Yesterday we visited 15 Miles Farm located on Bella Organic’s land out on Sauvie Island. This is the CSA program I signed up with for winter. They promise not only seasonal veggies, but eggs, goat milk cheese, and summer bounty preserved as jam and frozen berries. My hopes are high for this CSA!

The visit was lovely. The weather warmed up and it is just so pretty out on the island– really makes me wish we had some land of our own for the kids to run around on, and for some animals…

We also got to see RedTree Farm, which is the source of the goat milk cheese and eggs we are so looking forward to. Our hens lay a lot less in winter, so it will be nice to have some supplemental eggs. Esmee fed the chickens and even got to milk one of the goats! If I can figure out how to embed a video, I will upload that later. They also had a couple of llamas that she fed, and a big dog (to deter coyotes). She was so happy!

In the meanwhile, here are some photos from the farms’ Flickr account for your enjoyment:

On our way home, we stopped by Bella Organic’s warehouse and bought a flat of strawberries. It’s kind of late in the season for strawberries, I know, but the cooler weather makes them even sweeter and firmer– sooooo tasty! I’d like to freeze some for later in the winter since we already ate thru the previous batch I froze, but the kids are just devouring them. Yumm!

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