Strawberry Picking, Processing, and Recipes
Tips and ideas for getting the most from your strawberry harvest.
Strawberry Picking tips
At Rome Strawberry Patch, we pre-pick our strawberries early in the day when the fruit is still cool with the morning dew. See more tips at right.
HOW MANY STRAWBERRIES SHOULD YOU PICK?
1 Quart of Fresh Strawberries = 1-1/3 Pounds of Fruit
1 Quart of Fresh Strawberries = 6-1/2 Cups of Hulled Fruit
Strawberry Processing
Learn how to prepare your fresh strawberries for the freezer so they can be enjoyed for the months ahead. We sell Pomona Pectin at the farmstand for your convenience. Read more on our Strawberry Processing page.
Strawberry Recipes
Our favorite strawberry dessert recipes - from traditional strawberry pie recipes to a new marriages of strawberries and fresh goat cheese.
Strawberry Picking Tips
Large or small, every red berry is ripe, luscious and ready-to-eat. Green berries will not ripen after picking.
Look under the leaves of each strawberry plant to find the berries.
Pinch or pull the stem from the plant and be sure to leave the stem on the berry.