This morning Ron & I went to visit a farm called "whittamore Farm" on the east side of Toronto. When we arrived it was about 10:30am. The farm was already crowded with people. We drove quite a long way into the farm before we were at the area where some strawberry fields were ready for picking. Not only were we lucky to find a parking spot right away, we were also assigned to 2 very good rows to pick from. I only found out about this a bit later that not all sections of the fields produce the same quality of strawberries. In my section, the strawberries were HUGE. The stupid part was after we parked the car both Ron & I found out neither of us had any cash. We only had some $12 change in our pockets. We thought they only take cash. It was even more stupid to leave the farm and find a bank so we thought we would just pick $12 worth of strawberries and leave. After we filled 1/2 of 2 baskets we decided to pay for them first to find out how much they would cost. While we were standing in line the people in front of us paid by interac. Then we found out in fact we could pay by bank card, so we went back to pick some more. After that we also went by the peas section and picked some of those. Neither of us had ever picked veggies in a farm so we had no idea. The farm offered 3 types of peas so we picked some of each. We also found out they had potatos so we went and looked. By chance a mother was there (actually they were the only people there at the beginning) with her 2 daughters. The mother was experienced and she was teaching the 2 girls what to keep and what not. I was listening and also observing for a while before I gave it a try. I think the best description for this experience is "treasure hunt"! You could never tell how big and nice the potatos might be underneath until you dig them out! Also you cannot use the shovel because the potatos are too soft and fragile! So we just kept digging with bare hands and boy that was fun!

At night we cooked the sugar snap peas & potatos for dinner. They all tasted soooo goood.....

I really really really enjoyed myself today.