Summers Past Farms

This past weekend we went to Summers Past Farms. It's this great place off Old Highway 80. They have gorgeous gardens, a nursery, and a cute shop in an old barn where they sell seeds, stuff for the garden, handmade soaps, and all kinds of neat things. My original reason for going to the farm was to attend a composting class. I missed most of it, because (as I should have guessed) Joey and Kristin weren't that interested in learning about composting and I had to keep an eye on them. What the kids were interested in was the sweet pea maze. Every year, Summers Past has Sweet Pea days. They build a maze with sweet peas, and then on "Sweet Pea Day" you can go enjoy the maze and cut your own bouquet of sweet peas. Most of the sweet peas had been cut by the time we made our way over there, but the kids loved the maze just the same. And we had a great time just exploring the farm. There was a tree near the entrance that had Easter Eggs hanging from it, and at the base of the tree was a little enclosure with two rabbits hopping around. Seemed perfect for Easter weekend!The flowers growing around the gardens were just beautiful. It had been raining earlier in the day, and many of the blossoms still had raindrops on them. This flowering hedge in particular caught my eye. I have no idea what type of flower it is, but I just had to get a close up:
There's lots of other fun stuff to check out at the farm, like this little bridge that goes over a small stream. Both kids insisted on making wishes from the bridge.
Another tradition Summers Past has is the creation of "fairy gardens." They're basically just tiny areas of the garden that are supposed to be inviting to fairies. In the shop, they also sell fairy wings, tiaras, and wands. Kristin had her heart set on a pair of fairy wings - and was excited to wear them as she visited the fairy garden in the middle of the sweet pea maze.
Here's a view of the fairy wings from the back. Kristin wore these all day!
If you live in the San Diego area, I highly recommend visiting Summers Past Farms. I used to go there fairly often back when I was in high school and the first few years of college. I don't know why I stopped going, because it's such a beautiful and amazing place. It certainly inspires me to do more with my own yard and garden! I plan to bring the kids there more often.