Strawberry season is here!

[Patrick NC]

 

My wife planted 6 strawberry plants in raised beds about 3 years ago. They sort of got forgotten and neglected and now have taken over a 25 foot area around the boxes. Looks like this year is going to be a bumper crop. There will be enough to make several jars of preserves and probably freeze some too. 

[Ron Scott]

Looking Good!

[JonathanPace]

Strawberry season is ending here in NZ; thankfully, our Mandarin season is kicking off!

[newoodguy78]

Those little nuggets of red deliciousness are a sure sign of summer coming. 
Little trivia they're the only fruit with the seeds on the outside. They average about 200 seeds per berry. 

[sawguy21]

 8) We won't see them for a while yet but my mouth is already watering.

[Downstream]

I'm a few weeks away here on my patch, but flowers/buds point to a great season this year.  The frame is the beginning of my cage construction to try and mitigate the squirrel/bird theft this year.  Now that I am in town I'm more limited with my rodent control methods.

 

[newoodguy78]

BB gun

[thecfarm]

You sure do have small hands.  :D
I have to wait until late June.
There is a You Pick not far from me. I worked there for a summer.
My Father and me tried to grow some. Mostly my Father idea. I thought it was just as easy to pay someone else to grow them. The birds would walk the rows and peck each berry.  >:( Don't mind sharing, but go ahead and eat one, not wreck each berry. Then something was eating them. So, my Father had a great idea of setting a leg hold trap. Yep, worked great, caught a fox. He went round and round in a 3 foot circle and killed everything in that circle.  :(
The berries plants went somewhere after about 2 years.

[Downstream]

Nothing better than pick a few, eat a few this time of year.  Are yours June bearing or ever bearing?

[Patrick NC]

They are ever bearing. They do pretty good until about mid July and then they slow down. Usually pick back up in September until first frost.