{"id":1922,"date":"2016-07-01T18:42:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T22:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/?p=1922"},"modified":"2016-07-01T18:45:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T22:45:57","slug":"strawberries-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/?p=1922","title":{"rendered":"2016 strawberries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">First big bittersweet garden moment of the summer: today we consumed\u00a0the last of the strawberries that were still in the fridge. Like most things you grow in the garden, you are inundated for a few weeks and have to figure out what to do with it all before it goes bad. Before this and overlapping by a week or so, we also had our asparagus boom, but I&#8217;m not counting the &#8220;end of the asparagus moment&#8221; because I&#8217;m just not a huge asparagus fan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m estimating that we got about 50 pounds of berries this year, definitely up from last <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/?p=1768\">year<\/a>. I froze a bunch, made a few batches of jam, made popsicles and strawberry shortcake, gave some away, and of course ate a bunch right off the plant. Oh, and Steve made a trial batch of strawberry mead with the remaining honey we had left from last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/?attachment_id=1892\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1892\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1892 size-medium\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/raised_bed_berries-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"raised_bed_berries\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/raised_bed_berries-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/raised_bed_berries.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/?attachment_id=1888\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1888\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1888 size-medium\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016strawberries-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2016strawberries\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016strawberries-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016strawberries.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I think this is the day we were out picking until almost dark, and I had already picked a bunch that morning.<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/?attachment_id=1925\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1925\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1925 size-medium\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/lots_of_berries-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"lots_of_berries\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/lots_of_berries-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/lots_of_berries.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Teacher gifts:<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/?attachment_id=1923\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1923\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1923 size-medium\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/jam-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"jam\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/jam-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/jam.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Best popsicles ever!<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/?attachment_id=1924\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1924\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1924 size-medium\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/popsicle-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"popsicle\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/popsicle-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/popsicle.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>We&#8217;ll miss eating those fresh, sun-ripened berries for sure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First big bittersweet garden moment of the summer: today we consumed\u00a0the last of the strawberries that were still in the fridge. 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