“There are strawberries growing among my bulbs. Wild ones, seeded from God knows where, poking their pale little fingers among the tulips and crocuses. Wild strawberries are invasive; not quite as invasive as dandelions, but those little heart-shaped leaves conceal a powerful hunger for conquest, sending their runners everywhere, each one an outpost preparing itself for a future invasion. And yet I cannot bring myself, père, to curb their cheery exuberance. Though more or less worthless in terms of fruit, the little white flowers and pretty leaves make excellent ground count cover, keeping the thistles and ragwort at bay without suppressing my daffodils. And besides, in summer, there may be enough of the tiny red berries to put on a tart, or flavor a glassful of sweet white wine. That is, if the birds do not steal them first. They too enjoy their sweetness. Those strawberries will creep, Reynaud, said Narcisse's voice in my mind. Let them stay, and in a month, your beds will be nothing but strawberries.” Wild StrawberriesInvasive Book:The Strawberry Thief Source: The Strawberry Thief
“Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water bugs, tadpoles, frogs, mud turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb. Brooks to wade, water lilies, woodchucks, bats, bees, butterflies, various animals to pet, hayfields, pine-cones, rocks to roll, sand, snakes, huckleberries and hornets; and any child who has been deprived of these has been deprived of the best part of education.” ShouldChildrenHas BeensWaterAnimalTreeChildhoodRocksShould HaveVariousPetSandClimbsButterflyBeesPieBatsMudSnakesBugsDeprivedFrogsLiliesBrooksTurtlesStrawberriesWadeAcornsConesChestnutsGrasshoppersHuckleberryHornetsTadpolesWater LilyMud PiesWild StrawberriesWoodchucks Book:The Training Of The Human Plant Source: The Training Of The Human Plant
“A white truffle, which elsewhere might sell for hundreds of dollars, seemed easier to come by than something fresh and green. What could be got from the woods was free and amounted to a diurnal dining diary that everyone kept in their heads. May was wild asparagus, arugula, and artichokes. June was wild lettuce and stinging nettles. July was cherries and wild strawberries. August was forest berries. September was porcini.” MayMightWhiteFoodEasierGreenSellsCookingDollarsWoodsForestsCulinaryElsewhereSeptemberDiariesJuneJulyAugustCherriesBerriesDiningStrawberriesLettuceTrufflesAsparagusNettlesArtichokesWild StrawberriesArugula Author:Bill Buford
“It's unarguable to say that every one of us has been moved by the beauty of what I have called snapshots, but for photographers they are charms and proverbs, and like lightening or wild strawberries.” Has BeensMovedPhotographerCharmStrawberriesSnapshotsWild Strawberries Author:Tod Papageorge
“About one thing the Englishman has a particularly strict code. If a bird says Cluk bik bik bik bik and caw you may kill it, eat it or ask Fortnums to pickle it in Napoleon brandy with wild strawberries. If it says tweet it is a dear and precious friend and you'd better lay off it if you want to remain a member of Boodles.” IfsWantMayAsksOne ThingMembersBirdEnglandLaysDearCodeStrictEnglishmenInsultingTweetStrawberriesPicklesBrandyPrecious FriendsWild Strawberries Author:Clement Freud
“Cold Mountain Buddhas Han Shan Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought: So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness be dancing. Whisper of running streams, and winter lightning. The wild thyme unseen and the wild strawberry, The laughter in the garden, echoed ecstasy Not lost, but requiring, pointing to the agony Of death and birth.” LightRunningDeathLostWaitingDarknessDyingReadyColdBirthMountainLaughterGardenDancingWinterStreamsEcstasyStillnessLightningAgonyUnseenPointingImpermanenceNot ReadyStrawberriesQuartetsThymeCold MountainWild Strawberries Author:T. S. Eliot