I've never been a fan of growing my own vegetables. The stuff you buy at the supermarket suits me fine and I don't see the value in growing my own. I do have some rhubarb that I planted when we first moved into this unit and it provides me with a constant supply throughout the year. Apparently, I should be breaking up the crowns from time to time but I haven't worked out the process of doing that.
Marilyn decided a couple of weeks ago that she wanted to try her hand at cultivation and bought a couple of punnets of lettuce and strawberries from Bunnings. I faithfully water them each morning and they seem to be thriving, although the lettuce is a bit limp. The other morning I noticed that there was a rather large strawberry on one of the bushes and it was starting to show some colour. Marilyn asked me to keep an eye on it but, overnight some scavenger ate it. Marilyn was furious and found some mesh material to cover the plants. I had my eye on one large fruit which was starting to show colour and today I picked a ripe succulent prize-winning strawberry, the first of our crop.
Marilyn cut it into three pieces and we all enjoyed it. Now we can't wait for the next one.
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