May 11, 2011

• Strawberries!

  The first year that we lived in Virginia, I almost missed strawberry season.  I grew up knowing that strawberries needed to be picked the first two weeks of June, but they come earlier here.  Last year I was ready, but the patch that I wanted to pick at lost their entire crop to a late freeze.  This spring I've been watching their website and when I called last week, I learned that their u-pick patch was open!

  

  I contacted a couple of friends from church and we met this afternoon with all ten of our children.  The weather was beautiful, the strawberries were large and the fellowship was sweet.

  

  In less than an hour, we had picked as many berries as we wanted to pay for and it was obvious that all the children had been tasting as well as picking.  After we had settled our bills, we mothers visited in the shade while we watched our children play.

  

  Even though I had a willing helper when we got home, it took longer to process the berries than it did to pick them.  

  

   We've all eaten as many strawberries as we've wanted today and we still have a nice stack of boxes in the freezer that will be handy come winter.  

   

   

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