We picked over 30 pounds of those sweet red treasures today – enough to eat with whipping cream tonight, and enough to freeze gallons of them for smoothies. The U-pick field is the most idyllic place you can imagine – with mountains rising in the background, blue sky, and thousands and thousands of strawberries nestled among greenery. It's heaven, really. And a place for profound insight, for example Lukas commenting while picking berries, “The redder they are the better they are.” What a wise soul he is.
This week was filled with industrious
food making, food growing and food gathering. It started with
Saturday's cheese making class, which was absolutely packed. I even
had to turn people away! Hopefully, they will sign up for the July13 class. Every time I teach this class, I am so blown away by the
amazing people I meet. I swear, I get more out of these classes than
they do: I end up with a clean house and all these new friends!
Talking about friends: A couple of days ago, Eva got to spend
a day with her bestest, bestest friend. They were fairies together,
making a home under the lilac bush, putting flowers into each others'
hair, having a picnic on the lawn, attending a graduation party. The
fun just didn't stop. And as they were busy entertaining each other,
Steve and I worked in the garden (and taking pictures of it). We got
our watermelon bed tilled, composted, and planted. Hopefully, we shall
feast on watermelons in a few months. Then again, it's a gamble in our climate... but a worthwile gamble.
I will leave you with an image of Eva with the dress I knit her when she was a six month old baby. Yesterday is the first time she wore it.
We have a Upick strawberry farm close by too. It's a great place. It's great seeing kids picking and eating fresh organic food. It looks like everyone enjoyed the day.
ReplyDeleteRhonda, thanks for stopping by here on my blog! Yes, we loved picking strawberries, and by the time we got done picking the second day, we had picked 55 pounds!!!
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