I know I promised a while back to try the Bountiful Baskets organic basket and I finally got around to it!

Just in case you are not familiar with Bountiful Baskets, here is a brief intro:

Bountiful Baskets tries to provide local grown produce to participants at a low cost. Since they strive for local grown, the produce can be seasonal.  It is a co-operative group, there are no contracts, you may be asked to volunteer,…although I have not yet been asked.  You must bring your own bags or baskets to take your produce home and ordering is placed online.  For more details you may go to their site at:

www.bountifulbaskets.org

I’m sorry that I don’t have any pictures this time, however I was pleasantly surprised to find that my organic basket came prepackaged in a box….note to self, no need to bring those extra bags to transport my produce.

I received 1 head of cabbage, 3 brown onion, 1 bunch of bananas (1 was slightly smashed), a bag of red seedless grapes (approximately 2 lbs), 5 apples, 6 plums, 4 nectarines, 1 bunch of celery, 1 bunch of romaine lettuce, and 5 or  6 what I later discovered to be baby bok choy.

Most of the items were fresh and as expected. However, 1 of the onions was badly bruised and unusable, but all in all everything was great.  We even got a bunch of free lemons as they had extra from the conventional baskets and were giving them away to anyone who wanted them.  We waited until the last person picked up their basket and took the remainder of the unwanted lemons….SCORE!  We love making lemonade

Yes, I would do it again and yes, it was worth it.

Sorry I don’t have any pictures this time but I promise to post pics next time I purchase.

The pickup time is definitely for the early birds and for me, trying to get the kids out of the house before 7am is a little tough. This is really all that holds me back.

Until next time…..