This Mornings Treat

Sweet Strawberries - Picked this morning from my patch (7-8-2008)
@webeishere (36313)
United States
July 8, 2008 10:06am CST
Had me a bowel of cereal this morning with some fresh picked strawberries on it. these were picked this morning. the wife and I went out back and decided it was time to eat them. We only found a few that had been munched on by the small critters that visit us. I have to start letting Buster out back more so he will scare them off. I am going to make some Strawberry-Banana Jello and add sliced ones to it maybe later tonight. Have you had your fill of homegrown strawberries yet? Do you use the strawberries in any particular way? Are yours spreading like crazy? HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@cjgrooms (4456)
• United States
8 Jul 08
If you see some strange women lurking about looking at your flowers and garden don't worry about it, it will just be me!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
8 Jul 08
Didn't I chase you out once last week? HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
• United States
9 Jul 08
That would be me you chased out last week, Grandpa Bob. I was trying to sneak off with some of your Broccoli and strawberries.
@kaleegirl45 (1515)
• United States
8 Jul 08
OOOOh, that sounds so good. I don't have a place to grown fresh anything. I always buy them if they are not to expensive. I love strawberries, cheeries almost all kinds of fruits. Enjoy your breakfast and your Jello. Have a great morning.
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
8 Jul 08
They do sell strawberry hanging basket plants for indoors. they work well in a sunny window. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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• United States
8 Jul 08
Thank you Grandpa Bob, i will look into that.
@sherrir101 (3670)
• Malinta, Ohio
8 Jul 08
I love homegrown strawberries. They are so much sweeter than the commercially grown one. I do not have any growing but plan to start a patch of strawberries next year. I love strawberry/Banana jello. I think your strawberries are just the ticket to make it awesome. I love strawberries and a plain old homemade biscuit. I would never get tired of my own strawberries.
@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
8 Jul 08
As soon as I saw the title of the discussion I just figured it would be about strawberries. hahaha That is so good that you and your family are starting to enjoy them. The jello sounds delicious also that you might make.
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
8 Jul 08
I don't have any home grown strawberries. I am jealous. I love to eat them plain most of the time. My son likes his sprinkled with some sugar.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
8 Jul 08
As I am out back watering or weeding my garden I drop by and pick a few to munch on before going back inside. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@GreenMoo (11833)
8 Jul 08
My strawberries have spread nicely all infront of one of the caravans. It's the one my son and his friend have taken over as his den so it's very rare that there's every a strawberry that survives long enough for me to find it! However, he's away at his friend's just now and I found about 6 or 7 earlier. Me and younger son scoffed them on the spot and they were delicious
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
8 Jul 08
HAHAHAHA! Gotta get them while the getting is good huh? HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
8 Jul 08
Hey Grandpa Bob will you please send me some I love Strawberries and I am of my Food so I need something really yummy and this certainly sounds very yummy
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
8 Jul 08
Awwwwwwwww thank you I can just taste it to lol why do you live so far away I would be straight there if you where closer and run of with the whole Bowl
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
8 Jul 08
The bowl is still full above. Take what ya want. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@lucy02 (5015)
• United States
8 Jul 08
I didn't grow any strawberries. We use to grow them every year when I was growing up. We just ate them straight off the vine.
@babystar1 (4233)
• United States
11 Jul 08
The only thing I have in my garden is tomatoes and green peppers. I sure do love strawberries just like I love tomatoes. I just bought some strawberries at the store yesterday and allready ate most of them. I like them with shortcake.
@KrisNY (7590)
• United States
14 Jul 08
I did not get any strawberries this year! We didn’t plant any this year and we missed the picking. I should plant some next year. We love strawberries at my house Usually every year we get out there and pick them at the local place- it was so rainy and we were too busy this year to get them. I hope you enjoyed your berries!
@AmbiePam (120585)
• United States
8 Jul 08
That sounds so good! Nothing better than fresh strawberries. My Walmart doesn't have very good looking strawberries, I went there this morning. My parents get theirs from Sam's Club. I'm pretty sure my dad could live on strawberries.
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@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
19 Jul 08
Hi GRANDPA BOB! Oh my that is delicious! What a yummy treat! When I buy strawberries, I usually mix sweetened milk with it and add whipped cream and if there are bananas, I will put some too. That is so delicious! Take care and God Bless!
• Philippines
11 Jul 08
i wish i had my own Grandpa...i live in a apartment where there is no backyard nor garden at all..we just have some flowers planted in front of our unit..as per the strawberries it never grows in my area for its too hot in here..it only grows in one place in here which was Baguio City..its up hill in the mountains..i even go there during summer to pick a basket of strawberries in the fields for 300 pesos..
@toosh21 (800)
• Australia
9 Jul 08
Oh you are making my mouth water! Our strawberries spread like crazy but don't give much fruit (it's the wrong season in Aus right now but even when it is the season they don't)...any tips on getting the fruit to grow would be great!
• United States
9 Jul 08
Fertilizer right when they start flowering and again a few weeks later. Organic type preferably. If not, then Mircle Grow is the best for them. You can spray it right on the plants and they will absorb it thru their leaves and roots.
• United States
11 Jul 08
Those strawberries sure look good and yummy! I only got a couple of strawberries off my plant this year and it doesn't seem to be spreading any. Which isn't that big of a deal as we are going to do things a bit differently next year.
• United States
10 Jul 08
No strawberries in my yard. I do have two bell peppers and loads of green bean flowers. If they all produce green beans I will need more jars to pickle them. heehee. I have two cucumber plants that have not produced anything yet. My plants where not put in the ground until the second week of June they have some catching up to do.
@squaretile (3778)
• Singapore
10 Jul 08
i also had me a bowl not bowel of cereal this morning heh heh. I had Post's blueberry morning cereal. it was really yummy with little blueberries inside. of course they are dessicated. so not fresh like your yummy strawberries. the thing about strawberries is that they need to be eaten fast. otherwise they spoilt really quickly! when i buy them from the supermarket i make sure there are many people to help me eat up that punnet. otherwise, what a waste!
@Annmac (949)
9 Jul 08
Sounds like a bumper crop! I've had a poor crop this year and it was early but I expected that as it's year one, and the plants were rather spindly. What I did have were gorgeous though and the plants have several good runners. Next year I'll plant a later variety in hanging pots, as my friend has done. Hers are just ripening now and they made a great display when they flowered! I love Strawberries with a bowl of my friends home made lemon meringue Ice cream. I could never have my fill of home grown. The season isn't long enough for the few plants I've space for, and bought Strawberries just don't taste the same. Have you tried them sliced with a sprinkling of black pepper on? It really brings out the flavour. I'd be careful about letting Buster out, I once had a dog who ate the berries as soon as they ripened. Even putting netting over didn't deter him, he loved fruit of any kind. Willow doesn't like Strawberries, but I'm glad I don't have an apple tree. She has been known to raid the fruit bowl so I no longer keep apples or grapes in them. Kia, the cat, will also steal fruit from the bowl and vegetables if given a chance. She's the only cat I've ever known that eats lettuce! I made sure she didn't get near 'my' strawberries!
@SaviourV (260)
• Malaysia
10 Jul 08
Saviour-V teleports in... Hope you didn't eat too much. Or did you accidentally add an "e" to the word "bowl"? Saviour-V grins slightly... Still, I haven't had strawberries in quite a long while. Down here in Malaysia, there's a place called Strawberry Park, in the highlands resort known as Cameron Highlands. It's in the county of Perak, by the way. Now, I've not been there in a very long time - last I was there was when I was a young 'un, if you catch my drift. My first younger brother went there on his honeymoon last year, but he forgot to bring home some strawberries. Sure would be nice to have a bowl of strawberries right now. With a little bit of honey to sweeten them up a little - our strawberries seem to be missing sweetness. Or perhaps all strawberries are like that, I guess. If I do manage to get to the US of A someday, I might consider paying you a visit. Maybe we could use your kind of strawberries, Grandpa Bob. Saviour-V salutes Grandpa Bob, and teleports out...
• Canada
11 Jul 08
i don't grow any strawberries. Boy are u lucky. =D