Jump to content

  • Welcome to the eG Forums, a service of the eGullet Society for Culinary Arts & Letters. The Society is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the culinary arts. These advertising-free forums are provided free of charge through donations from Society members. Anyone may read the forums, but to post you must create a free account.

Strawberry picking around Vancouver

Chocoholic
 Share

Recommended Posts

Chocoholic

Chocoholic

Posted
Posted

I am thinking about taking the family out strawberry picking this weekend. Does anybody know a good place for u-pick strawberries at a reasonable (<2hr drive) distance from Vancouver?

Stefan Posthuma

Beer - Chocolate - Cheese

Daddy-A

Daddy-A

Posted
Posted

A berry picking thread [CLICK] from last year. (Too bad the thread gets somewhat derailed by those two Burnaby boys reminiscing about the good ol' days :laugh: )

Funny ... the first post in that thread is in June and says we're "almost" at berry season. Are we that early this year?

A.

Mooshmouse

Mooshmouse

Posted
Posted

Driediger Farms on 72nd Avenue in Langley is where I used to go when my cousins and I were kids.

Thanks for the idea Stephan. It might be high time for me to take Noah on his first berry-picking expedition.

Joie Alvaro Kent

"I like rice. Rice is great if you're hungry and want 2,000 of something." ~ Mitch Hedberg

Dining Diva

Dining Diva

Posted
Posted

oddly enough, pao pao and i were talking about going strawberry picking as soon as the berries are ready to be plundered. we passed a few fields out in richmond and that looks like a good place to start as any. the link to that thread is great daddy-a! thanks!

Chocoholic

Chocoholic

Posted
  • Topic Starter
Posted

It turns out I am too early, I saw somewhere on the web that BC strawberry season is May-July this year which prompted my inquiry. However I just called Driediger Farms and the lady told me I have to wait another month. :shock:

Stefan Posthuma

Beer - Chocolate - Cheese

PaoPao

PaoPao

Posted
Posted

Last weekend my boo Yummy, Dining Diva and I drove out to the Westham Island Winery to sample their fruit wines. On the way we passed a few u-pick farms on the island. Here is a link to a map of the Westham Isl. Winery which will get you to the u-pick farms as well. As of last week there wasn't much in the way of picking. Another 2-4 weeks I was told should land you in the middle of the season.

appreciator

appreciator

Posted
Posted

The Fraser Valley Strawberry Growers Association website has directions to several farms. It appears to be out of date however but does indicate that the season should come into swing around June 10th.

I've been to Bissett Farms several times and have always been pleased with their berries. They have quite the variety of other berries as well as the summer progresses.

sarah

Always take a good look at what you're about to eat. It's not so important to know what it is, but it's critical to know what it was. --Unknown

  • 4 weeks later...
Badiane

Badiane

Posted
Posted

The Strawberry stands out here are in full swing...going to be a short season, so if you want them, this is the weekend to get them. Tomorrow it will be jam jam and more jam at our house. Test driving the fancy new maslin pan from Lee Valley.

Don't try to win over the haters. You're not the jackass whisperer."

Scott Stratten

PaoPao

PaoPao

Posted
Posted

Saturday we we're off to Westham Island for the opening of Strawberrw season.

The berries we got we're alot smaller than last year and looked a bit rough.

We we're told to come back in about another two weeks and the berries should be looking great then.

SushiCat

SushiCat

Posted
Posted

PaoPao, or others - where/what is Westham Island? I want strawberries and I want them now, (along with summer tomatoes). I know it is too soon on the tomato front, so strawberries would help, but I guess today is not the day ... blasted rain!

Everyone keep us posted on any good pickings!

PaoPao

PaoPao

Posted
Posted

^ Here's a link to a map for the Westham Island Winery. If you follow it you will pass two Strawberry picking Farms (2nd is better and cheaper).

Then another click or two down the road is the Winery to dull those pains in your back from bending over and picking all those berries. :raz:

maxmillan

maxmillan

Posted
Posted

Picked strawberries yesterday at No. 4 Road and Steveston. One dollar per pound and decent strawberries. However, next to this farm is Featherstones, my usual haunt, and they are opened TODAY!!!!

Their strawberries are usually good and they cost around $1.10 a pound.

As I said last year, BC strawberries are not as sweet as I remember. They are better than US strawberries still, but I'm finding there's is almost no difference now. Have BC changed the type of seeds they're using?

Good luck with the picking. It looks like another good week left if the weather holds out.

rm_blizzard

rm_blizzard

Posted
Posted

For anyone heading up to Whistler, McEwans farm in Pemberton opened for picking today ($1.25/lb). We'll be feeding ourselves strawberries from there for the next few weeks, then it will be raspberry season over at Sturdy's.

Sam Salmon

Sam Salmon

Posted
Posted
As I said last year, BC strawberries are not as sweet as I remember.  They are better than US strawberries still, but I'm finding there's is almost no difference now.  Have BC changed the type of seeds they're using?

Yes the varieities of Strawberry have changed/are always changing.Todays berries are hardier but certainly less flavourful than those of yore.

I remember buying some one year @ a place in Richmond-they tasted like potatoes :wacko:

Jeffy Boy

Jeffy Boy

Posted
Posted

Picked up a flat today at Surrey Farms (152nd & 51ish) for $9.99. Some great strawberries! Ate a whole bunch for lunch right over the kitchen sink. Doesn't get any better.

I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself. - Johnny Carson
sanrensho

sanrensho

Posted
Posted
As I said last year, BC strawberries are not as sweet as I remember.  They are better than US strawberries still, but I'm finding there's is almost no difference now.

Out of season US (California) strawberries used to be almost uniformly atrocious until 1-1.5 years ago. Recent US strawberries have been much better and are, more often than not, acceptably sweet.

Baker of "impaired" cakes...
Mooshmouse

Mooshmouse

Posted
Posted

An article in this Tuesday's edition of the Langley Advance heralds the arrival of strawberry season in BC. A list of Fraser Valley farms is included in "Agriculture: Berries delicious".

"Our strawberry fields are the best they have been in 10 years," said Mike Driediger of Langley's Driediger Farms. "We had lots of sunshine at the right time and everything came together perfectly. We are expecting excellent strawberries; size and quality should be great this year"

Driediger reminded strawberry lovers that the season for the red berries will be too short for most people that are used to supermarket shopping: "Our harvest season will be over by the end of June or earlier if we get hot weather."

Joie Alvaro Kent

"I like rice. Rice is great if you're hungry and want 2,000 of something." ~ Mitch Hedberg

  • 11 months later...
sanrensho

sanrensho

Posted
Posted

It's that time of the year again.

Does anybody know of any farms open this weekend? The BC Strawberries site pegs the start of the season as June 18.

Thanks in advance.

Baker of "impaired" cakes...
CanadianBakin'

CanadianBakin'

Posted
Posted (edited)

I live in Mission and work in Abbotsford and I haven't seen any U-pick strawberry signs up anywhere. The roadside stalls that are common during berry season are not up yet either. My guess would be that it's a bit too early. If I notice them in the next while, I'll post.

Edited by CanadianBakin' (log)

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Orison Swett Marden

sanrensho

sanrensho

Posted
Posted
I live in Mission and work in Abbotsford and I haven't seen any U-pick strawberry signs up anywhere. The roadside stalls that are common during berry season are not up yet either. My guess would be that it's a bit too early. If I notice them in the next while, I'll post.

Thanks, CanadianBakin'! I guess the heavy rainfall last evening didn't help things. That would be great if you could let us know once the U-pick gets going.

BTW, do you happen to have a favorite U-pick place for strawberries? I was pleased with the raspberry U-pick at Driediger Farms last year, but I'm not really familiar with the other U-pick places in the area.

If confidentiality is an issue, please send me a PM!

Baker of "impaired" cakes...
demiglace

demiglace

Posted
Posted

I got a post card from Krause Berry Farms today..it says harvesting for strawberries starts June 15 but to call ahead to confirm

6179 248th Street Aldergrove

Raspberries July 1

Blackberries July 15

Blueberries July 20

Cukes, Corn and Veggies Aug 1

sanrensho

sanrensho

Posted
Posted
I got a post card from Krause Berry Farms today..it says harvesting for strawberries starts June 15 but to call ahead to confirm

6179 248th Street Aldergrove

Raspberries July 1

Blackberries July 15

Blueberries July 20

Cukes, Corn and Veggies Aug 1

Thanks for posting the above info. Mmmmmm, raspberries. (Begins taping wrists and forearms in anticipation of raspberry thorns...)

Baker of "impaired" cakes...
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...