Comments on: Because Food Is So Good http://butterpies.com/because-food-is-so-good/ Lightly crunchy with a grain of salt Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:23:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lina http://butterpies.com/because-food-is-so-good/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Lina Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:57:23 +0000 http://butterpies.com/?p=579#comment-426 Chris - fortunately, the chicks will be inside under the heat lamp in our basement for the first 6-8 weeks so we've got some time on the coop. We really need the snow to melt so we can get started on things! There is still about 6 inches out in the field. Thanks for the tip on the Green Grocer, that's another good option for sure! Chris – fortunately, the chicks will be inside under the heat lamp in our basement for the first 6-8 weeks so we’ve got some time on the coop. We really need the snow to melt so we can get started on things! There is still about 6 inches out in the field.

Thanks for the tip on the Green Grocer, that’s another good option for sure!

]]> By: Chris G. http://butterpies.com/because-food-is-so-good/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Chris G. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:21:01 +0000 http://butterpies.com/?p=579#comment-425 So if the chickens come in under a week, when does the chicken coop come? (Note to David: will trade (very) unskilled labor for beer, croissants, and/or firewood). I like your post on CSAs too. I did one of these in college, but it's been a while. I tried out <a>Washington's Green Grocer</a> last week and liked it. The math seems to work out about like a CSA, except they give you more flexibility by allowing you to substitute items -- no onions, double the apples, for example. Of course, those mangoes and bananas probably aren't so local, but that's what you get from fruits and veggies in February. I don't usually spend $35 a week on fruits and veggies, but maybe I should... My one complaint about the CSA "industry" is lack of standardization of box sizes. It makes it very hard to comparison shop. So if the chickens come in under a week, when does the chicken coop come? (Note to David: will trade (very) unskilled labor for beer, croissants, and/or firewood).

I like your post on CSAs too. I did one of these in college, but it’s been a while. I tried out Washington’s Green Grocer last week and liked it. The math seems to work out about like a CSA, except they give you more flexibility by allowing you to substitute items — no onions, double the apples, for example. Of course, those mangoes and bananas probably aren’t so local, but that’s what you get from fruits and veggies in February. I don’t usually spend $35 a week on fruits and veggies, but maybe I should…

My one complaint about the CSA “industry” is lack of standardization of box sizes. It makes it very hard to comparison shop.

]]> By: David Brunton http://butterpies.com/because-food-is-so-good/comment-page-1/#comment-424 David Brunton Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:44:15 +0000 http://butterpies.com/?p=579#comment-424 Someone asked me about the knife in the bread picture: it's from Lamson, via <a href="http://www.hillskitchen.com" rel="nofollow">Hill's Kitchen</a>. Good bread knife, pretty handle, made in the USA. Someone asked me about the knife in the bread picture: it’s from Lamson, via Hill’s Kitchen. Good bread knife, pretty handle, made in the USA.

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