Come on down! U Pick M's are open early

12 years ago

Strawberries, just about 30 minutes away from me, I-65, came in two weeks early due to the mild winter, and the U Pick M's are open for business.

Just north of me, the news said they will be in a week to two weeks.

Strawberry shortcake yum yum yum! Was being served at my favorite BBQ restaurant, today.

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marie_ndcal
12 years ago
Even though I love them, can't eat anything with tiny seeds. You enjoy my strawberries
M.
kathi_mdgd
12 years ago
My neighbor works in the fields and he brings us cases/flats of strawberries all during the seasons.So big,soooooooo good,and the best price FREE!!
Kathi
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OregonWoods, I've heard the horror stories too. One guy reported catching a couple having sex in his orchard. Having heard all kinds of stories, I put some pretty stringent qualifiers on my small U-pick. One of the qualifiers was no children under 13. Mind you, I'm all for kids, but mothers look at U-pick as an entertainment venue for their children, and I'm not set up to handle it. Many U-picks cater to that clientele with mazes, etc. But if you have other garden crops, children will utterly trample them down. They are also tree climbers, which increases potential accidents, as well as broken branches. People will do all kinds of unexpected things. I know of one guy who didn't provide ladders to his customers due to liability, and one customer searched his barns till he found one. Last summer, one lady brought her dog to my U-pick. I suppose a person should expect that kind of thing dealing w/ the public. Not a problem as long as you don't have other pets. It never bothered me that people eat some of the U-pick. I know it bothers some farmers (I heard of one who weighed customers in and out, and charged for the difference). For me, I figure it's to be expected, and one should figure eating loss in the pricing. Ken, Thanks again for the good advice. I've got my email set up on my new domain (one small hurdle). I've also started looking into the tools I need to get the first page up; FTP software along with software to build the first page. Software's all free of course. I may have a different opinion once I get started, but so far it doesn't look too bad. Maybe I won't need the hot shot after all. Thanks for the encouragement. Mark
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great topic! this year i had a mislabeling mishap with my seeds. long story short to figure out whick was which (i knew which plants were the same because they were side by side) i had several pairs of plants. i would let one of the plants flower and pluck the others flowers. did this across the board with them all. anyway the ones i let fruit i only let a few pods set (2-6) and picked the rest. what i saw after plucking flowers about 3 times. the plucked plants were much bigger and brachier. the unplucked plants seemsed to stall in comparison. not much growth after the pods set. imo it takes time to pluck flowers and more time each time you do it. i simply refused to pluck my lemon drop after the 2nd time. to friggin many to pluck. i also did this with 2 savina cuttings and the difference there was crazy. i will add with the savinas the plucked got lots of nitrogen as well. i dont know about tomatoes but with peppers it will give you bigger yeilds from what i have seen. Michael
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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
12 years ago
I have been buying them regularly at the store and they are so good. Our farm store may have them too I have not been there recently but think I will go by there today.
glenda_al
Original Author
12 years ago
Sunshine Farms U Pick pic, March 28, Clanton, AL

{{!gwi}}
glenda_al
Original Author
12 years ago
It's such a beautiful day, today, friend and I are gonna take a drive down to Clanton and get some strawberries.

Yum!!!
pudgeder
12 years ago
oh yummmmm!!
Wish I were closer!
lindyluwho
12 years ago
Glenda, I got some the other day at a roadside stand in Blount Co. on State Hwy 75. They were from Jerry Marsh Farms near Locust Fork. DD got some too but she went to the farm for hers. We didn't pick them. They are sooooo much better than the ones in the grocery store.

DD had the kids and her 13 y/o neighbor girl with her. Brooke, the 13 y/o said, "There's a camel." DD said, "Yeah, right. You can't make me look." About that time Erica said, "There's a zebra!". Don't know what else they had out there but I think I might have to take a road trip out that way and investigate.
glenda_al
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12 years ago
Linda, Chandlar Mtn's are coming into season within the next two weeks.

They are known for their wonderful tomatoes.

Fields and fields and fields of tomatoes.

Didn't know about the strawberries until I read it on my AOL page.

That's not a far drive from where you are.
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
12 years ago
They're open here in Huntsville, too.
drewsmaga
12 years ago
We have a u pick em strawberry farm about 5 minutes from us in Oviedo, FL The parking area was packed today when we drove past to go on an air boat ride to see gators. I'm going to have to stop in this week. When we lived in Houston, we would go strawberry picking for my birthday (3/17) with the kids, their spouses/significant others & the grandkids. And then have a crawfish boil afterwards. I LOVE living in the South!!!!!

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