Mmmm… Fruit
I’ve known for some time about the farmstand a couple miles or so from us, on route 44, I think in the tiny stretch that falls in Lakeville. The road kind of goes Middleboro, Lakeville, Raynham, Taunton, Raynham over a fairly short distance. My sometime client that’s near there recommended the place. Haven’t had any work from them in going on two years, and recently got confirmation that’s because of a tendency to hire relatives and family friends, which is what the guy I worked with on the big project there was. Apparently they still have problems. Which pale next to the problem of their hiring and management practices having led them to be banished as an authorized distributor by the manufacturer representing half of their business. Doh. But I digress.
I’d been meaning to stop at the stand, which is right on my way to and from the nearest Wal-Mart. Which isn’t as good as the nearly as close Wal-Mart in Plymouth, it turns out, but is more or less on my way from work so will continue to get ad-hoc business from us. I just wish they’d start stocking Sadie’s diapers again. They are now one for eleven. That is, one of the last eleven times I have looked (which I now do whether I need them or not), they have been out of her size and brand in the largest packs, and usually in at least one of the other two sizes too.
What finally pushed me over the edge was a hearty and detailed recommendation from one of the employees at my big client, who has gradually been getting everyone there to shop at this farm stand. So yesterday we made an afternoon drive to Wal-Mart to pick up prints we’d ordered and a few other things. It was the worst experience we’ve ever had taking the kids to a store, but Sadie certainly tired herself out, marathoning around the store trying to get run over by shopping carts. She was asleep by the time we hit the farmstand on the way back, and Val needed to eat, so I went in by myself. It was everything I had been told it was.
I spent $16 there and bought bananas, apples, oranges, blueberries, grapes, a pineapple, lettuce, a purple onion, a cucumber, a green pepper, 3 lbs of carrots, and possibly something I am forgetting. The prices ranged from insanely low to normal store prices, and the quality was mostly good. I was tempted by eggplant, green beans, potatoes, and some other things, but figured I can always stop there again any time and focused mainly on salad stuff and fruits.
I don’t remember if the place even has a name other than the prominent “farm stand” signs, but if you’re on route 44 it’s a little west of the Middleboro Rotary, a little beyond Muckey’s Liquor as you head west, also on the left.
I have been meaning to stop there...so many times! I too have heard wonderful things about it. I am also going to try to make it to the Farmer’s Market that happens every Saturday during the summer at Pratt Farm on 105. I love buying fresh fruits and veggies from a farmstand!
Posted by SHaron on 05/18 at 01:19 PM
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