Berry picking is heaven! I recall oh so long ago when I lived in San Francisco. We, a bunch of us, would drive inland to the countryside late summer and pick blackberries growing wild on the roadside fences. We also found an awesome plum orchard on a friend's land... best plums I ever saw or ate. We loaded up on those and took what we couldn't use to a local park festival to give away.
I still have a photo of myself--- about 5 yrs old --- on an outing to a pick-your-own cherries orchard. That was in a place here in SoCal called Beaumont. Don't know if that still goes on.
Yeah, and you do get sick... I sure do, after eating too much fresh fruit.... LoLoL.
Oh how fun that sounds!!!!
The first time I ever picked blueberries was the summer before last, when we found this orchard. I was still on crutches from breaking my ankle and was basically sitting on the bed of the pickup while hubby and child were having all the fun. After about 30 minutes of listening to their laughter from somewhere I couldn't see, I decided to go see what all the fun was about. These are long established blueberry bushes and stand about 6feet tall, trying to balance on the crutches and pick berries just wasn't cutting it, so I decided I was just going to sit on the ground and watch. Well, well.......it seems nobody bothered with the berries on the lower branches. I was in heaven!!!!