Area strawberry fields are beginning to blush, signifying the start of the sweetest season of the year.
“They’re looking great,” said Emily Tidwell, who, with husband Ray, oversees the harvest from their Spring City, Tenn., fields. “It’s a full crop, and the quality looks great.”
Last year’s season was short-lived because of extreme rains and cold.
“When it’s wet like that, the berries don’t hold as long, and it makes us tear our hair out,” Mrs. Tidwell said. “But this year, we’ve had the good dry days and warm dry nights we’ve needed for a good crop.”