While there's nothing easier than heading down to your local supermarket or greengrocer's to pick up a punnet of strawberries, for many nothing can beat picking your own.
Not only is this the best way to exercise your own quality control by ensuring you get the freshest berries, it also works out cheaper than buying from the shops, who have their own overheads to add to the cost. You’ll also be amazed at how much better they taste picked straight from the field. It’s fresher, more nutritious, with less packaging and zero food miles.
The advice from experienced pick-your-owners is that since PYO berries are fresh and cheap, it’s worth getting more than you need immediately. Currants and raspberries both freeze well whole; strawberries, which don’t, can be crushed or puréed for use in fruity puds and ices.
