Strawberry season in Minnesota might be one of my favorite times for our garden. While we get lettuce and radish and even rhubarb earlier in the spring, strawberries with their succulent sweet flavor and bright red color seem to be the first bountiful thing that we get. While many nights we will pick a bowl…
I’m super excited for strawberry season next year. And the reason is that I planted a 4×12’ garden full of strawberries. A 4×4 section of that is June bearing and the remaining sections are planted in ever bearing strawberries. I’m hoping that this gives us some strawberries throughout the summer along with some big harvests…
It’s one of my favorite times of year again – strawberry picking time. And since we’re starting to see some warm days or hot days [Minnesota hot, not Southern hot], a popsicle is the perfect way to use some fresh strawberries. Last year I made Strawberry Mojito Popsicles that were full of fresh strawberries and…
So here I am, trying to find uses for all the strawberries I picked. I was thinking about when you go to pancake houses and you get all the flavored syrups to choose from. One of my favorite memories of these types of restaurants was stopping at the Village Inn in Virginia, MN as a…
One of my favorite drinks to make in the summer time is fresh lemonade. I love fresh lemonade and I love experimenting with different flavors like the ginger lemonade I posted last year. I realize that strawberry lemonade isn’t exactly a new flavor combination but it’s one of my favorites and it’s also a great…
It’s June and that means in Minnesota it’s about to be strawberry season. We typically have a short strawberry season here and so we wanted to help you prepare for that by posting a few of our favorite strawberry recipes over the next couple weeks. That way you’ll be all set to head to a…