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Today we went on a wonderful field trip to one of THE last U-Pick Citrus Farms in Southwest Florida!! It is owned and run by a couple by the name of Johnson. Judy and Bob began planting there 10-acre grove in 1980. Bob planted all 3,000 trees himself, from seed! Unfortunately they lost that initial crop to frost. But that did not stop him. He has had a thriving business for many years that also helps support local needy people.  Each season they donate 12,000 pounds of fruit to the Harry Chapin Food Bank and they also work with churches in their area to help feed hungry children. They also sell some local wild flower honey from their nieghbor's bee farm down the road. Their barn is an eclectic mix of antiques, Bob's sign and license plate collection and the supplies he needs to run the farm. The grove is open from November to May. The location is:  18971 Misty Morning Lane, Ft. Myers, FL. Email address is: upickcitrus@netzero.net Phone: 239-657-4996 ...

I still have some December posts that I don't want to neglect, but as it happens time flies by and here we are in the New Year; Happy New Year! We have already planned and gone on some spectacular field trips with our home school group and I wanted to post about our Hydroponic and Heirloom Garden trip we went on the first week in December to Rabbit Run Farm . We had a great time learning about this wonderful farming technique and of course I just had to buy some food!! Here are some pics of her amazing produce. Vegetables and Fruits as Far as the Eye Can See The Best Strawberry Any of Us Has Had These are the strawberies Norman Love uses in his chocolates!! Purple Broccoli She Shared a Watermelon Radish with Us My Cutie Pie I bought some greens and 4 pounds of strawberries. Her produce was the best that I have eaten. I will be making trips up to her farm often I think. I put together a salad with this head of butter lettuce and named it RABBIT RUN FARM SALAD. Rab...