Comments on: Wild Strawberries http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:34:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: green gardener http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-19842 green gardener Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:42:30 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-19842 I would love to stumble upon a wild strawberry patch. All we ever find in Florida is blackberry patches. You are lucky.(Although. blackberries are good,too. I would love to stumble upon a wild strawberry patch. All we ever find in Florida is blackberry patches. You are lucky.(Although. blackberries are good,too.

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-681 admin Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:08:04 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-681 Frances! It is a pleasure to have you visit! I love your blog, Faire Garden. Hooray for your strawberry patch! You also captured the delight of this plant with your comments evoking the tastes "warmed by the sun" I am busy at work on my next post. This one is a "bigger" post in ideas which invites people to share. This one required more interviews and research to get it just right.I hope you read it when I finish it! :) Very Best Regards, Philip Frances!
It is a pleasure to have you visit! I love your blog, Faire Garden.
Hooray for your strawberry patch! You also captured the delight of this plant with your comments evoking the tastes “warmed by the sun”
I am busy at work on my next post. This one is a “bigger” post in ideas which invites people to share. This one required more interviews and research to get it just right.I hope you read it when I finish it!
:)
Very Best Regards,
Philip

]]> By: Frances http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-669 Frances Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:41:45 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-669 Hi Philip, your post had me ready to run to the store for strawberries and the home made shortcake using the Bisquick recipe. Not the same as those wild strawberries, which I have never had the pleasure of tasting. Wild strawberry plant here sounds like the treacherous potentilla you name, but it does have a beautiful red strawberry looking fruit in addition to the leaves looking like the good kind. We planted garden strawberries here for the first time this year and they were great. Not only that they have put out so many runners that we will be enjoying lots of fruits next year. Hooray. I love just thinking about them, the color, the smell, the taste when warmed by the sun. Thanks for transporting me. Frances at Faire Garden Hi Philip, your post had me ready to run to the store for strawberries and the home made shortcake using the Bisquick recipe. Not the same as those wild strawberries, which I have never had the pleasure of tasting. Wild strawberry plant here sounds like the treacherous potentilla you name, but it does have a beautiful red strawberry looking fruit in addition to the leaves looking like the good kind. We planted garden strawberries here for the first time this year and they were great. Not only that they have put out so many runners that we will be enjoying lots of fruits next year. Hooray. I love just thinking about them, the color, the smell, the taste when warmed by the sun. Thanks for transporting me.

Frances at Faire Garden

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-564 admin Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:47:02 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-564 Anna, You are the nicest friend! :) Thank you SO much for forwarding me this. My family took the CSM when I was growing up. That is so nice of you. My family is thrilled. Thanks Anna!!! :) Anna,
You are the nicest friend!
:) Thank you SO much for forwarding me this. My family took the CSM when I was growing up. That is so nice of you. My family is thrilled.
Thanks Anna!!!
:)

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-563 admin Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:44:06 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-563 Hi Victoria, I think that "Elizabeth and her German Garden" is a book one can read every so often. Thank you for your comments! She would have a garden blog if alive today! Regards, Philip Hi Victoria,
I think that “Elizabeth and her German Garden” is a book one can read every so often. Thank you for your comments! She would have a garden blog if alive today!
Regards,
Philip

]]> By: Victoria http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-562 Victoria Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:12:19 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-562 I was going to say Elizabeth von Arnim but you got there first. Wild strawberries also remind me of my childhood in Scotland, but we would only ever find one or two. I think everyone else who had childhoods in Scotland got there first. I was going to say Elizabeth von Arnim but you got there first. Wild strawberries also remind me of my childhood in Scotland, but we would only ever find one or two. I think everyone else who had childhoods in Scotland got there first.

]]> By: Anna http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-561 Anna Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:06:00 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-561 I found you by following a link from Judy Lowe's Blog, diggin'it. She writes for the Christian Science Monitor. The CSM is widely known for its excellent and keen reporting ethics. Your blog was reviewed by Ms. Judy! and you rock of course. She put you in good company---go take a look. Ms. Lowe is quite famous herself. http://features.csmonitor.com/gardening/blog-entry/ The Christian Science Monitor is not a religious newspaper. It is simply good reporting. You can read about it on Wikipedia. It's won several Pulitzer awards. I found you by following a link from Judy Lowe’s Blog, diggin’it. She writes for the Christian Science Monitor. The CSM is widely known for its excellent and keen reporting ethics. Your blog was reviewed by Ms. Judy! and you rock of course. She put you in good company—go take a look. Ms. Lowe is quite famous herself.
http://features.csmonitor.com/gardening/blog-entry/

The Christian Science Monitor is not a religious newspaper. It is simply good reporting. You can read about it on Wikipedia. It’s won several Pulitzer awards.

]]> By: Anna http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-559 Anna Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:55:10 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-559 Hey Philip---I don't have any friends that live in Mason Jars but if I did, I'd give them herbs too. I want some!! I fully expect you to repay my teasing first chance you get! I am so excited about being in my new house. I've got two mantles to decorate and decorate I will. I fixed my cards and made them pdf so they will be better quality. Who is WP Hashcash? Hey Philip—I don’t have any friends that live in Mason Jars but if I did, I’d give them herbs too. I want some!! I fully expect you to repay my teasing first chance you get!

I am so excited about being in my new house. I’ve got two mantles to decorate and decorate I will. I fixed my cards and made them pdf so they will be better quality.

Who is WP Hashcash?

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-555 admin Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:47:12 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-555 Hi Karen, That is so great you planted that for your daughter. She will have wonderful memories! Gardens are so wonderful for children. What could be better than learning about the natural world and the important things in life! I have not tried that variety but I will search it out! I enjoyed looking at your blog! It is a pleasure to read and to know you! I was impressed with the sidewalk gardens. What a great idea and a way to create a community. That is so great. :) Regards, Philip Hi Karen,
That is so great you planted that for your daughter. She will have wonderful memories! Gardens are so wonderful for children. What could be better than learning about the natural world and the important things in life!
I have not tried that variety but I will search it out!
I enjoyed looking at your blog!
It is a pleasure to read and to know you! I was impressed with the sidewalk gardens. What a great idea and a way to create a community.
That is so great.
:)
Regards,
Philip

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-554 admin Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:32:19 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-554 Hi Anna! Thanks for checking! I love your cards! What a great idea! I am also thinking about Christmas now. Last year for the first time I was not "last minute". I am drying my herbs now. I want to give them as gifts to friends in small mason jars. We grow a lot of herbs, so I will have plenty to give away! :) Thanks for saying hi! Best, Philip Hi Anna!
Thanks for checking! I love your cards!
What a great idea!
I am also thinking about Christmas now. Last year for the first time I was not “last minute”.
I am drying my herbs now. I want to give them as gifts to friends in small mason jars. We grow a lot of herbs, so I will have plenty to give away!
:)
Thanks for saying hi!
Best,
Philip

]]> By: Karen http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-552 Karen Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:39:27 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-552 How cool that you garden in SF! I used to live on Duboce but had no place to put plants. Seattle has allowed a little more space to spread out. Wild strawberries are my favorite! I planted some for my daughter to enjoy, straight off the bush as you mention is best (have you tried the "Pineapple Crush" variety? Delicious!). I agree that they have an ephemeral quality that is best suited to immediate consumption, although I did have some once in a berries and mascarpone dessert in Italy once and they were amazing. Happy gardening! - Karen http://greenwalks.wordpress.com How cool that you garden in SF! I used to live on Duboce but had no place to put plants. Seattle has allowed a little more space to spread out.

Wild strawberries are my favorite! I planted some for my daughter to enjoy, straight off the bush as you mention is best (have you tried the “Pineapple Crush” variety? Delicious!). I agree that they have an ephemeral quality that is best suited to immediate consumption, although I did have some once in a berries and mascarpone dessert in Italy once and they were amazing.

Happy gardening!

- Karen
http://greenwalks.wordpress.com

]]> By: Anna http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-551 Anna Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:48:55 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-551 ;) Just checking in on you! ;) Just checking in on you!

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-550 admin Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:49:27 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-550 milk, geraniums, and home-made strawberry smoothies. The geraniums cause they remind me of the same color Perfect! you bring it all to life Anna! You are the best! :) Thanks!!! Sincerely, Philip milk, geraniums, and home-made strawberry smoothies. The geraniums cause they remind me of the same color
Perfect! you bring it all to life Anna!
You are the best!
:)
Thanks!!!
Sincerely,
Philip

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-549 admin Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:48:17 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-549 Thank you for persisting! I LOVE your comments! :) Thank you for persisting! I LOVE your comments!
:)

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-548 admin Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:47:35 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-548 Great! Yay! Great!
Yay!

]]> By: Anna http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-547 Anna Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:45:14 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-547 Ok--it's working!!! I love this post. When I think of strawberries, I think of milk, geraniums, and home-made strawberry smoothies. The geraniums cause they remind me of the same color. Ok–it’s working!!! I love this post. When I think of strawberries, I think of milk, geraniums, and home-made strawberry smoothies. The geraniums cause they remind me of the same color.

]]> By: Anna http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-546 Anna Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:42:49 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-546 Let me see if it will work now!! Test! I do see that Shirley commented. Let me see if it will work now!! Test! I do see that Shirley commented.

]]> By: patrick http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-545 patrick Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:39:28 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-545 Hi Phil, I love these photos they are amazing! Hi Phil, I love these photos they are amazing!

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-544 admin Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:57:22 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-544 Hi Shirley I love what you did in the literacy garden at your children’s school. The blue pathways were inspired, as were the selection of plants. It is an atmosphere where children feel special and encouraged. How better to inspire literacy that that! Regards, Philip Hi Shirley
I love what you did in the literacy garden at your children’s school. The blue pathways were inspired, as were the selection of plants. It is an atmosphere where children feel special and encouraged. How better to inspire literacy that that!
Regards,
Philip

]]> By: Shirley Bovshow "EdenMaker" http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-538 Shirley Bovshow "EdenMaker" Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:33:11 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/08/26/wild-strawberries/#comment-538 Hi Phillip. Excellent post and photos. Now that you bring up the subject and such luscious photos it becomes apparent that strawberries are very sensual by nature. I never thought about that. It is especially evident when you see the berries growing in the wild. Shirley Hi Phillip. Excellent post and photos. Now that you bring up the subject and such luscious photos it becomes apparent that strawberries are very sensual by nature. I never thought about that.
It is especially evident when you see the berries growing in the wild.
Shirley

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