It was one of those side trips that are unplanned. We head to Langley to visit the lavender festival and just overheard a conversion between co-tourists who were planning to go to Krause farm afterwards. It was close and it was still early so we decided to go to Krause farm and see it for ourselves.

Heading to Krause Berry Farms
If you’re coming from the Fraser Highway, Krause Farm is on the left side on 248 st. I actually missed it as I didn’t notice their sign. Once you enter, you have to pass a short dirt road to go to the parking lot but you can actually see the berry farm already from there. On a side note, there’s a pine tree farm on the left which I think sells Christmas trees during the holiday. As I’ve never seen a Christmas tree farm before, I kinda enjoyed its sight.

Strawberry, Raspberry and Blueberries at Krause Farms
It was two-thirds the season already for strawberries when we visited. It means that a lot of them have already been picked. I always like picking at the start of the season as I think I can get the better berries during that time.

When we arrived, we saw lots of people with bucketful of strawberries. Since we already picked strawberries on a different BC farm two weeks back, and our only reason to come to Krause is to just nose around and pass by since it is on the way, we were pleasantly surprised to know that the raspberry picking season has started. No, I have never picked raspberries ever before and so was a little excited. They gave us a small carton where we can place the raspberries and off we went to the raspberry trees to start picking. The trees are about 5 1/2-feet in height and they are gorgeously filled with raspberries. I tried one, two, three and God knows how many more raspberries. They are so so good. It was great. Nothing really compares to eating a freshly picked raspberry.

Donkees, Horses, Corn Pizza at Krause Farms
There are other side attractions at Krause Farms aside from the berry picking. If you have a kid like I do, they have a small playground for kids to play in. They also have donkees and horses. My two-year old actually enjoyed looking at the donkees but was scared with the big horses. For food lovers, you can try their corn pizza. Never had a corn pizza so we tried it and it was really good. Two thumbs up!

Going back for the Farmer’s Festival (July 20)
The weekend was great. It surely was a good time spent with the family and we are planning to come back as there is a farmer’s festival on July 20, 2008. On this day, other local farmers will join them. It sure sounds like another good family weekend.

If you’re in the area, I’d definitely recommend visiting Krause Farm in Langley, BC.