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At our last house, we had an established strawberry patch. I would just like to go on record saying that I really, really miss them. If I could, I would send them a very heartfelt hand-written note, but strawberries can’t read and that would be weird. So, now I have to settle for re-establishing my Read More >>
Seriously? I planted 150 strawberry plants and this is all that has been harvested so far! 3 flippin berries. I cannot compete with the chipmunks and slugs. It’s official: I surrender. I plan on going to the local farm stand later this week to buy a couple of flats. It’s either that or no berries Read More >>
Berry thieves have struck (and I don’t mean the kids). For the third day in a row I have gone out to the strawberry patch/bed and found several strawberries on the ground with little bits everywhere. I’m beginning to suspect the birds/squirrels. There are a ton of them around here and since I know they Read More >>
The 150 bare root strawberry plants I ordered finally arrived last night. I chose a June bearing variety so they will come on all at once and we can make jam. Monkey Boy loves his strawberry jam. I think we are down to the last jar from the 2008 harvest, so the timing was perfect. Read More >>
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