Last year, I bought a packet of strawberry seeds.  The seeds were aimed at kids and had no details other than that they were strawberries and some basic planting guidelines.  I planted them and waited.  They grew, got bigger but we just had leaves.  I moved them in to pots on my patio last autumn but still no strawberries could be seen.

They were forgotten about over the winter and left outside.  When I came to look at them again back in March, I removed lots of dead, brown leaves and thought they looked ok.  They weren’t brilliant but still alive so I repositioned them and pretty much left them to it again.

A few weeks ago, C got very excited when she noticed something red in one of the pots.  It was indeed a strawberry.  What we hadn’t realised when we’d planted them was that they’re alpine strawberries, tiny little ones!

C now has to make sure she checks the strawberry pots regularly now and nobody else ever gets to try one.  I took the photo yesterday after I went on a mini harvest when C was in bed and I finally got to eat one. The wait was worth it though; they’re delicious!

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