This Apple is Organic.

The doorbell rang this morning. Trang and I rushed to answer the door but the person was gone. All that was left was a brown cardboard box tied up with string.

Our organic vegetables had arrived.

Lauch recently read this book and so we decided to try and do something good for the world: once a month, get a box of organic vegetables, which we would split with our flatmates. Vegetables that have been grown locally - so, less transport has been used, creating less pollution. Vegetables that are grown without pesticide. The vegies that come each month are whatever's in season, meaning that we get to eat a greater variety of things and learn to cook in new ways. As I said, they come in a recyclable cardboard box. And those bananas, they are fair trade.

Very good in theory, right?

The first time we got a box full, I was slightly put off by the tiny amount that came. It is about twice as expensive as buying stuff from the local (very cheap) shops.

But straight away I fell in love with the kooky shapes of the vegies and the amazing taste. This month we have celeriac. That's the one that looks like a brain in the photo above. I've never encountered celeriac before and never heard its name spoken aloud before today.

I can't wait to see what comes next month.