I had initially wanted to attend the Tour de Fleur in Half Moon, but the tour packages are all sold out. I guess it’s really popular and you should order the tickets months in advance. The Tour de Fluer is organized by the city of Half Moon Bay and would include a behind the scene tours of local nurseries, wineries and farms. Maybe next summer, so instead we went berry picking!
We headed out to Pescadero (a small town near San Francisco) for berry picking at Phipps Country Store and Farm. It was too late for strawberry picking, but there were Boseyberries and Olallieberries. Even thought the berries looked ripe and were black (purple), and yet they were still very sour! A tiny few were sweet. I’ve had mulberries that were much sweeter. In between M and I, we picked about 1 pound of berries. Cost of berries is $3 per lb. Entrance fee is $3 per person, which includes tour of the animal farm full of exotic chickens, peacock, goats, and more.
I really couldn’t tell the difference between these berries, I use to just call them blackberries. Picking blackberries remind me of my childhood in the summertime. Our family would head out with our cousins to the nearest river for fishing and swimming. While everyone was having fun swimming, I was the only kid busy eating ripe berries. I guess my love for fruit has never ceased.
