strawberry picking

June's latest post reminded me of my own strawberry picking experience that I never finished writing. 2 weeks ago, we went strawberry picking at Tanaka Farm in Irvine. Unlike June's privilege of having a farm as close as 10 min away, we had to drive down to OC to a farm where we could pick our own strawberries and joined the little wagon strawberry tour. We were about 10 min late, so the wagon took off without us. We rode on a tiny golf cart that later caught up to the wagon.

It was a beautiful day for an outing like this. This was my first experience picking my own strawberries and I am sure I will be picking my own strawberries again when next season comes. we had a choice whether to pick our strawberries in little potted plants like that or join the wagon tour.our first driver in a little golf cart

our very knowledgeable tour guide after we finally caught up to him. He was promoting healthy eating habits and gave us lots of information on vegetable growing. Can you tell i wasn't paying much attention? :P

we were given some carrots & corn. they were absolutely delicious. we ate the corn raw and it was so sweet. i think this would be the only time we would actually eat a raw corn. :)

Finally, we stopped and it was strawberries picking time!

john trying to reach out to the little guys

hard at work....

you can eat as many strawberries as you wish while you pick.

we were each given a little container like this to fill.

the produce stand where you can get fresh veggies and fruits. it is slightly more than a regular market but they are guaranteed FRESH.

When we were done picking, we were so full from eating too much strawberries. Till next season again...... Our friends came over later that day and we shared the first batch of strawberries. The next day, we made chocolate dipped strawberries with our second batch. ooo.... i am now craving for more! except now i am not about to drive about an hour and a half away to pick the strawberries. I will have to settle with store bought ones. =)

they weren't exactly the prettiest but they were the most delicious!