Photograph of an outbuilding along Blue Star Highway compliments of Janine MacLachlan, www.RusticKitchen.com.  All rights reserved. If you enjoy this post, please consider subscribing to my newsletter, or my feed. Or let’s tweet!

Photo of at-the-ready blueberry baskets at Earl’s Farm Market by Janine MacLachlan, www.RusticKitchen.com.  All rights reserved.

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Photograph of the front yard of Pinecone Meadow Farm compliments of Janine MacLachlan, www.RusticKitchen.com.  All rights reserved. If you enjoy this post, please consider subscribing to my newsletter, or my feed. Or let’s tweet!

Photographs of farm pictures at the National Gallery of Art in DC, including The Red Schoolhouse by Winslow Homer and Cape Cod Evening by Edward Hopper, compliments of Janine MacLachlan, who traveled to Washington to review grants for the Farmers Market Promotion Program, and discovered farm life was everywhere.

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Photographs of vintage tractors from Organic Valley’s Kickapoo Country Fair compliments of Janine MacLachlan, www. RusticKitchen.com. All rights reserved. If you enjoy this post, please consider subscribing to my newsletter, ormy feed.Or tweet with me!

Photos of Chicago architecture on a sunny summer afternoon by Janine MacLachlan, www.RusticKitchen.com.  All rights reserved. Next week:  back to cooking.

OK, this post is not entirely wordless.  I want to remind everyone there’s still time to comment for the Organic Valley/Kickapoo Country Fair giveaway.  Please post a quip about your favorite farmer to enter today, either here or any post from the past week.  Hope to see you there.

Grilled supper in the backyard at Pinecone Meadow Farm compliments of Janine MacLachlan, www. RusticKitchen.com. All rights reserved. If you enjoy this post, please consider subscribing to my newsletter, or my feed.Or tweet with me!

Photo of hydrangea in the garden at Pinecone Meadow Farm compliments of Janine MacLachlan, www. RusticKitchen.com. All rights reserved.

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