More to sustain me in Tremont
On healthier endeavors in my neighborhood (than I was involved in last weekend)...
There's a Fresh Stop Market of local produce opening at Clark/W. 25th, compost bins at a community garden on W. 14th, and a new recycling drop-off at Pilgrim Church.
Buy real food in its real state, compost food and paper waste, and recycle everything they'll let you -- then scoff distastefully at how much garbage your neighbors leave at the curb.
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More to sustain you in Tremont, perhaps...but what do you have to sustain us-your now semi-faithful readers? We're starving with these sporadic posts.
-- hot coffee girl (June 14, 2006 10:55 AM)
Have you been to the Fresh Stop Market yet? Seems like you have to commit to a bag a week @ $20 until October. Not that $20 is unreasonable, just not sure I need that much *every* week... Still thinking about it...
-- Ed (June 28, 2006 9:53 AM)
no, Ed, I haven't been there yet.
I'm disappointed to hear that -- I think $20/week *is* unreasonable.
-- jeffschuler (July 5, 2006 6:37 PM)
Turns out I was leading you astray with that (mis)information... The word now is that you don't have to buy a bag every week, but you do have to order one a week in advance. Sounds a lot better now.
-- Ed (July 6, 2006 4:15 PM)
You must spend >= $20 for that purchase, though? Must you decide what you want a week in advance?
-- jeffschuler (July 6, 2006 4:37 PM)
You don't have a choice of what you get I don't think. You order 'a bag' for $20, and you get what's locally in season. All bags are $20 as far as I know. I'm going to stop there now, so I'll let you know.
-- Ed (July 6, 2006 4:43 PM)
take pictures!
-- jeffschuler (July 6, 2006 4:45 PM)
Went there on the way home last night, but all of yesterdays bags were spoken for, so I ordered one for next week. This week's bag contained beets, onions, sugar snap peas, cabbage, can't remember what else... Maybe Andy (who actually bought one) can fill us in.
-- Ed (July 7, 2006 10:07 AM)
He can.
He got Swiss chard, lettuce, cabbage, beets, white onions, snap peas, green beans, carrots, radishes, peppers, and perhaps something else he can't recall. He also got a round of applause and a very animated recipe recitation.
The price is high, but there is quite a bit of food in there, and it's excellent. It more than fufulls our veggie needs for the week, so it may not be much more than we'd pay at Dave's or whatever. Also, since I don't have the time or patience to have my own garden, Brandy and I decided the premium was worth it.
FYI, the bags do *barely* fit in a medium sized Timbuk2 bag alongside your computer and work clothes. :)
Now let's discuss the irony of having to pay extra for locally grown peppers instead of some shipped from Chile.
-- Andy (July 7, 2006 10:43 AM)
Word.
-- Jenita (October 2, 2006 10:09 AM)
and now there's the Tremont Farmer's Market, on Sundays...
word.
-- jeffschuler (October 2, 2006 1:50 PM)