We were at the farmer's market today hanging out with the farmers and picking up some goods for the restaurant and the home, when I found myself in an interesting conversation with Russell from Park Hill Orchard about berries. We were sad to find out that the summer berry season is quickly coming to a close. It was very interesting to find out he was as surprised as I was.
I think that we often romanticize growing seasons, we like to remember them being longer than they actually are. Berries are a perfect example. We all seem to remember entire summers of eating strawberries, raspberries and blueberries. The unfortunate truth is that we only get to enjoy them for a matter of weeks. We can probably attribute a lot of this nostalgia to the fact that we are fairly young into the farm to table movement and most of this memory is associated with eating what the supermarkets told us was "in season." I don't think this is a bad thing. There is something to be said for the excitement of the season and the joy of berry gluttony.
It doesn't matter how short the season is, I always want to remember the summer as fishing, eating berries, grilling and swimming...
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