{This is from the archives with newly edited pics. Perfect for Spring and Summer, don’t you think?} I miss the blueberries we picked on the East Coast. It was so magical for my little girl to run through the bushes and pick off the sweet blue globes and drop them into her bucket. She loved doing that. Thankfully, we can get NJ blueberries here in Utah. Blueberries don’t seem to grow very well here, though […]
The Strawberry Pickin’s
I live pretty close to Manhattan. While to some New Yorkers, that seems like “upstate” it’s still pretty urban for the suburbs. I love–no adore–the chance to get away to the “country” for a day. We drove up to Secor Strawberry Farm in Wappingers Falls, NY, which is about 1 1/2 hours from where we live. It was a cool, cloudy day. Perfect for picking strawberries, although we missed tasting the warmth of the sun […]
Strawberry Season!
(picked last year at Secor Strawberry Farm) I gave my daughter a choice for today– “Should we go to the zoo, the park, or go pick strawberries?” Her reply– “Pick strawberries AND then go to the park.” Oh, geez. I hope I have enough energy for that. The weather is going to unbelievably beautiful today and it may be our last big outing before I curl up and die in front of my A/C window […]
Garden Update
Our little porch/patio/balcony garden is doing splendidly well. It has been so fun for our kids to see the seeds sprout and turn into recognizable plants. We’re still waiting on a few herbs and plants to take off, but we know if we’re patient… On Memorial Day we headed to The Home Depot and bought some bigger pots and more soil so the faster growing plants had more room to grow. We also purchased a […]