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Pick Your Own Strawberries Clintonville WI April 2016

Pick Your Own Strawberries Clintonville WI

Ah, it’s getting closer to that favorite time of the year for pick your own strawberries Clintonville WI. We will soon begin to uncover the strawberry rows from their winter straw mulch cover, this goes between the rows making a nice matted straw area for your picking pleasure. Pick your own strawberries Clintonville WI will begin approximately the middle of June, that’s a pretty average start date for us at the strawberry patch. Our strawberry picking season at the Farm last only two to three weeks, so yes it does go by fast. So keep in mind, Sweet, juicy and tasty strawberries await you and your family. Venturing out to the farm and enjoying one of our picking adventures is a great way to spend some time with your family and create some lasting memories. Start a new or continuing tradition at the Farm during pick your own strawberries Clintonville WI. We can’t wait to see all those smiling faces in our strawberry fields!

Something else yummy for your dinner tables is coming soon, fresh, tasty and tender Asparagus just picked from the fields. How about putting some Asparagus on the grill, now that sounds awesome and delicious. You just have to love springtime at the fruit and vegetable farm.

Our upcoming events at the Farm during the 2016 season.

May – Fresh picked Asparagus and Lettuce

Mid to 3rd week June – Pick Your Own Strawberry Adventure begins.  Fresh Sweet Peas available.

Mid July – U Pick Raspberry fun begins, Green Beans, Tasty Tomatoes

Late July – Fresh Pickling Cucumbers will be ripe and ready for your canning needs.  Fresh Sweet Pre-Picked Blueberries.  Sweet Corn.

August – Sweet Corn

3rd Weekend September – FARMTOBERFEST begins at the Farm through the end October

Growing Memories, Sharing Traditions

See You Soon at the Farm – the Porter Patch Staff

Pick Your Own Strawberries Clintonville WI
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Pick Your Own Strawberries Green Bay Wisconsin March 2016

Pick your Own Strawberries Green Bay Wisconsin

Hello Friends of the Farm, spring officially starts in a few days, so that is a good sign for Pick Your Own Strawberries Green Bay Wisconsin. We just have to wait for some warmer weather and before you know it our Asparagus will be popping thru the soil and ready for picking. Can’t wait, as we all been having a craving for some fresh grilled Asparagus here at the Farm. As the Asparagus season is going in full tilt, which only means that those juicy, red, sweet Strawberries are not that far away from being picked by berry lovers from all over. Pick Your Own Strawberries Green Bay Wisconsin at the Farm usually starts about mid-June and only last 2 to 3 weeks. We offer both pick your own and pre picked strawberries during our picking season. Strawberries are sold by the pound for u pick and by the quart for we pick strawberries. Our fields for you pick strawberries are accessible from your vehicle, can’t get any easier than that. The Strawberry Farm is located a short distant from the Fox Valley, only 20 minutes to Pick Your Own Strawberries Green Bay Wisconsin, 25 minutes for Strawberry Picking Appleton area, 18 miles from Clintonville, and a very short drive from Hortonville, Neenah, and Suamico areas.

Fresh Sweet Peas will also be available for picking around the Strawberry season, along with pre picked peas. The season will soon be here.

See you soon at the Farm – we can’t wait to see all those smiling faces!

kid eating strawberry
Yum Yum!

 

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Yummy Pumpkin Seed Snack Jan 2016

Directions:

  1. Rinse seeds under water and pull off clumps of pulp.
  2. Dry, then toss in a bowl with oil or butter and seasoning of your choice, such as salt, parmesan cheese, garlic powder, curry powder or cinnamon.
  3. Place on a baking sheet in a single layer and bake at 300 for about 45 minutes or less.  Check them often. (Seeds can also be cooked in a microwave oven.  Prepare as above and cook in a microwave safe dish at high heat for two minutes.)
  4.  Stir seeds and continue cooking in one minute increments until seeds are crisp and golden.
  5. Sprinkle toasted seeds with seasonings.
  6. Always cool before serving.  Enjoy!

Strawberry Pie Dec 2015

Ingredients

1 flaky pie shell, baked
1-1/2 quarts Porter strawberries
1 8-ounce package cream cheese
2 tablespoons sour cream
3/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch softened in a little water
1/2 pint whipped cream

Directions

  1. Wash, hull and dry the strawberries.
  2. Soften the cream cheese with the sour cream and spread in the pie shell.
  3. Reserving a few to decorate the finished pie, arrange the rest of 1 quart of berries whole on the cream cheese.
  4. Cook the other 1/2 quart of berries over low heat with the sugar, bring to a boil, sieve, add the cornstarch softened in water and cook a few minutes until clear.
  5. Cool and pour over the fresh berries.
  6. Cover with lightly whipped cream and garnish with the reserved berries and mint leaves.

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Strawberry Pineapple Smoothie Dec 2015

Simple recipe for a delicious strawberry pineapple smoothie!

Ingredients

4 Big scoops vanilla Ice cream
1 C. Fresh or frozen  sliced Porter’s strawberries
1 C. Fresh pineapple
2 C. Strawberry yogurt

Directions

  1. Put all ingredients in smoothie maker, If you do not have one a blender will do fine.
  2. Then blend together until smooth and creamy and chill for an hour and its ready to serve.

Classic Strawberry Freezer Jam Dec 2015

Classic strawberry freezer jam.

Ingredients

Porter Strawberries
Sugar
Fruit Pectin
Water

Directions

  1. Mix crushed strawberries with sugar, and let stand for 10 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, stir the pectin into the water in a small saucepan.
  3. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, and boil for 1 minute.
  4. Stir the boiling water into the strawberries.
  5. Allow to stand for 3 minutes before pouring into jars or other storage containers.
  6. Place tops on the containers, and leave for 24 hours.
  7. Place into freezer, and store frozen until ready to use.

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Strawberry Dessert Recipe Dec 2015

Ingredients:

1 Yellow Jiffy cake mix
1 Pkg instant vanilla pudding
1 8 oz Pkg cream cheese
1 box Danish strawberry pie glaze
Enough Porter strawberries to cover on top of cake.

Directions:

  1. Bake cake in 9X13 pan.
  2. Beat pudding with 1 &1/2 C. cold milk.
  3. Fold softened Cream cheese into the above pudding.
  4. Then spread on top of cake.
  5. Then make glaze and combine with sliced up strawberries and put on top of pudding mixture.
  6. Chill for a couple hours then its ready to serve.

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