Strawberry day

The first picking of the season!  I took the day off from work and my girlfriends and I drove to one of the local U-pick farms and, in total, picked 41lbs. of strawberries.  Then it was a well-deserved brunch and off to Katie's to start turning them into yummy things.  I made a batch of strawberry jam and Katie and Alice made a batch of Spreadable Fruit to split between the two of them.  I had such a great time today.  It was so nice to have girlfriends to share one of my loves with.  Tomorrow after work, I'll stop at another local U-pick farm to pick 6 or 7lbs. of rhubarb that I'll turn into a couple batches of strawberry-rhubarb jam and a couple batches of strawberry-rhubarb sauce.  Mom likes to eat the sauce on toast in the morning and on ice cream at night.  Naturally, I forgot my camera or I'd post a pic of Alice and Katie with their berries.  Sorry.  I'm a bad blogger.

Comments

[Maggie]

You're only a bad blogger cause you can't share with me! Sounds like a great day!

[val]

how much does it cost to pick strawberries? sounds like fun - id take the day off work to do that too ;)