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It's Strawberry Picking Time 

One of the wonderful things about Hampton Roads is the farms that bring us fresh food.  5 minutes from my office in the middle of suburbia, you can go pick strawberries.  These strawberries are so sweet and juicy they burst with flavor in your month - nothing like what you would buy in a grocery store.  Besides having some great strawberries, it's a great activity for kids.

Strawberry picking in CHesapeake, VA

There are lots of strawberry patches located through out Hampton Roads.  Here are a few to visit  around Chesapeake:

Lilley Farms - 2800 Tyre Neck Road, Chesapeake, VA 23321. Phone: 757-483-9880
Lilley Farms also runs a location off of Bennett's Pasture Rd in Suffolk.

Brookdale Farms - 2133 Mount Pleasant Road, Chesapeake, VA  Phone: 757-721-0558

It has also become quite an area tradition to go to the Pungo Strawberry Festival Memorial Day weekend.  They expect to have over 100,000 visitors to the event that is all about strawberries.  You can visit their website for picking locations in the Pungo, Virginia Beach area.

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Kay Van Kampen
RE/MAX Broker, RE/MAX - Springfield, MO
Realtor®, Springfield Mo Real Estate

I used to pick those fields in Chesapeake.  What a wonderful place.  And the strawberries were outstanding!

May 08, 2010 02:00 AM
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Rosalind, nothing beats fresh strawberries you pick yourself. We used to go every year when my Son was a little boy. Thanks.

May 08, 2010 02:07 AM
Diane Williams
Pell City, AL

I can't wait for this time of the year. Fresh strawberries, can't get much better than that.

May 08, 2010 02:33 AM
Rosalind Boyle
Virtual Tidewater - Suffolk, VA
Virtual Tidewater

Wow, my first featured post.  Thanks for all the comments.  Look for Blueberry picking in July :)

May 08, 2010 02:49 AM
Michael Thompson
CENTURY 21 Anderson Properties, Inc. - Anderson, SC
MBA

Same here! I love fresh strawberries!

May 08, 2010 03:16 AM
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Rosalind.....may this be the first of many features for you. As far as the strawberry's go, I have been experimenting lately with making fruit pies. It is so easy to do and rewarding in the end (big time). Pre-made Graham cracker-ed crusts are available at the market. I usually buy a small jar of jelly, mix that with tapioca, some lemon, little cinnamon, nuts are optional and OUILA......a fruit pie that can substitute for a meal. Takes minutes too....Your post got me for the good.....thank you

May 08, 2010 03:17 AM
Lori Churchill Cofer
Beasley Realty - Pullman, WA
Realtor - 509-330-0086 - Pullman, WA

Rosalind,

Great post!  And the strawberries have me drooling.... ;)

May 08, 2010 03:24 AM
Ted Tyndall
Davidson Realty Inc. - Saint Augustine, FL
I will help You find the Home YOU want to Buy

Rosalind, your pictures are great and make the strawberries look mouth watering.

May 08, 2010 04:33 AM
Nancy Conner
Olympia, WA
Olympia/Thurston County WA

Great photos - of course now I am totally craving strawberries!!!  We have some great local farms here too where you can either pick them yourself or buy flats or smaller quantities - usually they are ready right around Father's Day - can't wait, can't wait!!

May 08, 2010 05:42 AM
Valerie Baker
Exit Real Estate Professionals - Spokane, WA
Spokane Realtor

I am so jealous!  We moved to Spokane from Tennessee and I do miss the longer growing season!  

May 08, 2010 05:57 AM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Rosalind,

You just made me hungry...they grow here well too.  Thanks for reminder.

May 08, 2010 06:12 AM
Tammie White, Broker
Franklin Homes Realty LLC - Franklin, TN
Franklin TN Homes for Sale

Strawberries already?  Great local post and the pics are doing the trick...I'm hungry.

May 08, 2010 06:46 AM
Norma Toering Broker for Palos Verdes and Beach Cities
Charlemagne International Properties - Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Palos Verdes Luxury Homes in L.A.

Beautiful photos!  I had fresh strawberries on my oatmeal this morning, but those look especially sweet and joicy. 

Great addition to localism for your area.

May 08, 2010 06:58 AM
Karen Fiddler, Broker/Owner
Karen Parsons-Fiddler, Broker 949-510-2395 - Mission Viejo, CA
Orange County & Lake Arrowhead, CA (949)510-2395

yum...we are getting ready for our summer berry season too. I can't wait.

May 08, 2010 07:23 AM
Sharon Paxson
Compass - Newport Beach, CA
Newport Beach Real Estate

Rosalind - Those strawberries look beautiful and I love the photo. Sounds like fun!

May 08, 2010 07:30 AM
Barbara Kornegay
REMAX Essential - Wilmington, NC
Wilmington NC Real Estate, Homes

Oh wow great picture and great local post...  We have Lewis Strawberry farm her in Wilmington NC and my husband and I just went Yesterday... Dang wish I had thought to take pics!

May 08, 2010 07:59 AM
Vickie McCartney
Maverick Realty - Owensboro, KY
Broker, Real Estate Agent Owensboro KY

Hi Rosalind~  Nothing is better than fresh strawberries or any berries for that matter!  Now I am going to have to go and get some strawberries to eat!

May 08, 2010 09:19 AM
Lenn Harley
Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate - Leesburg, VA
Real Estate Broker - Virginia & Maryland

Blueberries.  Now you're talking about my favorite fruit.  I can hardly wait to buy them fresh in the grocery store.  In fact, I purchased 4 two lb. bags of frozen today.  However, I surely prefer the fresh.  That said, I'm not going to pay $4.99 for about 4 oz.  Those 2 lb. bags of frozen were $7.95 per bag. 

May 08, 2010 09:19 AM
Christine Donovan
Donovan Blatt Realty - Costa Mesa, CA
Broker/Attorney 714-319-9751 DRE01267479 - Costa M

I love picking strawberries as do both of my children.  We went last year and ate directly from the fields until we were stuffed.

May 08, 2010 07:14 PM
Damon Gettier
Damon Gettier & Associates, REALTORS- Roanoke Va Short Sale Expert - Roanoke, VA
Broker/Owner ABRM, GRI, CDPE

I used to live in eastern VA and I forgot about the strawberries until you posted.  Thanks for the reminder.

May 09, 2010 05:43 AM
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