Our Beautiful Bounty in November

As I am writing this it is 23 degrees outside and windy! I am actually at work, but it is slow because it is too cold out for people to want to leave their toasty homes for a dinner out.

Yet, even though it is freezing out, yesterday I came home with the beautiful bounty seen below.

This is box 2 of 4 that we will be receiving this month and in December from our CSA Crossroads Community Farm. It still amazes me that I can receive local vegetables throughout fall and winter in Wisconsin! Did I mention yet that it is 23 degrees outside?

Though everything we receive this winter will be a storage vegetable, it will still taste fresh, and it is local. With proper storage by Crossroads Community Farm, and then proper storage in our own home, we can eat local vegetables until early spring!

This is just a reminder that even though winter will soon be upon us (I know it is cold and snowy in the Midwest, but it is still technically fall) you do not have to get your vegetables shipped from across the country (or another country completely). Don't get me wrong, we still like to eat lettuce and spinach in the winter once and awhile, but we try to offset that with our CSA vegetables as much as possible.