In June we went to a strawberry farm about 30 minutes up the highway to pick our very own fresh berries. The fields really do go on and on forever. A tractor with a flat bed trailer took us far out into the fields and dropped us off with our berry baskets and fellow pickers.
We each had our own row of berries to work. On our hands and knees we began picking, choosing the ripe ones and leaving the rest behind. The rows were very clean and the farmer had even put straw down so we weren't kneeling in the mud. No mosquitoes and no humidity; a perfect day for picking strawberries.
You quickly realize that this is hard work!!!!
Each basket holds about ten pounds of berries.
One of the rewards is that you can eat while you work!
We picked for about two hours. Whew!
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| 30 pounds of strawberries! |
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| Some of the berries were made into brunch! |
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| So cute! Makes me want a tractor :) |
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| The cleaning and prepping |
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| Most of the berries were prepped and then frozen, some were made into pies! |
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