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Produce Tips

Alexandra Rae blogs about farm stories, produce tips and her latest adventure.

Fresh Produce Tips

Here are some helpful farm facts and fresh produce tips on how to select, store and cut fresh produce. Click on the fruit or veggie below to learn all about them!

We are Engaged!

Photo by Dani Toscano

Photo by Dani Toscano

Screenshot of our first Face Time

How We Met

Believe it or not but we met on a dating app called Hinge at the beginning of the pandemic in March of 2020. I was on there for a while and he gave me his number so I ended up texting him. One of the things that captured my attention was his faith and how he asked questions to get to know me.

Our first date was over FaceTime where we talked about our faith and love for Jesus. We talked on the phone again a few days later and Erik asked me out to a “social distance coffee date.” We met in the parking lot of a coffee shop and sat in Erik’s car talking for over 4 hours. COVID made it hard for us to go on normal dates and so we got to know each other very quickly by having a lot of conversations. After countless beach dates and phone calls, while Erik was away on fires, we fell in love.

Right after he proposed!

The Proposal

We wanted to go apple picking in the fall but all the u-pick orchards ran out early. Erik asked if I wanted to go see the wild apple trees by his forest fire station instead. We drove out to Mount Laguna after I got off of work hoping there would be apples on the trees. When they got up there, the snow from the last storm was still there and it was absolutely beautiful! Erik took my hand as we walked through the deep parts of the snow until we found the trees. They were full of mini apples and growing next to some old barns. I had a feeling he was up to something but when he didn’t propose after picking the first apple, I started to think we were just on a really nice date. Erik knew I was onto him and waited until the very end to ask. As I zipped up her jacket ready to leave, he asked her to marry him!!

Alexandra Rae is an agriculture expert and marketer sharing food and farm stories from the ground up through photography. Her passion is to connect consumer and farmer through her blog and social media. Learn more…

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