was finished so quickly this past week is because Matt and I bought a new TV, and it is being picked up on Friday. Granted, we don't have cable, but since we watch so many movies, I figured it was worth it...plus I have this little Legend of Zelda addiction...but that is another story...So much for trying to reduce what we have. I am happy with the purchase, but still feel a tad bit of guilt.
My garden is doing amazingly well! I have little tomatoes all over my many many plants...and I have one mighty fine green pepper which appears to double in size everyday. I think this weekend I might pick it...Matt wants me to wait until it is "as big as the ones at the grocery store," but I don't know if I can wait that long. My other 2 pepper plants are not doing as well as the green pepper one. Neither of them have any fruit, but lot's of little flowers, so I am hopeful that something will come of it. I will have to take some more pictures...The upstairs deck is starting to get a little crowded...
Having the 4th on a Wednesday really through off my whole week! All day yesterday I thought it was Saturday, but now I have to go back to work for 2 more days...I can't wait for the end of the month when I can have an entire week of vacation...yay!
Yesterday we managed to put in new flooring in the living room. Yay! That means I can walk from the front door of the house all the way to the back of the house in my bare feet now...no more carrying shoes from the entryway to the living room so we can get to the bedroom. Now, all I have to do is prime and paint the window/door trim. Pretty exciting stuff considering we expected to be DONE with the house May 1st :-)
I must confess, the only reason the living room was finished so quickly this past week is because Matt and I bought a new TV, and it is being picked up on Friday. Granted, we don't have cable, but since we watch so many movies, I figured it was worth it...plus I have this little Legend of Zelda addiction...but that is another story...So much for trying to reduce what we have. I am happy with the purchase, but still feel a tad bit of guilt.
My garden is doing amazingly well! I have little tomatoes all over my many many plants...and I have one mighty fine green pepper which appears to double in size everyday. I think this weekend I might pick it...Matt wants me to wait until it is "as big as the ones at the grocery store," but I don't know if I can wait that long. My other 2 pepper plants are not doing as well as the green pepper one. Neither of them have any fruit, but lot's of little flowers, so I am hopeful that something will come of it. I will have to take some more pictures...The upstairs deck is starting to get a little crowded...
Having the 4th on a Wednesday really through off my whole week! All day yesterday I thought it was Saturday, but now I have to go back to work for 2 more days...I can't wait for the end of the month when I can have an entire week of vacation...yay!
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
One Local Summer Week 2
Here it is week 2 for One Local Summer. I am having so much fun with this challenge! And actually, I am trying to eat mainly local food...of course there are a lot of ingredients that are still not really local, but I am paying a lot more attention to labels, and asking a lot more questions. It definitely pays to be an informed consumer, especially with all the recalls going on...toothpaste? What?!
This week I roasted my first chicken. It's funny because I absolutely love to cook, and I love making homemade meals, but I never make normal family meals, ie the meals my mom used to make for us. Instead I do a lot of mexican, a lot of thai, anything and everything spicy. But, roasting a chicken seemed to be the perfect fit for this week, since I had an organic chicken from Snafu Acres in the freezer, and because Maine decided it was fall instead of summer ;-) A little heat in the house can't hurt!
Along with the roasted chicken I made potato salad. I was able to get some potatoes from Denis at Long Meadow Farm, in West Gardiner, and eggs were also from Snafu Acres. And thanks to Wendy for posting on her site that Cains Mayo is from Mass...I'll take it! I did put in some non local celery, but wasn't thinking about it at the time. Just chopped, dropped...and then realized. But, I am going to just go with it this week. Does celery grow in Maine? And to round out our dish, I bought a ton of peas at the farmer's market this past weekend and shelled them right before dinner...yum!
Breakdown as follows:
Organic chicken - Snafu Acres, Monmouth 15 miles
Organic Potatoes - Long Meadow Farm 3 miles
Free Range eggs - Snafu Acres, Monmouth 15 miles
Cain's Mayo - Ayer, MA 163 miles
Organic peas - I can't remember what this farm was called...but they are 21 miles
Non-Local:
Celery - the package says Chelsea MA, which isn't too far off, but who knows where the celery actually came from...
Matt wanted me to take a picture of him with the chicken...of course we had already started carving it at this point...what a goofball
Here is a lovely picture of our meal...I still need to work on the garnish :-)
And for dessert...the remainder of our strawberries...man...I went through those pretty fast! Oh! And the strawberries are about 17 miles away from a pick your own farm. Fun!
This week I roasted my first chicken. It's funny because I absolutely love to cook, and I love making homemade meals, but I never make normal family meals, ie the meals my mom used to make for us. Instead I do a lot of mexican, a lot of thai, anything and everything spicy. But, roasting a chicken seemed to be the perfect fit for this week, since I had an organic chicken from Snafu Acres in the freezer, and because Maine decided it was fall instead of summer ;-) A little heat in the house can't hurt!
Along with the roasted chicken I made potato salad. I was able to get some potatoes from Denis at Long Meadow Farm, in West Gardiner, and eggs were also from Snafu Acres. And thanks to Wendy for posting on her site that Cains Mayo is from Mass...I'll take it! I did put in some non local celery, but wasn't thinking about it at the time. Just chopped, dropped...and then realized. But, I am going to just go with it this week. Does celery grow in Maine? And to round out our dish, I bought a ton of peas at the farmer's market this past weekend and shelled them right before dinner...yum!
Breakdown as follows:
Organic chicken - Snafu Acres, Monmouth 15 miles
Organic Potatoes - Long Meadow Farm 3 miles
Free Range eggs - Snafu Acres, Monmouth 15 miles
Cain's Mayo - Ayer, MA 163 miles
Organic peas - I can't remember what this farm was called...but they are 21 miles
Non-Local:
Celery - the package says Chelsea MA, which isn't too far off, but who knows where the celery actually came from...
Matt wanted me to take a picture of him with the chicken...of course we had already started carving it at this point...what a goofball
Here is a lovely picture of our meal...I still need to work on the garnish :-)
And for dessert...the remainder of our strawberries...man...I went through those pretty fast! Oh! And the strawberries are about 17 miles away from a pick your own farm. Fun!
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