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Strawberry Fields Forever!
Fresh strawberry picking season is here. Strawberry picking is not only a great way to get fresh delicious berries, but it is a wonderful way to spend time together enjoying the outdoors. There are a couple of great places close to home where you can pick your fresh strawberries.
Blue Clay Berry Farm at 5154 State Road 50 in Delavan is a family-run farm and a favorite of many for strawberry picking. Blue Clay Berry Farm is open for picking seven days a week, Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. and again from 4 p.m. through 6 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m., Fridays and Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Sundays from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Hours can vary depending on weather, picking conditions, and berry availability. You can check out its Facebook Page for updates and tips for coming prepared to head out into the sweet berry fields or call 262-745-3720.
The Apple Barn Orchard & Winery is not just about apples. This family farm is all about the experience and just like the wonderful activities and festivities it provides during apple season its strawberry season is no different. Apple Barn is all about fresh fruit and fresh air. The Apple Barn Orchard & Winery is located at W6384 Sugar Creek Road in Elkhorn. The Apple Barn is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. but it’s good to check ahead of time as strawberry picking is weather dependent and availability varies. For more information, you can check on its Facebook page or call 262-728-3266. Wherever you go your family, and your taste buds won’t be disappointed.
What about the ‘war’ effects of taking property that others have claimed and held for many years?
Bloomfield has got to be mad as hell that they had a great chunk of their property taken, and it’s to be developed by a real estate developer which will allow Lake Geneva to profit mightily while Bloomfield gets nothing. Annexation has no compensation attached to its process. How mad are the citizens of the Town of Linn, as their huge parcel, once owned by Mirabel Hummell, at the sound end of Lake Geneva was taken without any sort of apology or money changing hands? Ireland/Great Britain, Scotland/Great Britain, Greece/Turkey, Israel/Palestine.
Those land grabs have been memorable, just like these annexations, as some people win, and some people lose. Is the almost never-ending rancor of the ‘losers’ worth, through the years, what might have been gained over the short term? History would give all of us a clue if it was studied as closely and often as it should be. The answer is a definitive no.
