Burns Best Farm

Mmmmm....strawberries

That's right, we took a field trip to the strawberry patch today.  As I type with red-stained fingers and wipe my sleeve across my chin to catch the juice, I am sorry you all can't smell the inside of my car and then see for yourselves the bounty that two boys and one mamma can pick in two short and breezy hours.

I stopped buying strawberries in the grocery stores over a month ago. The berries in February were pretty tasty, but by mid-March, even the baby wouldn't eat them, and he can eat his weight in berries (blue or straw....he's not picky).  I tasted one after he pushed it away and I haven't bought more.  Until today.

I don't know what kind of variety they plant out at Washington Farms in Loganville, GA but this year the berries are on the smaller side but very juicy and extemely sweet and tasty. My picker helpers today did a great job of staying focused on picking, but once we paid for what we'd picked, I quickly had to strap them into car seat retraints so they couldn't continue to reach into the buckets. Otherwise, we'd have nothing to show Daddio for our efforts (and our money!)

If you haven't gone picking with your favorite small children, I would suggest you do so straighaway.  Sure fire cure for spring fever.  And don't you need a refill on jam?  I know I do.

Sounds like great fun!

12:49, 2006-May-16 .. Posted by ZookeeperCat

We haven't gone strawberry picking in several years. I hope to put a patch in the garden this year for ourselves.

Sounds exciting with the swarm. We had a couple last year. They're very tame, if I had to choose between taking off honey and catching a swarm, the swarm's probably the better choice. I put pictures on the honey farm website of our little daughter sitting a few yards from one as Dave caught it.

Enjoy your fresh honey!

Cat, Lazy Creek Zookeeper

Yaay!

03:42, 2006-May-16 .. Posted by midwesthomestead

I can't wait for strawberries to be ready around here!
Glad y'all are enjoying the season's bounty!

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