We just ate the first two strawberries of the season, and they were disgusting. Edible, but dried up. They’d been borderline red for a couple of weeks now and warmer weather arrived yesterday, making them red enough to eat. Sadly they were a bit second rate. Dried out, no crisp taste, bit white in the middle, sad looking.

Better luck next time.

After I had ‘Stucco’ (the kids name for the single Hokowase strawberry plant) nearly die on us it was time to move the 50+ strawberries I had purchased from Diggers a month or so ago into the ground. They didn’t like the greenhouse and it probably wasn’t a good idea to have them in there for so long. Lots of them have been through flowering already and are producing fruit.