In early April, I was out walking the puppies and came across a bag on the curb with a FREE sign on it. Yes, I still call them puppies, even though they are both grown adult dogs.
I could resist looking, and lo and behold, it was full of strawberry plants!
What variety, you might ask? I'll tell ya what variety- FREE.
I picked through to select about a dozen and a half of the healthiest crowns, trimmed off the dead stuff, and put them in a sunny spot in the vegetable bed. Well, sunny is a relative term. Sunny-ish. This is Seattle after all- our idea of sunny is a bit skewed.
The spot I chose also happened to be next to the rhubarb- that's it in the foreground.
I figured these two better get to know each other early on.
By mid-June, the plants had about doubled in size, and were starting to fill with blossoms.
The monster rhubarb, in the meantime, had about quadrupled in size!
A few more weeks, and ta-da!
Sweet, Summer Perfection!
I love finding FREE stuff.
I love finding FREE stuff.
Yours truly-
Tigerlily
It sure looks like the right person found that paper bag, Tigerlily! Strawberries & rhubarb look beautiful growing close to each other.
ReplyDeleteAnnie at the Transplantable Rose