Holy Smokes!

One of many - Picked today Friday 7-11-2008.
@webeishere (36313)
United States
July 11, 2008 9:45am CST
My wife and I went out back as usual each morning, checking the gardens progress. Things are really growing now with the rain and sunshine and heat the past 2 weeks. We got our 3rd bowl of strawberries in 8 days now this morning. A lot of large ones this time. Dad will be enjoying them this afternoon. We ate Cheerios cold cereal for breakfast with sliced fresh picked sunshine warmed strawberries on top. Yummy. Do you like fresh strawberries sliced as a topping on cold cereals? HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
11 Jul 08
I love strawberries in cereal, on pancakes or waffles, on ice cream, malts or shakes, by themselves .... well I just love strawberries.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Oh yeah. On top of a hot waffle with lots of whipped cream. Ahhhhh! HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@kareng (56756)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Yummm, or pancakes!!
@GreenMoo (11834)
11 Jul 08
I was feeding the chickens earlier whilst my younger son pootled around the garden. When I turned around, he'd gone! I found that he'd climbed the wall in order to get at the strawberry bed and was happily locating and picking them. I let him have all the red ones, as he really deserved tham after putting in that much effort, but then he threw a whopping tantrum because I wouldn't let him have the unripe ones too. Sometimes kids are just never satisfied! No strawberries for me on my cereal, but I had blueberries instead which were delicious. I'm getting a double handful a day now, which is brilliant.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Awwww cute. He loved them that much huh? HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
• United States
11 Jul 08
I like my strawberries dipped in sugar or with cool whip. Unfortunately nothing but the tomatoes are growing good in our garden. We planted everything late, but it's not that big of a deal as this year was really a trial run to see if anything would even grow out here. I plan on having a big garden next year and I plan on starting earlier. The strawberries are looking good!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
12 Jul 08
Yes next year I will be dipping them in some hot melted chocoalte I think. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Dipped in chocolate is even better. Mine is going to be bigger as well next year i think. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
• United States
12 Jul 08
cool wip with them is so good !! but for some reason I am craving to dip them in milk chocolate now .
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• United States
11 Jul 08
I love fresh strawberries. They are sweeter and much better than those you get in the stores. We were hoping to go pick black raspberries today. My younger grandson calls them cranberries. So cute.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Yes, they are much juicier and sweeter than store bought ones. My Red Rasberries were cut to the ground last fall. This I did to help them spread this year. They have spread like wildfire too. When you prune them to the ground as I did they don't produce berries the following year so next year I'll have a lot. I have a few this year though. Maybe a small bowl full is all though. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
12 Jul 08
Hey Grandpa Bob. No, I do not care for pieces of fruit in my cereal, never have. I'd rather just have my cereal with milk poured on top of it, nothing else.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
12 Jul 08
Not even sugar on it? HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
12 Jul 08
I put sugar on my cereal once before, but didn't care for the grittiness that came along with it.
@OURDEW (4809)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Wow Grandpa Bob, you sure have some delicious looking strawberries. I do love strawberries. I do put them in my cereal, but I usually just eat them like they are. yummy!
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@GardenGerty (158304)
• United States
11 Jul 08
I love fresh strawberries, but do not grow them. I am excited, I have apples beginning to show color, and then I also am going to have a good amount of grapes this year, and tomatoes coming on as well.
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@GardenGerty (158304)
• United States
12 Jul 08
Last year the real estate agent managing the property next door had mine cut down in spring grrrr!!.Clear to the ground. I think you really are not supposed to prune them that far. In fact, it must have been two years ago that she had them cut clear down. We watered, moved the fence while the house was vacant, and this is the best year they ever have had. Maybe your second apple tree was in bloom when you had a late freeze.
@kareng (56756)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Oh I'm so jealous! Fresh strawberries?? Woohoo! I love them in cold cereal. They are good in corn flakes too! And you can't forget slicing them on top of vanilla ice cream. Man, you have it made there with your little garden! That is really exciting!
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Fresh Picked - A bowl every 4 days it seems this year.
Well here's the bowl I got this morning. Take a couple but leave some for others please? HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
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@kareng (56756)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Haha, thanks. Looks great!
@diansinta (7544)
• Indonesia
11 Jul 08
Hi Grandpa bob! i always love to see you picture. You should put an ruler beside the strawberry, so we know the size of it. I hear American strawberry is bigger than Indonesian strawberry. hug'n'kiss dian
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
11 Jul 08
The one photoed here was about the size of a teaspoon. Not very big but very big on juiciness and sweetness. Some I get are huge. Those get eaten before I can grab my camera though. I got one the other day that was about the size of a golf ball. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@diansinta (7544)
• Indonesia
13 Jul 08
Golf ball! My childhood been living next to the golf field and i been collecting golf ball lots of them! i know how hug they are!! yummy
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Wow, I envy you for having that just right in your backyard..LOL! hOW nice! ANyway, My husband loves that so much but I don't like cereals a lot..LOL! I love eating strawberries alone...
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
11 Jul 08
I've a huge area that I need to prepare for the strawberry plants spreading. It is an area that used to be all grass. Well most of it still is. I need to get a tiller or sod cutter to clear the area of all grass etc to make for a huge patch for them to spread. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
• United States
11 Jul 08
Yes I like fresh fruit on strawberries on cheerios. I am so pleased that you are getting so much produce from your garden. What a save it is on the grocery bill. Are you going to freeze any of the strawberries or can any of them?
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Not enough this year. next year we will be freezing a bunch I am sure. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
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• United States
12 Jul 08
I hope you do. I sure do appreciate my produce that I can when it is so expensive in the store.
@shiloh_222 (5479)
• Philippines
12 Jul 08
hi... wow... that's super nice!!! the only strawberries we can have access to are the tiny sour ones inside a grocery's pack.... and of course, strawberry jams and jellies... hehehe.... wish i can have a piece of the sunshine warmed strawberries too:-D i never even have tasted a fresh pear...lol...only those from cans
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
12 Jul 08
Ewww. These I grow are very juicy and so sweet. I can recall as a child my Uncle having a Pear tree in his yard and us boys climbed it always picking the Pears from the top of the tree. Yummy. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@momalisa65 (1971)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Looks good! But No, I don't like strawberries. I do like Raspberries on my Cereal though!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
11 Jul 08
I also have about 20 Red Rasberry bushes. Those are tsaty as well on cereal. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@metschica25 (5399)
• United States
12 Jul 08
Special Kay makes a brand with strawberries in them , and so do many other brands . The only thing is they are dried up , but I still enjoy them . I have put fruit in mine cereal before and love it . Ya know what I have cheerios and should slice some berries in it , sounds good
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
12 Jul 08
Dried fruit....fresh fruit? Hmmmmmm? Yeah give me homegrown and fresh picked each time. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@Katlady2 (9904)
• United States
12 Jul 08
I love fresh strawberries! I've been trying to get hubby to talk some of the farmers that he delivers fertilizer to to give up some of theirs, but so far he hasn't come home with any. Maybe he's eating them all himself. LOL
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@rsa101 (38013)
• Philippines
12 Jul 08
Wow good thing that you can easily grow these fruits on your backyard. In my place there is only one place that they can plant these fruits as it needs a cold climate and my place has only one place that has that in the far north of the island. And transporting that is with care as if you try to transport that fruit from the highlands down it will reach your home rotten. Anyway, I really like eating strawberries, its a rare treat to see those in my place.
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@skinnychick (6905)
• United States
13 Jul 08
That is my favorite next to bananas. I love them both on Granola! Yum!
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@jpso138 (7851)
• Philippines
12 Jul 08
I really don't know it strawberies would grow in our area. I think it will not survive in a weather like ours. Most especially that I live near the sea and our soil is a little bit salty. Well, I do love strawberries.
@gemini_rose (16264)
11 Jul 08
Strawberries are lovely but they are so expensive to buy and so it is not very often that we have them. Although I have been told that they are going to be on offer in my local supermarket in the next couple of weeks and so maybe I will get some then!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
11 Jul 08
From Late Jume to late July is strawberry time in most areas so that may be the reason for the upcoming sale. I don't buy them during the summertime. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@dhangski (3194)
• Philippines
11 Jul 08
Hi Grandpa, I do love strawberries on my cereals. But what I really love is to eat them fresh. It's a good thing you have grown strawberries in your garden. I love to have one grown here in our place but that will be impossible to do so. Have a nice day. HUGS!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Oh I ate a fair share before we got the bowl full inside the house. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~