Yesterday Mollie and I rode our bikes to a local orchard where we bought fresh peaches, blackberries, and blueberries and where we also picked 4 quarts of raspberries! We have raspberries in our yard that will be ripe soon, but we thought it would be nice to take advantage of the season and pick some at the orchard as well. That way we can eat raspberries to our heart's content. Raspberries are my favorite, favorite fruit. We have been reveling in the delicious taste sensations of the berries and have been able to gobble them up by the handful. I love having so many raspberries and blueberries that I can eat and eat and eat them. I often think that a bear must feel the same way! It is also nice to know that we can eat as many peaches as we want to - and they are absolutely delicious.
We had a lovely bike ride, supported a local business, bought locally grown food (basically - the blueberries are from Michigan), had fun picking berries, and got some good exercise. Mollie said that the bike ride made her feel so much better about getting the food. Tomorrow morning we will bike down to the farmer's market to pick up our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) box that will be full of locally grown vegetables from a local farm. And we are picking cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs, and potatoes out of our garden on a daily basis! Tonight everything we had for dinner was from our homegrown and right from the garden. We picked a huge tomato that melted in our mouths - I mean it was sooooo tasty!
Local food is good for the environment, but it also just tastes GREAT!
