This Friday's Food is somewhat related to last week's post on growing your own vegetable garden. Another good option for getting fresh fruit is to pick your own. Since some fruits can be difficult to grow in your backyard, visiting a local farm or orchard is a chance to get freshly grown fruit and to save some money over the market price by going directly to the source. It's also a great activity to get outside and move around!
Depending upon the season and the geographical area you can get fruits like strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, apples, peaches, cherries, pumpkins, etc. For information on farms available in your area, the seasons to pick certain fruits, canning, freezing or making jam with the fruit you pick and other tips, visit PickYourOwn.org.
Readers, do you have any experience picking your own fruit?
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I go apple picking ever year. I would like to try a few other fruits, like peaches, strawberries and blueberries, I haven't gone picking for any of those in a long time. Maybe the link you gave us can help with that.
ReplyDeleteAll my family picks berries! Strawberries and blueberries can be grown almost anywhere in the US. Whether my relatives remember or not--they have picked strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and even cherries once upon a time.
ReplyDeleteI agree--go find out where the fresh fruit grows, take out the vintage car or get on your bike and go pick!