Strawberries

After a glorious week of sunny weather, we had a handful of alpine strawberries, and six 'real' strawberries ready for picking today.

Oh, so good. Fresh from the plant, and perfectly ripe, they've restored my faith in strawberries. Because they're new plants, they're a behind established ones, and these are the first ones from our plants. So far, we've had bought strawberries and---as normal, I'm afraid---I've been slightly underwhelmed. These, however, were wonderful. They looked perfect (deep red, firm, and big), and tasted just as good.