I’m from
Estonia. Estonia is a very small country where the tradition to grow your own
fruits and vegetables are still the normal way of living. Of course not all
people have their own back gardens full of potatoes and berries, but at least
everybody knows somebody who has a garden and so it is very easy to just call your
friend and ask the permission to pick some juicy fruits.
As the summer
progressed and all my friends from Estonia were talking how nice to pick
the strawberry right from the plant and eat it, I started to feel very jealous.
I’m not complaining – Waitrose and Sainsbury’s offer quite good berries, but it
is still not the same than going to the field, full of strawberries,
pick the little juicy red berry and eat it right there. It really tastes
different. You almost feel the summer in your mouth!
Somewhere in the
back of my mind I remembered that there are farms in England, that offer the
service called “Pick Your Own”, which means that you can go to the farm and pick
as many berries or vegetables as you like and pay per kilo. After a bit of Google, I found out that there are several farms that invite people to
pick their own. I was so glad!
We decided to go
to a the farm near Weybridge (www.crockfordbridgefarm.co.uk). Just a 30 minute drive from London and there we
were. The field was enormous! Long lines of strawberries, raspberries and
gooseberries! Honestly, I have never seen so many strawberries! I felt so happy
and excited like a little girl! After a
half an hour of picking we paid the fee and went on a berry-picnic on the site.
Oh, it was so good!!! Take a look at the picture to see how nice they were!
As for the prices, to pick your own berries is much
cheaper than to buy them in the supermarket, plus it tastes much, much better.
We
will definitely go back again to pick our own!
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