It must have been a slow week in the organic section because this week we were able to pick up 4 boxes of chicken scraps from Mr. Produce Guy.  There was a huge box of  organic grapes and 11 pounds of organic bananas to recover, as well as strawberries and lettuce. The Girl and I divided up the Read More >>

Hot Diggety Dog, take a look at the boxes of produce we were able to reclaim this week. I guess you were right, people are not spending money on melon this time of year.  Not only was there plenty of fresh melon for us to keep, but there was plenty of  fresh grapes and lettuce Read More >>

When I started this whole “Do you have any scraps I could take home to my chickens” journey, on a whim back in April of 2012, I couldn’t have possibly known that after 7 months, I would have been able to reclaim all of this produce.  By just looking at these pictures alone, I’d say Read More >>

I’m thinking about breaking up with Mr. Produce Guy. This was the 4th week in a row I have received boxes of “chicken scraps” that have been mostly, well, scraps.  Gone are the days of finding ridiculous amounts of fresh fruit and veggies. Freezing quarts and quarts of fresh strawberries, heaping bowls of mushrooms, tropical Read More >>

I think this may have been the first in a very long time there were not strawberries in our boxes of free chicken scraps.  This time around it was mostly water melon, cantaloup and apples.  Plus a few grapes.  Kind of a snooze fest of you ask me. In the summer Mr. Produce Guy was Read More >>