First "Wild" Strawberries of Spring

[muninnhuginn]

Painting the wood cladding of the barn last year meant the overgrown bushes in the flowebed got cut back and thinned. Not with any great skill or planning, and there're still weeds and unsupported climbing roses and honeysuckles. But the light got through to the soil. Cue a prodigous growth of alpine strawberry plants I hadn't known we'd got. They are now halfway across the drive and taking over the bed.
More importantly, I picked a dozen plump berries this morning and scarfed the lot down. A wee bit underripe and tart. But not bad for May.
(There are no pictures, as I was too keen to eat them!)

Comments

[blogcutter]

Good for you! You definitely can't neglect your nutritional needs while convalescing! I'm told that strawberries are loaded with vitamin C, flavonoids and a whole lot of other great nutrients. And soon you can look forward to strawberry shortcake, strawberry waffles, strawberry pie, strawberry jam, strawberry liqueur ...

[anef]

Excellent - here's to many more!