I am happy to say that though I haven’t posted in the last couple of months, that doesn’t mean we haven’t been enjoying the out-of-doors here in Michigan. In fact we have been spending lots and lots of time outside enjoying the unusually warm spring. We have been spending the majority of our time on my parents’ and my husband’s family land.
But today we did something different. Since my husband is now and editor on a magazine for commercial fruit growers, we visited a large commercial orchard today. My husband was visiting the orchard to get video, photos and an article for his magazine. TJ and I, along with his 3-year-old cousin Corinne, went just for fun.
Unfortunately the weather wasn’t very cooperative and we weren’t able to play outside at the orchard much. We did however have a good view from the Jeep. We saw big tractors and lots of dirt, two of TJ’s favorite things.
Of course I didn’t pass up the opportunity to make it a learning adenture and explained to the kids that the fruit we buy at the grocery store and from the farm markets comes from farms like the one we visited. And that the farmers have to use tractors and plows to plant and take care of the trees. And that the farmers take care of the trees, they will grow the fruit that we enjoy.
The kids had a great time even though we weren’t able to spend much time out of the Jeep. The owner of the orchard was so impressed with the kids that he gave each of them a Leelanau cherries hat.
