tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10614312336944709162024-03-18T17:47:45.555-07:00Browder's Fresh PickinsBrowder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.comBlogger379125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061431233694470916.post-80018396354194689562024-03-18T17:26:00.000-07:002024-03-18T17:26:44.982-07:00A Couple More Weeks!<p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">It's a little chilly for these tender blooms, so we tucked them in for the night. The berries are steadily growing. We hope to be open in a couple of weeks!</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfVYQg_lAVJCyeKawqiZYCf4kZGOlbxHYst6_O4kJ9DvJAl5ooq3BeCPJaZNfmOpcw11iOEGxoiGkDG0Z5lM6U5-RPWNOIa5vziLvlNMVRAdVAEQBEi6F1ihPHJModaKiUEVThN3_TAT10Z4Ys94ikAD44S2aUurYUcQmtVfEG7z30-ZdkGgHHg6MXvZN/s4032/IMG_3737.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfVYQg_lAVJCyeKawqiZYCf4kZGOlbxHYst6_O4kJ9DvJAl5ooq3BeCPJaZNfmOpcw11iOEGxoiGkDG0Z5lM6U5-RPWNOIa5vziLvlNMVRAdVAEQBEi6F1ihPHJModaKiUEVThN3_TAT10Z4Ys94ikAD44S2aUurYUcQmtVfEG7z30-ZdkGgHHg6MXvZN/w400-h300/IMG_3737.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSugwMua4WxaW2MWuDp9sEltdy6oWvU2oDwc9P-_tscIBtuP9kShrWGyd8pkanlOIafJLA2GutiQywT1Po3TnfGtnY__9MauHO3QErXR9vBmkjoP6Yb72oMygO6Kvl-R2GEFQbgTzKw3Va7A0HypyWtBoCtvjfCJSNY1BAlD1OJNqJK3lRVQ7BkleJ4E4/s4032/IMG_2519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSugwMua4WxaW2MWuDp9sEltdy6oWvU2oDwc9P-_tscIBtuP9kShrWGyd8pkanlOIafJLA2GutiQywT1Po3TnfGtnY__9MauHO3QErXR9vBmkjoP6Yb72oMygO6Kvl-R2GEFQbgTzKw3Va7A0HypyWtBoCtvjfCJSNY1BAlD1OJNqJK3lRVQ7BkleJ4E4/s320/IMG_2519.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNRpmzqkoXZJ70GzojuLswbHBAvrn8_JsbGHZEJh8GkJukJ5-gSBMcZVfUuiLAGyRqikrNMf-cCcgeKRHBzmGDhuj5WLOfwmdRT5ZlKiMfRDdA2aTHGDwv8r7-ZWBdHxBam6tOy3gyTeBkWIC73K-2QnHQMEOgcMN23JVHD_tuTX1Q5Sxr7uSIDQPSqAr9/s4032/IMG_3736.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNRpmzqkoXZJ70GzojuLswbHBAvrn8_JsbGHZEJh8GkJukJ5-gSBMcZVfUuiLAGyRqikrNMf-cCcgeKRHBzmGDhuj5WLOfwmdRT5ZlKiMfRDdA2aTHGDwv8r7-ZWBdHxBam6tOy3gyTeBkWIC73K-2QnHQMEOgcMN23JVHD_tuTX1Q5Sxr7uSIDQPSqAr9/s320/IMG_3736.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Browder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061431233694470916.post-16722844558417113542024-03-18T17:24:00.000-07:002024-03-18T17:24:51.228-07:00St. Patrick's Day Parade <p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Such a fun morning in Downtown Smithfield at the St. Patrick's Day Parade! SO much love for our small town!</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXL4SxR_25WHKYwhdKMG9TydFOoFFUIv61uMQIr_iu4ixd14XAzvAg6NdVq1Dl7AIcLA8j4nhKI4hLyTHrTYRVmvLZ2hP1D10VcfEH1v8ETmrSZ63D18TJh9hyphenhyphenkHm7doKUiYbaKPVr7sr0Pkjwt0ArbHXRq0P7wmKLj3aJUuWNv9ZpUDKWl_xezs5x2yJp/s4032/IMG_3729.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXL4SxR_25WHKYwhdKMG9TydFOoFFUIv61uMQIr_iu4ixd14XAzvAg6NdVq1Dl7AIcLA8j4nhKI4hLyTHrTYRVmvLZ2hP1D10VcfEH1v8ETmrSZ63D18TJh9hyphenhyphenkHm7doKUiYbaKPVr7sr0Pkjwt0ArbHXRq0P7wmKLj3aJUuWNv9ZpUDKWl_xezs5x2yJp/w480-h640/IMG_3729.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5wMd94XeZhbFwSILiLH9Uax_RiuNhdYVxnMsDKYEM-zmfJmjmHDu4h6MGrvCuoydjP6P_bhQbh60rMsgRGkJoA9a9COzzkJHQTzbivoBm3cNCcS-6v4XhZFFHZzRi67DjpPHKGV3F2JOgOznayqlbLsyLGxqlOLVV1EyRejjhaFCMbt5EYczD3KsaQgA/s4032/IMG_8970.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5wMd94XeZhbFwSILiLH9Uax_RiuNhdYVxnMsDKYEM-zmfJmjmHDu4h6MGrvCuoydjP6P_bhQbh60rMsgRGkJoA9a9COzzkJHQTzbivoBm3cNCcS-6v4XhZFFHZzRi67DjpPHKGV3F2JOgOznayqlbLsyLGxqlOLVV1EyRejjhaFCMbt5EYczD3KsaQgA/w400-h300/IMG_8970.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Browder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061431233694470916.post-25406120994813960332024-03-10T05:04:00.000-07:002024-03-10T05:04:44.650-07:00Planting Onions<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7KtUd3Wm8osq-SyI4bcB8Q-LUz857fRg3KDiud08tVZhFVbCLMq99hGDtZp6Upy5MVBkTYoRoP1VSK3lw-Qb2sTb86JW0EMP4BAh_WvJJ4Pf063ScaV5hfnjK6fM6G_p-UM853NHX7hUC540GbDG9nzuSRBqUeWijo-xXbOey4T2qB0Q7uLl3-zrpwkiA/s4032/IMG_3603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7KtUd3Wm8osq-SyI4bcB8Q-LUz857fRg3KDiud08tVZhFVbCLMq99hGDtZp6Upy5MVBkTYoRoP1VSK3lw-Qb2sTb86JW0EMP4BAh_WvJJ4Pf063ScaV5hfnjK6fM6G_p-UM853NHX7hUC540GbDG9nzuSRBqUeWijo-xXbOey4T2qB0Q7uLl3-zrpwkiA/w300-h400/IMG_3603.jpg" width="300" /></a></div> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">Before the rain rolled in this morning, we planted 1,500 red, white, and yellow onions. The planting efficiency was greatly increased by this contraption that we borrowed from our friends, the Millers of <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/thaifoodnfarm?__cft__[0]=AZXtRKfTl2esXLEenj82miGzDXOXvua2CsEPO7Lpayc3D-RNzN2S2AcgT7ko62Zrw7pwHVvrm39WqQt4DMyGDVdwO4a0-fe2B1Jy45nkIJnPtF4IyEnOBU5iYdLM3mtog2JntRgmt1UL8yA6Y9HW67oqAnkdzPnqgoZjhUZ7Dj0JfVCX7NzmDBXa_v4pwy4BwO8&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-weight: 400; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Chili Hill Foods & Farm</span></a>...they're the best spot for local Thai food, located across the street from the Post Office in downtown Smithfield! They grow many of their own vegetables and his dad made this tool that punctures 20 holes at a time, ensuring consistent plant spacing & depth. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We're also including some throwback pics from when we used to grow onions more than a decade ago. Our main focus now is on strawberries, but we always like to dabble in a few other crops too. Shout out to the amazing folks who supported our fledgling farmer's market stand in Smithfield when we were first starting out. Our daughter went from lounging on the onion bags to helping plant this year's crop in the blink of an eye! </span></div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; 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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">I spy with my little eye something white & yellow!</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; 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Chocolate comes from cacao (pictured) which grow on trees. These trees grow best in tropical climates at specific elevations. The multistep process from cacao to coco to chocolate varies based on the goal of the final product, but in general involve fermenting, drying, roasting, separating, and grinding. The chocolate facility Jake toured was an award <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">winner that specialized in many different forms of chocolate with varying levels of darkness and some were paired with infused flavors such as mint, orange, chili peppers, & salt. A few days later, he traveled to the Amazon Rainforest on a boat via a tributary to the Amazon River to an ecolodge where he stayed for several days. The plant and insect diversity and adaptations were incredible! Jake really enjoyed experiencing a night walk in the rainforest with his headlamp since a lot of creatures are nocturnal. Here he also visited an Ecuadorian village where the group enjoyed a huge feast including piranha, which was delicious! Ecuador has utilized its geography and natural resources for a variety of agricultural enterprises, and Jake is grateful to have learned from his experience there!</span><p></p>Browder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061431233694470916.post-19434800092886036642024-03-08T07:52:00.000-08:002024-03-08T07:52:53.033-08:00National Strawberry Day<p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7T8DoSms7xVUCxq_kqZTd0Uj6tA0FJxF7m06AtB35CPjkG0CuYndKjRaqKJIDtZrE0idlkPSLHK9Q19JDKWHJRyiVzvuc_DiSkSmkokAsw6bvTYW6rj1gu0NeZrVvC21plWo7MUXh9aC93Zsb6s-EqxWlL68Sf6hQdo0QBn5ykAfkDt9TMBu8L7QQjX3/s4032/IMG_3483(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7T8DoSms7xVUCxq_kqZTd0Uj6tA0FJxF7m06AtB35CPjkG0CuYndKjRaqKJIDtZrE0idlkPSLHK9Q19JDKWHJRyiVzvuc_DiSkSmkokAsw6bvTYW6rj1gu0NeZrVvC21plWo7MUXh9aC93Zsb6s-EqxWlL68Sf6hQdo0QBn5ykAfkDt9TMBu8L7QQjX3/w400-h300/IMG_3483(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yFZJoUOTkIGHrAbKGTQIJjX3VSCr3eNAXxklHUiAwzj4v5gWoCcMLPrKeChI-uFbAxwPACQQBus_eO4IfkVXa82tM74LmVWF_jSN2mQEmAe47d4-C1pUQG2UvFJxHDCkXggAuOccYjPYOS8cDmkDVCXALOx5YYZQ8-9wrIc1ibm2vSsiV6SL9hYwTNGr/s4032/IMG_3485.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yFZJoUOTkIGHrAbKGTQIJjX3VSCr3eNAXxklHUiAwzj4v5gWoCcMLPrKeChI-uFbAxwPACQQBus_eO4IfkVXa82tM74LmVWF_jSN2mQEmAe47d4-C1pUQG2UvFJxHDCkXggAuOccYjPYOS8cDmkDVCXALOx5YYZQ8-9wrIc1ibm2vSsiV6SL9hYwTNGr/w300-h400/IMG_3485.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Today is National Strawberry Day! (Originally posted 2/27/24) Fun Fact: Strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside of their skin. Our berries are loving these warmer temps and they've been growing rapidly under the warmth of the frost blankets. It takes about 30 days from bloom to berry. If the weather cooperates, we plan to be open Easter weekend!</span></p>Browder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061431233694470916.post-18182568722300085122024-03-08T07:50:00.000-08:002024-03-08T07:50:46.541-08:00Mindo, Ecuador<p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclCCHwuugrI3K_89RDfJTtLuwI2JNo015vvTFbXz7v_6nHI3yVr6E7SLSQQhOuF-L3jShWjPocC8cQYVywsAluF1Vm6lfkeKdQgSVFfTfCyvrrDDQ7wnB9n04an9bLHDoAwq3mjLhxqtMIW7rVrep7BWi24U3dGCxTLgXroXlRcHPYdCR5jHVEJaRaPHo/s2048/429685013_904776391652130_3344753385436984402_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclCCHwuugrI3K_89RDfJTtLuwI2JNo015vvTFbXz7v_6nHI3yVr6E7SLSQQhOuF-L3jShWjPocC8cQYVywsAluF1Vm6lfkeKdQgSVFfTfCyvrrDDQ7wnB9n04an9bLHDoAwq3mjLhxqtMIW7rVrep7BWi24U3dGCxTLgXroXlRcHPYdCR5jHVEJaRaPHo/w300-h400/429685013_904776391652130_3344753385436984402_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>Mindo, Ecuador is one of the bird capitals of the world. Between Mindo and the Quito Botanical Garden, we saw some really spectacular orchids, birds, butterflies, and other tropical plants. The diversity of the plants and animals there is astounding. Pictured here is a native hummingbird perched on my hand feeding on sugar water.<p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGTW9zM092T_RmUfBQrkTIAegT5-nTVMxc7_k-nGBUtIvQLRjNxiTszkBOFkeut3n4cbVCC6NG1Q5g0c_woYj0SxYtiTlG6YEI5L3hdEAnVRWxD5AswOODw5m3t6_M1XAfESE_glZw7xSLo8tlhqFD-ne1sY8NFfDRW39kgllWGc5Oi78JUTIqXUJDirQ/s2048/429786575_904776984985404_2807233902979679858_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">If you recently got roses for Valentine's Day, there's a good chance they were grown in the Cayambe valley of Ecuador which produces a vast majority of the roses in the Western Hemisphere with thousands of acres of greenhouse rose production. Production and post-harvest managers toured us around this huge facility. The roses are grown high in elevation at the equator in rich volcanic soils. Due to the proximity to the equator, there is no need to heat the greenhouses & due </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">to the high elevation, there is no need to cool the greenhouses. With roughly 12 hours of sun and 12 hours of night and the sun right overhead, the rose stems grow straight as an arrow - truly an ideal location to grow roses. The roses are harvested with precise specifications regarding stem length and bud tightness. After every fourth cut, the harvester dipped their pruners in disinfectant that they carried with them in order to keep them sanitized and not spread plant diseases. Once cut, they were were rapidly moved from the production greenhouse to the cold storage/post harvest processing area via a rail system (pictured). Every cut rose that meets the standard is shipped out within 24 hours and could be in America to customers within 4 days of harvest. Their whole operation was incredible.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyfVhDeTMVL43phB3hybQN0MbHVgoY0i6FsQCfUHY7hL07WNCmddCHHFq8ZZAMFv1bH1ynu0rS4l4gP2DVq4wEEM6fI-dd5nmmmkzTsEgEDRVdFJHsERHtac8B5YXHB2_M6RGFPOh0SWCr-hAzuAdSgMqjOzMSrk-JypGYX9qulNACEHhc869EEPrfU7z/s2048/409086904_903870275076075_5730909592491097414_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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They raise specialty coffee due to the climatic conditions. In this case, it was in the cloud forest. In the silver bowl are examples of several different stages of the coffee, starting with the red coffee cherry. Some are cherries that are fermented and dried. Some are beans are removed, dried, and roasted. Coffee beans aren't actually beans; instead they're seeds from the coffee cherry. The farm owner <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">had us see, feel, smell, and taste all of these different stages and components of coffee. Also, he had us eat a piece of dark chocolate before we had coffee brewed several different ways. The dark chocolate tasted fruity when you had the coffee brewed one way. The same piece of dark chocolate tasted totally different when you had the same coffee brewed a different way showing how brewing affects flavors.</span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZ81GU0CavypjDegllSE8lx_mhgtia-S0_kMfgxqsQ-r57MB1hhKO0j5z3cA2PWSeAF456vd8ZGvFEIJcEIkx-dW5w5oaCtcm1cS9uPIFpkpjXZZedlpSq1nfRECdfQ9uusjGKVvQto2YNNkHoZxEYt5Ign7ccmuQBMs6cEm4LSnW-t8v_wdOR01hbQgQ/s2048/427938763_900742315388871_4197417098675487232_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">This is the Quechua indigenous village where I (Jake) stayed outside of Quito, Ecuador. They still farm like they did hundreds of years ago by saving the seeds season after season. They explained cultural practices such as using the moon's phases to guide when to plant and when to harvest. They grow lupines over there like we grow butterbeans over here. We probably saw a half dozen or more volcanoes because it's in the Andes mountains. We also visited an avocado farm and </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">saw how they had sheep grazing in between the trees to control the grass and weeds as well as fertilize the trees. They experimented with plant density to optimize yield. In some areas, the distance in row and the distance between rows was varied to see the effect on plant production and health. Here at Browder's Fresh Pickins, we also experiment with plant density. We grow three different varieties of strawberries, each planted at a different spacing, ranging from 12 to 18 inches.<br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDiJtQI3ghxqGKrXL9wPcZAweOs24NSpl1HDEabPTSjZdw6PcLbOVCt5wHQxozS71RXtDO2I4f9CmNgVTPzasFzLr39R70hjCvOFSw2nlt7NdwUf3MgEwgpqAAMKQ6jVhMf-ch9wmonC_inwc9x_ZCB_ie0wcDbqf1ffIBXh7TxkDvUQOaWyuk44NwLWG/s2048/423161791_886907100105726_3560732236634266737_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDiJtQI3ghxqGKrXL9wPcZAweOs24NSpl1HDEabPTSjZdw6PcLbOVCt5wHQxozS71RXtDO2I4f9CmNgVTPzasFzLr39R70hjCvOFSw2nlt7NdwUf3MgEwgpqAAMKQ6jVhMf-ch9wmonC_inwc9x_ZCB_ie0wcDbqf1ffIBXh7TxkDvUQOaWyuk44NwLWG/s320/423161791_886907100105726_3560732236634266737_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span><p></p>Browder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061431233694470916.post-88119738441060422512024-03-08T07:34:00.000-08:002024-03-08T07:34:06.298-08:00Agriculture in another Culture<p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQDo2wvPpsgwPsD6TqUHP2AU3F1o4mgz0tb6VO4jYMSyOWIZtquikEWGuU_wUeeSzgo9RYCvSRwHc99thCe2Gu6v-4ZKKKi2As_wTR_eMw3h4Bne_rkPADg_xrwUYyK0vewW9iMtQA-y5akliLgzj7VZu1_hFEqQUCMo5J-z0gotceb5zdtltT1gXWIwU/s2048/423224270_886892140107222_5521128487260650653_n-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQDo2wvPpsgwPsD6TqUHP2AU3F1o4mgz0tb6VO4jYMSyOWIZtquikEWGuU_wUeeSzgo9RYCvSRwHc99thCe2Gu6v-4ZKKKi2As_wTR_eMw3h4Bne_rkPADg_xrwUYyK0vewW9iMtQA-y5akliLgzj7VZu1_hFEqQUCMo5J-z0gotceb5zdtltT1gXWIwU/w400-h300/423224270_886892140107222_5521128487260650653_n-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Once all the berries were planted, Jake travelled to Ecuador for a 10 day tour of horticulture, gardens, & the Amazon rainforest with the National Association of County Agricultural Agents. Over the next few posts we’ll be sharing his adventures and travels on his quest to learn more about how other cultures do agriculture. Though this was his first time to Ecuador, it was nostalgic for both of us. For me (Amanda), I loved hearing all the stories and seeing all the photos </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">because it reminded me of my study abroad to Ecuador in college. Jake even went to some of the same spots I had visited. It was nostalgic for him because he could see some similarities to his Peace Corps days when he worked with locals in agroforestry in the Dominican Republic.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL741f-hWzDFywFrFWwJdEFP1Z2VZ0HCXnoT7ps3VagKlatj9mWIKvO6ev2rVO7odCRBI_jo6lKRWRvl0g3opnt0gN37q_UGH4aPEwzjuPV-l38zHN53f3CX_9F79ycAf_2kr9kCmo_qI8TWRWnhh5PWwtyYS4Is9n2yizpx1eq7Dhh7Dm_g4F9aUhoHdp/s2048/423248988_886893733440396_7309531351508842325_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Around mid-December, we removed the frost blankets to allow the plants to acclimate to the cold temperatures for the winter - though we keep an eye on the weather and if it gets ultra cold, we’ll re-cover to protect them. Both the berries and the cover crop have grown tremendously this fall under the warmth of the blankets. They’ll be slowly growing for the next several weeks; then as spring approaches, they’ll really increase in size. The cover crop helps keep the soil </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">healthy & decrease erosion. During the picking season, we keep it mowed to make for a pleasant picking experience :-)</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueofb2qLsjNV4s5ZZ6GFvcO5wTlY8mVifsa4I0DaPzIc-MMZcxX7VBLFIF9gAUiA0kOsvj7fqP__riNSeMnWzzHmJYj2GNRYdKlCphv43sRvd2KdR6TZTVqVmqUXJfe6ee97OGcqDvaFbxCpY7VNaq6h9fKUxKTX3jomG2ly9sz2wQVPGt3Nh17NVDEeA/s1536/419038792_876047354525034_8212298558099339488_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueofb2qLsjNV4s5ZZ6GFvcO5wTlY8mVifsa4I0DaPzIc-MMZcxX7VBLFIF9gAUiA0kOsvj7fqP__riNSeMnWzzHmJYj2GNRYdKlCphv43sRvd2KdR6TZTVqVmqUXJfe6ee97OGcqDvaFbxCpY7VNaq6h9fKUxKTX3jomG2ly9sz2wQVPGt3Nh17NVDEeA/w400-h400/419038792_876047354525034_8212298558099339488_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTVEooOluvfTrpoh9aGPrO1G7VRESFo41wWF9_XoAiH0IL2rWYaDejILMu-v6Oo1Flk0NiX2Ti7Hl1FHC35Eb9dnDNeIsEZB5f1dIcd7mkwlMdj2vsbNlu3IYBlJygYP3pDf3UEi9mo9r6tblLgPpnYAosE4zUXUqQcseF1FWS97qrmz68FGzQV6eJoqv/s2048/419032486_876046001191836_932982937929279791_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTVEooOluvfTrpoh9aGPrO1G7VRESFo41wWF9_XoAiH0IL2rWYaDejILMu-v6Oo1Flk0NiX2Ti7Hl1FHC35Eb9dnDNeIsEZB5f1dIcd7mkwlMdj2vsbNlu3IYBlJygYP3pDf3UEi9mo9r6tblLgPpnYAosE4zUXUqQcseF1FWS97qrmz68FGzQV6eJoqv/w400-h300/419032486_876046001191836_932982937929279791_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Browder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061431233694470916.post-1244277127086195212024-03-08T07:29:00.000-08:002024-03-08T07:29:14.143-08:00All the berries are planted!<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpWhaAxc8KzOfZeX-_oY-3ew6-DZbhIW-q1wLxKAhxUA7KT-_NXLfsnttZKeJbJldX9FrOsef_7rV6VXTNKZp4Z7EzWFXZhexskMaqjeel8fdvR911tSOuDBXgGttWn3oSkpnvlKFtxf716NwvwW-8-8dvVbcnHmVgbXIx0lCVRCYX76qQeFq-FGweE57/s2048/417124981_872788841517552_4710967772927247_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpWhaAxc8KzOfZeX-_oY-3ew6-DZbhIW-q1wLxKAhxUA7KT-_NXLfsnttZKeJbJldX9FrOsef_7rV6VXTNKZp4Z7EzWFXZhexskMaqjeel8fdvR911tSOuDBXgGttWn3oSkpnvlKFtxf716NwvwW-8-8dvVbcnHmVgbXIx0lCVRCYX76qQeFq-FGweE57/w400-h300/417124981_872788841517552_4710967772927247_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /> ALL the berries planted for the 2024 growing season! It took us the better part of 3 weekends, but we were able to plant all 38,000 over 2.5 acres. </span><p></p><div dir="auto" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Due to transplant availability, our last berry was planted October 22nd, which is a little later than we typically like to have them in the ground. Therefore, we covered them for much of November and half of December to trick the plants into thinking November was October so that they could get the heat units or the growing degree days that they need for crown development. The amount of berries each plant produces in the spring is somewhat pre-determined by the amount of growth that occurs in the fall.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjZbmixrlxx3WzU320Ri-BYmHkby77wBPHtbpK6OIoWZFBlpNYC_SjpZ-zCP18BAvBtdQoprYJ-boOzv-RGeEGyySBN9WJ5LiN7FxW6LX4gBgQV2_BE9F2d1WpSvOfWR6SblnI7Agruk_LyDOCFn_1S77k6QL55tyZi2JLRVdayKbkMSlDg0HZNB0_MI8/s2048/417560556_872788888184214_5527311652557203378_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjZbmixrlxx3WzU320Ri-BYmHkby77wBPHtbpK6OIoWZFBlpNYC_SjpZ-zCP18BAvBtdQoprYJ-boOzv-RGeEGyySBN9WJ5LiN7FxW6LX4gBgQV2_BE9F2d1WpSvOfWR6SblnI7Agruk_LyDOCFn_1S77k6QL55tyZi2JLRVdayKbkMSlDg0HZNB0_MI8/w400-h300/417560556_872788888184214_5527311652557203378_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></div>Browder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061431233694470916.post-73394660674330161242024-03-08T07:27:00.000-08:002024-03-08T07:27:29.893-08:00Planting Strawberries <p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz1zOyfoDrLxlEqdZyzLyleWROZFfSFAq3or_BccCIGAgda8cglZgmxfgKbfrX0WQHfo2rEHhFkpheAXi3u9A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> The kids' favorite job is sitting on the water wheel. Everyone in our family is right handed, so the left seat is the most coveted one, when they're planting. It’s important that each plant be planted at the correct depth and has good soil to root contact, which occasionally requires additional pinching and squeezing the soil around the plant. Which brings us to our final job, which is “the walk-behind.” While carrying an extra tray of plants, this person walks behind the <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">tractor and ensures every.single.one. is planted correctly and any that are skipped by the planters are filled in. The quantity of work for the walk-behind is directly tied to the quality of the work of the planters. These kids get better and better every year! Once we've planted everything on the wheel, we load up everything again.</span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p>Browder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061431233694470916.post-91869753213746518082024-03-08T07:23:00.000-08:002024-03-08T07:23:42.527-08:00The View from the Seat of the Tractor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2L1EhkPiraUF8WY3o_4tlWBJNmaQTSYTmeKggBazfXEWspyygeEDwGP8YczTQPX6WmwC3oDo0fd-XUYE1v7xZYagjBxmO_yZ3iZGvMs1ouhQj4S4wCIcNSyRhErTdzMSYW-txvoCkwbudq6M96l1786AcDgwbopcv6OlT7lqHZCiIQcLgi8BX7vdBTBRG/s2048/412538746_862041909258912_4754654362117102335_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1073" data-original-width="2048" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2L1EhkPiraUF8WY3o_4tlWBJNmaQTSYTmeKggBazfXEWspyygeEDwGP8YczTQPX6WmwC3oDo0fd-XUYE1v7xZYagjBxmO_yZ3iZGvMs1ouhQj4S4wCIcNSyRhErTdzMSYW-txvoCkwbudq6M96l1786AcDgwbopcv6OlT7lqHZCiIQcLgi8BX7vdBTBRG/w400-h210/412538746_862041909258912_4754654362117102335_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">This is the view from the seat of the tractor. At first it might seem like the easiest job of the 4, but it requires sustained concentration. Of course, the most important job is to drive in a straight line. The drip irrigation line runs right down the middle of the row. If the tractor drifts a few inches one way or another during planting, then all season long, one side of the row gets too much water and nutrients and the other doesn’t get enough. It’s also important to </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">have the height of the water wheel just right. Too high and it makes it tough for the people planting to reach the soil. Too low and it drags the ground, damaging the row. If all goes well, within the next 6 months, each plant will produce a quart of strawberries. Starting with strong, healthy transplants is key!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI486u1ZulhlWYFuej4uWxTt0KWkKW-NTDeW2se2CK-NLaeq0loatF7t36AnhsoAFd1Z3pWOz4MMk9JYhaxnjuMRuOy2Ik0nINcJ87d4EPE0W5AaEcVuBUjUlZcWY3FHU4Cn9jWU-BR2Lou8yc5DNdIGP2BrlQYXqXaJiQXsTuqXEknZao49Q_UNOIGM7n/s1536/412605088_862041869258916_5902668408358792386_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1536" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI486u1ZulhlWYFuej4uWxTt0KWkKW-NTDeW2se2CK-NLaeq0loatF7t36AnhsoAFd1Z3pWOz4MMk9JYhaxnjuMRuOy2Ik0nINcJ87d4EPE0W5AaEcVuBUjUlZcWY3FHU4Cn9jWU-BR2Lou8yc5DNdIGP2BrlQYXqXaJiQXsTuqXEknZao49Q_UNOIGM7n/w400-h210/412605088_862041869258916_5902668408358792386_n.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p>Browder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061431233694470916.post-88712392106309368272024-03-08T07:21:00.000-08:002024-03-08T07:21:48.531-08:00Planting with a Water Wheel Transplanter<p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">The water wheel transplanter works like this. There’s a big yellow tank filled with water. As the tractor drives forward, the water flows into the turning wheels. As the wheels rotate, they puncture the row with spikes to create a hole the same size as the transplant. There are 4 jobs and each member of the family pitches in to help. We trade jobs every few rows to help keep everyone fresh.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzKDnBhcm9boQ4x6989_2hPo961K3UtpIkmqFDJGi8P9J1tvj38gSkvuOWM29IPn0qu_5w4teFtRhCmFyMRyg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>Browder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061431233694470916.post-53650205022816186392024-03-08T07:17:00.000-08:002024-03-08T07:17:42.688-08:00Planting for the 2024 Picking Season<p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">This fall, we planted all our strawberries for the 2024 picking season! Over the next couple weeks, we’ll share what that process looks like for our family. Step 1: Load the strawberries onto the water wheel transplanter. We can fit about 1,750 plants on each load. It takes over 20 loads to get the job done.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroyxKoryhYxA4IA3_68zKrd33NX7A-TXtnIbjQ7OPBkNV-MtZvMo17lMKacL16U-PbM11klA0lM-XxKA5e8o43SXxZrNc-lTXE3N_yJu4wK-v7ZfAl2zpM_-4fQyVzN5IvjJ4N2yeFMOhiItwe_djDzGY0DnaKMbfyD3dETVYreZlqvOp3uwBIGTwXDgY/s2048/412315974_859009639562139_5242323572117872209_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroyxKoryhYxA4IA3_68zKrd33NX7A-TXtnIbjQ7OPBkNV-MtZvMo17lMKacL16U-PbM11klA0lM-XxKA5e8o43SXxZrNc-lTXE3N_yJu4wK-v7ZfAl2zpM_-4fQyVzN5IvjJ4N2yeFMOhiItwe_djDzGY0DnaKMbfyD3dETVYreZlqvOp3uwBIGTwXDgY/w400-h300/412315974_859009639562139_5242323572117872209_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Browder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061431233694470916.post-81461192608951382802024-03-08T07:16:00.000-08:002024-03-08T07:16:07.385-08:00Thank you for a Wonderful 2023 Season!<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Just want to take a moment to let you know how much we appreciate the tremendous support you have shown to our small farm. This year, we were honored to serve more than 5,000 customers over our longest strawberry season ever, 80 days. Your role in that longevity was absolutely crucial. By keeping the plants well picked, you helped keep them healthy. Special shout out to those who came out to pick multiple times this season. And to those of you who shared your picking experience with friends/family/co-workers - Thank You! And to our wonderful employees, Tatum & Audrey, we couldn't have done it without you. You two are the best!</span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">We are closed for the season, and we'll be taking a break for a few months. However, we have already ordered our strawberry plants for next year, over 33,000 of them, up from the 21,000 this year. We'll plant them in the fall and will keep you posted on the occasional farm update in the off season. Until then, enjoy the summertime with your family! </span></div><div dir="auto" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcTqkJiOJ1yPRZBoQ6M0mQLhNeWZO3lhp-zKNU9yyMSedjhbQiuzWh9QCbYAaXD494MCgdcicRLX8fiDP0-4kYmMEsWO2hgFr5Kbbz5wx1cgI9KOh7h4rsSeihUmD7PjjYcJN8ofXV6K6mcgC8yxCBDHdB2AhMFuFTe6wIiB1Rew7MrKRIs_1AxsROBX8/s1920/355826460_742785517851219_3605480817675802638_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcTqkJiOJ1yPRZBoQ6M0mQLhNeWZO3lhp-zKNU9yyMSedjhbQiuzWh9QCbYAaXD494MCgdcicRLX8fiDP0-4kYmMEsWO2hgFr5Kbbz5wx1cgI9KOh7h4rsSeihUmD7PjjYcJN8ofXV6K6mcgC8yxCBDHdB2AhMFuFTe6wIiB1Rew7MrKRIs_1AxsROBX8/w320-h400/355826460_742785517851219_3605480817675802638_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </span></div>Browder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061431233694470916.post-2625965140917989142023-06-19T16:44:00.002-07:002023-06-19T16:44:17.090-07:00Closing for the 2023 Season<p> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jmqvmnpXI8hmWU__5jqNsEVoRpXJ4Ag5yM6HnNKpeepEyZxTome-1lJKP7hYbav4f4aW2zAYNHvM_yjEL6-NnKanErCZWg1NUcvqN4UODYg4l7CIM0r-3T4CvDGg3DGf2oj_ahS2dfVa8oOngDNZ-0enK71D28pGFN81iyQQqJyiwj1UMTfyvJAULU4D/s1896/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-19%20at%206.37.01%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1896" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jmqvmnpXI8hmWU__5jqNsEVoRpXJ4Ag5yM6HnNKpeepEyZxTome-1lJKP7hYbav4f4aW2zAYNHvM_yjEL6-NnKanErCZWg1NUcvqN4UODYg4l7CIM0r-3T4CvDGg3DGf2oj_ahS2dfVa8oOngDNZ-0enK71D28pGFN81iyQQqJyiwj1UMTfyvJAULU4D/w400-h236/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-19%20at%206.37.01%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Hello! It looks like lots of rain headed our way. We strive for your picking experience to be pleasant each time you visit our farm. The heat of June combined with a week of rain is going to significantly decrease the quality of the strawberries. With this in mind, we've decided to go ahead and close the farm for the 2023 season, ahead of all this rain. We had been hoping that the weather would cooperate to allow just a bit more time for picking, but the 7 day forecast isn't looking promising, so we've decided it's time. Thank you for your incredible support of our small family farm! 😊</span></p>Browder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061431233694470916.post-74060568090083094632023-06-18T16:35:00.002-07:002023-06-18T16:35:27.389-07:00OPEN, Monday, Juneteenth, 8AM - 1PM<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-I_HNjTtHcMgW7XhC1vKw4d29rpmi1h6C8NFCJTtt0kNy1Ogoukg0j-zE0MaS1oak9wU1MMzWNh0TtbR0JluYkO5gSIfUwkOU8aAsZxfn69kjfE-Ox2Q3Qfy_-4sP6LBrFIfp35mpn6AB_r1sJn-gPzScnOteZgkDDtI1BxfjILaShW7rL5zYYSVKwg/s3024/IMG_0676.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-I_HNjTtHcMgW7XhC1vKw4d29rpmi1h6C8NFCJTtt0kNy1Ogoukg0j-zE0MaS1oak9wU1MMzWNh0TtbR0JluYkO5gSIfUwkOU8aAsZxfn69kjfE-Ox2Q3Qfy_-4sP6LBrFIfp35mpn6AB_r1sJn-gPzScnOteZgkDDtI1BxfjILaShW7rL5zYYSVKwg/w400-h400/IMG_0676.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="3vsf8" data-offset-key="4emu-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4emu-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="4emu-0-0"><span data-text="true">It was great to see so many of you this weekend! The strawberry patch was fairly well picked today, but we anticipate with this heat overnight that more will ripen. We also have u-pick yellow squash, zucchini, cherry tomatoes, and string beans available too!</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="3vsf8" data-offset-key="7vqt3-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7vqt3-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="7vqt3-0-0"><span data-text="true">📸 A cool treat to beat the heat! Lucy made milkshakes & we had a little left over, so Henry used the extra to make some popsicles - YUM! Shout out to my cousin Babs for the fun strawberry popsicle holders 🍓💕</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="3vsf8" data-offset-key="2s2vg-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2s2vg-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="2s2vg-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="3vsf8" data-offset-key="2ep4p-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2ep4p-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="2ep4p-0-0"><span data-text="true">Details:</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="3vsf8" data-offset-key="edh35-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="edh35-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="edh35-0-0"><span data-text="true">14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="3vsf8" data-offset-key="9kooe-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9kooe-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="9kooe-0-0"><span data-text="true">U-pick strawberries: $15/basket. We provide the baskets & you take them home with you. If you bring your baskets back on your next visit, you get a 50 cents discount.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="3vsf8" data-offset-key="aj5sr-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="aj5sr-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="aj5sr-0-0"><span data-text="true">U-pick cherry tomatoes: $3/pint. Orange & Red</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="3vsf8" data-offset-key="60btd-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="60btd-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="60btd-0-0"><span data-text="true">U-pick zucchini & yellow squash: 50 cents each</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="3vsf8" data-offset-key="fr5mv-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fr5mv-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="fr5mv-0-0"><span data-text="true">U-pick string beans: $7.50/basket. We provide he baskets. </span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="3vsf8" data-offset-key="8h7gl-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8h7gl-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="8h7gl-0-0"><span data-text="true">We accept cash, checks, and credit cards. Thanks for supporting our small family farm 😊</span></span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span><br />Browder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061431233694470916.post-91406787535741300482023-06-17T15:41:00.002-07:002023-06-17T15:41:27.624-07:00Father's Day SALE, Sunday, June 18th, 11AM - 4PM<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahnjDA79qADaDaxUrMsfKnPvtQR7uswbO8pGHuzrXuHkaf3qMMQVXvQWqA-Q0aOeOU1vawRn7Ncap6xHjwHzDRqyBAAZTYNDiIHkP6meFLNN8JRmYOyqa-vWp50daWUOBbl92HiKChjAhZ_ymtGrww6tsEBC8hkVI0rEo9wW4teWwvsGSGhOK0ms82A/s1357/IMG_0661.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="1357" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahnjDA79qADaDaxUrMsfKnPvtQR7uswbO8pGHuzrXuHkaf3qMMQVXvQWqA-Q0aOeOU1vawRn7Ncap6xHjwHzDRqyBAAZTYNDiIHkP6meFLNN8JRmYOyqa-vWp50daWUOBbl92HiKChjAhZ_ymtGrww6tsEBC8hkVI0rEo9wW4teWwvsGSGhOK0ms82A/w400-h400/IMG_0661.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="14ruk" data-offset-key="ff5r2-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ff5r2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="14ruk" data-offset-key="2r160-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2r160-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="2r160-0-0"><span data-text="true">U-pick strawberries: Buy 1 Basket, Get 1 FREE! </span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="14ruk" data-offset-key="6gskc-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6gskc-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="6gskc-0-0"><span data-text="true">Here's a dad joke for ya...these berries have your name written all over them. 😂</span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="14ruk" data-offset-key="4ussg-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4ussg-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="4ussg-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="14ruk" data-offset-key="3usdr-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3usdr-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="3usdr-0-0"><span data-text="true">Details:</span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="14ruk" data-offset-key="22ece-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="22ece-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="22ece-0-0"><span data-text="true">14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430</span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="14ruk" data-offset-key="bmfie-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bmfie-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="bmfie-0-0"><span data-text="true">U-Pick Strawberries: $15/basket. We provide the baskets and you take them home with you. If you bring our baskets back, you get a 50 cents discount off your next basket.</span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="14ruk" data-offset-key="1dara-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1dara-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="1dara-0-0"><span data-text="true">U-pick Zucchini & Yellow Squash: 50 cents each</span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="14ruk" data-offset-key="ee3dk-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ee3dk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ee3dk-0-0"><span data-text="true">U-pick String Beans: $7.50/basket. We provide the baskets (same baskets that we use for strawberries).</span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="14ruk" data-offset-key="54lsb-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="54lsb-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="54lsb-0-0"><span data-text="true">U-pick Cherry Tomatoes: $3/pint; two different varieties. Orange = Sungold, Red = Super Sweet 100</span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="14ruk" data-offset-key="avie6-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="avie6-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="avie6-0-0"><span data-text="true">We accept cash, checks, and credit cards. Thank you so much for your continued support of our small family farm 😊</span></span></div></div><br />Browder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061431233694470916.post-13249277386884301532023-06-16T16:28:00.000-07:002023-06-16T16:28:04.556-07:00OPEN Saturday, June 17th, 8AM - 5PM<p> </p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="fp63c" data-offset-key="5vmfb-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQGqBdW6LO_1Ez3dUTPv9gmSwYoe8jteRkd33ELjMVNQjClaHtinYLH-dAtqr94mXqYv3tBSRfq-eCbxWtVuC0BRk2SLiXegSsN1TgFqW7H7cRA35F7sZAJWtGShAO-von5KwNGgCBMrSaSG9UPV_YsyAGuglkHjTdvgEC4kq7LfVWY1OUIvzo8to-w/s4032/IMG_0654%20new.jpg.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQGqBdW6LO_1Ez3dUTPv9gmSwYoe8jteRkd33ELjMVNQjClaHtinYLH-dAtqr94mXqYv3tBSRfq-eCbxWtVuC0BRk2SLiXegSsN1TgFqW7H7cRA35F7sZAJWtGShAO-von5KwNGgCBMrSaSG9UPV_YsyAGuglkHjTdvgEC4kq7LfVWY1OUIvzo8to-w/w300-h400/IMG_0654%20new.jpg.heic" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5vmfb-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="fp63c" data-offset-key="e86eo-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e86eo-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="e86eo-0-0"><span data-text="true">Strawberry forecast for Saturday = Plenty! We also have some other produce available for u-pick...zucchini, yellow squash, string beans, and cherry tomatoes. Thank you for supporting our small family farm 😊</span></span></div></div>Browder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061431233694470916.post-51254182143322311662023-06-15T17:42:00.001-07:002023-06-16T11:02:05.329-07:00OPEN Friday, June 16th, 8AM - 2PM<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg335g0nmHG-PiZGspQDDto_zYLdDiTWAOZMH2W8GjqWXalIixou9r5ZZ5k9_m5gWatdl_R1B8EcQJBPzm-C8gZMFijxyZFmxI1ntBdUsPnjRBN0RP8IneROWr2opY-oiBTin6PpJ81Q7vX-kL5HNheI9ryxotQEeoM9ZuSXOtr3GAAYFhnqDlnijeEDA/s4032/IMG_0605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg335g0nmHG-PiZGspQDDto_zYLdDiTWAOZMH2W8GjqWXalIixou9r5ZZ5k9_m5gWatdl_R1B8EcQJBPzm-C8gZMFijxyZFmxI1ntBdUsPnjRBN0RP8IneROWr2opY-oiBTin6PpJ81Q7vX-kL5HNheI9ryxotQEeoM9ZuSXOtr3GAAYFhnqDlnijeEDA/s320/IMG_0605.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Summertime is HERE! <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😎" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t22/2/16/1f60e.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span> There are tons of strawberries, yellow squash, and zucchini in the fields. We also have some string beans & cherry tomatoes too!</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Shout out to the class of 2023! Enjoy your graduation & best of luck to you in your next adventures! <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🥳" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc/2/16/1f973.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="📸" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t7d/2/16/1f4f8.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Thank you to Ms. Niemi, teacher at Westside Elementary, who came & picked berries then made this delicious strawberry jam & gave it to our daughter <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😊" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t1e/2/16/1f60a.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span> Love the label on top! <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🍓" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t48/2/16/1f353.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br />Browder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061431233694470916.post-87890994863341907642023-06-14T16:48:00.005-07:002023-06-14T16:53:42.042-07:00OPEN Thursday, June 15th, 8AM - 5PM <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_LU7vuXdnK3NtLNjLIibnsGOOPZeETLSN3R_Pg94lUqnMgA6mgSbbRZZVqonh6IOzafIKvb6ZVoK9xlrzv0qbQix1MmUZlnwFfcG_MAE8CmwdlylEz_z_tC4bOVWwANb7aMqYSj6dsEVdrxHTOKfTSQxxJUMb7s4sCsSwUpFzSm71kLYKUPl7LxMIKw/s4032/IMG_0586.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_LU7vuXdnK3NtLNjLIibnsGOOPZeETLSN3R_Pg94lUqnMgA6mgSbbRZZVqonh6IOzafIKvb6ZVoK9xlrzv0qbQix1MmUZlnwFfcG_MAE8CmwdlylEz_z_tC4bOVWwANb7aMqYSj6dsEVdrxHTOKfTSQxxJUMb7s4sCsSwUpFzSm71kLYKUPl7LxMIKw/w300-h400/IMG_0586.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><div data-block="true" data-editor="2ibcb" data-offset-key="3a214-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3a214-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="3a214-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2ibcb" data-offset-key="9g77l-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9g77l-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="9g77l-0-0"><span data-text="true">U-pick strawberries are abundant in the patch! The flavor is fantastic! We also have u-pick yellow squash, zucchini, string beans, and cherry tomatoes available too! </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2ibcb" data-offset-key="8bn-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8bn-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="8bn-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2ibcb" data-offset-key="2m83k-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2m83k-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="2m83k-0-0"><span data-text="true">Yay for the last day of school! 🥳</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2ibcb" data-offset-key="f45dt-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f45dt-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="f45dt-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2ibcb" data-offset-key="8luro-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8luro-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="8luro-0-0"><span data-text="true">Details:</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2ibcb" data-offset-key="2f3gl-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2f3gl-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="2f3gl-0-0"><span data-text="true">14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2ibcb" data-offset-key="84j31-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="84j31-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="84j31-0-0"><span data-text="true">✅ U-pick strawberries: $15/basket. We provide the baskets & you take them home with you. If you return our basket on your next visit, you get a 50 cents discount.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2ibcb" data-offset-key="4ekoc-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4ekoc-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="4ekoc-0-0"><span data-text="true">✅ U-pick yellow squash & zucchini: 50 cents each. Located in the last couple rows of the strawberry patch</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2ibcb" data-offset-key="3i71n-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3i71n-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="3i71n-0-0"><span data-text="true">✅ U-pick string beans: $7.50/basket. We provide the baskets (same baskets as for the strawberries). Located between the strawberries & the yellow squash/zucchini.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2ibcb" data-offset-key="79vo2-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="79vo2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="79vo2-0-0"><span data-text="true">✅ U-pick cherry tomatoes: $3.50/pint. We provide the pint containers. Orange Sungold & Red Super Sweet 100. Located in the smaller greenhouse, directly across the tent.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2ibcb" data-offset-key="7om6k-0-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(28, 43, 51); color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7om6k-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="7om6k-0-0"><span data-text="true">We accept cash, checks, and credit cards. Thank you for supporting our small family farm 💕</span></span></div></div>Browder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061431233694470916.post-54465126709036354382023-06-13T17:12:00.003-07:002023-06-13T17:12:43.150-07:00OPEN Wednesday, June 14th, 8AM - 6PM<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWqoAW6aU2Er0sYzhZh864YhyJ0zdCM4YQcd20k2KkHOL-B3Btbquf9X-I-NcvbCKWplrZ1Gk1JJBbS66oEUwB1PF6MHq2MQGY2yia1Qa86Pr01CnmWLR8TAoHqmYnkSAf1gtJY7yAdt7kQsJmlwjJ1Qc8x3LQpy_l-0bhM-JQ8LJIKsn3jHd2g5f-Q/s4032/IMG_9718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWqoAW6aU2Er0sYzhZh864YhyJ0zdCM4YQcd20k2KkHOL-B3Btbquf9X-I-NcvbCKWplrZ1Gk1JJBbS66oEUwB1PF6MHq2MQGY2yia1Qa86Pr01CnmWLR8TAoHqmYnkSAf1gtJY7yAdt7kQsJmlwjJ1Qc8x3LQpy_l-0bhM-JQ8LJIKsn3jHd2g5f-Q/s320/IMG_9718.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzY-J5pc-XedZkLvb-b6RC6s35-hAH8iVgPaJqhGpedUNxCGlmYiCWyEn-KwptrPH8YX7tnJq_Tbv_h0XIN5zlwkj65OU1BmjBO7BpCmonPuR1_BJVsnmHBm1CxRyky7TYs6fww13IALM6sRvV34OwRtYY6dBeRfU_UplmJPGPKXC2BOGeOdR2M64HQ/s1636/IMG_0624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1636" data-original-width="1636" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzY-J5pc-XedZkLvb-b6RC6s35-hAH8iVgPaJqhGpedUNxCGlmYiCWyEn-KwptrPH8YX7tnJq_Tbv_h0XIN5zlwkj65OU1BmjBO7BpCmonPuR1_BJVsnmHBm1CxRyky7TYs6fww13IALM6sRvV34OwRtYY6dBeRfU_UplmJPGPKXC2BOGeOdR2M64HQ/s320/IMG_0624.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6kK49fuDmtljs5fqF2ziIJxvBZg_tJRubFM4LKk1VR3D0NgGdL_79-tpiN5SCixevNNp6ItyGRre1Hu1jg3cMh-bU5-fs6YadP3uu7uPUYJ1433njRic1sD4I86veA4glbjcQ523HHJFQ-6cU8baAbh9jHTdSVkIns_52Pd6e6jl5kt3XneFt64l0A/s4032/IMG_0616.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6kK49fuDmtljs5fqF2ziIJxvBZg_tJRubFM4LKk1VR3D0NgGdL_79-tpiN5SCixevNNp6ItyGRre1Hu1jg3cMh-bU5-fs6YadP3uu7uPUYJ1433njRic1sD4I86veA4glbjcQ523HHJFQ-6cU8baAbh9jHTdSVkIns_52Pd6e6jl5kt3XneFt64l0A/s320/IMG_0616.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span data-offset-key="3vkf5-0-0" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="53sga-0-0"><span data-text="true">It's a great time of year to pick a variety of produce at Browder's Fresh Pickins! Everything pictured here is what we have currently have available for u-pick. The strawberries are the most abundant - loads of berries in the field!! There's also plenty of yellow squash & zucchini (yellow & green). Lastly, we have have string beans and cherry tomatoes - orange (Sungold) & red (Super Sweet 100). Thank you for supporting our small family farm 😊 </span></span></span><p></p>Browder's Fresh Pickinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065412434819820207noreply@blogger.com0