2010-09 – FREEBORN’S FARM

Strawberries Girls in the Rain

In Bryan Freeborn and Bridgett O’Hara’s garden, kids pick and eat beans, berries, tomatoes and mint leaves and even catch bugs to feed their toads.  It all began in 2004 by ripping up the grass and planting sunflowers in the front yard which attracted tiny yellow gold finches and squirrels to feast.  On the South side of the yard, small raised beds grow greens, veggies, and strawberries.  Abundant hops, raspberries and wine berries line the sunny fence row.  On the North side, native paw-paw trees and an elderberry flourish.  “Our garden is not the Martha Stewart, fancy garden from a magazine. We enjoy growing it and playing in it.  During the Stroll, enjoy a kid-run lemonade-with-a-twist stand and free paw-paw seeds while they last.”

Collards in Bloom