Today we decided to ride up to the Amish
Country and see what produce was
available and also just enjoy a ride.
We conserve driving right now with
the price of gas but it really wasn't
all that far.
See the lovely cockcomb
in this ladies garden. I remember back
in 90's when Martha Stewart got us all
gluing cockscomb onto cones for those
Christmas mantel pieces.
from inside my
car so.....so some are a bit dull.
We had trouble remembering where we
had been before and the roads were
very dusty from lack or rain.
Like, "oh maybe we should move out
on a farm and grow our own food" or
something like "think how much money
we would save if we did this". Haha!
with white siding.
I wanted to find one particular place
where they had a lot of canning items
with preserves and pickles.
There were a lot of greenhouses
with tomatoes inside.
of local small vegetable stands
go to buy their produce to resell.
I could quickly see that lumber is
a very important part of their lives.
on the kitchen table. (they reuse
old jars)
Great photos of Amish farms. And delicious food you came home with. I live in the fast growing Amish county in Ohio right now. And the state is home to the largest number of Amish in the country. The women grow such beautiful flower beds in front of their homes. Just huge.
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