Mothers Day Strawberries

On Mothers day I was delighted to be able to take care of David and Hope's children while they went on a little date.

We had a lot of fun together. We worked in my flower garden, picked lettuce, and picked fat juicy strawberries. After carefully carrying the produce home, the kids played with Legos while I got the strawberries prepped for our little food adventure. After I got a pan of carob chips melted and all the components lined up on the island, I dipped a couple of strawberries - they looked beautiful! Next, I got the eager kids set up on stools so they could help. Wow - they went at it with gusto. Carob was flinging everywhere! I learned that I was much more concerned with the visual appeal of carob dipped strawberries than they were!

In spite of our differences in expectations we struck a delicious compromise and soon there were two plates of plump juicy strawberries peeking out from lumpy carob coats. After the carob hardened in the fridge for a bit, we packaged some up and wrapped them with ribbons for them to give to their mommy for Mother's day.

 Later that evening, after the kids went home, we enjoyed a simple home grown meal with Byron's folks. We ended the meal with creatively dipped delicious strawberries.  I was reminded again that love is the best ingredient it for most recipes. Happy Mothers Day!

Long ago, when our children were very young, I wrote a little song for children called "One Step At A Time". Ever since then, that has been a bit of a family saying for us... and over the years it has applied to and continues to ring true for countless experiences... One of our latest developments here on the farm, that is taking myriads of tiny steps towards becoming a reality, is starting what we call our FarmBox program. This will enable us to ship a box of produce direct to people here in Arizona just as often as they choose to order it.

For the last several years we have felt privileged to be able to sell direct to the Whole Foods and New Frontiers and lots of restaurants here in Arizona... And now it is exciting for us to think of having an even more direct connection with the people who eat our food.

Pictured here, is Evan, our FarmBox manager as he takes photos of the produce so that it can be pictured on our on-line webstore. It is a pretty big undertaking to get all the logistics ironed out that you can easily hop on line and order a FarmBox from us. But we are just bursting with hope that it will be something that you will enjoy just as much as us.

Trust, me all worthwhile things take "One Step At A Time"... even a Sunizona Family FarmBox!