We love Eckert's Farm in Belleville (not too far from our house). My favorite was the peaches. Hopefully they have a good peach crop this year (last year they didn't because of a late freeze or something) but we won't be here for peach season. Pick Your Own Strawberries came into season just in time for us to pick some - a week before we leave. Scott was already gone and it was raining but I decided we could still try for one last Eckert's trip. Here are some pictures of our adventures. Grant shows us his empty basket while Anna feeds John berries. It was raining a little, so it wasn't very crowded. Most people there came prepared with rain boots and rain coats. We didn't have any of that, just an umbrella. We got a little wet.
Making our way down the muddy rows
Emma and I stayed driest
There were lots of strawberries to be had...
...if you didn't mind a little rain.
Everyone is grimacing a little in these pictures.
Raindrops in the faces
We tried to pick only as many berries as we could eat in a week. No jam this time. Insufficient canning supplies in the TLF. Goodbye Eckert's and Illinois strawberries. I happen to know there are plenty of strawberries in California. :)
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