Farm Fun and Food This Weekend at Apple Street Farm

By Naomi Kooker

City slickers can escape this Memorial Day weekend to Apple Street Farm in Essex - the working farm where chef-restaurateur Frank McClelland grows some of the produce used to supply his restaurants L’Espalier and Sel de la Terre.

McClelland is hosting a seedling sale Saturday, Sunday and Monday, when you can buy organic vegetables, flowers and herbs. Better yet, come Saturday, May 26, when McClelland will be manning the grill for Family Farm Day - have a bite to eat, listen to a bluegrass band and get a tour of the farm to meet the animals - then go home and plant your own garden (10 AM-4 PM, Saturday, Sunday and Monday; 35 Apple St., Essex, MA. www.applestreetfarm.com).