All In a Days Work

Today I went to check out another winner from LA Magazines "Best Of" issue. About 45 minutes North of Los Angeles, tucked away in Moorpark, is the Underwood Family Farm where you can pay a small admission fee and pick your own produce. Now not many people I know are into that kind of thing (including Tony.. I begged and still nada) but one of my good friends Rachel who is always down for adventure accompanied me to this mystery farm. The farm is fairly big and has a map of the crops so you know what's in season and where to pick. In addition to the produce, there are tractors pulling children around, pony's and a small stand where people who don't feel like getting down and dirty can pick up fresh produce. Rachel and I picked up an old rickety waggon and carted it around from crop to crop. We picked huge red, orange and green bell peppers, "celebrity" beef steak tomatoes, small root carrots, peaches, cucumbers, beets and just about the last salvageable raspberries we could find. After we felt good about our mini-harvest, we checked out the stands supply of produce. I picked up some huge plump strawberries, white summer corn, cilantro, ginger, garlic and potatoes. When I went to check out from my day of scavenging I couldn't believe that all the veggies and fruit I had personally hand picked and selected came to a total of $25! Ridiculously cheap! So if anyone wants a fun weekend day outdoors I would highly recommend taking the afternoon to get back to nature and grow a new appreciation for how much work goes into growing and supplying produce.