Enjoying life

Herbs and lots of pots of tomatoes. This year we have Currant tomatoes (they grow like the berries and are the same size), Green Zebra tomatoes, Tigerella tomatoes and Black Russian tomatoes. Looking forward to july/august when they start to ripen...

Rhubarb ginger ice cream, nom nom nom....

Watching the cats watch nature...

Our four-legged, furry icelandic neighbours, out for the season again. I still haven't learnt the name of this lady. It could be Milla.

The cats (here Cocijo) socializing with the horses. Last year when we had just moved here the cats were terrified of the horses, they would stay at a very safe distance and when they got too near the horses (we tried to introduce them) they would hiss and puff up to twice their normal size. Now you would almost think they've missed each other...

November Strawberries

Not having a garden is probably what I miss most about living in the city. I don't even have a balcony to place large plant-filled pots on. What I do have are 3 windows facing east and west, which fortunately have turned out to be ideal for growing herbs and other small plants that don't require lots of soil or constant sunlight.

When I went to water the greens this morning I found this:

A Strawberry in November!

When I planted the seeds in April I honestly didn't expect any berries, it was just an attempt to make my window resemble my childhood garden a little more. The fact that I read on the seed envelope, that the plants won't give any fruit the first summer, didn't exactly increase my expectations. Now it isn't really summer anymore so I suppose technically speaking the seed company are right.

I'll let my precious little berry hang for another day or two before I harvest it. It smells delicious so my expectations are quite high. And the best part is that there's more where that one came from!



I hope they will make it, soon the daylight will be reduced to a mere 6-7 hours. I have three more plants, but they're not as lively as this one. Only one of them has buds, and they are two rather sad-looking buds to be honest.