We got our first strawberry picking done very late in the season at J&M Farm on Seavey Loop down by Mt. Pisgah and Buford Park. As usual the fields were emaculate and very comfortable to pick in. They carpet the paths between the rows with grass so its very easy on the knees. We had thought that the season would be late but the stand attendant told us that they had already picked the fields through 3 times! We still were able to get a good haul and packed them into our freezer when we got home.
Well I am back at the U-pick adventures. We had a very long wet spring that continued into early summer. Many places locally didn’t have cherries and the strawberries were gone very fast. We did manage to get some strawberries in the freezer that we picked and I purchased 10 lbs of frozen berries from a local farm. We moved to a new home in December and we have been busy settling in and getting the garden in and fruit bushes and trees planted. Been harvesting our own raspberries and blueberries! Very nice. Today I pulled all the wild amaranth from the veggie beds and blanched and froze it. Very good tasting green similar to Chard. I have an excellent greens tart recipe that I will post in a bit. Hope everyone is well. Look back for more posts as I gear up for the season.
Take Care
Daniel
Front entrance to the quaint farm store at Hentze's Farm.
I attended the Hentze Farm Cherry Festival with the Lane County Extension Service Master Food Preservers last month. We had an excellent time serving up cherry pie filling with ice cream and doing demos for making the pie filling and cherry vinegar. Hentze’s farm is on the Willamette river in Junction City and is obviously a well loved location judging by the turnout. The farm is well cared for as well with many lovely flower plantings and a row of clean and well oiled farm machinery folks to view on the way into the farm.
Interior of farm store.
Wonderful fresh produce.
Apricots!
All the well kept tractors on display.
Cookin' up the Chix Barbeque next to the barn.
Getting set up at the Extension Service Master Food Preserver booth at the festival.
Finished pie filling waiting to be sampled.
Folks sampling the pie filling over ice cream.
All in all, a good day was had by everyone. Looking forward to next year.
Take Care
Daniel
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