Some of our really good friends from Manila took their
family to pick strawberries once they arrived here in DC. Lady was REALLY
excited about that and found a place to pick some too! We ended up in Maryland
at Butler Farms.
We arrived early in the morning (from the amount of people
that were there when we left, morning is the definitely the BEST time to go)
and waited for some friends, Chris and Jen, to join us. We made friends with,
Denise, the handy Butler Farms expert. She shared stories about the farm, told
us all the fruit and vegetables (peas, blackberries, cherries, apples,
pumpkins, peas…I lost track after that) that you can get at their farm
throughout the year and gave us tips on freezing strawberries.
We were assigned a row and spent the next hour or so picked—and
eating—strawberries. They are so delicious.
We filled our tray that says it is an estimated 10 pounds,
but it ended up being a whopping fifteen pounds because every time I stood up I
would see more strawberries that were delicious looking. I couldn’t just leave
them there! As we were leaving Chris said, “Dustin, just keep walking…you have
enough!” haha!
Inside the “Barn” shop they have fresh produce and baked
goods made from the fruit of season. The best part about it was taste testing
it all!
When Lady Hiva and I arrived home we washed, hulled and
layered all the strawberries. It was then that I realized how many strawberries
fifteen pounds really is. WOW! We were both so glad to finally get to the
bottom of the flat.
Thanks to Denise, we knew that if you just freeze the
strawberries in a bag it is hard to get them undone when you want to eat them.
So we used wax paper and layered them so the froze individually. It turned into
a layered castle of wax paper and fruit. Denise was right, once frozen the
strawberries went in and out of a ziplock bag with ease. We will now have fresh
strawberries for our smoothies! Now if we could only find someone near by that
grows mango! HAHAHA
Lady Hiva has already looked on the Butler Farms website to
see what we are going to harvest next.
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