In Kentucky the strawberries are practically a WEED, and the growing of them is easy. In Staffordshire it is a different matter. Uncle Mac had them in the greenhouse and knew when to take them to the great outdoors. Lands, he probably WON the best of show with 8 matching berries on a white plate. Every year! Well, when I first got a batch of strawberries to bring to the dinner table in Kentucky, I thought of myself as the BIG expert gardener, who deserved a laurel crown of asparagus leaves. I had not found out yet that the berries are EASY to grow here and that Joe Bloggs and his uncle could do it, eyes closed, and produce healthy and lovely berries. It is just the climate and the soil that does it and the person is rather inconsequential. BUUUUMmer. I was ready there to give myself a couple of hearty pats on the back.

Josiah is growing a bit of garden as a school project and will be writing about the experience. here he is at the task. We now have a few Mortgage Lifter Heirloom Tomato plants donated by Tom Tomato, a very kindly gentleman who is an avid gardener.

Here is a good slogan : "If I control the outsides, and ignore the insides, I get no results." Think on that for a while.