It was an amazingly beautiful day: perfectly clear and about 75 degrees while we were there.
They had Mutsu (my favorite), Empire, Ida Red, and Golden Delicious (no relation to the icky Red Delicious) varieties ripe.
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| 63 lb=29 kg |
I remember there being a lot more angst when the kids were younger: does this pumpkin truly express who I am?
Or, possibly, it was the fact that the cool rainy summer produced a huge number of very large, very perfect pumpkins!
Next up, we stopped by the broccoli field, intending to get two, perhaps 3 heads of broccoli. But I didn't specify that quickly enough, so we ended up with six heads... nearly 8 pounds.
I thought it was a problem until I tasted the broccoli: that was the best broccoli I've ever had! We had it as soup, as plain (steamed) broccoli, raw, and also added to other dishes.
We also got some mini pumpkins, some warty gourds, some very pretty popcorn on the cob, and an amazing array of summer and winter squashes!
2 comments:
Wendy,
What a great day out! I love apples. I wonder if you have different varieties to us. I know about red and golden delicious. I'm not fond of either! But the others you mention are unfamiliar. I like pink lady, fuji, and sundowner best. Granny Smiths are good too. My favourite apples are red and crisp and sweet!
Have you had fresh picked golden delicious? They really are delicious! But they turn mealy very quickly when stored, and I have never had a good one from a store.
Fuji and honeycrisp are my favorites from the store. I think I had a pink lady, and liked it very much - I'll have to keep an eye out for a sundowner! I do like Granny Smiths, but lately the ones from the store have been very hard and sour - like they were picked too unripe.
Larriland has about 25 varieties, many of which I've never heard, but usually only 4 varieties are ripe at any time.
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