Monday, October 03, 2011

CLEAN and WHITE: Six

White.. 
        Angels wear white .... in the Philly advertisement.


This white post is dedicated to Texsy.  Her spirit is now without spot or blemish and as snow white as this beautiful white strawberry flower.

The Strawberries in my garden all came from one tiny plant I brought home from Charlotte Rogers house three years ago.  I lovingly transplanted it into a pot when we moved house and there remains the core plant still in the pot and all of the strawberry plants have come from that first one still in the pot.

Recently I made strawberry planters from the 2ltr Coca Cola bottle cut into halves and put a drainage hole in each of them and attached them to the fence high off the ground.  away from the ground ants.   This so far has been a huge success with the strawberry plants now cascading downwards from these pots with there bounty of fruit safe. 

I love to in search of the strawberries that hide under the green foliage, we get enough for desert most days.  A wonderful source of Vitamin C and antioxidants.  The taste is awesome.  Nothing like those huge tasteless wonderful looking poor tasting berries in the supermarkets.  These fruit were beautiful.

Having a bountiful supply of strawberries is handy as the fruit is versatile to be used fresh or cooked on pastry or in a jam or jelly.  Either way, plant some strawberry plants today and you too can enjoy these benefits.

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