All Things Red

I planted strawberries in a pot. See that little bit of pink? It's a strawberry. And it's almost ripe enough to eat now. It's the only one so far that looks like a strawberry and not a green nodule.

I have to share it with Alex. One strawberry cut into two tiny pieces or more likely one strawberry and his will have a bite out of it as I remove it from the plant. I'm surprised at how well they're growing. Hopefully I'll have a successful strawberry summer.

Other red things in my garden are doing well. I planted tomatoes. Some tiny plants, which you can't see in this picture, I started myself indoors. These big tomato plants are from a local hardware/garden store. They have flowers on them now, which means tomatoes will follow soon. I got a variety of types because I'm not sure what I like. I remember my grandma growing big boys, but I'm sure she grew other varieties, too. I picked out the Indy tomato and have one plant of that variety for local sake. We'll see.

I've already started planning for next year. We're going to build/install a light table in the garage so I can start more plants from seed. I saved my plastic starter pots this year so I have a good stockpile of those.

I need to research prepping the ground after the garden, but I've got a few months before that and I'm ready to enjoy the summer!