Strawberry Season!

I'm so glad we are finally having some summerish weather! The berries are late this year, but at least they are getting ripe now. Yesterday I went to Davis Family Farm in Corvallis with my neighbor/friend and picked fresh strawberries! I picked just over 5lbs and only paid $0.90/per lb.! Last night with some of the berries I made my mom's famous strawberry pie & thought I would share - since it's soooo good!

{click on recipe to make larger}

 

{the crust makes enough for 2 pie pans!}

{Delicious!}

We usually just scoop how much crust we want into a dish then top with berries - then top with cool-whip so the crust never gets soggy!

for a few more summer berry recipes check out my post from last July {here}.

Enjoy!

Working on the yard

I can't wait for official summer & nice weather! I've been working in the yard every chance I get so it's ready to enjoy once the nice weather gets here (still waiting). Recently we rented a sod cutter and cut out an area that will eventually be a patio, and attempted to do an area that will eventually be a fire pit, but the ground was way too mushy! Our brother-in-law also came up and helped tear down and re-build our horrible-tipping-over fence! (THANK YOU TRAVIS!!!) here are some pictures of the progress. It will be done by next Saturday since we are having a Bark-B-Q for Trudie's first year since adoption party! :) Until then, here's what we've done so far.

{before - the fence was so old and rotted and provided no privacy from our neighbors lovely half painted house that has been like that since we moved in}

{so tired from "helping" all day}

{my plans for this area is to make an extended patio}

{new pretty flowers planted}

{this area was way too muddy to use the sod cutter so I will have to dig up the grass on my own - yuck!}

It doesn't look pretty yet, but I have plans! & only a week before Trudie's party to get it done!