I lived in Seattle for 7 years and never once went apple picking. I have been in Virginia for less then two months and I have already been twice. Why is this fact at ALL interesting? Washington State is the apple capitol of the country.
When I moved here, I had asked my sister here if she knew of any good farms. Reason being, anytime I ask the kids where they want to go, Whit instantly screams farm. My sister referred me to Homestead Farm in Maryland. So after deciding the menu for Mae's 4th Birthday celebration, I knew I wanted to make peach lemonade for the kids. With nothing to do one day I decided that just the kids and I would check out this upick farm for some fresh peaches and as luck would have it apples were also in season already.
Homestead Farm is a a great working farm with tons of upick orchards. On our first visit we even met the man who owns the farm, Farmer Ben. I thought this was great since the farmer in the Bernstein Bears books is also named Ben and Mae can't get enough reading them. They also have some goats, a llama, a cow, and chickens to feed.
This past Saturday Heather wanted to take the kids and with Pearson out of town and nothing else to do, we decided to join them. Also the kids had such a good time our first go around, they wanted to do it again. Here are a whole mess of photos from our two times.
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| Mae picking her teeth. |
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We go there too! And don't forget Butler's Orchard (in MD) and Cox Farms (in Chantilly)... both are AMAZING! Especially when it cools off a bit more and they start the fall/ Halloween stuff. Have you never been to Cox Farms??? I can't believe that!
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