I can't wait for school to get out, cause that's when Mom says the strawberries are ripe. And that's not all, cause after the strawberries come the raspberries, and after raspberries come my second most favourite food in the world, blueberries. Every year, for as long as I've been alive, Mom and Dad have taken Nathe and I strawberry picking.
Strawberries actually grow in little green bushes close to the ground.
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.