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It's Strawberry Season!

6/6/2015

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Our strawberry patch always amazes me. This little woodland plant can sit under snow for 4 months enduring all that the cold dark winter throws at it. And while we huddle next to the fire and dream of spring, the strawberry seems perfectly content. This becomes apparent in spring when the patch emerges from hibernation and throws out uncountable little cascading white flowers. Some of the first real nutrition for our wild bees that help us so much on the farm.

And the bounty of fruit that follows! So delicious and beautiful of all shapes, sizes. With flavors that can not be found on supermarket shelves. If there is one plant that can represent the value of locally-grown food, it just might be the strawberry.

This year, our berries were featured by some of the finest restaurants in the area. Our chef friends featured them in strawberry lemon verbena ice cream, gourmet salads and chocolate-dipped confections. We are very happy that, after their long untold ordeal under the snow, they will be appreciated in so many ways. 

Getting hungry? This is a fleeting season so stop by the farm stand and pick up your berries today!
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