My Strawberry Patch Day

[farmgirl1]

 Well, today is hotter than a $2 pistol and I have more strawberries than I can shake a stick at, so I have been picking quart after quart of strawberries to make more freezer jam, (okay 10 batches of jam so far but we love it)  plus have an order to fill. After choring this morning, I started picking and only stopped just to grab a drink and bring berries in...maybe to check my groups for some strawberry recipes.

  If more people knew how easy strawberries are to grow...I would be out of business!      Nothing smells better than a strawberry patch ripening in the hot sun, your mouth starts watering and you can't stop after picking a quart, because you see another big juicy berry and another. Before you realize you have picked 8 or 10 quarts!  Those are my plans today, just to keep picking, already I have over 70 quarts picked and sold with at least that many more to go..my family is getting to the point where I have to  figure out some new recipes with strawberries, because they are this close to  strawberry overload : (  

  I look funny with bright red stained hands from all my picking in the early morning dew, but trying to beat the heat is worth it.  The chickens get all the scraps from strawberry jam making and they love strawberry season as much as I do!  So if you don't have anything to do today...go find a~ pick your own strawberry farm~ and see if you can stop at just one quart, your allowed to eat some as you go... helps with quality assurance! Yum!

[Marlymin]

Jun. 7, 2008 at 1:47 PM Lol, now that sounds like a wonderful day to me! Wish I lived closer, id help! Nothing is better than harvesting what you've grown with your own two hands.

[momofj]

Jun. 7, 2008 at 4:30 PM WOW, I wish I was there. have you evermade strawberry scones?  FamilyFun Magazine has a great recipe. i'll try to find it and send it your way. but really won't use up too many berries, but they are yummy!  

[huggabunch]

Jun. 20, 2008 at 11:22 AM AAAAHHH!  Now this sounds like really living!  Fresh air, out on a farm with strawberry patches.  This is the life....and you are living it.