Strawberries

Our very small crop of strawberries is ripening already.  We have a small crop because in the winter of 2008/09 our particular patch was almost totally wiped out by the extreme cold we had in December 2008 right up till Christmas, with no snow on the ground and lots of east wind.   I was able to salvage enough plants last year to replant 40 or 50 plants and so this is 'off' production year for us.  Most disappointed about that was my daughter home from University expecting the usual 15 or so ice cream buckets of berries to feast on.  Maybe next year.

We had a light shower over night and a little bit this morning, but it didn't seem to last long and the surface was dry again. Grizzly