Visit to Capay Organics
We get a CSA delivery of organic vegetables and fruits from Farm Fresh to You every other week. It’s a wonderful service and I highly recommend it. The box of beautiful, delicious food comes to my door. Over the two years we have been customers, we have expanded our palates to include veggies we never ate before. I think this alone is a marvelous gift.
Capay Organics has open-house, farm tour days every month or so, and we decided to visit them yesterday.
We had a little picnic lunch (deli sandwiches we picked up in Woodland) with this as our view.
The farm has a few critters: hens, a sleeping pig, and a couple of goats.
Visitors were invited to choose a pumpkin or two from the pumpkin patch.
It was quite warm but lovely. We rode on a flatbed truck, sitting on hay bales, out to the pumpkin patch. Little Asher opted to wear Daddy’s hat.
Farmer Thaddeus answered questions about the farm, like how they keep down weeds, how they decide what to grow, and where the water comes from.
We saw fruit trees of all types, including these young citrus trees. Lots of figs, olives, and stone fruits. It was great to see where our food is coming from. Asher now says, “This is where we get ALL our food.”
On the way home, I shot photos out my passenger window and we all took turns telling made-up stories. This was my favorite part of the day.
October 13, 2010 at 6:30 pm
this looks like lots of fun!