Friday, October 7, 2022

33. Visit Tanaka Farms

 Completed 10/5.  

Class field trip.  A lot of fun although at a detail level, it sort of sucked.  I parked somewhere where my pregnant copilot couldn't get the door open wide enough to get out, embarrassing!  Two classmates really wanted to help with spraying sunscreen, so I ended up ghost white by the time I could hide it.  Super cute sharing sunglasses with kid's friend on the hayride and hearing all her dad jokes.  The baby animals "petting barn" really made me cough a lot.  Good convo with Nova Scotia grandma of a classmate and about the relative strengths of the local swim schools with the treasury mom over lunch.  Almost got to use the first aid kit when a 2 day kid got a cut that actually bled.  The kid saying "I'm bored of walking" early on in the Upick portion.  Then she tripped in the radish rows and had a meltdown about being itchy.  Cool conversation with another mom in the Upick line about which is harder, IM or being a mom.  Then an emergency fireman's carry all the way back to the entrance to use the portapotties again.  We managed to pick a small handful of bolted cilantro, 4 very small turnips (objective was 2).  Skipped the 4 carrots and 1 onion.  She did find an impressive cute 2 pound pumpkin and carry it to the cashier.  I told her to be gentle like a baby because she was tossing it, but its stem was dislocated before she got there.  Another melt down.  Her carpool buddy had wanted a white pumpkin, but since there were only oranges, she planned to paint hers.  Kiddo painted hers, too, predominantly orange.  As well as the funky gourd we bought.  

General takeaways:  Tanaka isn't all perfect produce, there's a lot of ugly in there.  Growing strawberries in what looks like rain gutters.  

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