Spring strawberries have arrived

One of the things that I really like about living in San Diego is the tremendous year-round variety of fresh fruits and vegetables that are available.

My mom and her boyfriend both came here from New Jersey, and they constantly tell me that we have something special here with fresh fruits and vegetable.

Two fruits that I've always been addicted to are bananas and strawberries. There seem to be three seasons here for strawberries:

1. Late winter/spring
2. Summer
3. Fall

The late winter/spring strawberries always seem to be the biggest, sweetest, and most delicious strawberries. All of our strawberries come from the Inland Valley agricultural area that runs down the center of the state from Sacramento to Imperial Valley east of San Diego. The best strawberries, though, always seem to come from Watsonville just south of San Jose.

I know strawberries require a lot of water, so I suspect that the late winter/spring strawberries are the best because of the winter rains. As the hot, dry summer moves on, the strawberries get smaller and are not as sweet.

Here's a couple of pictures of some Watsonville late winter/spring strawberries that I just got from Costco for less than $5.00. Most of the strawberries are golf-ball sized or larger.

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