A Long Island Farm Day....

Today was a "farm filled" day. I definitely got to enjoy some fresh air, crisp breezes, and sunny skies. We left Queens and headed for Long Island early this morning. Our first stop was Finks Country Farm to check out the pumpkins and launch a few little ones in the pumpkin canon. Fun!The we passed hundreds of farms and gazillions (literally) of farm stands, pumpkin patches, and corn mazes on our way to Lewins Farm. It was at this farm that I realized that it is good that I don't drink alcohol. I say this because....if I drank alcohol like I pick vegetables....we'd ALL be in a ton of trouble. I was addicted and couldn't stop picking peppers, tomatoes, and eggplant. If you don't believe me...look at this next picture.I had already filled a bag and then I just "stopped to grab a couple more." This is what a couple more looked like. My hair even got all crazy because I was stooped down in the fields in search of the perfect pepper....ha!I wasn't as crazy as these people though. Honestly, what are they going to do with some many peppers?Here is Jose taking off the eggplant stems. I cant wait to cook those babies up with some garlic. After picking our veggies.....we went to the farm house for some roasted corn and fire baked potatoes. They were out of this world! I really don't think that I have ever had sweet corn that was THAT good in my life. Scrumptious!Then we checked out all of the funky pumpkins, gourds, and squash.

We left Lewins Farm and headed off for the Long Island Garlic Festival. We passed an enormous vineyard on the way and saw lots of vines and grapes.We even saw some deer ( I think they were deer ??) running through a sunny field. Beautiful!We had fun at the garlic festival but I think that the best part of the day was when we went to pick our veggies. Oh....and when we stuffed ourselves with roasted corn and potatoes. Here are just a few of my favorite veggies from today.