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over a year ago
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It’s usually the soil that makes the difference. I grew up in Somerset and the strawberries there, particularly around Cheddar and the Mendips are absolutely elite.
The ones around here where I live now are not so special, the soil is different.
I went to Canada not so long ago and was told, by a local, about how sweet and succulent their local strawberries sold on the side of the Highway were and that I *MUST* try them. Meh, not a patch on the Somerset ones.
I haven’t tried Scottish ones tbh but I’ll take your word, OP, that they’re special  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Loads off them when I was younger and as fresh as you could get
There use to be a farm about mile and hafe walk away
As children we use to go there and emm steal them  |
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"My parents always took us strawberry picking when my sister and I were young. They were always delicious with ice cream x"
Think I have just got used to the bland supermarket strawberries and when I got a punnet of freshly picked ones from just outside Dundee today……I nearly blew my load  |
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"My parents always took us strawberry picking when my sister and I were young. They were always delicious with ice cream x
Think I have just got used to the bland supermarket strawberries and when I got a punnet of freshly picked ones from just outside Dundee today……I nearly blew my load "
They should quote you on their testimonials |
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"My parents always took us strawberry picking when my sister and I were young. They were always delicious with ice cream x
Think I have just got used to the bland supermarket strawberries and when I got a punnet of freshly picked ones from just outside Dundee today……I nearly blew my load "
The strawberry shed do amazing ones, but theres a few good places just outside Dundee and around Fife that do them! |
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"My parents always took us strawberry picking when my sister and I were young. They were always delicious with ice cream x
Think I have just got used to the bland supermarket strawberries and when I got a punnet of freshly picked ones from just outside Dundee today……I nearly blew my load "
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By *usie pTV/TS
over a year ago
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The main problem as with a lot of things nowadays that are available all the year around they are not grown naturally is outdoors in the sunshine as in the good old days and only available for a few short weeks. Most are grown under poly tunnels etc and do not get sunshine to bring the sugars up, lots look good but are awful to taste, if you find someone growing them outdoors they will be much better subject to weather conditions. But of course as far as the growers are concerned it is probably vastly more profitable to have a crop of solar panels in the field and not have the aggro of harvesting them lol. |
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"My parents always took us strawberry picking when my sister and I were young. They were always delicious with ice cream x
Think I have just got used to the bland supermarket strawberries and when I got a punnet of freshly picked ones from just outside Dundee today……I nearly blew my load
The strawberry shed do amazing ones, but theres a few good places just outside Dundee and around Fife that do them!"
Please share any names / locations.
Where’s the strawberry shed ? If it’s just over Tay bridge on the A92 that’s where I was |
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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago
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I grew some strawberries during the first lockdown. I used my own compost ( not a euphemism), and they tasted amazing.
All four of them.
Supermarket ones are more bland, but tbh it's a tradeoff I'm willing to make.
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
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"It's all to do with the rain, the poor little buggers get drowned in the stuff.
That's why the Welsh one's in my garden are lush."
What age were you when you took your kagool off for the first time? |
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