Frederick D.
Yelp
Sunday May 2, 2021
We have to thank the blogger, "Belle of the Beltine," for this tip. Coming here was a lot of family fun. This was my first time visiting a strawberry farm during picking season that I can recall. Nicole had been in her youth a half dozen times.
The farm opened to visitors at 1pm and we arrived an hour later around 2ish, when lawn parking was already substantially full and the line to pick strawberries was bending around one of the gates. We decided not to wait in line and went to the area of where the Silos were where $12/pp tickets get you into activities: petting zoo, trampolines, games, human-powered go-carts, the Cow Train, the burlap bag slide and a bunch more. After fun in the zone we took a break for snacks: strawberry ice-cream, and strawberry short cake! Really satisfied our sweet tooth.
After nearly two hours of everything in the family fun zone, we went back to see how the lines were, expecting to buy the strawberries in the store, but instead picked up our bucket and walked to the fields to pick strawberries right off the vines.
Filling one bucket took about 30 minutes, and it wasn't easy work either. During this time i was feeling around the plants individually and looking for those nice ruby colored strawberries which were hiding under the green leaves. This was a new form of exploration for me.
Since all of the activities were held outside the COVID precautions were less severe. The mask mandate was just recently lifted by Governor Kemp for individuals who have been vaccinated and are outside. However, I kept a mask with me while waiting in the Cow Train line, or whenever close encounters occurred, despite being vaccinated.
Look forward to coming back for blueberry picking season.