November 18, 2005
To The Market...
I go to Soulard Market most every Saturday. But not just to shop. I just need to be around all the people and colors and smells and sounds to be happy for the rest of the week. It's a market, though, so I end up buying stuff. Usually, I end up buying too much; I find antique asparagus in the back of my fridge way more often than I'd like. When I had a dead backyard (hyper dogs and all shade; I could've had a rodeo back there and no one would have noticed) I experimented with compost, though once I had to borrow a shovel to dig a four-foot-deep hole to bury some that had gone horribly awry. I keep intending to get a real worm bin, or start a tidy little compost bin where all the wizened asparagus can go to die. But knowing full well that may be months from now, I was really pleased to find this link. Maybe it's a no-duh revelation for everyone else, but I was really happy to find it - I am telling myself that knowing what sorts of apples and herbs will be there come Saturday will help. I can make a list! And bring our nifty wire shopping cart, the kind that grannies use when they take their groceries home on the Bi-State. And not allow asparagus spears to die in vain.