Don’t Call it a Comeback
There was much support, and some skepticism, but in the end I have an an abundance of perfect strawberries from my hanging strawberry planter project. Pow! These are knock-outs.
I’m also harvesting many not-so-perfect ones from the community garden plot. Or should I say perfect to me / only a mother can love / Don’t u call this a regular jam?
However you put it, I have lots of tasty red berries so I’m pretty happy.
For more of what I’m harvesting click here. And check out what others are harvesting on Daphne’s page.
Tags: hanging strawberry planter, harvest monday, strawberry
June 21 2010 04:53 am | Growing Food and Projects
Stevie on 21 Jun 2010 at 5:38 pm #
PS – note that you can see a sweater sleeve on that last photo. Man, has it ever been cold here. Where is summer???
Laura on 21 Jun 2010 at 5:56 pm #
Ha! I totally spotted the sweater! Your strawberries look good! We’ve had a few fresh ones the last couple of days, and of course the Alpine bush regularly pumping them our. I love the berry months. Makes me want to take a drive in the country!
Kat on 21 Jun 2010 at 6:09 pm #
Looks like success to me. Nothing better than a bowl of home grown strawberries.
Stevie on 21 Jun 2010 at 6:13 pm #
Hi Kat, yes we are getting a bowl each day! It’s wonderful.
Allison on 21 Jun 2010 at 7:01 pm #
wow those look great! I see strawberry jam in your future!
Priscilla Prince on 21 Jun 2010 at 8:39 pm #
Beautiful strawberries! The ones I harvested from my garden were small but super sweet, they went on a salad :)
Angela on 21 Jun 2010 at 9:38 pm #
What a difference between the two batches of strawberries. Are they the same variety? and which one tasted better, the container or the field grown?
Stevie on 21 Jun 2010 at 10:06 pm #
Hi Angela, they are exactly the same variety and they both taste the same. The only diff is looks.
Daphne on 22 Jun 2010 at 3:59 am #
The hanging basket looks really good. Not as good as the perfect berry, but good.
melanie watts on 22 Jun 2010 at 10:48 am #
Yum, your hanging basket of strawberries looks fabulous. Sorry to hear it is so cold down there. I’m not harvesting anything from my garden yet.
Martha on 22 Jun 2010 at 7:17 pm #
Lovely blog. Beautiful strawberries. I bet they taste as good as they look. Gardening: I don’t think there’s anything quite like it.
Tamara on 25 Jun 2010 at 6:17 pm #
Yum! I could eat those in one sitting NO PROBLEM!
meemsnyc on 27 Jun 2010 at 5:47 pm #
Those look scrumptious!
mangocheeks on 04 Jul 2010 at 2:04 am #
Its not how they look that matters, but how they taste. I am so pleased to read that have a good supply, unlike mine:( Ihad to go and pick some from the strawberry farm. To make them last, I made some strawberry curd and jam recently.
I’m new to your blog and was delighted to read its a little of its background. I agree gardening is therapeutic. As an urban potager, I too enjoy my small space, a great way to (try) and switch off from the outside world – thats of course when the neighbours kids aren’t kicking the partition fence down.
Buzz Iowa on 26 Oct 2011 at 8:37 am #
Where do I purchase the hanging planter from? The project was a success and hope the eating was just as much fun!
{;9)~
Stevie on 26 Oct 2011 at 12:46 pm #
Buzz Iowa, we bought it at a thrift store, but have seen many like it. Check out this post for a bunch of product links http://gardentherapy.ca/strawberry-planter/.