A couple weeks ago on a wet Saturday Megan and I were invited to join the Olsaver family to go on a tour of a local farm. After learning interesting facts about the farm, we decided to take some fresh picked strawberries home with us. Come on, who is going to pass up picking locally grown strawberries in the middle of May, and in Michigan no less!?!
It didn't take Megan too long to figure out what strawberries were ripe and ready for picking! Side note: If they make a very loud "pop" noise when you pick them, it means they are ripe and will be perfect! 
Yep, that's one big strawberry!
I bet you were wondering how we could pick strawberries in mid-May, we they were grown in a greenhouse! The white planters in the back were awesome. Each planter held 16 plants and were on a drip feeding/watering system that allowed you to turn them to pick berries on all sides without moving or bending over...awesome!
Rosemary and Megan after picking their strawberries. I think they ate just about as many as they put in the container, but they loved the tour. It was fun and can't wait to go back in the fall when the jams/jellies and salsas are ready. Not to mention the apples and peaches...yum!
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