Pick Your Own Strawberries at Biringer Farm
I saw a story on the news about the Marysville Strawberry Festival and a place called Biringer Farm. The farm is located just a short drive north of Seattle near the town Marysville. They grow strawberries, raspberries, and tayberries. The strawberries are just now becoming red and plump, ready to pick. The raspberries and tayberries are usually ready a week or two after the strawberries. You can check the Biringer Berry Blog for updates and information on their crops.
I’ve never heard of a tayberry before checking out this place. I looked them up on Wikipedia and found out that they are a cross between a raspberry and blackberry. A loganberry is also a cross between the raspberry and blackberry, but the tayberry fruit is “much sweeter, larger, and more aromatic“.
After going through the front gate, you following a gravel round to the main building. We were in out little red convertible, so we took it really slow. While driving, dozens of tree swallows were flying over and all around us. Some would fly right next to the car keeping up with us. It reminded me of the documentary Winged Migration.
The gravel road ends near the main building where you get your trays. In just a few minutes the tractor arrived to take us to the strawberry field. Jennifer, myself, and about 20 other people loaded up into the trailer.
The fields are pretty big. They have cones set up to mark where in the field you can pick. I would get really close if not just a bit over the line. No one has picked in that area yet so all the huge strawberries are hidden there.
After spending at least an hour in the field, we started heading back to the main building. On the way, we stopped off to see some of the animals. I probably wasn’t supposed to, but I fed all the goats strawberries.
At the main building, they weighed our baskets. I picked 10.60 pounds and Jennifer weighed in at 10.13 pounds. I just barely got more than her! Still it didn’t cost much since they charge only $1.50 per pound.
Everyone was so friendly. It’s a great place for families, kids, and big kids like me. We are definitely planning to go back for the raspberries and to try the tayberries.
