Good evening,
As you all know,
the strawberry season is like the town of Prinsburg...blink, and you
miss it, and like all small towns, you would miss a treasure:) So,
here's your nudge if you haven't yet had a chance to make it out to the
strawberry field for the 2014 season.
We started picking in the late-season varieties Monday, and
depending on the weather, they will go all of this week, and possibly
into next week. The late-season variety, called Winona, is a favorite
with many of you for its' flavor, which is like a cross between a peach
and a strawberry. Mmmm.
The wagon rides were an enormous hit for people of all ages
this week, including my own children who took dozens of round-trips just
for the fun of it. It certainly simplified things for people with a
lot of kids and a lot of berries to get back to the front part of our
farm.
We have a new photo op on our farm! Natalie Brouwer, an
extremely talented CMCS junior, and one of our employees, painted a
remake of "American Gothic" for us. You can see photos on our
blog.
U-pick: Opening
8 am Wednesday morning, and we'll close when we are sold out. Check our
website to confirm before coming out. I'll post updates throughout each day.
Pre-picked: Taking orders for any day this week, and we'll try to keep extra on the shelf for drive-ups. I'll post on
Facebook when we have extra. We probably won't do orders next week.
Thanks so much to all of you who
have told your friends and family about our farm this summer. It has
been a joy and a wonder to welcome hundreds of new people here every
day, and to feel the satisfaction that comes when many hands are working
together to bring in the harvest.
Sarah
