Strawberries

I just had to share.
Eight jars of jam already too.

Do you all feel warmer now?
Some of the plants are ten years old now, and the new ones are all their descendants. I believe they have also cross pollinated with the wild strawberry I encourage to grow in the hedgerow. The fruit is smaller than supermarket and somehow more 'strawberry' coloured - if that makes sense. I have trusted Mr Nikon to deliver true colour to you.
as you can see they are a bit lumpy in places and quite seedy, but Grumpo's Grand-kids don't mind one bit!
There are also three plants outside the bird netting for Mrs Blackbird and her young-un's. Seems to stop her digging under the netting which she and Mr B are very good at.
Most of the fruit are about 1". I believe that is a very natural size.

   I'll be looking forward to strawberry season...looks delicious!

   At my old house I'd grow strawberries to feed the squirrels.  They would take a bite out of each and every strawberry as it became ripe. Oh well...wasn't the first time I grew something to feed to the animals

Effigy wrote:   The fruit is smaller than supermarket and somehow more 'strawberry' coloured - if that makes sense. I have trusted Mr Nikon to deliver true colour to you. as you can see they are a bit lumpy in places and quite seedy, but Grumpo's Grand-kids don't mind one bit!

Makes absolute sense to me. Around these parts the "king" of strawberries is a variety called Hood (named after the mountain I'm guessing), they look exactly like the ones in your picture. Rather small, bright red, and often misshaped. However, they are excellent eating! The only catch is they don't last long. The window for picking them is about 3 weeks and they don't last more than a couple days once picked, which is why you'll never see them in a supermarket. To get them you need to go to a field and pick them yourself, or the ones the farmer has picked that morning. Luckily there's fields everywhere here. Anyway, compared to these the things they call strawberries in the supermarket are almost pink in color, if not still white, and mostly devoid of flavor. Hopefully the couple of plants I planted last year survived the winter and will produce some for me this year.

Gorgeous strawberries Anne.