Nelson County: A trip to Saunders Brothers for Virginia apples and peaches and garden veggies

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivl9CPGv43NMhRf15FznHxxXJUxMmY2WDrLgp-iuJ2WJL2W6Kf7F11WLKewc2Ga9gIArYFD48enyoxlGv520i0t0oHqd6RcqSl5WzBE7wQcnQOZ4Oy1mAYIyUpxIyP5l4z1IADC5XrzjZi/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivl9CPGv43NMhRf15FznHxxXJUxMmY2WDrLgp-iuJ2WJL2W6Kf7F11WLKewc2Ga9gIArYFD48enyoxlGv520i0t0oHqd6RcqSl5WzBE7wQcnQOZ4Oy1mAYIyUpxIyP5l4z1IADC5XrzjZi/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> One of the best things about summer in Virginia is the fresh produce available from local growers. My Richmond sister and I met up in Charlottesville Wednesday and headed down Rt. 29 to <a href="http://www.saundersbrothers.com/">Saunders Brothers Produce</a> in southern Nelson County. The ride was gorgeous through the rolling countryside with vistas of the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains. We passed through Lovingston and on to Rt. 56 where we turned toward the mountains. Just a couple of miles up the road on the right was Saunders Brothers.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00LJTXqfktnSJpzh7QX0ILTeI0c3gexghv5yjHcG8UlkHg18QOz5WmnucJozTHpaq6GC0Pw40z2wxdY1-gSAdOkA3SaT7OAQLbFen3lcxmJGZtfYFoCn-ESj1-wkVVTMAD4VtNZbjt50o/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00LJTXqfktnSJpzh7QX0ILTeI0c3gexghv5yjHcG8UlkHg18QOz5WmnucJozTHpaq6GC0Pw40z2wxdY1-gSAdOkA3SaT7OAQLbFen3lcxmJGZtfYFoCn-ESj1-wkVVTMAD4VtNZbjt50o/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> What a treat to find Gala apples available as well as late summer peaches -- white and yellow -- and a variety of other fruits and vegetables. We loaded up on Galas, peaches, watermelon, cantaloupe, corn on the cob, and yellow squash. Who needs meat for dinner with all those veggies?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcyw4XJdh3axdPG3BTq7KK4oUnSnLKI-NixcwSUitBnDAJc1Tzt06QbTezmfWWWUAuNoJVDcbNWG1zcY3qSIttEImYNWZjiUPRmDJc8VvKkiy9qhuEA0d0bSzvwKB1oeCNDFz_o_9n3a83/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcyw4XJdh3axdPG3BTq7KK4oUnSnLKI-NixcwSUitBnDAJc1Tzt06QbTezmfWWWUAuNoJVDcbNWG1zcY3qSIttEImYNWZjiUPRmDJc8VvKkiy9qhuEA0d0bSzvwKB1oeCNDFz_o_9n3a83/s400/3.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> So for lunch and dinner I've been cooking squash and onions and corn on the cob, and adding them to the tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers out of our garden. Oh man ... that's good stuff. I'm trying to enjoy as much of this as possible because it's getting late in the summer growing season which means the fresh goodies will begin to play out. My kitchen smells like ripe peaches as I wait for them to get to <i>just the right ripeness</i> to peel and cut up for the freezer. That will extend summer for a little longer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIEAbhdwDrCl8epLCpfSJr5s0BXecdrKScEwUWKkOUVe-7H7JJNR_N7oK87Mgsmki7GVESRs59M57nYEjwz4y7SfOiXvg8leS18eepbcomzb5vB0-QMptxf8hDiK_IYxORrMASXzPpfs2/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIEAbhdwDrCl8epLCpfSJr5s0BXecdrKScEwUWKkOUVe-7H7JJNR_N7oK87Mgsmki7GVESRs59M57nYEjwz4y7SfOiXvg8leS18eepbcomzb5vB0-QMptxf8hDiK_IYxORrMASXzPpfs2/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Saunders has lots of fall apples that will be coming in through October plus whatever other produce will be available. This was our third trip this summer ... we'll be back before too long.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFS-7tBhD_ZN3Fz9lkWz84yiZ5hDuOoz0vZ8IM_noyMNyTo3MpuuYojZxjLUXYnqNauZOuT0_k55FBLxogjuiyVKsgrQ_JGolhZKLzYFQktEI-NozM9gaWu_fp0zUsHhK9WQW7-gJbYO-h/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFS-7tBhD_ZN3Fz9lkWz84yiZ5hDuOoz0vZ8IM_noyMNyTo3MpuuYojZxjLUXYnqNauZOuT0_k55FBLxogjuiyVKsgrQ_JGolhZKLzYFQktEI-NozM9gaWu_fp0zUsHhK9WQW7-gJbYO-h/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Saunders Brothers is a family business that started in 1915. Through trials and tribulations, they have made it to the point where they are today. Virginians supporting Virginia businesses....<br /><br />Cross-posted at <a href="http://vapolitics.us/2013/08/nelson-county-a-trip-to-saunders-brothers-for-virginia-apples-peaches-and-garden-veggies/">Bearing Drift</a><br /><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />August 21, 2013

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Pick you own blueberries in Roseland, Va

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGTxfSDT7DVFBIas17qc1YySMC_3u7tj4vB3vXN8XlMgMHfLzHvgbN7z46_5zZDwziodorAHwre81Rzy1E6rd2clwy4H9mbo68fRsGo-7QBCj1wbEbtbkVrwCkTICEcdzVhKBYogNXjb3/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGTxfSDT7DVFBIas17qc1YySMC_3u7tj4vB3vXN8XlMgMHfLzHvgbN7z46_5zZDwziodorAHwre81Rzy1E6rd2clwy4H9mbo68fRsGo-7QBCj1wbEbtbkVrwCkTICEcdzVhKBYogNXjb3/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Overcast skies and cooler temperatures were perfect as my sister and I stopped by Seaman's Orchards to pick blueberries on Thursday. The mountains in the distance were fog-shrouded and beautiful as we gazed toward the Blue Ridge.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJzplKgvXTp2qGA3tTy2yytQ7JWP0uJUnlNJNQ6CeJPyeqXwHnkIoqryuUrqVYb_m7X5C5fSw9U__dpwgfouKz3FnSC7Muaa8ks-41jdzE_RConq23X1sh73LY8ywrhRCk9JrhC4xF8eq/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJzplKgvXTp2qGA3tTy2yytQ7JWP0uJUnlNJNQ6CeJPyeqXwHnkIoqryuUrqVYb_m7X5C5fSw9U__dpwgfouKz3FnSC7Muaa8ks-41jdzE_RConq23X1sh73LY8ywrhRCk9JrhC4xF8eq/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Blueberry bushes were loaded with ripe, plump berries that drew my sister like a moth to flame. In years past, it was a 4th of July tradition to pick blueberries on the Northern Neck of Virginia since our family spent that holiday with family who owned a summer home. The tradition died when they did and we sold the house and, thus, the beginning of new Independence Day traditions.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BtSuew-2F4xkWwMuEAG9fbG_L9xSeIv2k0VxfQYDykJmxlN2nJoAtSC_eYpZsKNcnWjM9UZGsLTfWjJJ8zxxyhUXIYe3wLhN5pC-8AvNe2SAZz-ipU8DYH3lIJtY4huOrDQRZA4I0o7G/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BtSuew-2F4xkWwMuEAG9fbG_L9xSeIv2k0VxfQYDykJmxlN2nJoAtSC_eYpZsKNcnWjM9UZGsLTfWjJJ8zxxyhUXIYe3wLhN5pC-8AvNe2SAZz-ipU8DYH3lIJtY4huOrDQRZA4I0o7G/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Along a ridge are apple and cherry trees as well as blueberries and strawberries.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNaakDgsb0d8vsHc8QSc6T9ilNZoIu2cSCrP4o7tmn9gquINw8g9yBGLMlFSGS12Y7xGed6ahjFkeYXKL6csenK9BUVgffyxj97I3AvcSlksIMyUO3bAsICXCedXIv9Bj_sDG83pz5X8P/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNaakDgsb0d8vsHc8QSc6T9ilNZoIu2cSCrP4o7tmn9gquINw8g9yBGLMlFSGS12Y7xGed6ahjFkeYXKL6csenK9BUVgffyxj97I3AvcSlksIMyUO3bAsICXCedXIv9Bj_sDG83pz5X8P/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiog4i1FAATnlSvAB93dv-riCUdelT7b-P_9krm3SJ9lXMeOSAkI2urglyY8o6KD-N2hyDtpWLjFUhkk9psp3FhcXrgTyxTHgZ1CNwqaz9dyzJbY_L28jKuMAkAlHPOeHY-BmlnQTbzQ5rC/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiog4i1FAATnlSvAB93dv-riCUdelT7b-P_9krm3SJ9lXMeOSAkI2urglyY8o6KD-N2hyDtpWLjFUhkk9psp3FhcXrgTyxTHgZ1CNwqaz9dyzJbY_L28jKuMAkAlHPOeHY-BmlnQTbzQ5rC/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizReGwnmLDVp81yftm-4lv7CKY84ZZrAzdnGYR_RWCh0k_PgyvtEpTifPG0L8ddbypEHc83zqnsjMDMXfHN9B8IXKDKlZl-ATqlfOc4UUOIujQAhWlpEfm-BZAS0CzZ3avHNceG2-opa-F/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizReGwnmLDVp81yftm-4lv7CKY84ZZrAzdnGYR_RWCh0k_PgyvtEpTifPG0L8ddbypEHc83zqnsjMDMXfHN9B8IXKDKlZl-ATqlfOc4UUOIujQAhWlpEfm-BZAS0CzZ3avHNceG2-opa-F/s400/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The scenic views are an added plus.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpqaMkytgKmUY94jSyNwjr_YjaeU19bMk4fWjmD3W9WGkjbDSWLBFQlZA9YUJTDNzjlbB9rns2BfzHACk6J3-3Q3YDOOuqSmEwkztFKMp1hgTJj0HI4C2SpjEq7-HAuYTb-NvPYghwJpy/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpqaMkytgKmUY94jSyNwjr_YjaeU19bMk4fWjmD3W9WGkjbDSWLBFQlZA9YUJTDNzjlbB9rns2BfzHACk6J3-3Q3YDOOuqSmEwkztFKMp1hgTJj0HI4C2SpjEq7-HAuYTb-NvPYghwJpy/s400/10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.seamansorchard.com/">Seaman's Orchards</a> in Roseland.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDT5PgQ3QomDoOLtRZ4f2fqaFLoKLG7F60MqAxgzISQaBPtKSTc8tSXwEKJrT3SgwF2cwvakZlWjTwnCLx_0vTGb0I4e51GHq_ggUM2t_PekYarPPaFTWkQ68szv7YFU4Bh9Auq3t2fi6y/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDT5PgQ3QomDoOLtRZ4f2fqaFLoKLG7F60MqAxgzISQaBPtKSTc8tSXwEKJrT3SgwF2cwvakZlWjTwnCLx_0vTGb0I4e51GHq_ggUM2t_PekYarPPaFTWkQ68szv7YFU4Bh9Auq3t2fi6y/s400/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And then we headed toward the mountains in the distance to explore the hollows.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AVmkuVPsJ5HWz9Eswd6qm2di8ObGUC9lJVeJiY3ZeovtBwfTC1GJRvOjMGsAutVWRdNITpBPgjG_Bz_7iZ37kuK9f_37eklzIpKnlTFr84bhZGsW2Mo6muxyN_C7JgefyZ17rcBYBcq_/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Mitchell<br />July 11, 2013

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Overcast skies and cooler temperatures were perfect as my sister and I stopped by Seaman's Orchards to pick blueberries on Thursday. The...

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