We went to a local U-Pick place for strawberries. The strawberries in the garden are keeping us in snacks, but we need a lot more. We arrived about 10am and got to work.
It was already hot when we started and the sun was strong. The field had lots of weeds but sometimes under a big weed I'd find a whole cluster of ripe, large berries. We picked for over an hour.
Afterwards, our hands were well stained.
In the end, we had ten flats weighing 93 pounds. It cost $128.
Although we were all exhausted from the sun and heat and picking, now the next phase of work begins.
After a nap, I got two flats washed and stemmed and laid out on cookie sheets. They filled three. These will freeze overnight and tomorrow I'll put them in bags. We'll use them in fruit smoothies with Christina yogurt and cream.
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