With no shortage of farms to choose from I headed out for to get some fresh berries. People come to Bayfield, WI just for the berry season and I happened to be there at just the right time to get some blueberries and raspberries.
One farm stood out to me from all the others:
North Wind Organic Farm
86760 Valley Rd
Bayfield, WI 54814
(715) 779-3254
www.northwindorganicfarm.com
Their point to be organic and environmentally friendly appealed to me. I felt immediately at peace as soon as I arrived at this beautiful place. A few people worked around the farm and I took a walk around.
This cherry tree really stood out.
They gave me a cardboard box and showed me to some fields with raspberries and blueberries. I had the whole place to myself and this greeted my hungry eyes:
After picking (and tasting) a few of the raspberries I moved on to the blueberries. I see the huge blueberries in the store and think they must be a product of fertilizers but this challenged that:
After a lazy hour, I decided to call it a day and took my bounty back to the farm building
For the next weeks I usually had some variation of shredded wheat and berries with a but of sugar:
