kicking and screaming!!!

piegirl · May 22, 2011

I was soooo mad yesterday - went to pick my first (ever) strawberries - 3 were ripe at 3 pm and at 4 pm they were GONE! Squirrels or birds but I just wanted to come in the house and throw myself on the floor in a kicking screaming fit. So today they are covered with wire screen. Deep breath, piegirl - there will possibly be more tomorrow. That's like stealing someone's first tomato of the season! Piegirl

Worth1 · May 22, 2011

Got someafixin to get ripe here at the house I feel for ya.

Worth

lurley · May 24, 2011

Sorry to hear that piegirl, I know when you are looking forward to something like that so bad you can almost taste them before you even get to eat them. Hopefully strawberries delayed are not strawberries denied.

I waited a day too long to pick my blueberries last year, thought they could use one more day on the bush... ducks and geese must've thought they were perfect the way they were because when I went out the next day the bushes were picked completely clean.

TZ-OH6 · May 24, 2011

Don't forget about the slugs. I lost most of mine to slugs last year.

tuk50 · May 31, 2011

I've only been able to get two strawberries out of a 10ft patch so far this year ....

darn grandkids!

May 22, 2011	#1
piegirl Tomatovillian™ Honoree Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 791	kicking and screaming!!! I was soooo mad yesterday - went to pick my first (ever) strawberries - 3 were ripe at 3 pm and at 4 pm they were GONE! Squirrels or birds but I just wanted to come in the house and throw myself on the floor in a kicking screaming fit. So today they are covered with wire screen. Deep breath, piegirl - there will possibly be more tomorrow. That's like stealing someone's first tomato of the season! Piegirl

May 31, 2011	#5
tuk50 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tucson, Arizona (catalina) Posts: 413	I've only been able to get two strawberries out of a 10ft patch so far this year .... darn grandkids! __________________ Hangin on for dear life!

May 22, 2011	#2
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Got someafixin to get ripe here at the house I feel for ya. Worth

May 24, 2011	#3
lurley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 741	Sorry to hear that piegirl, I know when you are looking forward to something like that so bad you can almost taste them before you even get to eat them. Hopefully strawberries delayed are not strawberries denied. I waited a day too long to pick my blueberries last year, thought they could use one more day on the bush... ducks and geese must've thought they were perfect the way they were because when I went out the next day the bushes were picked completely clean.

May 24, 2011	#4
TZ-OH6 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mid-Ohio Posts: 850	Don't forget about the slugs. I lost most of mine to slugs last year.