Packaging Free Grocery Store

How great would it be if there was a grocery store right down the street that straight up refused to sell packaged items? What if you could just walk in with your own bags and containers and buy just the right amount of whatever you needed and not have to worry about the rest going bad?
 
Good news: You can!
Bad news: You have to live in London...

The store is called Unpackaged and you should check out their site here.

I first read about Unpackaged this morning here at Good.is

Trader Joe's wine #6 Renwood

I liked the label better then the wine this time.  It wasn't bad, it just wasn't that great.  We drank half the bottle the first night and then the second half the following night.  Firefly and I both agree that this bottle of wine was definitely better after it had a chance to breathe overnight.

I was a little bummed because we had just had an excellent Barbera wine (our first) at a wine tasting during our Seattle trip.

Reusable straws

I found these via Green Phone Booth. They are in our Amazon cart waiting until we order a few more items to get free shipping.

Trader Joe wine #7 Fife

We've had this one in the past and I remember liking it then as well.  We had the 2007 Max Cuvee (another blend of 5 grapes) from the Fife vineyards in Hopland California.  This wine contains the following grapes:

• Petite Verdot
• Syrah
• Petite Sirah
• Grenache
• Carignane

Last time we had this wine, we shared it with friends so it only lasted one night as where this time, we allowed it sit out over night.  The second night it was just okay in my opinion.  It tasted really thin and watery to me the second night. Firefly just said she thought it was better the first time around as well...our advice,  save it for a night with friends or a night when you both need two glasses!

Trader Joe wine #5 Dr. Jebediah Drinkwell

This was a great wine!  We had the 2007 Meritage* from Paso Robles, California which is a combination of these 5 different grapes:

• 60% Cabernet Franc
• 27% Merlot
• 11% Cabernet Sauvignon
• 1% Malbec
• 1% Petit Verdot

The combination of all 5 grapes gives this wine a unique taste that we all really enjoyed.  I think I'll have to ask Firefly to pick up a few extra bottles of this next time she goes to the store.  We might have just found the first wine for our wine collection.

Bonus points...there is a drinking song on the back of the bottle:

*Meritage is a word used to distinguish wines that are made in the style of Bordeaux but without infringing on that region's legally protected appellation

How much is your Garden worth?

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We didn't keep track of how pounds of each produce item we harvested last year but it might be fun to do it this year.  Maybe we too can turn our $26 worth of seeds into $2000 in veggies!


If you are up for it, I think it would be fun for everyone to keep track of how much they havest and post their numbers at the end of the season.