“Nick Birge and Sandy Kelly sell strawberries Thursday [June 13] at the Spooner Berry Farms stand along Yelm Highway in Olympia. ‘Were excited,’ co-owner Sue Spooner said. ‘The berries are big, and there are a ton of them.’ She said customers can begin picking their own berries next week.”
PHOTOS BY TONY OVERMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER, The Olympian

From Matt Batcheldor in The Olympian:
“The strawberries are back.

And as local berry purveyors tell it, this years crop is the best in years.”

“Sue Spooner, co-owner of Spooner Berry Farms said shes looking at probably the best crop of strawberries since 2007. Her crop also went on sale last week.”
[In Yelm behind the former Blockbuster Video store.]

“Her berries are on sale at all the usual outlets, from Centralia to South Seattle, except for the u-pick operation at the farm at 3327 Yelm Highway SE. That starts Tuesday [June 18].

Spooner said her crew starts picking at 5 a.m. to get the berries to farm stand shelves, beginning at 8 a.m. at the farm and 9:30 a.m. elsewhere.”
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