strawberrying

Gathering red fruits

Strawberrying is the activity of picking strawberries, typically at a farm where customers harvest their own fruit: We went strawberrying last weekend.

The word follows the pattern of other fruit-gathering verbs like berrying or blackberrying.

It suggests a leisurely, often family-oriented outing rather than commercial labor.

foraging

berry-picking

Harvesting small wild fruits

  • u-pickSelf-service orchard operation
  • patchMaterial covering damage
  • fieldArea of specialty

harvest · basket · ripe · wild · hedgerow · farm · bucket · gathering · seasonal · bramble

activity

outing

Short recreational trip

weekend · children · recreation · tradition · daytrip · sunshine · bending · stooping · kneeling · filling

Opposites
type of fruit gathering activity

strawberryingapple picking

Collecting orchard fruit by hand

cherry picking · peach picking · grape harvesting · blueberrying · blackberrying

harvesting vs. planting/cultivation

strawberryingplanting

Placing seeds in earth

sowing · cultivating · weeding · transplanting · seeding

production vs. consumption

strawberryingconsuming

Using up entirely

Family

strawberry, strawberries, wild strawberry

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G