Our little corner of the world outside of Yuma is surrounded by hundreds of acres of citrus groves. We drive by them every day and see busloads of workers harvesting oranges, lemons, and grapefruits and big trucks laden with crates of citrus fruit rumble by our RV park all day every day.
Today we had the opportunity to get our hands on some of the delicious local grown citrus when went to a small farm owned by an elderly couple a few miles from us. They have a u-pick citrus grove and we had SO much fun picking tangerines and grapefruits to take home.
Liam ran to and fro filling up our bucket with grapefruits.
Alvin enjoyed talking to the owner and learning all the interesting facts about farming in the desert and the irrigation system that makes it possible. It has been more than a year since this farmer has seen any rain at all!
Luca enjoyed picking up grapefruits and then tossing them to the ground.
As with everything, eating fresh citrus fruit straight from the tree is much more delicious than store bought. We filled a five gallon bucket (for only $5!) and now have fruit to last us awhile. The farmer said the fruit ripens all at once and will stay good on the tree for months so we are welcome to come back for more as long as there is still unpicked fruit on the trees. I am sure we'll be back!
Liam was excited to find some "baby oranges" (limes)
😋😋😍😍
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