Local is here

I can’t believe it’s almost the second week of July. The weather has been great….lots of rain, lots of sun, lots of heat. Our little garden is thriving. We are eating swiss chard, lettuce and strawberries. Still to come......beans and tomatoes.

We drove to Maugerville the other day to check the vegetable stands….both are back in action. They have lots of vegetables…but not a lot of local produce (yet). We bought local carrots, beet greens, and strawberries.

I am finally eating carrots again.

We are not producing enough berries to freeze, so we have to purchase them. At Sobeys, they are selling berries from Nova Scotia for $3.98 a box. A bit steep. The local berries in Maugerville were $4.50 a box. Steep, steep, but I do buy local whenever possible.

This morning the market is open, so we purchased more local berries. $3.50 a box.

I could say the price of gas has increased the price of the berries…but local berries cost as much if not more then imports.