Most of you know we got produce delivered to our doorstep each week this summer from something called a CSA - Community Supported Agriculture. The idea is that you buy shares in the farm and the farm provides you produce throughout the growing season.
Our farm, Gardenripe, not only delivered (many don't), it offered us a "Salsa Day" when we could all drive out, tour the farm and pick up to 50 pounds of tomatoes.
Michael, Sue and Daniel invited us last Saturday. We drove 30 miles toward the hilly farmlands of Marion County to reach Gardenripe. There, farmer/owner Bill showed us around the place and allowed us to pick a lot more than tomatoes.
We picked onions, tomatillas, pumpkins and kale. We marveled at his fertile rows of beets and lettuce. 
The views were beautiful. The farm was perched on a hillside and had been in Bill's family for more than 100 years. The photo doesn't do justice to the scenery.
In his greenhouse he grew okra. We were surprised to learn that although he owned more than 100 acres, he grew what he needed to supply shareholders and the local Saturday farmer's market on only 2.5 acres.
Daniel and Claire had a blast. Daniel liked the farm machinery. 
Claire preferred the pumpkin patch.
Saturday, October 07, 2006
The farm
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3 comments:
I want a copy of the little pum'kin photos please. Nana H.
I would appreciate a family picture of Brent, Sarah & Claire for my billfold and to share with my high school friends in Wheaton.
Claire's my pumpkin. Was she waiting for the Great Pumpkin to enter the patch?
JH
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