The artichokery

First steps.I’m going to pot up strawberry plants. Bought the pots yesterday and I am raring to go. 20 strawberries done. It all looks a bit odd – a scrabby strawberry patch and black pots everywhere attached to runners. But When Nicolas comes on Friday (at 9am to start work) I will have enough for him to rotovate away at the rest of the potager. Cleared away the weeds next to the house in what I hope will be the future herb garden and artichokery. I noticed that there is mint all over the place already. It’s funny but the plants look very much like young nettles. So I donned gloves and a wary stance and starting cutting into it. And the most gorgeous spearminty smell wafted up from the plants. So that’s lovely. Mightily invasive, but I’ rather have mint than nettles any day.