Strawberry Fields Forever…
If you are wondering why today’s post is so late in getting up, here is your answer:
We were a little preoccupied this morning, filling our bellies with berries, our hair with the breeze, and our hearts with the joy of abundance.
It is the first day we have been able to visit our favorite Pick-Ur-Own organic farm in ages. I imagine you will find us their every chance we get from now until the end of September!
Can’t wait to make my bag of Salsa Verde fresh from the farm! They bag it for you with a recipe attached, all you have to do is pick a bunch of cilantro and a few Serrano chili’s and you are off to the races! I think I will get the kit for the red bag of salsa next week! Delicious!
We could smell this gentleman’s work all the way out in the strawberry fields, wafting on the breeze, making us hungry!
This pig is HUGE. I thought her name was Miss Piggy, but then I heard someone call her Bacon Bits. I am not sure any name with ‘bit’ in it is very fitting!
As you can see, we will be busy eating fresh berries for the rest of the day, and yes, I often get a tummy ache the first few hours after we return…but it is SO worth it!
What a way to start our official home school year! I feel really, really blessed and peaceful. The smell of dill and roasted chili’s is still in my nose, and the memory of the incredible teamwork the kids and I had going will hopefully last until next week when we do it all over again for just raspberries!
Spill it: What do you make with fresh strawberries that is a MUST with this kind of overflow? Share your ideas so I can make some!
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August 31st, 2010 at 2:52 pm
YUM!! We were there a few weeks ago and I have been wanting to go back for more strawberries.
Let me know when you plan on going again. Maybe we can meet there.
August 31st, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Oh, I’m howling!! I thought you were talking about THE PIG when you said “we were smelling this gentleman’s work, wafting on the breeze…”!!!
Can we do a field trip with you when you go next?
Daniel made homemade jam with our wild raspberries this summer! He was pretty proud — did it all by himself! Then, taught Caleb how and they made another batch the following week.