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Belated Boxing Day, April 21

Dear John,

I’m going to get cooking rather than write a forward this week. We didn’t take a photo when the Community Produce box arrived on Tuesday. We have eaten cantaloupe, roasted seeds, stewed plums and put them on top of Dutch babies, made a cabbage curry, and I think eaten some other produce.

Beginning again. Boxing Day, April 2

Dear John,

Last Sunday I cooked the last of the winter squash that we had sitting on the buffet. Filled with lentils from the pantry, jalapeno and pecans from the freezer, onion and garlic from the grocery store. Delicious. What a way to finish the 2025 CSA season. In March of 2026. (And ignoring any…

The Space Between Boxes

Dear John,

We skipped produce pickups while we were out of town. We ate radishes and peppers and carrots dipped in ranch fun dip on the road. We took squash and sweet potatoes and parsley and peppers to family and friends. But sick weeks followed by travel weeks meant we ended up with some very…

Boxing Day, December 2 (and anticipating December 9)

Dear John,

We skipped produce pickups while we were out of town. We ate radishes and peppers and carrots dipped in ranch fun dip on the road. We took squash and sweet potatoes and parsley and peppers to family and friends. But sick weeks followed by travel weeks meant we ended up with some very…

Boxing Day, October 14

Dear John,

The fridge was not empty.

Then we picked >$50 worth of apples at the orchard this weekend.

And then today I went to the garden, picked up the CSA, and got our community produce box.

Boxing Day, September 30 & October 7

Dear John,

I’m posting the plans for the past two weeks, and then going to figure out what to make for dinner tonight by planning for the coming week. Whirlwind time indeed!

Boxing Day, September 23

Dear John,

We made it to the garden! It has not (yet) died. We need to do some more service hours, attend a workday. But I am feeling reasonably confident that we won’t get kicked out/will be allowed to return next year. Which is the main goal. Truly, the longer we care for the garden…

Boxing Day, September 16

Dear John,

I’m talking good game about meal prepping on weekends, about eating leftovers, about using the instant pot for rice pilafs, the slow cooker for soups, about scrambling eggs. But I still don’t know how to have dinner on the table ten minutes after walking in the door on a routine basis. And I…

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