Love that off season!

We all went to Arizona for a few days, to visit family and enjoy the warm weather. It was awesome. We got to play with Waverly's cousins Billy and baby Annie plus her aunts and uncles including Auntie Jess and Uncle Pete who were both in from out of town.

My brother Joe and sister in law Barb are members of the Victory Farm CSA out there. We went to their pickup on Saturday morning, which was a lot of fun. And very interesting. I always think oh if we just had more heat for our crops, we'd be on easy street, but I realized every place has its own challenges and advantages. Obviously water is a major limiting factor out there. And we are always struggling to find ways to compete successfully with veggies from California, but that's even harder when you're just one state over!

Also, their CSA has 100 members. I thought they'd be so far ahead of us that I wouldn't really be able to relate to them, but they were very down to earth and their operation was in many ways similar to ours. Talking with them really gave me hope that we have what it takes to have a real CSA too. Of course we're not 20 minutes from a major metropolitan area, like they are, but we've got other advantages!

Anyway, we didn't get to visit the farm because it's their busy time (!!), and they were dealing with sick kids on top of that, but it was interesting just to see their pickup site. We spent the morning hiking in the desert instead.