HAFM: Seasonal Feature - Strawberries

Attention, Cyber-Shoppers:
'Tis the Season to scintillate with
STRAWBERRIES.
A wide swath of lusciously shiny red strawberries.

"Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did."
- a quote by William Butler.

HARBOR AREA FARMERS MARKETS
are now all a-shimmer to the stand-tops with their succulence.

Did you know that the strawberry...

...is not a berry at all...but actually the enlarged receptacle of the flower?

...is part of the diet of older people in the group with the lowest rates of all cancers? (Anti-ageing Tips.)

...is the only fruit with its seeds on the outside...and that they rarely reproduce from them, relying rather on runners?

...aids in removing impurities from our bloodstream when eaten, and helps cleanse oily skin and dental plaque when topically applied?

...leaves and flowers can be brewed into a wonderful tea consisting of numerous amino acids and trace elements indispensable to our body, having functions of anti-inflammation, sterilization, and anti-hypercholesterolemia...not to mention that it tastes great?

How to Straw a Berry...and Mulch Mulch More...
(...A Few Links to Strawberry Fields...Forever...)

Easy Strawberry Recipes & More

Strawberry Hints & Tips

Strawberry Tabouleh

GENERAL NUTRITION INFO:
Nutrition Dictionary | Nutrient/Phytochemical Charts | Learned Links List

A wide swath of lusciously shiny red strawberries.

Amoving reminder for those who are STILLincentive-challenged
(tho' it behard to believe): please click here for agood time!

Animated image: a multicolored flashing marquee around a luscious blinking strawberry - Buy berries.

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