Last month (June 27, to be precise) the Gutoski-James clan drove out to Herle's farm for an afternoon of pick-your-own strawberries in the baking midday sun. The strawberries we picked cost $110. We probably would have payed at least $200 for the same amount of strawberries had we not picked them ourselves.
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| That's a lot of strawberries. |
Greta made two strawberry pies and strawberry shortcake. We canned approximately 30 jars of strawberry jam and filled 5-10 freezer bags with strawberries.
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| Mom loves her strawberries. |
We planned the trip so that Max would sleep through most of it in his chariot. Unfortunately, he slept for only 20 minutes, so we had to tag-team juggle him for the remaining hours. It slowed down our picking considerably, but we still got all we wanted.
My kids always loved U-picks. Anwyn used to call them "all you can eat strawberries." We picked Saskatoons this week, but only 4 baskets. We rarely pick strawberries at a U-pick now as we have our own. The Saskatoons became canned sauce and frozen berries.
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