It’s the simple things in life that make it worthwhile.
Taking your children out to a farmer’s fields and wading through rows upon rows of succulent strawberries while you pray to some foodie god with a good sense of humour, that your child eats under a pound of the sweet red jewels ranks right up there.
Last weekend, we made a journey to the Saanich Peninsula, a stretch of farm land located across Saanich Inlet from us. Stretching out for many acres is a farm called Oldfield Orchard and Bakery, where U-Pick strawberries are a seasonal favourite of many people from Southern Vancouver Island.
We’d never done it before, but the thought of all those juicy berries just called out to me.
