Bauer's Market - La Crescent, MN

Cindy and I make the trip up to the La Crosse area every so often.  It's very beautiful up there with great vistas from bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River.  One little town on the river directly across from La Crosse - La Crescent, MN - is the home of a neat little place called Bauer's Market.

La Crescent is known as the "Apple Capital of Minnesota".  What were once 40 different orchards are now down to about 10 large commerical orchards growing over 50 varieties of apples.  Harvest begins in last July and lasts through October.  The La Crescent area produces about 80 percent of the apples grown in the state of Minnesota.   

Bauer's began in the 60's as a little roadside stand that sold apples harvested from many of the apple orchards that surround the La Crescent area.  Over the years, Bauer's grew to include a full service vegetable and fruit market, a nursery and a garden center.

Cindy is an apple eater - I'm not - and we always have to stop in to Bauer's in the late summer/early fall when we're there so Cindy can pick out a number of apples to take with her.  I look more for the more exotic foodstuffs Bauer's sells such as real maple syrup and blueberry jam. 

Bauer's nursery has a number of plants and shrubs available that are great for growing in the upper Midwest.  They have trees, rose bushes and other hardy plants that can handle the winter's cold.  They're open year round and it's a neat place to visit in the Christmas season. 

By the way, if you get to the La Crescent area, be sure to take a side trip on the Apple Blossom Scenic Drive.  It's worth the trip up the hills and bluffs on the Minnesota side of the Mississippi just to see some of the spectacular sights from the top, especially in the fall. 

That's a very beautiful area of the upper Midwest around La Crescent and La Crosse.  Be sure to stop in to Bauer's Market when you're there just to check the place out. 

Comments

[Jerry Laake]

Your wife had me try your gumbo today at work and I gotta tell ya, that's pretty awesome stuff, dude! Mighty damn good, my friend.
I also have to give you a big thank you for all you've done for Seed. Not only by donating for the Chicago trip, but for all the pub. and good vibes that seem to be coming thier way. Can't thank you enuf, my friend. Looks like I will buy ya a few cold ones this summer!