Orange You Glad They Have Strawberries

Apparently Florida is more than oranges. Sure they sell them by the truckload for peanuts (5 pounds for 99 cents) but there's much more at the fruit stand.

In Plant City, a smallish community outside Tampa, it's strawberry season. We passed fields of migrant workers picking the berries in preparation for the annual strawberry festival.

I couldn't resist a quart offered up for a measly $2.49. I am a huge fan of Manitoba strawberries but these certainly gave our homegrown berries a run for their money.

The Parkesdale Market seems to be a popular spot. The parking lot was jammed and there was a line up at one end of the open market. Folks went in empty handed and came out balancing huge bowls of strawberry shortcake at $2.50 a piece.