Delayed Gratification
30-Jun-2008
Our strawberry season here in the northwest was seriously delayed this year with all the cool weather we had in May and June. Normally I can pick a few berries in early June and then they continue ripening through early July and sometimes later. But I’d picked only one or two by the time I left town on June 21st. Then the warn weather finally came last week while I was gone. I was out of town for a full week and didn’t water that area while I was gone. Several of my plants are pretty wilted at the moment, although I think they will eventually recover.
In the meantime it just makes the few sweet gems I pick all the more precious and delicious.
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Culinary Fool 
sounds similar up here, about 2 hours north of you … right now we\’re in the middle of a heat wave … canada day tomorrow!!
Hey, seems like you\’re not juz good @ cooking but have a green thumb as well ~ these strawberries look great!
Hi ya … o yummm strawberries! I planted a passionfruit vine last summer …. due to the topsy turvey seasons, I got one small passionfruit for my trouble. I was going to pull the vine out, but thought I\’d leave it for another season and see. Take care, love H
@ Hedge: I consider Vancouver part of my territory. ;-) I haven\’t been up for awhile – the exchange rate is bummin\’ me out – but I can\’t stay away too long.
@ currie: Yes, I wish I had room to grow more but there are always a few things I MUST have in my garden. Tomatoes are the big one – you\’ll see posts on those soon…. ;-)
@ H: I\’m with you – I try to give things more than one chance and it often pays off. Hope you get a good crop of them this year!
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