Even though the Thursday pickup is on my calendar and I get a pop-up reminder telling me to go get the veggies between 4 and 7 p.m., I forgot to go this week. I was attending a free summer concert just a few blocks away from my pickup location, and it dawned on me at about 8 p.m. that I hadn't picked up the vegetables. I made a quick decision to scoot on over there, even though the 7 p.m. cutoff time had passed and I was on my bike with no way to get them home.
I know I'm not the only CSA customer who has forgotten their pickup. Maggie, who runs one of the farm's pickup locations, tells me that every week there are about 7 or 8 customers who neglect to pick up their veggies, and when she doesn't hear from them the next day, she simply donates them to the food bank.
I pulled up at the lean-to just as it was getting dark, and was relieved to see the colorful bins still waiting. I took out my cell phone and dialed my husband who said he would meet me with the car and the bags if they were still there. I quickly discovered that mosquitos were thick in the air, and I sat next to the bins slapping my arms and legs while I waited. In the gathering dark, Scott pulled up with the car and we quickly loaded the forgotten vegetables with relief.
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