We FINALLY made it out to pick strawberries today! With Kevin being in Boston half the time, my weird work schedule, and limited hours of operation at the strawberry farm, it's been a bit hard to do. But today, the Berry Fairy smiled down on us. We got in just under the wire -- today was the last day the farm was to be open for picking. Pickings were, in fact, quite slim. It took about twice as long as it should have to pick 8 1/2 quarts, but we did it. We took my nephew Kyle along with us. He's a "city boy" from San Diego, visiting for the next three weeks. He told my dad he'd "never picked anything off a tree or bush before," so he thought he would quite enjoy the excursion. He did:
That's is actually quite a rare action shot. He spent a lot more time telling Kevin stories than actually picking berries...
They were very cute. Between the two of them, I think they picked about a quart and a half of berries to my seven! OK, maybe they got 2 1/2 and I got 6... =) The important thing is that we all had fun, Kyle enjoyed a new experience, and I have seven and a half quarts of fresh berries on my kitchen counter (one quart went to my parents)! There is definitely strawberry shortcake in our near future, as well as strawberry bread, smoothies (of course!), and frozen berries for future use. And rest assured that plenty will be eaten as is over the next few days. There's not much on this planet better than a sun-warmed, freshly picked strawberry.
Posted at 7/17/2004 7:54:18 pm by
KelliMelli
