Strawberry Heaven

We picked Nina's weight in strawberries this morning. 32 pounds! The season began late this year and I've been checking in with my favorite berry farm periodically over the past couple of weeks. I love, love, love to pick berries. It truly is one of my favorite things. Filling my freezer with all those little bags makes me happy knowing the strawberry goodness will last well into the winter. I had lots of extra helpers today in the Davis girls. When I found out Harvolds was opening their fields today, I thought it might be crazy to take all six kids, but I just really couldn't wait. Today was the very first day which means really easy picking and strawberry plants loaded with berries. Rollin and Ceci were the ones I was a bit concerned about but they were troopers and stayed right with me and did so well. The older girls picked two huge flats on their own and made a couple of new friends in the owner's grandchildren. We left with four flats, tummies full of berries, and faces smeared with red juicy goodness.

There are little strawberry patches spread all over our yard as well. Rollin can often be found stomping around in them. Some are the teeny tiny ever-bearing ones that produce all summer. We have one patch of the regular sized ones which we had our first taste of this week. We've noticed the squirrels are also very fond of the berries so Rollin spends lots of time yelling at the squirrels when they get too close.