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10.22.2009
POSTED BY Jade
We are very new to gardening especially planting to eat. We decided to have a go at strawberries and we have been amazed at how easily they have grown in our garden and how many fruits we have !! It has been such a great experience for Flynn as well to not only watch them grow but also to help water/tend for them and then explaining to him when they are ready to be eaten.
We have planted a large fruit tree orchard in the backyard and hope next year to start seeing lots of fruits from these as well. And the vegie patch- well we want to get that done in the backyard as well- eventually, but for now we will just enjoy these sweet strawberries- lovingly grown by us. : )
Hi Jade! We also planted Strawberries! We were given an off cut from FIL and brought it back from Toowoombah with us. We didnt think we would get any out of it as i wasnt sure if we had missed the season. But last week we got our 1st 3 of them! My 4 year old was so excited and i said when he finished kindy we would eat them.. But the magpies had other ideas and ate one and a half before we got to eat. He still got one, which was better then nothing i guess!Do you know much more about them? Are we likely to get anymore or have we now missed the season.Totally Addicted to your blog!Nicole
A tip – my mum is growing strawbs and last season, due to losing so many to the birds, she went to the toy shop and bought a fake rubber snake (after some advice from a friend) and hung it over the plant. The birds completely left the strawbs alone for the whole season! Who would have thought?