Showing posts with label farms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label farms. Show all posts

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Tis Pumpkin Season!


Fall is here and that means Pumpkin Season! I have decided to dedicate my blog for the next couple months to all things pumpkin. This means pumpkin patches, pumpkin bread, pumpkin lattes and anything else you can possibly think of that involves pumpkin. Consider me the Forest Gump of Pumpkin. I even like the word "pumpkin." Anyway, if you have a pumpkin recipe you would like me to try out and share or know of a great pumpkin patch let me know!

To kickoff my pumpkin adventure I ate Pumpkin Pancakes at The Original Pancake House. They were very good and I would definitely get them again. What's awesome is there's an Original Pancake House in California so my family and friends out there can try them too! After eating breakfast, Derrick and I drove down to Amish Country for the day. On the way down we stopped in Wayne County at the Walsh Family Farm. They have an awesome pumpkin patch with rides for kids, mazes and giant pumpkins. It made me wonder if I was looking at The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown was waiting for. lol. I've been told other farms have Giant Pumpkins so let me know if you think you've found the biggest pumpkin of the year. If you happen to have a camera with you, take a picture and email it to me at vargievarg@yahoo.com and I'll put it on the blog. Don't forget to include your name, who's in the picture and where you found the pumpkin!

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

It's Harvest Time!


The end of Summer is wonderful. There are all kinds of fresh, local produce available. My favorite place to go is Pickering Hills Farm in Avon on Detroit Rd. They not only carry their own produce but also local goods from other families. You can buy 5 pound boxes of blueberries for $20. Plus, when you buy your groceries there they give you two free ears of corn. lol. I ate a whole peck of peaches all by myself over the course of 1 week.

Take the time this week to try out a local farm. If you don't know where to look try www.localharvest.org. They're an awesome resource and you can even buy products from farms online! I ordered my sister's birthday present from Blossoms Wild Herb & Lavender farm and would recommend them to anyone looking for high quality lavender products.