Berry Picking

Last week, my friend, Krissondra, invited me to go strawberry picking with her, her son, and some friends. Picking strawberries was a new experience for me, and not only did I enjoy it, I was rewarded with a sweet treat after-wards. I didn't get any actual pictures of the picking, but here are a few pictures of my strawberries. I picked almost 2 pounds worth of strawberries and I was worried about eating them all by myself since Tim was out-of-town, but I had no trouble, they were delicious!

I loved how little and cute the strawberries were. These were three of my "perfect" berries.

Since I had some store-bought strawberries in the fridge, I thought I'd do a comparison. Can you tell which one is homegrown and which is store-bought?

No sugar needed for these sweet berries! Did I tell you they were good?
This was my sweet treat after an afternoon of volleyball camp!

I think strawberry season is over, but I hope to make this an annual event!
I had no idea such strawberry patches even existed, but it turns out they are more popular than I realize. While I was there, I picked up a map of more homegrown places and found a website, http://www.growinglawrence.org/. Thanks again, Krissondra for the invite!