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I ran away from teaching to the country to grow veggies. There are also some chooks and a pair of troublesome goats who were so much trouble they had to go! My simple green life isn't always as simple or as green as I'd like...but I keep trying!

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Mutants

Yay! My strawberries are ripening. 

 

Now I don't wish to draw too much attention to my poor strawberries' defomities however they are a bit mishapen.  They taste wonderful but I would rather they were 'normal'.  


Does anyone out there know what ails them?  Can they be cured?
Could it be the shield bugs sucking on them when they were tiny?

5 comments:

  1. 'Fraid I can't help you on this Hazel. I did try growing strawberries a few years ago, but the squirrels devastated them and I gave up.

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  2. I can't focus on the strawberries, I can't believe I was rude to your sister! I thought she was an internet baddie, attacking your blog!

    I'm sorry Hazel's sister!

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  3. Hazel I suspect that in your valley they are not getting enough heat/sun. I find that some of my strawberries look like yours when they ripen late in the season.
    I have been picking strawberries since October but I grow mine in our old bath and in the sunniest part of the garden.
    My biggest problem is the millipedes they just love my strawberries. I just have to be quicker than them!

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  4. I don't know, but at least they taste good. Strawberries are very 'sensitive', I find.

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  5. Who cares how they look, so long as they taste good! Hubbie tried experimenting with a mixed bed, so our poor strawberries got crowded out by potatoes and squash. Oh well, just have to try again next season

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