Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Davis Down on the Farm
For the Labor Day holiday, the residents were out of school. They had a wonderful opportunity to visit Harmony Ridge Farm in Tobaccoville NC. At the farm they met farmer, Isaac who showed them around his 15 acre organic farm. The residents saw a plethora of John Deere equipment, a 4 pound sweet potato, greenhouses and lots and lots of vegetables. Isaac gave the residents good ideas for their fall garden, such as, cabbage, broccoli, beets, radishes, lettuce, spinach and many more! After the tour, residents helped Isaac pick 8 pounds of green-beans, sampling as they went of coarse! After all the hard work, the residents enjoyed a nice picnic lunch under a very very old white oak tree. Once lunch was gobbled up residents took a ride with Isaac to see the rest of the farm as well as the neighbor’s horses.
Here we have a picture of our group with Isaac. As well as a picture of Jeremy and Isaac gearing up for their ride!
It was certainly a great time had by all! The residents have been invited back to Harmony Ridge to help Isaac with his future harvest (maybe we can do some pumpkin picking there!)
Isaac was also very kind in giving Jeremy his own Sage plant for him to place in our garden.