Why spend time in the frigid frozen vegetables aisle at the grocery store when you can enjoy fresh, locally-grown produce?

Local u-picks in Whatcom County offer nearly every produce item you could ever need for cooking: eggs, honey, squash, strawberries, tomatoes, shiitake mushrooms, hazelnuts and more!

Some of these items won’t be available after the first frost so hurry today to your local u-pick and see (and taste) another one of the many benefits of living in The Pacific Northwest.

The Bellingham Herald has your road map for the seasonal u-picks in Everson, Birch Bay, Ferndale, Bellingham and Lynden.

Learn more about all the great activities this area has to offer and what it’s like to live in the Pacific Northwest.

Fall is the best time to enjoy a fresh apple and The Pacific Northwest is one of the best places in which to enjoy one.  Known for its apples, the state of Washington produces nearly half of all the apples grown in the United States.

The owners of Rosabella’s Garden Bakery in Skagit County pride themselves on their apple farm and the fresh farm produce and the Pacific Northwest gourmet foods they sell in their gift shop.

During the fall, Alan Merritt tends to the apple farm while wife Rose oversees the gift shop.  Apple products, such as their apple pie, apple butter and bottled hard cidar, are all made from the products they grow on their farm. The store also offers cut flowers and bouquets, pumpkins and u-pick apples.

Rosabella’s Garden Bakery is one of the many places in The Pacific Northwest where you can find fresh produce and take advantage of all the things to do this fall season.

If you’re interested in learning more about life in Skagit County, Whatcom County, and other communities in The Pacific Northwest, contact me today!

Tall and skinny, short and fat, long stems or no stems – everyone has a different definition of the ideal pumpkin.

Find your perfect pumpkin at Stoney Ridge Farm in Everson, Washington. Located in the middle of gorgeous Nooksack River Valley in Whatcom County, Stoney Ridge Farm offers plenty of fall activities that are fun for the whole family.

In addition to pumpkin picking, the three-generation family farm in Everson, Washington features a corn maize, hay rides and seasonal food specialties.  Come see “the farm that’s fun for the family” in Whatcom County.

If you own Skagit County real estate or Whatcom County real estate, you’ve probably noticed the beautiful creatures who grace the fields of Skagit County as you drive on Interstate 5. Snow Geese are pretty hard to miss, especially when a large flock takes off at once! Approximately 55,000 of these amazing birds call Western Washington home during the winter.

You may not know it, but these birds travel great distances each year before returning to the Skagit River Delta from mid-October to early May each year — during the summer, most of these birds nest on Wrangel Island in Russia, northwest of the Bering Strait!

Next time you’re dozing in the passenger seat traveling on I-5 as you head home to Mount Vernon, Bellingham, or Ferndale, make sure you keep an eye out for these stunning snow-white visitors!