Barefoot Farms

Mr P made a suggestion on Thursday evening to head out to a local farm to pick strawberries on Friday evening.  There is a farm near our home that offers pick-your-own strawberries and pumpkins, in season, called Barefoot Farms http://www.tracyheymanphotography.com/barefoot-

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The farmhouse is an old stone farmhouse with an enclosed garden next to the house, a garage where they have seasonal vegetables, potted flowers and already picked strawberries for sale, as well as some gift items.  There is an ice cream shop next to the house too.

There are two large strawberries with holes cut out for your face but I couldn't convince Mr P to pose so I could take his picture as a strawberry.
 

The enclosed garden is in the foreground in front of the homestead.  The other pictures are of the flowers for sale at the garage/shed, another picture of the enclosed garden from a different angle, and the line at the ice cream shop.

The last picture is the bounty as a result of our picking.  Once we got to a spot and begin picking, it only took us about 1/2 hour to pick 8 quarts of strawberries.

After picking strawberries, we made a stop a Forry's Ice Cream Stand to get some burgers for dinner.  Because it was crowded at Forry's, we got our order to go and drove down to a boat slip at Pinchot State Park and ate while watching people out on the lake.  

A hot milk sponge cake was put in the oven when we got home and about a quart of berries capped, sliced and lightly sugared for on top.  

Saturday morning, I finished capping and cleaning the rest of the berries.  I froze two gallon containers of berries so that we will have some to eat with shortcake when OnlyDaughter and her family stop for a visit on the way to and home from Williamsburg, VA later this month. 

The weather over the weekend was gorgeous.  We were able to rototill the ground around the asparagus bed, plant 25 more plants (Jersey Knights) and install edging to try and keep the grass in the yard at bay.  There won't be any figs this year since this past winter was exceptionally tough on the tree.  It's not dead but it's growing from the ground up so we'll have to make sure to protect it before this winter.  

It's raining right now, a light steady rain.  I'm glad we got done planting the asparagus before the rain started.  We'll have to see if the rain has any impact on the water level at the pond.

Thanks for stopping by to visit and I hope you had a good weekend.