Strawberry Farm

Speaking of real food, I have really wanted to go pick local strawberries this spring.  Last week there was an article in the paper about some of the local (okay still about an hour away) farms and the article talked about how most of the strawberries would be gone by Memorial Day weekend.  We have a busy May coming up, so we decided to go yesterday. 

I spent the morning with some other young mom from our Sunday School getting pedicures and having a lunch out.  We had the best time! Then I met up with Jay and the kids and we headed to Scott's Strawberry Farm in Bedford.

Charlotte was a pro at picking strawberries.  Once I showed her you put them in the bucket she had that job covered.  She would pick them off and put them in the bucket herself, or I would put a pile beside her and she would pick them up and put them in the bucket then.

 

After we had one bucket full I showed her she could eat the strawberries.  There was no turning back after that.  She ate strawberries off the ground, out of the bucket, and picked ones just to eat.  When we left strawberry juice was covering her from head to toe.

 Trey was very excited on the way there, but he got a little scared by a loud tractor nearby and didn't want to pick strawberries after we arrived.  He mainly just played in the field alongside us and played with the sticks and hay.  At first, he was disappointed the berries were just red and not blue.  We kept having to promise him we would get blue ones later (meaning at Kroger since blueberries are not in season).  Apparently on a Max and Ruby DVD we got from the library recently, when they went berry picking there were red and blue berries on the same bush.  Not helpful Nickelodeon.

Right before we left he picked up a strawberry and took the tiniest bite.

Now I have 10 quarts of strawberries to take care of this week! On the list to make this week is strawberry bread, fruit leather, and strawberry scones. The rest I plan to freeze for smoothies and strawberry baked goods throughout the year.