With a baby on the way and lots of other changes happening over here our summer bucket list this year is on the short side. For me one of the top items however was to get out and go berry picking. We had planned to do this opening weekend but we were unable to go Saturday and by Sunday u-pick farms weren’t allowing u-pick because opening day had been so popular. Well our weekends after that got to be pretty busy so berry picking was put on the back burner and honestly until today I didn’t think we were actually going to be able to cross it off our list.
Neil had the day off from work so we started our morning with breakfast, coffee and a trip to the park. Since it was such a beautiful day we weren’t ready to go home and thought about doing a few things when finally I suggested we see if Bella Organic was open. We did a little Googling and found that it was and headed right over to get our berry picking on.
We picked up a wagon, a few buckets and headed first to the blackberry and marion berry patch. We had okay lucky but it was a little picked over and there were a lot of almost ripe but not ripe enough to pick berries. After picking a few pounds we moved on to the blueberry patch which proved to be more successful. I have to say one of the biggest surprises was how amazing Edith did with picking. We showed her which berries to pick and 95% of the time she picked super ripe berries and she only snacked on maybe one or two- seriously impressed!
All the berry picking got me to thinking about Edith’s birthday party this Sunday (umm yeah someone turns two this coming Wednesday) and I have decided to make up some (hopefully) yummy berry shortcakes. Along with our blueberries, blackberries and marion berries we also picked up three pints of strawberries (we weren’t able to pick our own because the strawberry fields were closed to u-pickers).
We had an amazing time out in the sun, picking berries and I think this little berry muncher enjoyed herself.
Other things on our Summer Bucket List:
- Hillsboro Hops Game (We have tickets for the last weekend in August!)
- Ride the Portland Aerial tram
- Thursday night music at Kruger Farms
- Take Edith for a ride on the Oregon Pacific Railroad
How did you spend your 4th? What is on your summer bucket list?
Love it. I have fond memories of berry picking in Maine, blueberries of course, with family when I was growing up. We went to Maine for two or three weeks each summer and came home with a cooler packed with maybe 12 quarts, which Mom would freeze and use for the rest of the year.
Sounds like a fun day! I used to love going berry picking as a kid.
Ok, that looks adorable, her gently picking the berries! Hopefully she gets even more excited when she sees the berries she picked being used in what she’s about to eat!