(Photo) High View Farm outside of Orland Park

When I was a kid far-southwestern Cook County had a rural feel. Suburban sprawl, slowed by the Great Recession and the overall lackluster Illinois economy, has allowed some farms to hang on, One of them is High View Farm at 167th Street and Will-Cook Road between Orland Park and Homer Glen.

This is how it looked two days ago on a beautiful May morning.

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