My Summer at Wellspring CSA

 

What is a C.S.A.? It stands for Community Sponsored Agriculture. A C.S.A. enables someone to get fresh fruits and vegetable directly from a farmer. My family's C.S.A. was with Wellspring Farm. Last winter my family paid a sum of money to the farm. Beginning in early June we went to the farm every week and picked up our share of produce. Our last visit to the farm was in late October.  Other things you might find at a C.S.A. are: flowers, eggs, seeds, honey and different kinds of meat.



We wanted to be part of a C.S.A. because we like eat organic fruits and vegetable. Organic means that the plants are grown without any chemicals. Wellspring is an organic farm. Also, my family enjoys visiting the farm and knowing where our food comes from. We even got to know the farmers. The biggest benefit of a C.S.A. is that everything from the farm is local. This means it's fresher, it's healthier, it tastes better and it saves money and energy. When we pick up our food at the farm we eliminate the need for gasoline and air pollution!

Following is a sampling of some of the tasty food we had to eat this summer!

Swiss Chard
StrawberriesCarrotsBeetsTomatoesSummer Squash

My family also had an organic garden at home to grow things we didn't get from the farm. Some of the things we grew were: pumpkins, sunflowers, kale, green beans, purple beans, broccoli, cucumbers, apples, onions and squash.

I had lots of fun at the farm this summer. I recommend you try it too!
Miriam

All photos courtesy of Wellspring Farm.

A Trip to the Zoo

At the end of August my brother and I visited the zoo.

The cheetah is prowling around his enclosure.  He is one of the many big cats at the Milwaukee County Zoo including lions, tigers, jaguars, leopards and snowy leopards.  Cheetahs are the fastest living animal on earth.

 

 Here is one of the elephants at the Milwaukee County Zoo. Her name is Ruby. She was snacking on some branches during our visit. Elephants oftentimes knock down trees to eat the leaves and branches.

 This is a spotted seal swimming around in his pool. It was very hot the day we visited the zoo and many of the animals were cooling off!

This cheetah is lounging next to the glass after he rolled around in the dirt.  He might be relaxing because it's so hot and maybe he just had a meal!

We had so much fun at the Milwaukee County Zoo!