Getting Local

There are many great things about June. It's finally warm, school is out, and the farmer's market is open. We've enjoyed getting closer to our food supply. Two weekends ago, the farmer's market opened for the year. We also went and picked two flat of strawberries at a local farm. They mostly ended up frozen, as I wasn't really up for making jam and syrup this year.



This past Saturday we hit the farmer's market again (and found some wonderful rum cake). On Sunday we had Breakfast on the Farm in Poy Sippi, WI. They had a great breakfast of pancakes, hash browns, ham, and cheese. There was also a small petting zoo and you could tour the dairy barn. I learned that dairy cows can calf anytime of the year and that the mama cow gets two months "off" before the birth of her calf. The kids got to climb in a pen with a very weary baby cow, and pet a huge rabbit.