Strawberries and Biting flys.

[farmertrappe]

Attachment Deleted Biting flys showed up about a week ago, strawberries are coming off good now. I picked two quarts at dusk and shared a quart with my neighbor. If the damn flys got organized I think they could carry me away.

[nytrapper23]

Dam that's my absolute favorite, they look good. I would put up with a lot of biting flies for some of those.

[hoseromon]

Looking good. Can't wait for fresh strawberrys. My bed Is flowered out right now.

[hunt4it]

I have the itch to do some picking as well.  Seeing those and spending more time on the site, along with in the woods reminds me of when I was a kid and when we would go fishing and on the way there and back, would stop and pick wild strawberries.  Just might have to head to the old stopping grounds to see if the patch is still there.

[Jack of all Trapping]

Looking good ol buddy!!! Yes Sir!!! Blackflies hit here like a sledgehammer. Wow!!! Strawberries about 1 to 2 weeks away for me. Looking forward to making jelly and syrup.

[farmertrappe]

Attachment Deleted After doing chicken related chores I picked till I ran out of light not berries. It gives me pleasure to use the carrier when I pick berries, it was my Grandmothers. Her cousin made it for her when she around eight years old so she could go with them to pick berries after school for money. If I remember right they got 2 cents a quart, 24 cents was a real good afternoon. Its made out of a old peach crate and I figure at least 80 years old.

[hunt4it]

May 20, 2015 20:51:24 GMT -5 farmertrappe said:

After doing chicken related chores I picked till I ran out of light not berries. It gives me pleasure to use the carrier when I pick berries, it was my Grandmothers. Her cousin made it for her when she around eight years old so she could go with them to pick berries after school for money. If I remember right they got 2 cents a quart, 24 cents was a real good afternoon. Its made out of a old peach crate and I figure at least 80 years old.

That right there is something you can not put a price tag on. Thanks for the share Farmer 

[farmertrappe]

Attachment Deleted First batch for the freezer, sure do enjoy them come winter time.

[nytrapper23]

Dam farmer those look good!

[farmertrappe]

I saw the first of our first defenders against the biting flies, dragon fly escorted me to the chicken pen this am. I still swatted a dozen or so of them suckers.

[rendezvous]

Growing up we would always get a crate of strawberries. We would pick the tops off by hand. That juice really stung under your nail after a while, but those strawberries were well worth it in Strawberry Shortcake or a Parfait(alternate layers of vanilla pudding and strawberries).