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<\/p>\nThe third week of the summer CSA: two kinds of lettuce (green leaf and “Eric the” red), a bag of spinach, a bag of green beans, three crispy cucumbers, a bag of red potatoes, four “color me” yellow squash, a generous pint of blueberries, a dozen eggs, and bread (Breadery sourdough).<\/p>\n
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The picture doesn’t include the blueberries, because they were hiding in the fridge, away from hungry toddlers. The eggs were in the fridge as well.<\/p>\n
I also dropped by the East Columbia Farmer’s Market last week, for strawberries from Orchard County Produce. All the sun made the strawberries nice and sweet (they were bland last time due to all the rain). While I was picking up strawberries, they also let me take a picture of their very expressive kohlrabi.<\/p>\n
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Gotta have fun with that split kohlrabi.<\/p>\n
In other news, primary voting is today! I did some extra driving around because I showed up to the wrong location, where they directed me to another<\/i> wrong location, but I eventually made my way to the proper polling place and cast my vote like a good citizen. I have to say, I was dying for an iced coffee the entire time. I think that doing our civic duty would be a lot more comfortable and inviting if they had a nice refreshments area. Kudos to the people outside gamely waving their campaign signs, who sadly outnumbered the people voting inside. I hope they brought cold drinks today. Dude, if I were a kid on summer break right now, I’d totally set up a lemonade stand just outside a polling place.<\/p>\n
I heard someone on the radio saying that the turnout was going to be really low. That makes me sad; voting is one of the most important rights that we have as citizens, and in a country that values and protects free speech, why would you muzzle yourself? <\/p>\n
If you need to read up on the races, here’s the official list of candidates<\/a>, the Baltimore Sun’s incredibly helpful voter guide<\/a>, and a roundup of candidates on social media at our very own Hocoblogs’ Elections<\/a> page. I like to eat local because it makes me feel close to the land and the people around me, but eating local is only one of many ways to be a real part of the community. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The third week of the summer CSA: two kinds of lettuce (green leaf and “Eric the” red), a bag of spinach, a bag of green beans, three crispy cucumbers, a bag of red potatoes, four “color me” yellow squash, a … Continue reading