A blog about trying to live a green life in the city with as much of a country feel as possible. Vegetables, foraging, preserves, crafts, wildlife, community, recycling, cycling... Helen, Leyton, London, E10
Thursday, June 14, 2012
First strawberry
My grandmother's birthday was 13 June and we always had strawberries for her birthday tea. Sometimes just 2 or 3 strawberries each, sometimes a bowlful each. So I always judge whether strawberries are early or late by whether they ripen before or after Grandma's birthday.
Yesterday, 13 June, I ate my first strawberry, from one of the new plants in the blue-glazed strawberry planter. Not particularly tasty so I probably won't set up my green-glazed planter with runners from these plants. (I am planning 3, each a different colour, so I know which pot has first year, which has second year, and which has third year strawberries.)
I also had 8 autumn raspberries. Lots of fruit on the loganberries, but a long way from ripening yet.
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