July Fun - Picking Fruit at Samascotts

{Happy Birthday Dad!}

 Here's the promised pictures of our 4th of July visit to Samascott Farms in Kinderhook, New York. It was my Dad's birthday and we had a blast!

{yum}

We did blueberries first, before the heat of the day set in...

{Evie and Son H, my good pickers}

It was a big field of bushes, but watch out for the groundhog holes!

{sour cherries}

 Next we went into the shade of the cherry trees and threw down a blanket for a picnic lunch.  After sandwiches and tart lemonade we filled our containers with sweet cherries and sour cherries...

{Son H, Rosie and Evie among the branches}

 The sweet cherries had a lot of rot, so you had to climb to find the good ones.

{kids on the car}

 My Dad told how his father used to pull their beat-up cars under the trees when he was a kid to pick the fruit, so my husband backed up the minivan...

{summertime!}

Too much fun! See the dessert we made the next day here.
Do you have  a favorite picking place?

Loretta