Saturday, May 24, 2008

Strawberry Fields Forever






If you have never been to Tanaka Farms in Irvine, CA, you gotta try it. We had never been there, but, much to our good luck, we were invited to join a group of moms and their kids for a day in the fields. We rode a tractor around the fields and saw all kinds of fresh produce, learned how it grows and even got to sample some right then and there. What was so fun about it was that when we were done with something, we got to throw it out of the tractor.


First we tried onions. You have to break the green part and roll it in between your fingers, sniff it and then try the white bulb. Much to my surprise, Sarah loved the onion. Not a great picture but I had to post it as I just still can not believe that she ate it.



The Carrots ROCKED.


We tried the red leaf lettuce. Didn't like it...too bitter.

Getting ready to pick our...strawberries.
Jenny Shannon helping her boy get a good one. These guys were smart. They wore red shirts to hide the stains!
He likes strawberries!

2 comments:

christy p said...

Great photos. I especially love the one of Sarah on the tractor. Just may have to check out that farm!

Christy said...

that looks like so much fun! My girls asked this morning to go pick raspberries up in Oak Glen. I'm inspired now. ;)