Support Local Farming Project Part 2

Here's my plan. I want to try this starting August 1 through 31.

1. Weekly shopping at local farmer's and produce markets
2. Purchase only what is grown locally
3. Track my purchases and compare to what is found (that I'd normally buy) in supermarkets
4. Track savings
5. Post weekly updates and maybe a photo of dishes I prepared (that is if it's photo-worthy lol)

Pretty simple really. Of course I'm sure I'll be limited in what I can get but that's all part of this experiment. Also I live in Michigan so I also would like to know what I can preserve for the winter months.

What I have on hand that I'm growing myself:

• basil
• rosemary
• dill
• peppermint
• spearmint
• chocolate mint
• ginger mint
• strawberries
• lemon verbena
• lemon balm
• pineapple sage

That's it really. I started late with my planting this year so I'm really low in choices. But that's OK. There are several farms around and some are U-pick.

If you'd like to join and have me to post your update I'd be happy to. Should be interesting!:)

Support Local Farming Project

There's an experiment I have been wanting to do: only shop locally for produce. I'd like to document the varitey of items I can get locally and how it affects my finances. I read about someone doing this months ago (sorry I don't recall the blog) and had planned on giving it a try myself. Well the time has finally come and I will begin this experiment on August 1 for one month. If anyone wants to join in on this I'd be more than happy to post your results as well.

More details to come...