What $10 will buy

I wanted to share another resource for saving money with you. We have a local business that shops the big farmers market and then brings it up to us. This way we can get a really good deal on really fresh food. Generally you pay $15 dollars for about a five gallon bucket worth of fruits and veggies once a week. I was able to get $5 off the price by working as a sorter and then I was able to increase the amount of what I could take home by sharing in what doesn't spread out evenly among the baskets. Here is what I got:

• One head of lettuce
• Six baking potatoes
• Two stalks of broccoli
  
• Two cantaloupes (and my sister gave me her unwanted one making it three)
• Six ears of corn
• Twelve bananas
• One bunch of green onions
• Four green peppers
• Four peaches
• Two pounds of grapes
• Eighteen plums
• One pound of grape tomatoes
• Five tomatoes
• Six apples
  
• Six yellow crooked neck squash

Now, I couldn't begin to tell you how much all of this would have cost me at the grocery store if I could have even gotten it all. I also did about three hours of lifting and bending to earn my $5 off the regular price. Some weeks are not as good as others, but I always wind up on the positive side, especially since I am not taking time away from a paying job to do this. So, in reality, my time really has no monetary value to compare my savings against.