So every year, half of the fields are growing strawberries for next year and half of them are growing strawberries for this year. Because of our northerly location we do get frost well into June and the strawberry plants need protection from the cold. The way we protect them is by spraying water on them on the cold nights. This is also the way we irrigate the fields. And then all the people come and pick their own strawberries.
Kids do all the selling and help lots with the work on the farm.
Its fun and educational for the young workers. In the fall the plants that will make the berries next year need to be protected from the cold winter. The plants that made the berries already in the summer are pulled out of the ground and new ones will be planted in their place in the spring. This page hosted by Geocities.