The strawberries from my garden are so sour, but actually they could be very sweet if we wait a few more days before picking them.
But waiting for a few more days is a matter of actually eating the strawberries or surrendering them to small wild birds.
Like this one red strawberry. It's now warming the belly of one lucky small bird in this rainy afternoon.
The plant is newly-potted a month ago, taken from the side garden so we could display it in front of the front window.
I took the above picture sloppily yesterday thinking that maybe I should pick it today or tomorrow, with the greedy thoughts of sweetness. The pot is under the roof and not very exposed so I thought it would be safe to leave it for a while.
And I got nothing in the end
We joked several times that we deliberately plant strawberries to feed birds, or sometimes ants and other small animals. The thought is nice but I still want my strawberries.
My sour strawberry dilemma
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