1. Save money because you are not paying the added costs of someone else picking, packaging, shipping, and shelving your produce.
2. You get to pick the perfect berries. No more moldy, squishy berries that have seen better days.
4. You’ll get better nutrition from the fruits when you eat them just after they have been picked because they have more nutrients than when they have sat on a grocery store shelf for a while.
5. You can stock your freezer. Pick some extra that you don’t intend to eat right away and freeze them right away to preserve the nutrients and well ensure you have fresh whole fruits at least for a few months…think about Sunday morning pancakes with strawberries.
7. It’s good for the environment. When you buy food directly from a farmer, it promotes sustainability because you are supporting the farmer and his family instead large corporations who either import the food from other countries or pay low wages to workers here in the United States
1. Dress for picking. Wear closed toed shoes and a hat if it is hot outside. Don’t forget the sun screen. Consider wearing long sleeves if the serrated edges of leaves tend to irritate your arms. Wear dark colored clothes to hide the inevitable juice stains. Be sure to check for ticks when you get home.
2. Berries are fragile so bring a cooler with ice to store them after picking.
Don’t have time to pick your own? No worries. Graymarsh Farms has an area where they have berries already picked just waiting for you to take them home … after you pay for them, of course.