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The strawberries have been coming on strong. At least something is growing well in all this infernal gloom...
Not a flat of berries, but enough for a batch of jam!
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The cook always gets plenty of testing to ensure quality.
Careful, its HOT!
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Good thing Mom also baked fresh rolls... yumm!
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We also strung up heavy wire out in the raspberries and tayberry bushes.
Simply drilled some holes in the posts, and stretched the wire.
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It already is helping keep the berries up.
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We also added tension wires to the ends - to keep the wires tight and the posts straight. All this rain has softened the posts in the ground.