Subj : Pick Your Own To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Sun Feb 12 2023 17:08:45 Hi Dave, RH> spring. One was that the yard turned purple in late March/early April RH> from the violets and other small purple flowers. That was a nice DD> That's neat. I have bluebells - but not over the whole yard. We had gone down to FL to visit Steve's parents and when we returned, the yard was purple. The other day I saw one of the small flowers; if we don't have any more days/nights below freezing, we may get the blue yard in late March this year. RH> surprise. A few weeks later, I noticed strawberry blossoms, then fruit RH> so I tried one. Turned out to be the false strawberry. We've got quite RH> a bit of it in our yard, neighbors have some as well. We got new RH> neighbors about 3 years after we moved in; their first spring she asked RH> me about the strawberries so I told her that they are inedible. DD> Actually they are edible - if bitter/astringent. As well as having (I DD> am told) health benefits. I think I'll pass, indulge in some real strawberries. We should be getting them in (from Florida) in a few weeks, locally grown by the end of April/beginning of May. DD> They also have yellow flowers as opposed to the "real" strawberry's DD> white flowers w/yellow centers. And the faker's fruit grows upward and DD> the real guy hangs down. We used to find wild strawberries in the land surrounding the house where we grew up. They were much smaller than the commercially grown but they were much sweeter. That's why I was disappointed to find that the "strawberries" we had were so bad tasting; I was hoping I'd be able to get some good ones. DD> Title: Mock Strawberry Pie DD> Categories: Five, Fruits, Pies DD> Yield: 6 servings i'll go with the real strawberries, may make some jam this year besides pie, short cake, etc. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... I am positive that a definite maybe is probably in order. --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .