Candee Farm (456 Morehouse Road, Easton, 203-268-5623) lets visitors pick their own peas, tomatoes, peppers, beans and eggplant.

Fourteen years old and barely 4-foot-6, Amelia Gomez spends her days stooped over, pulling weeds and picking red peppers, often complaining that the pesticides give her rashes.

At the Sunny Fruits and Vegetables stand, Manuel Gonzalez picked peppers with care but said picking politicians was a waste of time.

I picked roasted peppers and sliced tomatoes with basil, which made a perfectly refreshing light lunch.

Many family members grew up working summers on the island, from picking peppers to operating the company's general store.

They still have cows and chickens, and fenced areas where you can pick tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, squash and zucchini.

"We dug potatoes, we picked tomatoes, we picked peppers, cauliflowers and peanuts."

They earned about $50 for a nine-hour day picking cucumbers and peppers.

The men were transported to a field in the country to pick peppers (during the punishment Ben tossed peppers at Craig and Jason decided not to work as much as the rest of the group).

Mr. Jaimes, the video store owner, who is 43, arrived in 1991 to pick peppers and cut tobacco.