First Strawberry Harvest

The forest floor immediately surrounding my cabin is prime woodland strawberry habitat.  In many places, you would be hard pressed to take a step in any direction without stepping on strawberry runners.

Woodland strawberries are significantly smaller than their store-bought cousins.  At the same time, they are much brighter in flavor.

Though the forest floor is sometimes matted with strawberry plants, the berries can be difficult to spot unless you kneel down and explore under the splay of leaves. 

On a Sunday trip to the cabin, Desiree harvested her first woodland strawberries.  She gathered only a handful, but the berries proved good enough to promote the idea we will harvest a bowlful on our next visit to the woods.

Desiree and Her Strawberry Harvest

—Mitchell Hegman