No green thumbs here. The patch has almost as many weeds as strawberries this year and a real big bare spot where the dryer vent dries the plants out. We don't trim them or train them or even fertilize them. It really is a wonder we get anything out of there at all! In fact, Jerry wanted to just pull them all out. I voted for waiting and at least getting a "few" strawberries out first. Here is a picture of our first harvest. Roz did the picking. The bowl is a 7 cup bowl so I'm guessing this was about 3 pints. The all time record for harvest was about 13 pints. That was the year I made (and canned) 4 jars of homemade strawberry jam. Oh...was that good on biscuits! Anyway, I washed them and put them on the table for dinner and all but a few were gone. The boys gobbled them right up! Fresh strawberries are so much better than store bought! I've also included a picture of Wesley with the first of the harvest. It has kind of become an annual tradition to take his picture holding the bowl.
Maybe if I have time I'll dig out the photos from years past and post them too...he has grown so much!
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