• Home

Still A Dreamer

Life, art, animals, writing, children's books, dreaming …

Feeds:
Posts
Comments
« Thanks to Emily …
Summer Peach Pie »

Take Me Out to the Farmstand

August 24, 2012 by still a dreamer

I’ve always said it doesn’t take all that much to make me happy, so if I can drive to my local farmstand, buy wonderful fresh produce, and photograph it as well? Hey, that makes me happy. Hope these photographs taken at Phillips Farms in nearby Holland make you happy, too.

Plants, herbs and usually fresh flowers are for sale

Oscar keeps an eye on the stand and promotes the whole “Jersey Fresh” concept. I’ve suggested they try him at the edge of the road to promote business, but really, you either know where the farmstand is or you don’t. Located on a typical 2-lane blacktop in the middle of a variety of farms, it’s not the most highly traveled road.

Tomatoes of every kind. They had some Brandywine tomatoes; I don’t know what they are, but I got home and wondered why hadn’t I gotten some to find out? There’s always a next time, and tomatoes are still coming in. In fact, early Gala apples were already in.

Beautiful produce of every kind plus berries and greens in the nearby fridge. If only I had a parallel life I could just cook and bake with all this fabulous stuff. Although I didn’t photograph the peaches, I did buy enough to make something delicious over the weekend.

Corn! Today they had bi-color, which as long as it’s sweet makes no matter to me.

Hope this inspires you to go find or visit a farmstand by you this weekend and enjoy what nature has to offer while it’s still summer. Before you know it, it’ll be fall and the apples, squash and pumpkins will be in!

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Related

Posted in Home Stuff, Life, Nature, Photography | Tagged farmstand, food, Local Produce, Phillips Farms, vegetables | 3 Comments

3 Responses

  1. on August 30, 2012 at 3:12 pm aleafinspringtime

    Lovely! I love fresh corn too! I usually just steam or boil it in salted water. How you do you do yours? Where are you from Jeanne? It sounds awesome. Sharon

    LikeLike


    • on August 30, 2012 at 4:22 pm still a dreamer

      I live in Western New Jersey. My county is the highest agricultural county in the state and the most beautiful place I’ve ever lived. So many places one drives, it’s just 2 lanes through farmland and woods and open space. I would take many more photos but most of the time there’s no place to pull over!
      Corn – I just boil it for 5 minutes, but never salt. Salt toughens the corn, so just plain water. I don’t even always add salt later – sometimes just butter. If the corn is more than 2 days old, I may add a wee bit of sugar to the water as the sugar in the corn turns to starch as time goes by. It’s always best eaten the day it’s picked, which by me, is actually possible.

      LikeLike


  2. on August 31, 2012 at 4:23 am aleafinspringtime

    Hi Jeanne! Thanks for the great tip about the corn! And do share with us more photos of your beautiful world. I can already feel the good earth even from the little glimpses you have shown us! Sharon

    LikeLike



Comments are closed.

  • What I’m Reading Now

  • What I’m Also Reading …

  • Like what you see? Sign up and get an e-mail when I've posted something new.

  • Recent Posts

    • My Dad
    • A Little Hope and Happiness
    • Seeing Art …
    • River Walk – Spring 2022
    • Film, Music, Dance, Editing
    • Finding A Unicorn
    • Need A Little Joy?
    • Making My Way in the World with A Book
    • Update on “Butterflies”
    • Send A Little Love in Valentine’s Season
  • I write about ...

    Animals Art Authors Books Cats Children's Books Creativity food French Bulldogs Good Reads Helping Out Holidays Home Stuff Illustration Inspiration Just Fun Life Metaphysical Nature Novels Photography Reflections Society Spiritual Writing
  • Blogs I Follow

    • From The Quill
    • Bespoke Traveler
    • saania2806.wordpress.com/
    • Wandering Ambivert
    • Marie Lamba, author
    • The Yoga Cowgirl
    • J.J.Brown Author
    • THE DAILY ROUND
    • roughwighting
    • Platform Number 4
    • Letitgocoach
    • Giving Voice to My Astonishment
    • Lauren Reyes-Grange, Digital Strategist
    • JEANNE BALSAM GRAPHICS
    • Salmon Brook Farms
    • Harvesting Hecate
    • Cynthia Reyes
    • A Leaf in Springtime

WPThemes.


From The Quill

Aren't songs of grief lullabies to the lost?

Bespoke Traveler

Immersive Tales for the Curious Explorer

saania2806.wordpress.com/

Philosophy is all about being curious, asking basic questions. And it can be fun!

Wandering Ambivert

Marie Lamba, author

Some thoughts from author and agent Marie Lamba

The Yoga Cowgirl

Live fully and have fun doing so...

J.J.Brown Author

Be entertained. Be horrified. Be inspired.

THE DAILY ROUND

Living From the Spirit Level

roughwighting

Life in a flash - a weekly writing blog

Platform Number 4

Becky Ross Michael: an author's blog

Letitgocoach

You can shake the world in a gentle way.

Giving Voice to My Astonishment

Observing, Gathering, Gleaning, Sharing

Lauren Reyes-Grange, Digital Strategist

Lauren Reyes-Grange

JEANNE BALSAM GRAPHICS

BRINGING YOUR DREAMS TO LIFE

Salmon Brook Farms

Official Home of Lavinia and Rick Ross

Harvesting Hecate

Thoughts on life, writing, creativity and magic

Cynthia Reyes

The blog of Canadian author Cynthia Reyes

A Leaf in Springtime

"Be a dew to the soil of the human heart."

  • Follow Following
    • Still A Dreamer
    • Join 149 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Still A Dreamer
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Copy shortlink
    • Report this content
    • View post in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...
 

    %d bloggers like this: