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Strawberry Fields Forever

6/7/2012

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There’s a field down the street from where I live.  It’s been there as long as I can remember and in this day and age, where suburban sprawl pushes deeper and deeper into the outskirts - until there’s no city center at all, but just one suburban town butting into another and another - finding a field like this has become a rare thing, indeed. 

A few years back, before the omnipresent talk of recessions and housing bubbles and job creation, it was going to be another housing development.  The pumpkin patch would go –leveled and paved – and in its place, another set of houses squeezed as closely together as possible: cookie-cutter facades masking builder’s grade cabinetry and mirror-image floor plans.  But instead, in the epic downturn of the economy, something good came out of it all. 

The building stopped. The pumpkin patch remained and the fields were not built over.  The grasses grew back and then the bushes and h flowers. 

Now it’s a strawberry field.  It’s owned by an Asian family and on certain days during the summer, you can see them hunched over, harvesting the fields, nothing but their straw hats -nón lá – bobbing up and down.
 
And these strawberries warmed in the sun:  sweet and soft, with just a twinge of tartness behind a round, sweet flavor are so delicious, you find that you just can’t look at a normal, frankenberry the same way again. They’re lovely and delicious and, even for a girl who’ll take a big ol’ slice of cake for dessert any day, they’d be perfect for dessert just by themselves.
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Stacy link
6/7/2012 06:39:09 pm

Just bought a huge batch of strawberries at the local farmers market, with most of the berries as big as half my fist!

Tis the season!

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Karen V. link
6/13/2012 06:04:50 am

It is a good thing that came from the economic downturn isn't it? I think I know that field, though in the hustle of daily life, I've not stopped. But your photo of those strawberries makes me want to! It sounds like the right thing to do. :)

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wendyb964
6/18/2014 09:19:54 am

I, too, live just down the street from this stand. What a testament to work ethic: when driving to work at 0530 I would see at least two generations picking those to-die-for berries. I often wait for them to fill the plastic baskets with warm berries. So spoiled, my family isn't fooled by even the "fancy, organic" berries. The small quantity and variety of veg (spring garlic, snap peas, onions, squash) are phenomenal as well. Glad I found your blog. Congrats!

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