Yeah it was just all these years I never noticed how much wet dill looks like hornwort!

Edie, you get to choose what's coming from Misfits? I thought they were working on offering that but it isn't possible yet. I'm waiting for my first box on May 5.

Very exciting if they give you choices now! Is it just in a few areas?

OT: I still haven't received my Misfits box for this week (Thurs) and they just sent an email saying I *should* receive it next Tues. instead. They also sent an email saying they're now permanently changing my delivery date to Friday. It's also getting more and more difficult to customize my order because by the time I make selections and try to save it, items I've chosen have sold out and I need to keep tweaking selections until I can do the save before more sells out! Ultimately, I seem to only be able to order the same things each week and that's getting old. Is this happening to everyone using Misfits?

ETA: cloudy_christine, my first box was chosen by them, but I have been able to 'customize' all following boxes (within their parameters), so I suspect the same will be true for you.

Thanks. I hope that's true. I just checked the website and now it says they have customization in some areas. And they're not taking new customers now. There is a waiting list. I think they must be overwhelmed. It would be annoying to have deliveries postponed. I hope they can get on top of things soon.

Mine is coming today. Should have been sent Wednesday. Fine since I have lots of produce from an order with the wholesaler. I've been making selections for the last 10 boxes I think. (I have a photo file to keep track of what I receive.)

The way selecting works is 2-4 things are chosen from different categories. In my area this happens at 4pm on Thursdays. I have an alarm set and make my selections at 4.01, lol. They have had an explosion of new members so they are doing their best and hiring and training new employees. A business can only grow so fast.

Look at RanchoGordo. (beans). The went from an average 100 orders a day to 2,000. We are part of the bean club. We did not get it this quarter but were given a free shipping code for anything we might desire during this crisis. He is assuming club members are well stocked up and that is true.

I'm very thankful for Misfits even if it is coming late. If you told me this time last year I would be getting vegetables weekly by mail I'd think you a loon. But now, I'm so grateful. All organic, very fresh, and in my region we can choose. (they were just starting that option a couple weeks after I joined). Also an add-on marketplace for maybe 50-75 products and extra veg. I've been adding on a pack of two avocados and a chocolate bar. (lots of BobsRedMill organics)

What I especially like is the warehouse is refrigerated. Produce comes directly from farms in big crates. Employees are wearing winter coats, gloves, masks, hair nets, protective overcoats. Wearing more than most hospital workers. No middle man packaging in plastic, then to the grocery back room, then another person stocks the shelves, then it sits out until we go shopping.

I'm not going anywhere and have not for 6-7 weeks now.

sleeve, I typically don't get the email about choosing until after 6pm and my choices are more restricted.... mine is more like 'choose 6 from this group'. Several things are 'sold out' before I can even look, and no extra veg choices except mushrooms. I have been THRILLED to have Misfits deliveries these past several weeks, but I feel like they are trying to shut me out. They're now sending emails suggesting that I cancel future deliveries. :p

It is also possible that I am close to a well established warehouse. Here are my selections coming today. We shall see if it is exact or maybe a replacement or 2.

So the choices are add-ons rather than substitutions? Substitutions would be better, but I will be happy if I can get add-ons.

sleeve, once I am able to make choices many of those items are marked 'sold out'. lol! What's infuriating is that I make my choices, try to save, and I get a msg: "there was an error. Email us at xxx@xxx". The first time it happened, I emailed because I didn't know what the problem was. I got an auto-response telling me to check their FAQ, which didn't tell me anything. I had to reload the entire page to see what was NOW 'sold out', make my selections again, try to save, again get the msg: "there was an error...". Get the picture? It took me almost an hour to successfully make my order the first time because items were selling out so fast. Now I'm savvy enough to get the error and immediately open a new tab to see what's now 'sold out' so that I can adjust my choices quicker to submit and *hopefully* successfully save. sigh.

They tell me that mine comes from NJ. I've never complained to them about anything, nor posted about them until now, so I'm not being targeted for anything like that. I'd guess it's because I'm pretty far out for them.

Party, somewhere I read about the 4pm selection time. I also get an e-mail a few hours later. I agree it is confusing at first. I don't do Facebook but have it with one friend....never go there but have looked at the misfit groups. I may have learned some tricks from them.

Weird to suggest cancelling. I'll check the Facebook group and see what's up.

Once a week is almost too much for us with smaller appetites but I still have no waste with two pups to feed. I'll hang on just in case the supply chain gets totally screwed up.

Can't wait until my garden goes into full swing.

cloudy_christine, I can get the box sent as their choice, or I can 'customize it'. When I customize, I am given groups of various mixed produce, and told to choose a number of items from each group. Once that is done, I am also given the option to do 'add ons' that are charged individually. sleeve's pic shows her customized options on the left, and her 'add ons' on the right. In a perfect world, they'd offer brown rice flour as an add-on next week, and it won't be sold out before it gets to me. lol!

Maybe e-mails are sent all at the same time so it gets glitchy. Try at 4.01. A couple months ago I made selections on a Saturday and only one thing was sold out. Something I did not even want. A couple months ago I placed an overnight FreshDirect order but now I can't get a delivery slot even 4 weeks away...all sold out.

Thanks for that info, sleeve! I'll see if I can get in earlier next week. Yes, I thought it was very odd of them to suggest that I cancel! OTOH, if I don't cancel, then they're piling up my charges and still haven't sent me anything, which probably isn't the best business practice.

Is FOAS out there? I'm experiencing some poorer-quality produce now too... my suspicion is that they're stocking with older/held produce that is overflowing from lack of restaurant use.

Hello Edie, and sorry for that detour. With any luck it will stop snowing here and warm up enough so that I can grow my own dill. The swallowtail caterpillars love it. :)

Just checked one of the Facebook groups that does not require joining. Some are having entire orders canceled but just for one week. So those used to every week are loosing just one week. Most are getting delays by 2-3 days. Some, no trouble at all. (that may get worse but who knows).

Most have been getting Misfits for a long time. Most of 2019. Obviously without issues and they say 'great customer service' etc. Send a pic if something is funky...but I'm guessing that might be stressed as well. Maybe office staff is working from home.

My first box was Dec 19th. Fed-x a few deliveries, then another carrier once, then an unmarked white van, ... all Fed-x now. (that was weird, the van)

Thanks for the explanation, party_music.

I have learned to start checking the Misfits site about 2:50 our time to have it open and ready to go... Choosing time is 3:00 our time. Even so some things they say are on the list for the week never show up. I would jump though a dozen hoops to get a head of savoy cabbage but it's never on my available list :-( I do usually add a couple of things - add-ons are at an additional cost. Usually mushrooms and this week the fresh dill. I wasn't too happy this week though. The freezer pack had a hole in it somewhere and goo was all over everything. I washed the citrus and turnips with a bit of Dawn in the water but obviously can't wash potatoes with it. I had to settle for rinsing and rinsing with warm water but I will still need to peel the potatoes before I cook them darn it. I love redskin potato salad with the skins ON the potatoes. Sigh. They did tell me my delivery date is now Fridays instead of Thursdays but that's OK. Nice thing about being retired, don't have to worry about schedules! :-)

PartyMusic, I tend to grow some "sacrificial parsley" for my swallowtail babies. I love them so!! Between the bees and the butterflies is why I refuse to use any "kills it all" insecticides. If I get bugs in the garden I try to go as minimal as I can - I mostly use bT or Neem Oil. This year I am trying insect barrier cloth over some of my heirloom tomatoes. Bugs don't seem to "bug" the cherry tomatoes so much. Worked great last year for my basils so I will be doing those that way also.