Today we loaded up the car, drove through starbucks to pick up my first americano in 2 weeks, and headed to God's country, otherwise known as Napa, California. With the median age in the vehicle being 3, we weren't going wine tasting - we were going veggie picking with our friends Karyne and Lucca!
Today was gorgeous Indian summer with bright blue skies and upper 80 degree weather. With the babies fastened on, we lead (well, chased) Noah around Scully Ranch.
Scully Ranch "adheres to the strict codes of organic and sustainable gardening to produce ripe, flavorful and seasonally correct veggies and fruits" and grow produce for local Napa restaurant Uva and for local farmer's markets... but for us today, that meant really tasty pickings! 
Noah was in his element pulling beets up from the dirt and squirting them off with the hose at the watering sink. Aman showed him how to look for the ripe ones. Luckily Curious George had grown and picked carrots in an episode earlier this week, so Noah had the concept down. I'm baking them up with some asparagus both for a salad, as I write. After the beets, he seemed to spend most of his energy picking and eating the golden rasberries below. My favorite was the supersweet tiny cherry tomatoes.
(Only in Napa, do Scarecrow's sport Ralph Lauren...)
Free-range chicken ran around and this turkey is just biding his time in preperation for Thanksgiving festivities.
This was our great harvest, along with fresh baby greens and arugula that I already have in the fridge.
I am really inspired to investigate what we can do on the hillside of our new house. The terraces that held the raspberry bushes has given me the motivation to to some research on planting our own little garden once we are settled in Marin. Any of you reading this with any gardening experience, pass on your suggestions!
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