Terry Coombs wrote:
....
We've only got a few plants and they're new , so I pinched most of the
blossoms . But yesterday I picked the very first strawberry I ever grew .
And gave it to my loving wife ... she said it was delicious . There are a
few more out there ... we won't get enough to really do much this year , but
next year ...

the first ones of the season are wonderful
indeed.

i was beginning to be worried that there weren't
enough pollinators around this year. when i was
out planting the surrounding gardens over the past
few days i would take breaks and watch the strawberry
patch to see what was visiting. some very tiny bees
and flies have been active in there and i made sure
to give it a good watering one day. not as worried
now that i'm seeing berries forming.


songbird