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I'm not much of a gardener, but our strawberries are ripening faster than we can eat them... Half of the daily crop goes into the freezer (whole, simply clean them, remove the crown, put them on a plate (freezer safe), be sure they don't touch; when they're frozen, put them in a freezer bag or something else that's freezer safe and can be closed off). About a quarter gets eaten during breakfast and I take some with me to work. The rest I'll mash up and make a nice smoothie out off.
The raspberries are also nicely ripening, the first red ones have been spotted. They promise a bumper crop (I don't have a huge freezer for nothing!).
The blackberries are flowering and it looks like we'll have a few more than last year (we cut down the bush all the way to the ground last year, because we needed to put a trellis behind it).
The red berries are huge and red as well. Now I need to figure out what to do with them... I'll probably try to freeze some of them as well. Maybe make some juice out of others.
The apple tree is full of apples. They also promise a bumper crop by the time fall arrives.
I was afraid the pear tree didn't have much fruit, but after looking a bit more careful, I found a decent amount. But that tree needs some maintenance, so, the crop is a bit less (compared to the apple tree, that is).
It's been a very good spring for fruits. Enough rain, and some sun, even though I thought it was too cold... Now they need warmth and sun, mostly...
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