Natural Bridges Farm Stand: your secret garden.

We bought all of this organic produce for $20.

The Natural Bridges Farm Stand is not really YOUR secret garden but it could be.
A few weeks ago we were taking a walk out to Terrace Point with some friends.

At the end of Delaware St. we saw these signs.

Our friends wanted to check it out, we walked down Shaffer Road to the farm.

We were greeted by row and rows of beautiful organic produce. I knew that the Homeless Garden Project was out this way but I had no idea how big, well organized and welcoming it was.

It is officially called the Natural Bridges Farm Stand, it's open 10 AM to 4PM , EVERYDAY !!!

Here's how it works, you show up with your grocery list, some bags and cash. You look at the menu of what you can harvest.

 

They will supply you with a basket and clippers. All three times we have gone, someone has been happy to show us the correct rows, how to select the best veggies and what else might be available to harvest.

Genna could choose carrots the size she wanted.

I love being able to literally hand pick my veggies. The cabbage from that row was so sweet, the kale so succulent and we tried kohlrabi for the first time and loved it. I will post more about that :-)

They grow three varieties of strawberries. Today the gent in the patch told us we had to sample them as we picked !! We came home with four baskets of strawberries !!

They have flowers and herbs for the picking as well.

AND if coming out to pick your own vegetables seems like too much work, they offer CSAs.
That means they will deliver this beautiful stuff to your door weekly !!

For us Natural Bridges Farm Stand is such a great solution.
We get just as much fresh organic produce as we need each week, if I can contain myself.
We pick it, so it is as fresh as it can be.
Shopping in a garden can't be beat for ambiance.
We are supporting a non-profit community organization to boot.