Strawberries and Spinach

We still have plenty of Organic Strawberries and will have for about another two weeks. We will be open today Friday, May 18th from 2:00-6:00pm. You may want to consider buying and freezing some for your family so you can enjoy them through out the summer. We have heard over and over again from our customers "they actually smell and taste like strawberries and they are red all the way through". Remember strawberries are on the dirty dozen list (the chemicals cannot be washed off them) and they make wonderful smoothies. I freeze mine individually on a baking sheet then put them in a freezer bag. I also make strawberry Popsicle's, strawberry lemonade, jam, shortcake, etc...

Meet our Berry Pickers:
Alyssa- is a high school student who comes out after school a few days a week and Saturdays. Alyssa worked for us last year.
Carrie- a friend of Camille's who also works at Black Dog. Carries getting married in July and boy is she going to have a beautiful tan for the wedding.
Shelby- who is a friend of a friend that lives in Bluffton and has a great farming background. Her husband is currently in the service. She moves to Ft Knox KY with him in a few weeks.
Sophie- is also a friend of a friend and works at a bank during the day and helps us after work a few days a week and Saturday's.
Andrew-is the son of a customer who was looking for a job for her son while on college summer break. He worked at Joseph decuis last year.
Jessie-is a friend of Shelby's. Jessie is in high school until 10:00 am so he and Shelby ride to work together after he's out of school.
Camille- who you all know, does the planting and tends to many other things while the girls are picking but she also helps a lot with the picking.

Below is Carrie and Shelby picking. You can barely see Carrie as she is bent over picking. Picking strawberries is not easy and requires a good back. The girls and guys are doing a wonderful job picking beautiful, perfectly ripe strawberries. We hope you are all enjoying them.

Here is our beautiful spinach which will be ready for harvest soon. Spinach is a super food so we try to insert it in our diet where ever we can. Spinach salad with fresh strawberries is my favorite  this time of year.

This is fresh purslane. If you haven't tried this yet you are in for a wonderful treat. The purslane will be ready in another week or so.