The Tasting Table

Despite growing up just five minutes from Cloud Mountain Farm, until this year I had never attended the annual fruit festival they host.  This tasting table was the highlight of the day for me.  Nearly every imaginable variety of fruit was available to try.  One side was dedicated to different apple, pear and asian pear varieties.  The grape table ranged from from eating grapes to different types of champagne grapes. Another table had quinces, berries, currants, peppers...I can't begin to remember what else.

Dandelion Dreams

Do dandelions mourn their silvered friends

who have flown away on the wind?

Do they know they'll be together again?

It will all begin again.

Open Door

Someone left the employees-only greenhouse door cracked open at Cloud Mountain Farm, allowing me a glimpse inside. I chose to focus on the sliding door, so the forbidden plants inside are still a mystery.

Cloud Mountain Farm, long a favorite of ours for plants in the spring and apples in the fall, recently announced their plans to become a nonprofit organization for training and education for those interested in farming. You can read the article here.