Strawberries

[78SA]

Mine are blooming. Just planted them last year late summer.

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Had to do a lot of weed removal and found a few mole tunnels. :issues:

[khblair]

good luck kerry! hope u get a ton of fruit this year. do you make jelly?

[78SA]

good luck kerry! hope u get a ton of fruit this year. do you make jelly?

Thanks. I make myself full. :lol:

Strawberry shortcake!!

[Butterfly71]

I can't wait for native strawberries.

[78SA]

I wonder where that lawyer guy is. :leaving:

[lspencer534]

I wonder where that lawyer guy is. :leaving:

You called? I'm glad to see that you put the strawberries where God intended then to be: In the ground! I see peeps who try to grow them in little pryamids, hanging baskets, patio containers, etc., and then they wonder why they get get teeny little berries, if any at all. Strawberries just don't do well up off the ground!

Nice crop, friend! :seasix:

[Bucwheat]

Mine are blooming. Just planted them last year late summer.

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Had to do a lot of weed removal and found a few mole tunnels. :issues:

Be ware on slugs they will eat them before they get ripe,poor some beer in a shallow dish that should take care of them.

[78SA]

You called? I'm glad to see that you put the strawberries where God intended then to be: In the ground! I see peeps who try to grow them in little pyramids, hanging baskets, patio containers, etc., and then they wonder why they get get teeny little berries, if any at all. Strawberries just don't do well up off the ground!

Nice crop, friend! :seasix:
:cert: I might actually get a few this year! Not bad considering I planted about half of those last fall.
Be ware on slugs they will eat them before they get ripe,poor some beer in a shallow dish that should take care of them.

I don't drink beer. Can I just pee in a dish? :leaving:

[lspencer534]

:cert: I might actually get a few this year! Not bad considering I planted about half of those last fall.


I don't drink beer. Can I just pee in a dish? :leaving:

Get some slug bait pellets. Both it and beer are kinda strange ways to control slugs because they actually attract slugs, but they do die.

[carlton_fritz]

Get some slug bait pellets. Both it and beer are kinda strange ways to control slugs because they actually attract slugs, but they do die.
I pour salt on the slugs I find. They seem to not like it.:leaving:

[kingpin]

You called? I'm glad to see that you put the strawberries where God intended then to be: In the ground! I see peeps who try to grow them in little pryamids, hanging baskets, patio containers, etc., and then they wonder why they get get teeny little berries, if any at all. Strawberries just don't do well up off the ground!

Nice crop, friend! :seasix:

So you prefer bigger berries is what you're saying?

[78SA]

Better pics instead of Utah quality. :lol:

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[lspencer534]

So you prefer bigger berries is what you're saying?

Well...don't you?

[lspencer534]

Better pics instead of Utah quality. :lol:

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You need to get the dirt off the leaves. I don't know if this specifically applies to strawberries as it applies to vegetables, but dirt on the leaves transmits disease to the plants. Then mulch the plants to get the fruit off the ground. :seasix:

[78SA]

You need to get the dirt off the leaves. I don't know if this specifically applies to strawberries as it applies to vegetables, but dirt on the leaves transmits disease to the plants. Then mulch the plants to get the fruit off the ground. :seasix:

What do you recommend using as mulch?

[78SA]

Got a little rain. This is after it went down enough for me to not need hip waders.

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['77Babe]

I just found an awesome recipe for sweet strawberry dumplings and I would share, but an important ingredient is "Quark", and I have no clue what you could use to substitute it in the States.:banghead:

[Bucwheat]

Our strawberries around here are getting ripe,we bought some Calif. berries last week and they had no taste.

[78SA]

I just found an awesome recipe for sweet strawberry dumplings and I would share, but an important ingredient is "Quark", and I have no clue what you could use to substitute it in the States.:banghead:

This guy?

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[Bucwheat]

:rofl:

['77Babe]

This guy?

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Hard to get, I know. :funnier:

[78SA]

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:D

[GS Ragtop]

Sand works to repel slugs as well. Fine sand, like from the beach. We dump it on my wife's Hosta plants, enough so the slug *has* to crawl through it to reach the plant. It sticks to and dries up their slime. They can't move and die...

Love those natural strawberries. Ours at home when I was a kid were so much sweeter than the store-bought genetic mutants. :yesnod:

[MrPeabody]

We just began our planting and we're trying a few strawberries for the first time this year.

The big project was today, though when we took out about half of a scrub oak tree. It was about 12 6-8" trunks coming out of the ground, now there's six. This will make for less shade and much more sun to expand the garden. Now I just have to have the wood chipper service come out for a pile stuff we cut down that's about 10X50'. We did it all with an electric chain saw and hand tools. Let's just say I can skip my work out at the gym today.:D

[78SA]

I grew up picking them from the patch. I refuse to buy them from a grocery. :lol:

[78SA]

Where did this come from?

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[lspencer534]

Kerry, I'm already eating my strawberries from the garden, have been for about 2 weeks. Delicious! I just had a bowl with almond Biscotti Bites. Yum!!! I'll probably have one bush of blueberries to pick from next weekend. Thank you, global warming!

[78SA]

It was 35 here this morning. :leaving:

[lspencer534]

It was 35 here this morning. :leaving:

Hell, it's supposed to be 43 here tonight...and I live in the Deep feckin' South.

[78SA]

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[Bingo Fuel]

Those look great Kerry. :cert:
They sure are growing fast!

[Datawiz]

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[MEC5LADY]

I just found an awesome recipe for sweet strawberry dumplings and I would share, but an important ingredient is "Quark", and I have no clue what you could use to substitute it in the States.:banghead:

Go ahead post the recipe I am sure I can figure out a substitute considering I live deep in the heart of the melting pot.
Ahhh strawberries.... so many ways to eat them.:dance:

[78SA]

Those look great Kerry. :cert:
They sure are growing fast!

I'm surprised they are doing that good since I only planted them last august. :lol:

[Torqaholic]

This guy?

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Wiki - Dictionaries usually translate it as curd cheese or cottage cheese..

Sounds interesting.

[MEC5LADY]

I just found an awesome recipe for sweet strawberry dumplings and I would share, but an important ingredient is "Quark", and I have no clue what you could use to substitute it in the States.:banghead:

According to a website you could try to use sour cream, yogurt, a blend of cottage cheese and yogurt as a substitute for the Quark.

[lspencer534]

Looking good, Kerry! I don't blame you for insisting on eating only home-grown ones. Home-growns are very sweet and juicy; the store-bought ones are pithy and only semi-sweet. Try this:

In a small sauce pan, heat a little maple syrup and add strawberries. Pour over your shortcake, add whipped cream.

[LilRedCorvette]

Ahhh strawberries.... so many ways to eat them.:dance:

Dipped in chocolate!!! :hurray:

[MEC5LADY]

Dipped in chocolate!!! :hurray:

:dance: That's the plan.

[78SA]

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[lspencer534]

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Beautiful! :seasix:

[78SA]

I have at least 1 more that size and others pretty big. :hurray:

[lspencer534]

I have at least 1 more that size and others pretty big. :hurray:

Those Junebearers come in hot and heavy once they start. Be prepared for Strawberry Shortcake, Chocolate-covered Strawberries, strawberries over cereal, strawberries in a bowl, and people putting signs on their cars, "It's strawberry season--lock your car doors!".

[78SA]

Those Junebearers come in hot and heavy once they start. Be prepared for Strawberry Shortcake, Chocolate-covered Strawberries, strawberries over cereal, strawberries in a bowl, and people putting signs on their cars, "It's strawberry season--lock your car doors!".

:rofl:

['77Babe]

According to a website you could try to use sour cream, yogurt, a blend of cottage cheese and yogurt as a substitute for the Quark.

Just doesn't sound quite right to me, although thick Greek yogurt comes close. I will translate the recipe later in case someone wants to try it...

There's a whole site on quark:willy::

www.Quarkmaker.com Quark Maker (http://www.quarkmaker.com/index.html)

['77Babe]

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Dough

11 oz cooked, pressed mealy potatoes
1 cup quark (in this case substitute with greek yogurt or whatever other substitute you can find)
2 cups flour
3/4 stick of butter
1/3 cup cracked wheat
1 egg
1 egg yolk
About 20 strawberries, washed and dried
Some grated lemon peel

Lemon Dip
1 cup sour cream
juice of half a lemon
1 teaspoon powdered sugar

Strawberry dip
10 strawberries
1 teaspoon sugar

For the garnish
1/4 stick of butter
1/4 cup bread crumbs (I like using panko)
2 teaspoons sugar
some cinnamon
some powderd sugar for dusting

Take all ingredients for the dough (potatoes should still be warm) and knead thoroughly. Let rest for 15 mins.
If it's too soft, add more flour. The original recipe wants you to make a roll of the dough and cut off slices, but I just take some dough into my hand, flatten, put a strawberry in the center and close the dough around it.
These dumplings should be gently cooked in some just barely boiling salted water for about 10mins, or until they rise to the top.

For the strawberry dip, take the rest of the strawberries and 1 teaspoon sugar, puree with a hand blender. You might want to add more sugar, depending on the sweetness of the strawberries.

For the lemon dip, mix sour cream with lemon juice and sugar(again, add more if desired).

Prepare the garnish when all dumplings are ready. Melt the butter, add the bread crumbs, bake until the bread crumbs are crispy. Add sugar and cinnamon.

Put your dips on the plate, roll the dumplings in the bread crumb mix and serve warm.

[78SA]

1.75 gallons so far. 1/2 gallon yesterday and today. Probably another 1/2 gallon tomorrow. What am I supposed to do with all these!!!?

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[lspencer534]

Jam/jelly is pretty easy to make, or you could simply wash them, dry them off, and freeze them. Granted, they'll be mushy when you thaw them, but they'll taste good this Winter. If you decide to make jam or jelly, use about 1/4 of the sugar the recipes call for...or less.

[78SA]

I pretty much only like them pick em and eat em or on a shortcake. :lol:

[Cybercowboy]

Ever have strawberry pie? Lots of recipes on the web. Uses a lot of berries and is delish.

[lspencer534]

Ever have strawberry pie? Lots of recipes on the web. Uses a lot of berries and is delish.

Delicious! But just be sure to cut the amount of sugar the recipes call for--all of them use way too much. Add some rhubarb to the pie to make it outstanding.

[78SA]

I need hip waders to get to them now. :cuss:

[78SA]

What is the plant that looks similar to a strawberry plant, grows with the strawberry plants and makes you get a rash? :waiting:

[Rob]

What is the plant that looks similar to a strawberry plant, grows with the strawberry plants and makes you get a rash? :waiting:

nothing...you have herpes

[78SA]

nothing...you have herpes

I thought I got rid of that. :leaving:

[markyerger]

I started mine yesterday :seasix:

25 plants
5 rows


next year:dance:

[FasterTraffic]

Our strawberries around here are getting ripe,we bought some Calif. berries last week and they had no taste.

We save the best for ourselves and export the lousy ones. :D

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We can buy strawberries at the stands (not grocery store) and they're darn good.

[78SA]

I started mine yesterday :seasix:

25 plants
5 rows


next year:dance:

:seasix:

[lspencer534]

What is the plant that looks similar to a strawberry plant, grows with the strawberry plants and makes you get a rash? :waiting:

Wild strawberries? They actually produce tiny berries, but they're poisonous. Don't know if they cause a rash, though, unless you eat them.

[78SA]

Wild strawberries? They actually produce tiny berries, but they're poisonous. Don't know if they cause a rash, though, unless you eat them.

No berries on it. It grew straight up and taller than the strawberry plants. The leaves are a lighter green and narrower.

[lspencer534]

No berries on it. It grew straight up and taller than the strawberry plants. The leaves are a lighter green and narrower.

They wouldn't be wild strawberries; they are a small, low plant. I have no idea what they could be. Young sumac plants?

Pic of sumac:

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[78SA]

They wouldn't be wild strawberries; they are a small, low plant. I have no idea what they could be. Young sumac plants?

Pic of sumac:

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Nope.

[78SA]

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[lspencer534]

Beats me. :confused5:

[78SA]

Beats me. :confused5:

It has little fur type things sticking out all up the spine and on the leaves and they are pokey.

[lspencer534]

It has little fur type things sticking out all up the spine and on the leaves and they are pokey.

Pokey like this?

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[69camfrk]

You'll have to post some pics when they produce. My neighbor across the street has a garden and has been producing tons of squash and we've been getting plenty. Tomatoes are coming in and there will be corn this summer also. Dude really has a green thumb. Dang sure glad we are friends!!! While I'm here, Kim, that is the worst avatar EVER!!!:leaving:

[78SA]

Pokey like this?

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Not that nice. :lol:

[markyerger]

Good Lord, is she hanging upside down??

[MrPeabody]

We picked our first artichokes this weekend.

[lspencer534]

Good Lord, is she hanging upside down??

No, no, no. Anatomy lesson #1: That's what boobies are supposed to look like--nipples high on the breast and pointing upward...not at the floor.

You're welcome.

[78SA]

You'll have to post some pics when they produce. My neighbor across the street has a garden and has been producing tons of squash and we've been getting plenty. Tomatoes are coming in and there will be corn this summer also. Dude really has a green thumb. Dang sure glad we are friends!!! While I'm here, Kim, that is the worst avatar EVER!!!:leaving:

I have posted pics of the strawberries. :lol:

[MrPeabody]

No, no, no. Anatomy lesson #1: That's what boobies are supposed to look like--nipples high on the breast and pointing upward...not at the floor.

You're welcome.

All women in the world could be put into two categories - nipples pointing up, and nipples pointing down.

[lspencer534]

All women in the world could be put into two categories - nipples pointing up, and nipples pointing down.

I much, much prefer the uppies. You? Perhaps we should do a poll...to once and for all not need the pie option!

[MrPeabody]

I much, much prefer the uppies. You? Perhaps we should do a poll...to once and for all not need the pie option!

Of course I prefer up. But at our age, gravity must be accepted as reality.:seasix:

[lspencer534]

Of course I prefer up. But at our age, gravity must be accepted as reality.:seasix:

There's just so damned much more gravity now....

[MrPeabody]

There's just so damned much more gravity now....

Next time you get the urge, tell her "hey, mine still points up." Then duck.

[lspencer534]

Next time you get the urge, tell her "hey, mine still points up." Then duck.

:rofl:

[carlton_fritz]

I much, much prefer the uppies. You? Perhaps we should do a poll...to once and for all not need the pie option!
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[lspencer534]

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Where did you get that emoticon? Do want!

[carlton_fritz]

Where did you get that emoticon? Do want!
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