Strawberries

The strawberries I planted in my herb pot on the deck fared well during the winter and have started to produce flowers and the first signs of fruit. the fruit was anemic last fall, but it was late in the season and I was surprised it fruited at all. With the upcoming change to daylight savings and more daylight I will probably have to find them a sunnier spot to get really good fruit.

Valentine's Day "Flowers"

This morning brought a lovely surprise my my wonderful fiance! He has really started getting interested in succulents--something I've always loved and that my parents have been collecting for years. When we started gardening here in Berkeley we started growing a collection of succulents in a planter box on the deck, and every once in a while he would come home with a new cutting of something that caught his eye on his walk to and from the UC Berkeley campus for us to start growing. Before he would let me get out of bed this morning he ran out to get what I thought were just the couple of chocolates I had requested, but got a basket full of succulent cuttings as well--over 100 cuttings, 12+ varieties, all different colors. I was thrilled, and he was clearly excited about our expanded collection as well! i couldn't have asked for a better Valentine's "bouquet!"