Friday, March 14, 2008

Goodbye Snow, Hello Strawberries!


I could have titled this "Why I love the South."
You saw my last post, yes? All that snow and coldness and hats and mittens and boots? Well, not here in South Cackalackee, no sir. On this fine March afternoon, it was strawberry picking time. With giant, juicy all natural (no pesticides or other icky chemicals on these guys) berries!
See?
The boys were pretty impressed with the rows and rows of strawberry plants. We had one plant in our garden last year that gave a pretty good yield, so they knew what to look for (not the green
ones!) and that you have to look under the leaves sometimes.
Will found the task of bending over to pick the berries far too much trouble. He preferred to sit himself down in the middle of a row and grab what he could from that position. Ben couldn't resist tasting a few while filling his bucket, and in the end, neither could Will.
Ella Rose chose to sleep through this adventure, but woke up as we enjoyed our bounty in the car.


How lucky are we to have access to local, (almost) organic produce that we harvest ourselves??? The children get to see where our food comes from, and although we didn't get to meet the farmer, they have at least an idea that there is one. And at $1.50 a pound, a fantastic bargain, no less! Ambrose Farms will definitely be seeing us again.
But not until we finish off our 10 pounds of strawberries. eeep.

1 comment:

Josephine Milkweed said...

That looks soooo wholesome! What a great way to spend the day. I bet it smelled good there!