Community Supported Agriculture

We are off to the Anderson Farmer's Market this morning to pick up our share of produce from Bergefurd's Farm, a family owned farm located in Wilmington, Ohio.

What is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). It is a way to get locally grown fresh produce every week during the growing season--20 weeks here in the Cincinnati area--for a fixed price paid up front. The idea is you are buying a share in the farm, or a half- share like we did this year, and thus sharing in the risk-reward equation that every farmer undertakes every year he plants his crops. Good season=more food, bad season=less food. We paid $300 this year and receive a bag that is about as big as a Kroger cloth grocery bag with produce in it every Saturday morning. While we are sure to get fresh, healthy, vine-ripened, organically grown food every week, we are hoping that it turns into a cost savings for the year as well. At this point we are only two weeks into it and the pickings have been a little slim on account of the incessant rain that our area received during May, which meant farmers had a tough time getting crops going this year, but will see what comes of it through the summer and into October.

There are several CSA's serving the greater Cincinnati Area. A quick Google search will find you many of them. Here is the website for the one we use: www.bergefurdsfarmmarket.com

Getting into a rhythm...

Being a new mother of two, the daily struggle is to find my rhythm.  Ironically, we named our newest baby girl Cadence.  She has added an energy to our family that I love, but that doesn't always help me get things done!  So, I am beginning a personal challenge to make my life easier.  Step one:  GET UP EARLIER!  I began my day this morning by taking my husband to work at 7:00 downtown Cincinnati which is 30 minutes from our home.  I had the girls ready to go and we were out the door...make up on and everything.  It felt GREAT!  I came home and listed a few cards on Etsy.com, which is new for me, and sat down to blog.  I feel like I have accomplished so much and it is only 10am.  Stay tuned for my next step in finding our new family rhythm...

Welcome to the world of blogging

I have thought for some time now that my husband and I should start a blog.  Well, today is the day...except he doesn't know it yet.  I am excited for this new adventure in sharing our interesting lifestyle ideas with you...whoever you are.  In doing so, I hope you will become apart of our lives.  Sharing in the joys and disappointments.  Here it goes...
Simply Living Blog Day #1:
Today I am going to tackle a stack.  Yes, I am a stacker.  I know what is in most of my many stacks and which stack to look in for certain things...However, I hate them.  I think they look messy and in my quest to living a simple life, I am going to leave behind the life of a stacker-one stack at a time.

So to challenge you:  go through one pile of things in your house that you have been neglecting.  One Stack.  It will make you feel accomplished.  The key is to put everything away where it BELONGS.  Everything must have a place.