And the first year that we did pick your own here, we tried to do it on two days, Saturday

and Sunday.

And so we put a barrier like thinking like, okay, people will pick this part of the

bed and the people literally push the barrier over and fix the whole thing.

It was crazy trying to control the crowds and it's like for those few hours it's mayhem

and we call it like strawberries on the time.

This is basically me and June at the farmer's market.

I can't buy enough.

I bring home courts and courts and I eat as many as I can and I make ice cream and popsicles

and then I freeze whatever I haven't devoured.

I am a strawberry zombie.

This has never happened to me because to be honest, I'm more of a raspberry girl.

But Cynthia, I hate to break it to you.

We can get strawberries basically all year round in the great state of California.

Not just you.

Everyone can get California strawberries all year round.

That's where nearly all the strawberries for the entire U.S. are grown.

I have to say, I don't love those year round strawberries.

I think they're basically flavorless.

I reserve my enthusiasm for the local ones in the summer.

But this does make me wonder how did California corner the market on strawberries?

That's the story we're telling this episode.

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