............. and they were sooooooooo gooooooooood, lots more to come.
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Copy book!
Did you have them with fresh cream.
:P
Mr. C. had them with whipped cream and I with nice, thick, rich yoghurt yum yum.
Have a closer look.
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;D Anyone for tennis? ;D delightful ;) ;D
Can I have some please Ina? ;D No Cream or Yoghurt for me though, they'll give me a sore tum :'(
If you can wait a few days you can pick your own, the ones on the picture are gone hehehe. Very soon we'll have more than we can eat, then it's time for jam making, mixed with some rubarb makes very tasty jam.
Mmmm, sounds Yummy ;D
Ina arent they mine,i have got the same,but when i came home they were gone,lol(must be the rest of the family).
Just the best, they remind me of happy happy times, well done ina, glad you enjoyed :)
Hahaha Ruud.
Well folks, I sure enjoyed sharing them with you hehehe.
Now about the broad beans we harvested also today and ate for supper, that was before the strawberries ahhhhhhhhh, what can I say. Nice young ones, cooked with summer savory and served with bacon bits.
Lottie gardening is a good hobby but eating isn't bad either, hah!
Clever you ! I bet they went down well with all that lovely cream ! :D :P
oh they look lovely!
We had our first strawberries for the year at the weekend - but only four each, and three were tiny alpine ones! There are plenty more almost ready (I like them really red and ripe) so I'm hoping for a good crop later this week.
Aqui, why have you got a bucket on your head?
They look absolutely delicious Ina. There is nothing to compare with freshly picked strawberries. I have lots of strawberries this year but mine have a long way to go yet and are still a pasty colour. Can't wait until they look like yours.  :) busy_lizzie
ken - tis not a bucket, it's my spade (upside down) I think I'm yielding it at Mr Aqui as I don't like having my photo taken. I prefer to remain an enigma!
Mmmm they look yummy ina,l've only got flowers on mine so far LOLOL!!!....................l can't wait after seeing yours ;D
Wow they looked great. Ours are outside did not force them on this year. We left them to winter out under some straw the frost has done them well. Cannot believe the beds they have doubled in size. Our fruits are big and green so role on another couple of weeks. Mind you our 2 yr old will get there first!!!!!!! :D
They look delicious. Must go and get something to eat...
Ah, they are worth waiting for. I too like them ripe, red through and through. Thought I'd show them to you to get your taste buds ready for your own hehehe.
Portway, I don't really understand what you mean with forcing them on. Mine are outside too but they never get covered in winter and I only put the straw around them when the ground is warmed up and the fruits are forming.
Sorry meant with a poly tunnel.
Quote from: aquilegia on June 13, 2005, 12:32:26tis not a bucket, it's my spade
I had always wondered!
Those strawbs look yummy. I really must try my hand at some fruit next year, but I'm only just getting my head round veggies! ;)
I've just harvested over 5lbs of strawbs from the allotment. I think I can confidently say it will be our best year. (No doubt there will now be a disaster). Chuffed to bits. We haven't eaten them all.
just had my one lone ripe strawberry and it was the nicest strawb I have ever eaten. It was really only just ripe but so soft and sweet! Nothing like the rock hard watery ones from supermarkets. So pleased that I didn't pick off the flowers as it is their first year (no way strong willed enough for that!)
Now just waiting for the rest to ripen!
Oh yes. I ate the first rasp. Mmm mmm.
So you don't have slugs then????.......!!!! ::)
Not climbing up my raspberries so far!
They look delicious Ina - makes my mouth water. Our first year growing strawbs and although there are quite a few fruits forming they are still small and green - can't wait to taste our first fruits...
Quote from: Icyberjunkie on June 15, 2005, 23:51:39
So you don't have slugs then????.......!!!!   ::)
Yes, there are some slugs but they leave nice clean holes hehehe.
Clairenpaul, if you have never tasted home grown strawberries, you will not believe it is the same fruit you buy in the shops, honest. How often do you get a store bought strawberry that is red all the way through? I wish I could be a fly on the wall when you eat your first home grown strawberry. Every year again, I am surprised at how good they really are.
I cannot eat shop-bought strawbs anymore - they are just not strawberries! even the tiny little pea-sized alpine strawbs from my garden have more taste than a punnet full from sainsburys! the trick is to pick them, wash them and eat them straight away.
(I eat the slug-nibbled ones too!)