Here in New England they are really plentiful and juicy because of all the rain. Our personal crop of strawberries is doing very well since we have already had two pickings of berries. Today we went out to a local farm (Lanni’s Orchard) to get some additional berries and came home with 25 pounds of berries. When we first started picking we didn’t think we were going to get much, but let’s put it this way, we didn’t even make it completely down two rows before we had to stop because our flats were overflowing. Not only were there a lot of berries, but they were big. We went to Lanni’s Orchard last year also and had good luck, so I can definitely tell you that it is a good local place to get berries if you are near Fitchburg, MA.So, what do we do with 25 pounds of strawberries (plus a pound from our own garden)? Well, we eat them of course. Strawberries, like most things in nature, have a season, and you have to enjoy it while it is here. That being said, you can only eat so many strawberries during the month or so that they are truly in season, so what is one to do the rest of the year? Well, we save our fresh strawberries by canning up some wonderful strawberry jam. From the strawberries we picked we were able to can up 21 jars of fresh strawberry jam which we will be able to enjoy into the fall and winter. We also are dehydrating lots of them so they can be saved and reused pretty much anytime in the next 6 to 10 months . Dehydrated strawberries are so sweet and a wonderful treat to be eaten by itself as a snack or as a topping to yogurt, cereal or even a salad.
So, get out there and get those local strawberries while they are still in season, and if you already have, make sure to save some for those fall and winter months ahead by canning, dehydrating or freezing some. Believe me, come fall when you are still eating sweet local strawberries, you will thank me. Then again, this is just life according to Troy.
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