Strawberry Season

I must admit - this blogging is harder than I thought. I thought I'd keep up better - but there's always tomorrow. We have just about finished strawberry season. The days start at 5:30 a.m. and we don't eat supper until about 8:00 p.m. We pick strawberries for the pre-pick in the mornings, then have u-pick and pre-pick customers all day long. We are also trying to get summer crops in the ground. In between all this our oldest graduated from high school this year! But, it's always a great feeling that we've worked hard and done what we could. Unfortunately, it was a very short season with very few berries. The spring was cold and wet -- but it was the lack of sunny days that hurt the strawberries. Then, we went immediately to 90 degree days and strawberries just don't like that much heat. They prefer 70 degrees with lots of sun...don't we all!

Some of our strawberries - a taste of summer.