I haven’t posted at all about our backyard gardening efforts this year. I’m so sorry. I’m sure you’ve all been wondering and worrying!
We have one, it’s good. Some of the plants have even produced edible food! Others, not so much.
But let’s talk strawberries.
I think we’ve established that I am no horticultural genius. But I’m pretty sure our strawberry plant is some kind of mutant. Here’s the deal: all of the berries are elongated and small. These are among the largest berries we’ve harvested.
Quite a few are oddly shaped with the seeds all clustered.
And all of them are really super soft. Almost like they’re over ripe before they’re even fully red.
And each and every one we’ve picked has been completely
Without a doubt
Ridiculously
Sweet!
I’ve started calling them “jamberries”, they taste so much like sugar has been added. The kids fight over them. I horde them. Seriously, even the tiny ones are crazy sweet.
I don’t know how to convey to you the uncommon deliciousness that is these berries. And if my plants aren’t just mutated wonders of the berry world, and this is how all home-grown strawberries are, why did no one tell me about this?!
We’re totally planting more next year.
3 comments:
Yummy! (And the strawberries sound good, too.)
We love growing berries! We do strawberries every year, and we added some raspberry bushes to our backyard two years ago. They're flourishing and my girls were chowing down on a fistful of berries every other day this summer. Home grown berries are so sweet and delicious, and the kids just LOVE picking them themselves!
We have had the same strawberry patch in our yard for years. You may not have to replant if you cover the strawberry plants in plastic sheeting during the winter. We live in the desert, we get frost, but not snow and we've had the same plants for four years now. We did get a few larger berries this year, but still much smaller than what you see at the grocery store.
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