Parke Hydro Farm Strawberry Picking
Today we took a field trip to Parke Hydro Parks in Dover, FL (exit 17 off of I4…same exit as Dinosaur World). We arrived and the place was empty. They had just opened after teir normal two days off on Sunday and Monday. You could see the berries hanging when we walked in. After the rough cold winter they were delayed a bit this year but we lucked out with our timing today.
Dara and her Mom joined us for some fun. We had the run of the field and were really well behaved.
Dara found a mutant strawberry!
I found this itty bitty tiny one. It was amazing how the different variety of berries grew so different and TASTE so different as well.
I had a fun time picking. Daddy eventually gave up trying to convince me to stop picking the “half and half” berries. Apparently you are only supposed to only pick the red ones. I kind of thought the half and half berries were neat though.
Dara and I eventually got silly and Mommy took that as a cue to stop picking and head to the front.
My “girlfriend” being silly.
Dara’s Mommy, Miss Jill! She is very nice to me and thinks I am well behaved!!! HAHAHA!
When we got up from we found out we had enough berries for the best rate of $1.99 a pound. You have to have 20lbs to qualify!!! He had, ohhh, well over 30 pounds!! Then we added some nice organic peppers and other veggies. It was a very fun morning out. The weather was overcast so it didn’t get too hot like last year.