I noticed a big picture in yesterday’s Birmingham News of a young girl picking strawberries. Guess it is that time of the year again, so let me make a couple of suggestions if you want to have a little fun in the spring sunshine.
The girl in the newspaper photo was picking berries at Sunshine Farms, which is in Chilton county and is part of the route in “Spann’s Best Way to the Bama Beaches”, which I will publish in full here in a couple of weeks as we get closer to the end of the school year. To get to Sunshine Farms, take I-65 south out of Birmingham. Exit at the Alabama Highway 145 exit, at the famous “Peach Water Tower” where we have one of our weathernet stations installed. Turn right onto Highway 145, and when you are in downtown Clanton take Alabama Highway 22 west (in the direction of Maplesville). A few miles outside of Clanton (4.5 miles to be exact) , turn left onto Chilton County Road 37. After about seven miles or so, you will see Sunshine Farms “U-Pick” strawberry farm on the left. Stop by and for only seven dollars you can fill your bucket with some really great strawberries.
The strawberry season runs from April 5 through June 10. You might run on down to Jim’s Pit Barbeque in Billingsley while you are down that way… Jim’s is my favorite barbeque joint in Alabama. And, those are some pretty strong words since I love to hang out at barbeque joints!
There are actually a number of great “u-pick” strawberry places all around Alabama. Up in Blount county, you might try Kenneth Witt’s place on Highway 160 in Nectar. I got a few buckets of these strawberries last year when I spoke up there and they were wonderful. You can find a complete list of Alabama “u-pick” operations online here:
http://www.agi.state.al.us/PDFs/UPick.PDF
It is a great way to spring a sunny spring day in Alabama.
The girl in the newspaper photo was picking berries at Sunshine Farms, which is in Chilton county and is part of the route in “Spann’s Best Way to the Bama Beaches”, which I will publish in full here in a couple of weeks as we get closer to the end of the school year. To get to Sunshine Farms, take I-65 south out of Birmingham. Exit at the Alabama Highway 145 exit, at the famous “Peach Water Tower” where we have one of our weathernet stations installed. Turn right onto Highway 145, and when you are in downtown Clanton take Alabama Highway 22 west (in the direction of Maplesville). A few miles outside of Clanton (4.5 miles to be exact) , turn left onto Chilton County Road 37. After about seven miles or so, you will see Sunshine Farms “U-Pick” strawberry farm on the left. Stop by and for only seven dollars you can fill your bucket with some really great strawberries.
The strawberry season runs from April 5 through June 10. You might run on down to Jim’s Pit Barbeque in Billingsley while you are down that way… Jim’s is my favorite barbeque joint in Alabama. And, those are some pretty strong words since I love to hang out at barbeque joints!
There are actually a number of great “u-pick” strawberry places all around Alabama. Up in Blount county, you might try Kenneth Witt’s place on Highway 160 in Nectar. I got a few buckets of these strawberries last year when I spoke up there and they were wonderful. You can find a complete list of Alabama “u-pick” operations online here:
http://www.agi.state.al.us/PDFs/UPick.PDF
It is a great way to spring a sunny spring day in Alabama.