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I joined a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) this year, and what a beautiful start to the season. Yesterday was sunny with a few beautiful clouds and a cool breeze, perfect gardening weather. This CSA is on the edge of\u00a0a forest preserve (Brunner Family Farm) just 10 minutes from my home in Algonquin. I signed on for a Worker’s Share because I want to be part of the process as I once was when I had a farm of my own. Although I’m interested in growing a lot in a tiny space like my deck, being out in the fields has so many advantages, and I couldn’t resist the experience. This was one of those days that provided\u00a0them all!<\/p>\n

Yesterday I got to water some of the plants just beginning to come up, moving from plant to plant, up and down the rows, giving each\u00a0little plant a good soak. As I finished two rows, I moved the very long hose over two rows and began again.<\/p>\n

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After a couple of hours, Bob, the CSA owner-operator, came back to check on me from the fields where he was working, planting more rows. He thought I might be getting bored. Bored?! Oh my goodness, no. Being out in that beautiful place on a day like yesterday, feeling the warm sun and perfectly cool breeze, hearing little\u00a0other than\u00a0breeze and birds, watching the tall grasses wave and the plants grow, seeing the sunlight sparkling on small\u00a0puddles of water as I worked…knowing that cows were over in another area being cows and chickens in yet another area being chickens…there’s just nothing better to restore one’s soul.<\/p>\n

I thought about the plan I’ve had for several years to move but then thought how fortunate I am to not only live with my husband next door to my younger son and his family and not at all far from my older son and his,\u00a0but\u00a0to look out on a pond in a wetland conservation area, to walk to\u00a0the corner for my groceries every day, and now to drive just ten minutes from my home and farm to my heart’s content. It’s time to give my soul a Sabbath, a rest from planning and reorganizing, and just be, appreciating where I am in this moment\u00a0in all its amazing, miraculous details. Time to just\u00a0watch the plants grow.<\/p>\n

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If you’d like more information about the CSA, please visit Bob’s Fresh and Local<\/strong><\/a> (produce)\u00a0and\u00a0All Grass Farms<\/a><\/strong> (livestock, chickens, milk and cheese).<\/p>\n

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\u00a0For more, visit my blog, vegetatingwithleslie.org<\/b><\/a>, \u201cLike\u201d me on FaceBook\/Vegetating with Leslie<\/b> or follow me on Twitter<\/b>, @vegwithleslie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I joined a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) this year, and what a beautiful start to the season. Yesterday was sunny with a few beautiful clouds and a cool breeze, perfect gardening weather. This CSA is on the edge of\u00a0a forest preserve (Brunner <\/p>\n

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