wild strawberries – Donich Website https://www.donich.co.uk Argyll wildlife and nature as seen on the banks of the Donich Water Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:59:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 Wild Strawberries https://www.donich.co.uk/blog/2015/07/08/wild-strawberries/ https://www.donich.co.uk/blog/2015/07/08/wild-strawberries/#respond Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:59:27 +0000 http://www.donich.co.uk/?p=4712 I went out this afternoon to try to get some even better pictures of the water lilies, and got side tracked a bit. Last year we had one small wild strawberry plant by the pond. This year my eye was suddenly caught by a flash of red – and on inspection the whole flowerbed was covered in the tiny fruit.

I gathered two large handfuls (helped by Tora) and ate them for my lunch with M&S vanilla yoghurt. They were very nice indeed, quite sweet with a more delicate flavour than the cultivated ones. There are loads more so I will have to gather some every day.

I also noticed some great wild orchids and purple flag irises.

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