After I closed up the shop yesterday evening, David & I went to the berry farm to pick up our berries. Now, I was going to actually pick them, but for the quantity I was getting, I decided I could just pay them the extra $1 a gallon & get them already picked. LoL. Here's the back of my jeep when we got home ~ 11 gallons, PLUS the farmer dumped 3 ~ 1/2 gallon baskets in free! :) These are the biggest, reddest, juicest berries I've ever had!
I gave 2 gallons to my elderly neighbor friend (who is like a grandmother to me) ~ she loves to garden, can & freeze but hasn't been able to like she used to could because of her sick husband (she has her hands full) ~ she was so excited!! And, my mom & I took 2 gallons to a friend who's 25 year old son was killed in a tragic wreck this past week, 4 gallons went to my mom, and the rest are MINE! I've made one batch of freezer jam (will be doing another batch today), frozen a bunch of 2-cup packs to be ready for cobblers or pies this winter (yum!!), and I'll be eating a bunch of them this week!
Support your local farmer ~ head out to those berry farms!
4 comments:
Those berries look delish....ours are still coming from Florida - end of May beginning of June will be berrythyme in PA !! We need some HOT weather !! Hmmm... a jar of homemade strawberry jam should come with you should you happen to stop at the store when you make your summerthyme trip to PA !! Hint hint....XO, Judy
They all look so yummy! You were greatly blessed ! & blessed others.
Oh my gosh! Those are a lot of strawberries! I bet your car smelled really good! I just love strawberries.
Tammy
Hey Tammy!! Oh my jeep did smell yummy! BUT the best part was hubby drivin' & I could eat all the strawberries I wanted as we rode home & he couldn't do a thing about it! LoL
Thanks for stoppin' by! :)
lisa
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