Anne BralyThere’s no better way to celebrate the bounty of spring than with a big basket of strawberries. And this season’s harvest looks much better than last year’s, when all the rains put a damper on area crops.
And right now, they’re at their peak at Tom Carroll’s T&J Farm in Madisonville, Tenn.
“They’re looking really good,” he says.
Mark Fioravanti’s Strawberry Knob Farm, also in Madisonville, is filled with three acres of berries that he kept safe from the winter’s cold by spraying them with water, which freezes on the leaves and acts as insulation. And it did the job, he says, adding that there should be plenty of fruit to pick till the end of June.
Here’s a list of where you can go in the area and pick strawberries to your heart’s content. Call ahead for pricing and availability.