At the end of September last year, my friend Cindy surprised me with a bucket full of baby strawberry plants, runners from the ones in her garden.
I had not planned to have a strawberry patch on our allotment but as I can never refuse a plant I allocated an area, dug in some horse manure and planted them.
Now I am delighted to be picking a couple of handfuls every other day. They are very sweet even when just turning pinky red, the variety is Cambridge Vigour and I would recommend it as a good one to grow, said to be good even if you are in a frost pocket. Delicious on your morning cereal or with cream for tea.
My husband made a wooden frame and covered it with net to stop the birds as they love them too. We also laid some straw around the plants to prevent the fruit from rotting.
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| some I picked this evening for our tea |
Back to my indoor sowing, I found this beautiful fabric at the weekend and it inspired some more bunting flags with a strawberry flavour.
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