tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160942949010085255.post306077725363348255..comments2023-07-07T10:10:35.802-04:00Comments on thirtyfivebyninety: Raised bed updatepelenakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486662453316027558noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160942949010085255.post-6020666857256628582009-07-09T22:24:03.220-04:002009-07-09T22:24:03.220-04:00I disagree about the value of your barter arrangem...I disagree about the value of your barter arrangement with the CSA. IMO it's value is more if you figure in all the expenses that cost a person just to be employed; travel, clothes, perhaps cost of licensure/education ect. Then follow that up with fica, state & local taxes. Not to mention the loss of personal time eaten up by commuting, work place relationships that exist in only that vaccum, overbearing bosses. Earning that dollar in a tradional manner to buy that CSA share is a far heavier burden than your great barter exchange of labor for food.pelenakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486662453316027558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160942949010085255.post-24082303002584601772009-07-09T11:32:18.279-04:002009-07-09T11:32:18.279-04:00Hm, a pumpkin-apple butter would be good, too!
No...Hm, a pumpkin-apple butter would be good, too!<br /><br />No kidding about the prices. I worry about when we leave this area and I have to pay for produce again. I've got a sweet gig at my CSA where I volunteer a set number of hours per week in exchange for my share. The "hourly pay" isn't great but I enjoy hanging out there and visiting with the members anyway, so it's well worth it to me.Chilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406176434011890590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160942949010085255.post-41510388370051283172009-07-09T11:29:20.846-04:002009-07-09T11:29:20.846-04:00Thanks for the compliment, Chili. We have had a re...Thanks for the compliment, Chili. We have had a really wet June and July hasn't been no heat wave either. I'm starting to stress.<br />When the children were younger I use to mix pumpkin pie filling with applesauce and add spices. They love it. I also bake pumpkinbread sub whole wheat for half of the white flour.<br />This fall I need to work out the math on just exactly how much dehydrated pumkin it takes to make a pie. The majority of my commerical stash was bought when a local chain wet out of biz not to mention those were 2005 prices. Alot has changed in 4 years.pelenakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486662453316027558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160942949010085255.post-19536215130019167092009-07-08T14:17:56.328-04:002009-07-08T14:17:56.328-04:00Your raised beds look good! I flip-flop on my com...Your raised beds look good! I flip-flop on my commercial goods' stash. Sometimes I think we should eat it down for the eventual move (who knows when that will ever happen) but then I think I really need to keep it up to the same level as we eat the older stuff up. I've always had this split attitude about food storage; it used to only be for whatever was in the kitchen cupboards before I got into keeping food for emergencies.<br /><br />What do you use your pumpkin pie filling for other than pies? I just had spiced pumpkin with soymilk and Maltomeal for breakfast today. Plenty of pumpkin puree left in my freezer! We get <i>huge</i> pumpkins at my CSA in fall and there's always leftover ones to take home, too.Chilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406176434011890590noreply@blogger.com