{"id":1093,"date":"2008-09-19T08:51:46","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T13:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=1093"},"modified":"2008-09-19T08:51:46","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T13:51:46","slug":"my-dc-homestead-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=1093","title":{"rendered":"my d.c.: homestead farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>D.C. offers many things, but apple trees are not, to my knowledge amongst them. (Okay, the National Arboretum or the Botanical Gardens may have a tree or two, but I bet they wouldn&#8217;t like it if I started harvesting them&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>So on Labor Day, Rudi, <a href=\"http:\/\/sweetpeasgarden.wordpress.com\">Sarah<\/a>, and I hopped in the car for a road trip. We headed north along the Potomac to Poolesville, a farm community and the bucolic location of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homestead-farm.net\/\">Homestead Farm<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\nWe saw wildlife:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2863000408\/\" title=\"Monarch by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3211\/2863000408_cdb9212dd4_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Monarch\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We rode in a wagon:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2862999898\/\" title=\"Sarah and Rudi on a Ride by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3028\/2862999898_c90edc4599_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Sarah and Rudi on a Ride\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We picked apples:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2862167781\/\" title=\"Sarah Picks the Best Ones by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2015\/2862167781_dc556b6577_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Sarah Picks the Best Ones\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2862998986\/\" title=\"Rudi with Apples by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3005\/2862998986_6268690199_m.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Rudi with Apples\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2862166683\/\" title=\"Perfect Specimens by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3066\/2862166683_9844eac41e_m.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Perfect Specimens\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We ate blackberry cobbler and drank root beer floats:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2862997804\/\" title=\"Blackberry Cobbler (a la Mode) by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3292\/2862997804_fdeef271fe_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Blackberry Cobbler (a la Mode)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We talked to the animals:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2862165557\/\" title=\"Calf by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3141\/2862165557_e6406cfbdd_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Calf\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2862996484\/\" title=\"Rhode Island Red by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3095\/2862996484_b783c46333_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Rhode Island Red\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2862995920\/\" title=\"King of the Rock by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3276\/2862995920_bb4d468d7d_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"King of the Rock\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2862994994\/\" title=\"Chicken Eggs by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3219\/2862994994_a799a6d2c2_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Chicken Eggs\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2862994458\/\" title=\"Funky Chicken by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3088\/2862994458_5563034182_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Funky Chicken\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2862993766\/\" title=\"Pheasant by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3040\/2862993766_c2460cfc42_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Pheasant\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2862993178\/\" title=\"Oink to You, Too by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3090\/2862993178_46d0308c58_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Oink to You, Too\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We gathered blackberries:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2862160755\/\" title=\"The Last of the Blackberries by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3092\/2862160755_682449a581_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"The Last of the Blackberries\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2862160129\/\" title=\"Sarah Contemplates Freezer Jam by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3147\/2862160129_b5bff4abfc_m.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Sarah Contemplates Freezer Jam\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We promised to return:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2862999706\/\" title=\"The Barns by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3034\/2862999706_63d9e92219_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"The Barns\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I started a My D.C. post during the Olympics, never got to it, and then each week neglected to move past it and start fresh. 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