Well, it's a new era for my Zim. He is an inch from retirement (translation:reduction of hours worked) and looking at new and wonderful stuff he is adding to his repertoire. He is now a strawberry rancher. This is our first harvest with loads more to come.



He has also started mushroom ranching this year and is running 750 head of oysters.

All good things!

I didn't know there are so many ways of being a rancher ! Looks great. Now you'll have lots of strawberries for your cuisine art .

Please send pics of his next roundup!

Moosetrot

that's just not right posting pictures of those strawberries.

Looks good. Do the girls get some too?


Mac

"Never Forget Which Way Is Up!"

My chickens and guineas LOVE strawberries. Mine are in blossom and will continue to produce until they have snow on them.

What do you figure, the middle or end of July before the snow hits? My wife's are in blossom too.

Nice

Zim....did yah get that Flintlock Squirrel Gun yet...

A lot more fun than pickin strawberries....lol

I feel stuffed just looking at it

but maybe that is my berry picking process

2 for me 1 for the basket

2 for me 1 for the basket

ohh that one looks too ripe for the basket I am going to have to enjoy that one here before it gets soft.

I may have issues

Still ain't bust 70 degrees here

We are open for business for already picked and Pick your own. The crew picked 400 quarts on Tuesday. I just go Into the cooler and take what i need.
What variety are those? We are picking Wendy right now. WE have a later variety called Jewel they are my favorite.

Mine are a week or so behind and we got some small but lots of hail for about 20 minutes last week. I have been checking but it does not seem to have bruised the starting berries or buds, but the leaves got shredded pretty good. I have Jewel and Honeyoe.

Bryce

The berries are Jewel that I got from Jung's Seeds. I only have a 50 foot row, planted them last year.
I have never grown strawberries before so kind of a learn as I go operation.
Our chickens like them and unfortunately so does the local flock of catbirds. Have netting over the
row to keep most of them out.
Patrice just whamped up a batch of freezer jam. I see shortcake on the horizon.

Zim

Beautiful!!!
So, are in the ranching business too sell your stock or is for your own use. That would be a great retirement venture. When people retire, they need to retire too something, just not retire. Good for Zim in his new job retirement.

Gypsy moth caterpillars' have cleaned my strawberries out along with my carrots and green beans!!

Yum yum

Beautiful strawberries!
I love them with Barnum Animal Cracker cookies

It's gonna take a LOT of sour cream to get through those. Looking really good.

Where can I buy a quart or two of those berries?
my wife was just talking about berries yesterday