John Y

Review of Strawberry

Awesome, short excursion. Expect to spend 30+ min ...

Awesome, short excursion. Expect to spend 30+ min here.
1. Free plentiful parking and right off highway 5, super easy to find
2. Go early between 9-10am on weekend, not too crowded and still tons of strawberries (I always dread making the drive to a Upick only to find long lines and a picked through field of whatever and it doesn't feel worth it...but this one was not inconvenient or sparse, def worth it).
3. As you can see from pics there is PLENTY of space here...this place is huge and we were never that close to anyone and if someone started getting close, you can step over a row or two to branch out. Go right for the back first and work your way in.
4. Wear shoes you can get mud on and bring change shoes in car...my sneakers were caked with mud and I regret not having some flip flops to change into. Sure this could be avoided if you only walk carefully in dry areas in rows but when your eye is on the prize and you see those red berries, you wont notice when your dry path suddenly has a muddy part
5. Strawberry quality -a mix of sweet and tart, like the best of what I could get a grocery store with a few super perfect sweet standouts. These have never been refrigerated and I recommend you do not rinse your whole bucket with water at the end! Keep them dry, separate them at home into Ready to eat and Let ripen piles (keep out of fridge). Keep them dry to ripen without getting moldy.
6. In addition to strawberries (either the Upick or cheaper, prepicked) you can buy Holland milk, corn, zucchini avocado tomato and flowers at a small stand

There are no restrooms but lots of porta potties with the pump water and soap.