Strawberries

Photograph by www.wizenedeye.com © 2006

Strawberries are borne on plants that are the offspring of parent plants set in the ground two years ago. For fruit to reach this pile on the kitchen counter, the weeds that invade the patch must be pulled, and in dry times the plants must be watered. As they start to ripen, the chipmunks and voles descend on them, and this gardener uses Havahart traps and an ernest relocation project... One bite of a ripe, red berry would convince you it is worth the effort.