I love going to the strawberry patch, because you can pick the biggest, juiciest ones and eat them right away. Dad always says I eat more than I take home. It usually takes about one hour before Dad starts complaining about his lower back, and then Mom says it's time for us to go home. By that time we've already picked enough strawberries for Mom to bake a pie, make some jam, and of course, for Nathe and I to eat with vanilla ice-cream and chocolate sauce. Raspberries are next, their season starts around July 1st and lasts for about one month.
Blueberries have the same season as raspberries.
And then just about the time we're getting ready to go back to school the blackberries get ripe. There are tons of blackberry patches in Vancouver. Mom and I can get a bowl full just by walking around our neighbourhood. If you ever go hiking up the mountains around here, you've probably found some little red berries growing on bushes. Those are huckleberries.