Anna Berube carries her 6-month-old cousin, Amelie Tsafos, while picking strawberries at Chipman Farm in Minot on Friday. “We have had a few minor setbacks, but it has been a good season,” Tomi Chipman said. The picking season got off to a slow start because of rain, but the recent temperatures have been “perfect,” she said. The pick-your-own season should last another seven to 10 days, depending on the weather, according to Chipman. “There are plenty of good berries to be picked,” she said. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)

Wyatt Tsafos, 2, eats a strawberry while he and his mother, Cindy Hould, pick berries at Chipman Farm in Minot on Friday. “We have had a few minor setbacks, but it has been a good season,” Tomi Chipman said. The picking season got off to a slow start because of rain, but the recent temperatures have been “perfect,” she said. The pick-your-own season should last another seven to 10 days, depending on the weather, according to Chipman. “There are plenty of good berries to be picked,” she said. Hould graduated from St. Dominic Academy in Auburn and now lives in Newtown, Connecticut. She and her children are visiting family in Auburn.  (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)

“Excellent, very easy picking,” is how Gene Bard described the strawberry picking at Chipman Farm in Minot on Friday. “I’m going to make a strawberry rhubarb pie,” she said.  (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)