Strawberry Edit.. Am I the only one who invested a months strawberry budget on actual plants??? Total harvest to date ????5, Allotment mummy not I think

18/8/2016

So I like to think of myself as green fingered (what does that term even mean?)

Anyway back to my coloured fingers, every year we have to grow something, often its strawberries, this year as expected I bought 4 hanging plants from.....IKEA
This obviously was going to be the year of the epic harvest

Epic😡😡😡😡 well it has been anything but, It has been a very very steep learning curve as Munchkin3 has now decided he is allergic to strawberries and I swear I saw munchkin2 biting off what would have been my 5th fruit ..off the plant itself.

Not only are my strawberry less, I am too proud to admit I've failed and actually buy punets from the store.
So yes in the mean time while I wait for an actual harvest, I will be working on my future heart attack with my double cream laden earlgrey😎😎😎😎
xxxx

4 Comments

Daisy-Rose

17/8/2016 03:18:55 pm

I got hooked into the strawberry farming bug as well, apparently the only guys ripping the benefits are the slugs and snails in my garden. Not one strawberry!!!!!!

19/8/2016 07:46:23 am

Oh dear oh dear , please don't let me start on the tale of the disappearing slugs ....
"I got those blue little pellets"
Tearful munchkins etc etc.
Good luck

19/8/2016 07:51:17 am

Hi just curious , do you grow any soft fruits? Any fruits at all?
Do you have kids and are they keen on them?
What success have you had?

21/8/2016 01:22:07 pm

Hi yes I do. I fell for the buzz of gardening and I bought pot grown pepper and strawberries.

The choice of buying strawberry plant to grow in my garden, I would say stems from the whole idea of being able to go to my garden and have freshly picked strawberries. The arrival of strawberries in the stores for me epitomises summer. To top it all, the thought of being the one to pick them would have had a "wowcher" effect on me. The satisfaction that would have come when I put the fruit in my mouth and how it would melt on my tongue-if ripe still warm from the sun would have been epic!. However this is still an experience only experienced in my head- till date!!!. I am still having to constantly buy my store products with my fingers crossed that the bunch would be delicious!

The choice of buying the pepper was just as a side kick, as it already had sumptuous looking peppers (6 in total). I thought I could use it as a prop, to deceive my neighbours into thinking I am quite a success at gardening. However the SLUGS & SNAILS had other ideas , as in a matter of days, all the leaves and peppers were gone- in a flash- to my Horror!!!!! .

To answer your other question, yes I do have children, and yes they're keen on gardening, but honestly only seem to show their enthusiasm and competitiveness when I remember to water my plants, otherwise, they do not seem to know it is a daily task and a continuous responsibility to ensure the plants are waters, slugs and snail totally eradicated (if ever possible)

I think I must face the reality that gardening is not for every one- Phew!

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