Strawberry Picking

To get to TwedT's from Corvallis, take highway 20 North toward albany. For the strawberries, take a right on garden ave. just after the closed down gas station with the signs blaming Wallstreet. Drive a little way and You'll see the sign. TwedT's sells other produce that's grown on the left side of highway 20. I'm looking forward to further fresh fruit later in the summer.


Meet Nicole, my long time friend and partner in crime. I met Nicole in 2005. She was my roommate at reed coop at OSU (not to be confused Reed college.) This random roommate pairing was an incredible stroke of luck of a judicious move on the part of higher powers. This crazy girl is one of the fabulous few who will climb trees with me.
She is a selective strawberry picker. She covered three times the distance that I did as she searched the row of strawberries for the very best.
I’m glad that strawberry picking is something that I do for fun and not for a living. For and hour it was enjoyable and my back was only just starting to hurt when we stopped. Nicole was commenting on the absurdity of paying $4 for a pint of strawberries when you can pick them yourself and pay $0.75 /lb. However this only actually saves you money if you:
1. make relatively little
2. enjoy picking
At the moment Nicole and I are in the double win category because we don’t make much and we’re having fun. I hope that I will still be able to afford the time in ten years. I think it is easiest to be happy when you're somewhere between professional strawberry picker and high powered executive.




We're so proud of ourselves!