Psychotomy

So, today was the first day that the Pick Your Own (Larriland Farms) was open for picking. Strawberries are starting to come into season, and they had about an acre of ripe ones.

We decided to take DK out. I remember going strawberry, and possibly blueberry, picking with my mom at a farm up near White’s Ferry (? There’s this ferry, see, that we rode on the way to my great-grandmother’s, I think it was White’s Ferry (Yes. Yes it was, in fact, White’s Ferry)). Funny thing is? I don’t, really, like any of the berries fresh. I like them in jam, occasionally pies. But I really have no idea why I was picking fresh strawberries :o Other than I was 8 or so and it was lots of fun

So I wanted to take DK out. And he actually LIKES the berries, too! I’d like to get my mom out with him, but maybe later in the season. Or next year, when he could maybe pick some, and walk back to give them to her while she sits and holds the basket. Maybe.

Anyway, at 2$/lb for up to 20lbs (after 20 it gets some cheaper, but seriously? Like I need 20+lbs of strawberries?) we went down the row they put us in. We went today because the site suggested that they might not have any left tomorrow from opening weekend. Of course, with ~20 acres of strawberries, I imagine they’ll have plenty by next week again ;)

They were assigning rows, but a little after we started some other folks showed up and started wandering back and forth across our row. Grr. But they seemed to be trying to catch up to someone, so when they stopped to yak we jumped around them for the rest and it worked out ok.

In the end, he ate half a dozen (maybe a little more) strawberries whilst we worked. And we bought 11lbs of strawberries :o

Kiir has pics up of DK Picking, Eating, and Admiring the strarberries. And then some of him Exploring the fields, and then Mugging for the camera too :)

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