Strawberry Picking

in Florida, in February... Yes!

Friday afternoon mom and I went strawberry picking at Oak Haven Farms and Winery. It was a chilly afternoon but we headed out into the field to pick berries anyways. We were given our rows and boxes. Then we got to it.

We raced to pick the biggest berries, we laughed, and enjoyed each other's company. It was a lovely day together. It is sort of a tradition so of course there is no one I would rather have been there with.

Just look at all those rows of strawberries and there is another side.

I mean just look at those delicious little red berries. This was before the 12lbs of strawberries we took home, which we turned into pies and jam and just for snacking on.

Heart strawberries

Pictures from my snapchat *cheese* They also have wine tastings and wine for sale at the farm, that they make. Wine tastings are four samples for a dollar and if you buy a bottle of wine you get your dollar back. Mom and I tried a few of the wines including the Mead which is made from honey and I freaking love honey so of course I had to try this, Blueberry made from local blueberries, Noble, and the Strawberry which is made from strawberries from their farm. I liked all of the wines we tried, but I love wine. And this has only come about in the past couple of years. I like to thank my wine class at university for my new found love of wine *grin* We didn't try all of the wines they had to offer just the ones that we thought we would like. I believe they have 7 different types of wines available.

We each took a bottle of the Strawberry Wine home and used some of the strawberries that didn't go into the pies or jam to put into our glasses of wine and then ate the wine soaked strawberries. *grin* 

If you get a chance to go to Oak Haven Farms and Winery. I definitely recommend it. Then you can make your own jam and pies and try some of their delicious wine. You can find their information here

Finished freezer jam! *yum*

xo glitterites 

*Shine like Glitter*

Sorry I didn't get any pictures of the pies. I left them at my parents. I will try to get one and update.

I love spending time with my mom. We always have a good time with a lot of laughs.

We were both ready for a nap by the end of our day out but went home and made pies.

Then we ordered pizza and ate strawberry pie.

Great day!

What did you do this weekend?