Pete's sister drove us and my mum in law to a very lovely neighbourhood. Rows of homely looking brick houses with gardens that look so lovingly cared for and maintained line the streets. The reason we were there was that we were looking for a particular house. The owner sells pots of baby tomato and strawberry plants from his garden. My mother in law has been getting her plants from this nice, friendly looking man for a couple of years now and his plants have always grown well.
His garden was not very big - maybe slightly bigger than ours. But he has a greenhouse at the back where he planted the seedlings. He had shelves and shelves of the plants, ready to be transplanted into the ground or a bigger pot. In the other parts of the garden, he has planted rows and rows of strawberries, potato, onions and bushes of rasberries.
But he didn't have any tomato plants growing outdoors. He said the tomato plants that he grew last year all didn't survive the wet summer. Hearing that, I am definitely not going to plant the tomatoes outside. They will stay protected in my balcony. Pete suggested planting some of the strawberries outdoors and some indoors.
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| baby tomato plants |
The strawberry plants that we got seem to be healthy. Some already have flowers growing and better yet, some berries are already formed. Hopefully, by the time my family visits in June, they will be ripe for picking.
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| strawberry plants |
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| a flower that will turn into a strawberry |
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| a baby berry |
We also bought some lavender plants. For now, all these babies are growing in our balcony. Hopefully soon, we can transplant them outdoors.
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