Strawberry Harvest

The strawberry plant in the vege garden survived the winter just fine and has now gone bonkers. This was the first harvest - in the meantime we've had several bowlfuls. Some garden netting over the plants has managed to keep the birds away quite well.

Rhubarb is less happy - discovered that they are infested with aphids - so a good dose of bio spray and we'll see if they survive.

Carrots and parsnips busy growing away...

Underneath you see the patio table freshly oiled with linseed oil & turps. Actually quite fun work doing that over the last couple of weekends (scrubbing crud off & rubbing oil in).