Is “berrying” even a word?
I don’t know if it is, but I like it, so I am going to pretend that it is.
I had the phrase “Lets go a’Maying” in my head whenever I thought about this post. Like “Let’s go a’Berrying”.
Anyway.
This year instead of buying raspberries at a fruit stand we took the kids to a real live pick your own berry patch and picked our own. We had so much fun, I think this is going to be a tradition. To find a pick-your-own patch near you you can go to this site: http://www.pickyourown.org/
Of all the kids I think our 2 year old was the best picker, he would fill his little pail then bring it to Dadzoo or I and say “I put in you bucket?” and dump his “waspbewies” into our bucket.
The older girls did a wonderful job too and filled their buckets, only eating a few.(they promised it was only a few)
The little kids had the best advantage being that they were either at eye level to the berries or only had to look up to find them, where we had to look under the leaves.
(isn’t he handsome, I think he would make a good farmer)
The people who lived next door to the berry patch had deer, and of coarse the kids couldn’t stay away. The people who owned the patch let the kids throw apples to the deer.
We had an enjoyable evening and the family that owned the patch were super nice. We picked 20 pounds of berries (yipee!). We also took home 15 ears of corn, a few onions, pepper and tomatoes! We had a wonderful time, it made me really long for a little farm of my own.
The little kids had the best advantage being that they were either at eye level to the berries or only had to look up to find them, where we had to look under the leaves.
(isn’t he handsome, I think he would make a good farmer)
The people who lived next door to the berry patch had deer, and of coarse the kids couldn’t stay away. The people who owned the patch let the kids throw apples to the deer.
We had an enjoyable evening and the family that owned the patch were super nice. We picked 20 pounds of berries (yipee!). We also took home 15 ears of corn, a few onions, pepper and tomatoes! We had a wonderful time, it made me really long for a little farm of my own.
Next time we go, I promise I will steal the camera from momzoo and take some pictures of her. 🙂 But I bet she would not post them. She would also make a good farmer.
Hey I've used that website for canning and freezing information, but never really looked around it. There is a lot of info there!
Cute pictures and fun times with the family!
Oh yeah, berrying is definitely a word. And we love it too. We went to a blueberry farm and picked, which was a blast, a strawberry farm a couple of times, and we rented a garden at our local community gardens, and they have a sort of community raspberry patch: nothing that you're going to get 20 pounds out of, but it was enough to stop and have a few berries every time we went out there for a while. Monkey was very disappointed when they were done. We transplanted (with permission) a few suckers that were growing into the path, so next year we should have just a few in our very own plot. What fun!
Oh, and you might check with your county's extension office too, cuz we got some you-pick information from ours this year. Definitely yummy!
What a fun day! The berry plants sure were tall and so healthy looking.
Ohhh….I used to do this with my children. We picked strawberries and blueberries in Seattle. Usually, we did it for a family night activity. Thanks for bringing back sweet memories.
Oh, this is so wonderful! Makes me want to move to berry-growing, homesteading, green, mountain-surrounded, fertile-soil laden, real autumn/winter/spring weather (we have summer down), farm land.
Picking fruit as a family – what fun! Great pictures!
Yes, it would be nice to see pictures of Momzoo in the mix! You have a great family!
That looks nice… I think the best part is the nice looking shirt the boy has on…