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Nancy Young[_2_] Nancy Young[_2_] is offline
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Jean B. wrote:
> Tracy wrote:


>> There are few places near me for pick your own strawberries, but it
>> has been raining non stop for about a month - or at least it seems
>> so. They won't let you pick when the vines are wet.....I wonder what
>> it will do to the prices. The last time I called u-pick strawberries
>> were 5 dollars a quart.


> I gather the strawberry crop has really suffered. Corn too.
> Hasn't the weather been ghastly? But then I think of folks who
> don't have water....


I blame myself. I was bound and determined to pick strawberries this
year ... and the skies opened up and it rained for a month. Like
27 days out of 30. I haven't seen any ads for strawberry picking.

nancy