So much of our time is spent in despairing over plants which don't grow as well as we think they should, that we often don't stop to enjoy those that do very well even in the harsh terrain of our farm.
One of the recent reminders of this was the strawberry plant. A friend dropped in a couple of months ago and had brought along a few strawberry plants. We assumed it would be very difficult to grow, but to our pleasant surprise, most of the plants did well. In fact, every few days we have been tasting our very own strawberries - although very few in number that sometimes we have slice them so all of us can have a bite!
One of the recent reminders of this was the strawberry plant. A friend dropped in a couple of months ago and had brought along a few strawberry plants. We assumed it would be very difficult to grow, but to our pleasant surprise, most of the plants did well. In fact, every few days we have been tasting our very own strawberries - although very few in number that sometimes we have slice them so all of us can have a bite!
So, now the Strawberry is on our "to-do" list and we'll have to source a few hundred plants and see how well they do.
Some of the other "pleasant surprises" - plants that have done surprisingly well in our farm - have been the avocado, pineapple, rosemary and aloe vera. Some of our avocado trees have just flowered for the very first time, and we are keeping our fingers crossed to see if we will get to taste them a few months from now.
