Grandpa's Farm (that's what we call it although the sign now reads Grandpa's Fresh Market) is between Lebanon and Albany and the fruits and vegetables they produce on this family-owned farm are out of this world. Last week we had the most delicious peaches we've ever tasted, and the blueberries were so flavorful it was almost like eating candy they were so sweet. And speaking of sweet . . . their corn, picked every morning, is to die for! It reminds us of the corn we used to pick and roast in a big campfire when we worked at a camp on Lake Geneva in Wisconsin nearly forty-seven years ago.
Farm workers are constantly delivering fresh-picked produce to replace that which has been sold inside the market. 
Just look at these gorgeous blushing peaches.And they are picked ready to eat right off the tree.
The tractor delivering this corn just left as we were pulling up. Now that's gotta be almost as fresh as if we'd picked it ourselves!
Here I am picking out my favorite foursome!Last week's were kinda puny . . . these are nice and big.
One of the things we miss most with the RV lifestyle is that we don't have a home garden . . . just our herbs we carry with us as we travel. Having these fresh tomatoes available to us is almost the same as having our own garden. 
I had to quickly pass by this display of delicious freshly-bakedcherry pies and other goodies.
Here are the huge sweet-as-candy blueberries!
There was a sign as we walked in warning us that this was the last day for cherries, so we made sure a box of these sweet morsels ended up in our basket.Grandpa's Farm is a bit of a drive for us (about 30 miles) if that's the only errand heading that way . . . but we enjoy the fresh produce and seem to always end up there.
Life is good!
7 comments:
Oooo baby, that lovely fresh produce sure looks good. And so nice to shop so local, instead of the supermarket, and support your local farmers. Michael Pollan would say hooray for you. And you say hooray when you bite into that corn, or peach, or blueberry, etc!
Yummo! That looks like a great outing for your errand day. Great looking blueberries. I love Oregon blueberries!
That is SO worth the drive! How fantastic that you have beautiful produce right at your finger tips!
I'll take some of each kind, yesiree bob!!!
OMG! You're making me soooo hungry!
there's nothing like fresh and local...Right now we're enjoying the last of the cherries...they're HUGE! Look like plums....Thanks for the feedback-it's nice to know somebody's reading the blog..
Fresh and local is my fave..so yummy and so much more flavor than what you get in the "super" market. The photos make my mouth water.
LIfe is good Janice! What fun to see all those delicious fruits and vegetables. I love this time of year! Wanted you to know that I've stopped by and will now bookmark your blog to find my way back over and over. So happy you are feeling better. With all these healthy foods you will be 100% in no time!
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