First Day of Summer Fruit

yummy…..yummy

I’m jealous

-- Central northish Ontario

Aside from one sunny day we had raid straight for over 2 weeks. Sunday, father’s mday, was no excception, rained all day..
My Rhubarb is doing well but the strawberries are soggy, again. I think I will till them under this year and do something else with that spot.

Yours look fantastic, when you get that cobbler ready let me know I’ll bring the ice cream. :-)

-- If you always do what you always did, then you will always get what you always got!...Lanoka Harbor, NJ 6b

I hope you have enough to share with me too. LOL That bowlful looks so good. Our Ontario strawberries are just getting started. I hope to get some and have bowlful that looks just like yours. :-)

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

Nothing like that first taste of fresh strawberries every year.I think you will really miss them if you till them all under Rog.Our church strawberrry socials are starting June 27 and they are still green in the fields.Thank God it will be hot and sunny all this week.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

wow they look good, cant find any local str. here yet, this is a strange year…...cold again today and so windy…more like pumpkin weather then strawberries….lol

-- south shore montreal, zone 5a, whish it was 9

Bon,
Rog isn’t tilling them under I am. Been growing for 4 years and all I get are soggy fruit.
I have them in a nice place and they get full sun and the plants look fantastic tall and green. Fruit is lousy, I would be happier if the birds ate them at least someone was enjoying them.
I just ate my first raspberry the other day. I am sure there are lots for me today. I have the ones that produce all summer till Oct/Nov. Makes the best jam. Can’t pick them fast enough and the birds never bother them, but my dog loves them as I pick its some for the basket and some for him. He waits patiently. :-)

-- If you always do what you always did, then you will always get what you always got!...Lanoka Harbor, NJ 6b

How lucky are you Rog!! We finally have some flowers on our strawberry plants, but no fruit yet. Waiting … impatiently – LOL!!!

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

Whoops I must have been having a senior moment.(lol) Sorry Rog and Rosewood.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

NOthing like strawberry, rhubard cobbler or even a crisp. I grew up on that good stuff.

It is very satisfying to get into that first harvest.

Thanks for sharing.

-- jroot

In my old house I used to grow it. My sister-in-law lived next door. She loved it also but just cooked up with sugar like jelly.
One day I made jelly for myself and offered her some, I remember going right over with the hot hot mix and she just gobbled it up so hot . Now you went and made me want some, is it in the store yet? Mine is young and I can’t pick any this year yet, is that true?

-- If you always do what you always did, then you will always get what you always got!...Lanoka Harbor, NJ 6b

Definitely in the stores in our neck of the wood. Strawberries are just starting now, and rhubarb has been up for a while.

-- jroot

Well Bon … nice to know OTHER’S have “senior moments” and just not me—hahahaha!!! Did that on another thread; just have to laugh at yourself sometimes. ;-)

Rog … got the first tomato off our plant today AND, a critter got to it before we did. Nibbled the bottom. BUMMER, so now we will have to wait for some of the other’s to “red up”.

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

... time to set the traps, GrandmaT.

If Granny from The Beverly Hillbillies could make possum pie, surely you could do something with your critters. LOL

-- jroot

Yah … or maybe sit on my swing with my shotgun … hahahaha!!!!

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

.... yup, just like Granny. LOL

-- jroot

GrandmaT, “senior moments” are for the young too for I read Rog… got the first tomato off your plant today instead you got the first tomato…..I call this “Freudean Brain Farts” glad that I was able to trigger more hummor here….....Rog

-- Listen quitely and nature will tell you what to do..Open your eyes widely and you will be amazed..

that would be one very large STRAWBERRY Rog … hahahaha!!!! Me, I lovingly call them “white haired moments” -vbg- and till my daughter (the upscale salon hairdresser that I need a new wardrobe to go into- hahaha!!!) changes that back to “senior moments”—- LOL!!! LOL!!!!

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

those are nice berries!
We had a handful yesterday. Soon.. really soon.. I’ll be able to pick them by the box :)

I’ll be buying some this week to put in my dehydrator. We won’t have enough from our garden to eat fresh AND store for the winter.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

Well GrandmaT if 53 is senior then I’m a senior I just turned 49 last month…..Ms D we get berries here in the stores grown in California but they have no taste so I must grow my own. Problem is that they rarely make it a few days after being picked ie strawberry cheese cake lastnight. I couldn’t wait to make the strawberry/rubbarb cobbler and man was it good. Dillon my lab, wife and I ate the whole thing lastnight..LOL. :-}

-- Listen quitely and nature will tell you what to do..Open your eyes widely and you will be amazed..

My mother used to make me pick berries for the family . I bet I have picked 1000 lbs of strawberries and raspberries and probably ate 500 lbs in the process. I have real trouble finding any satisfaction from those California giants.
Cantaloupe is a different story. I want to be buried in a California cantaloupe!

-- I want to believe in a lot of things but, in the meantime I have to deal with the truth

I love your strawberries. Every one of them look perfect, just like my profile. I’ve had only about 3 from my vertical patch so it’s nice to see how a big bowlful looks.

-- Desktopgem

Do strawberries need a lot of care? I was thinking of putting in a couple or more plants next year and wonder if they would be low maintenance? Let me know so I can decide. Thank you, strawberry experts. I really learned how to make the awesome dessert cobbler in Texas. So many kinds-all fruit ones are delicious. But I enjoy them in the fall and in the winter the best. They are comforting and warm. Thanks for the memories, but winter ones can wait!

Cynthia the only care that I have found that strawberries need is to be watered at ground level ie. never water from the top or late in the evening. This will envite slugs to feed on them. Also don water to much because it can cause moldy strawberry. Hope that you get lots of berrys. Rog

-- Listen quitely and nature will tell you what to do..Open your eyes widely and you will be amazed..

Ya know Rog I haven’t had to water my strawberries for over 3 weeks with all this rain but I tried to pick one the other day and it was beautiful unitil I turned it over and neslted in the flesh was this lovely slug all nice a cozy inside apperaring to be asleep. I didn’t want to share so in the bin he went.

-- If you always do what you always did, then you will always get what you always got!...Lanoka Harbor, NJ 6b

Rosewood513: You could always leave some beer out to keep away the slugs-it’s supposed to deter them from eating plants! Some of the guys may think it’s a waste of beer. And who wants drunk slugs in their yard?
Rog: Don’t you have to mulch strawberries? They sound so easy to grow. I think I’ll give them a try next year. The plants themselves are expensive to me anyway-anywhere from $10 and higher for small plants.

I’ll be harvesting off my day neutrals till frost.. Love strawberries.. Really need to re plant them in better soil though so they produce more.

I’ve never tried Rubbarb [eaten or grown]... I think I’ll grow some out next year, if even just for the looks.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b