Archive for the ‘Strawberries’ Category

I’m laying down the gauntlet! Nothing beats the English strawberry…even my wife agrees that while she lived in England (where we met), she had never tasted such beautiful fruit. I have to say that the fruit you buy in the supermarkets over there is the same quality, or lack of as it is over here. Much of the fruit and veg that is packed onto our supermarket shelves is picked before ripe, packaged in a completely different place (sometimes country) and then stored for up to nine months before distributed out to the retailers. Hardly a sustainable method of growing food and yet breaking that routine of being able to buy and expectation to buy our favorite produce all year round, doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon.

Anyway, back to the gauntlet. I have to admit I tried growing strawberries last year….I failed miserably! I got about 6 strawberries from as many plants and they measured about 2cm long and about 1cm fat….hardly a winner. Read the rest of this entry »