pick your own

We went strawberry picking yesterday at Eastfield Farm in Doncaster.
This is the first time we've ever been to a PYO fruit farm and we were
very excited.

As soon as we got there we got some baskets and headed out to the fields where rows and rows of ripe and sweet strawberries were waiting

to be picked. 

It didn't take us very long to start filling our baskets. Strawberry

picking is so easy and there was so much fruit in every plant. They're

not very obvious at first. I only got glimpses of red here and there as

we walked between the plants.

Then you push aside the leaves and underneath all that green
are the red berries and they are just perfection-- juicy, soft and so
sweet. Freshly picked strawberries taste SO much better than store
bought ones. Definitely.

The girls had a great time. Markie enjoyed picking with us while Lulu

was less serious about it. She picked some but mostly she walked up

and down amongst the plants carrying her almost empty basket and

chattered to us.

We filled up two baskets and we were very pleased with our haul.

Before heading back we stopped at the farm cafe for ice cream

and cream tea. All that work got us hungry, thirsty and a little hot 

and these were just perfect.

Of course as soon as we got home we realized that two baskets of

strawberries is a lot! We certainly got a bit greedy there. But no worries

because we've already turned one basketful into sorbet and granita

and there are plans for a crumble and other desserts. We're also giving

some to friends. We've got a strawberry-tastic week ahead of us!

How about you? Do you like picking your own fruit too? It's certainly
 a great outdoor thing to do in the summer. You just have to be clever
and know what to do with all the fruit you've picked!


Hope you're all having a lovely Sunday evening. Wishing you a
very good week ahead!