Showing posts with label strawberry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strawberry. Show all posts

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Vegetable Update - Chicory Lettuce Strawberry

The Strawberries are growing well and i will have another small harvest soon, i will definitely be expanding on the Strawberries next year.

New Strawberry fruits

Chicory

New Chicory

Lettuce

Leafy Green Lettuce

Lots to learn and plan for next year, my mind is already racing...

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Container Vegetable Garden - How I got started

So as I said earlier I stumbled in to Vegetables via a fruit... The Strawberry. I was reading an article about strawberries (I'm not sure why) which was talking about Strawberry Plant Runners, my mind decided to store this information.

The following weekend whilst by the Sea we stumbled across some open farms, I asked the farmer if I could search and cut a runner because I was going to grow it - My wife and the farmer both laughed, but within a few minutes I had found what I thought to be a runner, I took it home and planted it in my hanging basket (after removing all of the beautiful flowers that were growing) and now almost 12 weeks on and being nearly entirely neglected;

Strawberry plant

I cant believe it, I have now harvested a plant for food!!

First strawberry Harvest

Delicious Strawberries, clearly the bug had bitten me and I was now on a mission for as much free food as I could grow with an intention of spending as little as possible whilst knowing next to nothing....

Next up... Seeds, Pots and Mud.