The Home Farmer

I planted strawberries in pots this year. This is a first time. I put the pots in our deck hoping that the gophers wouldn't find them. I have been checking on them almost everyday, and then this week I noticed red to pinkish fruits. This is so exciting. I don't exactly know when is the exact time for the picking, but I'll just imagine the redness of those strawberries I see at the grocery store.

This photo was taken the other day. I send it to my sister, Charmaine via Viber in Austrlia. As I said, I am so excited that I had to share it.


The following day, both were turning red. I just can't believe this. I fooled the gophers this year again (Read about last year here.) I was really happy that I sent this photo via text message to my friend, Tita Su who's in Las Vegas, and to the young lady who's traveling around America with the rest of the Korea-America International Student Conference (KASC) delegates.


All four strawberry plants in four different pots are bearing fruits now. I am watching them like a hawk. I don't want the gophers to harvest them before we do.



This year, what are new in my backyard are four strawberry plants, a pot of spring onion and two pots of tomatoes. Hopefully, the mister and I can find time to fix our yard and have a permanent garden bed for more fresh harvests of herbs, fruits, vegetables and other greeneries in the future.