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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

STRAWBERRY HARVEST

One of our favorite field researchers just got back from picking strawberries at Silverton Farms. Organic strawberries, mind you. This gal is super-consicentious about keeping pesticides out of her family's meal-stream.

"The picking is still very good,'' our field researcher reports. "We asked, and some rows of berries haven't even produced (fruit) yet, so there are a couple more weeks of berries ahead.'' She was out picking with three assistants, ages 8, 5 and 3. They were far from alone at the organic farm located at 1520 Silverton Road, Toms River Township.

The owners of Silverton Farms, Tom and Audrey Nivison, have set down hay to make some of the pathways easier to navigate. But our field crew reports that "it can be a little rough out there for kids.'' Nonetheless, the quality of strawberries is "excellent -- and there are very few bugs this year. The berries are in really good shape.''

The price is right, too: If you pick your own strawberries, you pay $10 for four pounds.

"We stopped on the way home and bought some heavy cream,'' the head strawberry picker reveals. "The kids are plowing through the berries right now.''

For info, call Silverton Farms at (732) 244-2621.

Have you been out doing the pick-your-own thing yet this year? If so, what and where?

cheers,
Andy
5.29.07

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

We've been out twice so far to Battleview Orchards in Freehold. The strawberries tasted better the second time. Probably because the weather has warmed up a little.
Will definetly go one more time before season is over.

May 30, 2007 at 4:48 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Any idea when that great organic blueberry patch in Jackson will be open for business?

May 31, 2007 at 8:30 AM  

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