Strawberry season

• Guest 693

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  9 June 2010     11:5355597
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  Driving up Jubilee Way this morning, I saw that the PYO Strawberries at Broadlees Farm (opposite the main entrance to the Duke of York's School) opened for the first time this season today. £4.00 for 1 Kilo basket, just under £1.00 a pound - and absolutely delicious.....had to stop and get some, and I was their first customer of the season!
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  9 June 2010     12:0655599
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  Congratulaitions Andy on being the first customer. All sounds delicious. I always thought strawberries were very tasty of course, but with no partiocular food supllemental quality or value, but it seems they are very good in the fight against cancer. Thought I would throw that in... this being a 'no smoking saves you from heart attack' kind of morning.
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• howard mcsweeney1

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  9 June 2010     12:0755600
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  andy
  i cannot work out your arithmetic here.
  
  there are only 2.2 pounds to a kilo.
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  9 June 2010     13:2555608
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  The White Mill farm shop Nr Sandwich has been selling local strawberries for about 3 weeks now, possibly originating from the poly tunnels at Thanet, a nice taste of Summer.
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  9 June 2010     13:2755609
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  Howard perhaps Andy is including the 2 pound he ate while picking the rest
• Guest 696

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  9 June 2010     13:2755610
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  Hmmm! I'd like some of those strawberries too!
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• Guest 693

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  9 June 2010     14:2955620
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  Thanks Howie, I knew my maths was crap!
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• Guest 645

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  9 June 2010     15:2155623
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  OMG the local Strawberries which have been out for a few weeks over here are £3.99 a punnet!!!
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• howard mcsweeney1

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  9 June 2010     17:3055646
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  martin makes a valid point, this farm complained last summer that a lot of their customers worked on the "one in the punnet, one in the mouth" repeat 30 times school of picking.
  
  andy, maybe your maths was correct?
• Guest 693

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  9 June 2010     18:2455669
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  No, Howie, my maths was crap........I didn't pick my own, just bought a basket off the counter. Time is money, you know!
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