Freund's Farm Market

East Canaan CT - With a sign that says, "Do you need Pie Therapy?",how could I not stop. Freund's Farm Market is chock full of stuff from baked goods, gifts, tee shirts, flowers, you name it. They even do catering, if you are having a wedding they can do the food, flowers, and can even supply the Justice-of-the-Peace. Click ==>HERE<== to go to their website.


This is the side of the building, just walk through the flowers to the entrance.


A large supply of gifts,you can even buy "Cow Pots" made with composted cow manure. For these pots they won a green thumb award in 2007 from the Mail Order Gardening Association.


Here is my favorite...Baked Goods. I did not go for the "Pie Therapy" just Cookie Therapy that day.


My choice, a very thick Oatmeal Cookie with three kinds of fruit baked inside.



The Chickens.


The fruits of the chicken's labor...Rachel's Radiant Eggs, Fertile, Fresh, Free Range, and other "F" words.


Last but not least, the greenhouse overflowing with wonderful plants.

Click Here for Link to their Website

Ferns - In Black and White

A photo from a walk in the woods

TOMATO FIELDS

Simsbury, CT - I have been noticing a lot of vegetable fields being planted in Connecticut. This field has to be at least 20 acres.


Notice that the plants are planted into black plastic, this keeps the weeds at bay.


A close-up of the plants.


Notice the hoses going under the plastic, this keeps the plants watered and the plastic keeps the water from evaporating.

SKUNK CABBAGE - ANOTHER SIGN OF SPRING

Here is a big ole Skunk Cabbage plant. Leafy and doesn't smell unless you break the plant.


This is a plant with the seed pods,


A patch of Skunk Cabbage. These plants are found in very moist areas. When I was very small in a time where kids used their imagination more, at least that's what I think, I used to pretend that I had a Skunk Cabbage Plantation. There was a patch of Skunk Cabbage of about a half acre in the woods behind my Uncle's house. Hey, it looked like a field of tobacco, so it was not that far off. I'm not sure what I did with it, I am not every sure I "harvested" it.

SPRING IS COMING - THE PUSSY WILLOWS ARE OUT

The pussy willows are starting to pop out. Don't they look soft?

HOLLY BERRIES IN SNOW

Today we had more snow, after some warm days last week. I went out to snowblow and noticed these Holly Berries sticking out of the snow. They look a little worse for the wear but you get the main idea.

LAST BIT OF LIFE

Thi plant is holding on to the last bit of life before winter.

REEDS AND CATTAILS

Litchfield, CT - Bantam River - These are some photos of plants along the Bantam River I took last month(I got to catch up on my posting!).