Uncle Al’s Strawberry Farm

Our First Great Adventure
May 29, 2007

We got an early start and began by shopping for lunch at Kroger’s. Luncheables were the selection of Madison and Grant. We then went on to Loveless for breakfast. Madison chose pancakes and Grant chose sausage. Grandmother had scrambled eggs and sausage.



When we were done, Grandmother took our picture in front of the Loveless.

We drove a long way to Uncle Al’s Strawberry Farm and were very disappointed when we got there. He didn’t have any to pick! But, he had Mr. Martin plowing his cornfield with an antique plow and two mules. Madison and Grant got to pet the mules who were very tame (16 year old mules) and Madison sat on the seat of the plow. We watched Mr. Martin plow the field and talked with Uncle Al and his granddaughter and friend.



Uncle Al said he might have corn to pick in early July so Grandmother may call to check on that. Uncle Al was a very nice man who works for Saturn. He farms for fun.

We had a long drive home because the interstate was backed up. It took twice as long to get home as it did to get to Uncle Al’s. We ate lunch at Grandmother’s and then we took Polly and went to her special dog park. She liked running and we liked playing on the swing set and monkey bars. Before we went to the park, though, we went to the garden center and bought some seeds to plant—green pole beans and cucumbers.

When we got home, Grandmother showed us how to plant the seeds. We will take them home and try to grow them over the summer.