Leftover strawberries
Left-o-ver
straw-ber-ry
[left-oh-ver straw-ber-ee]
--- noun, plural -ries.
1. Fruit that makes it into the house to be shared with the
long-suffering husband after the primary gardener has glutted herself
for two weeks on sun-warmed strawberries.
Origin: Previously considered an erroneous combination of "leftover"
and "strawberry". Added to the dictionary in 2009 when excess
rain caused a decline in flavor. Despite full flavor in 2010,
the phrase has been retained.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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I felt just the way you did a few weeks ago. People a bit south of me were posting pictures of big bowls of strawberries on their blogs, and I thought, "No way we'll get so many!" I'm always surprised by how many strawberries we get over the course of a season. Of course, I do obsess over them --- we currently have ten beds full, which is just barely enough to glut me every day or two, but not enough to preserve any.
I like your question about dealing with the heat. I think that's going to have to be a post, though! Stay tuned!