I’m afraid our trip to the Farmers’ Market was a bit of a disaster as it wasn’t on when we got there. Never mind, but it’s making it very difficult for me to make a meal out of local produce exclusively. In view of what is, and isn’t available around here, I will be retrieving our last bag of locally grown (by us) prepared courgette from the freezer and making courgette soup for supper tonight, with some bread from the local bakery to go with it. I feel a little defeated not being able to prepare a fresh, organic local meal from seasonal produce, so I will be carrying this challenge forward and trying to source more local food. Of course, once we get to June/July and we can start harvesting our own vegetables from the allotment again, it will be the simplest thing to do.

Our goal of reducing packaging is going fine, our bin is a lot less full than the past few weeks, and I’m making a point of buying larger packs/bottles to reduce the quantity of packaging that we throw away.

We haven’t had our TV-free night yet, and as an avid Green Wing fan it won’t be happening tonight either. This has been our biggest sticking point this week, something to contemplate and consider.