Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Hinkle takes to farm life
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 Nancy showing off her amazing been picking skills! . . . you go girl! To tell the truth Marcie and Nancy made a great team picking beans. They had it worked out so Marcie would hold the basket and Nancy would collect the beans. Thats what best friends are for!
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!)