I’m looking forward to planting the seed in my electric propogator. The starts are in the ground and already making fresh shoots!

I have not tasted a rose petal yet. Apparently strawberries are related to roses.

Hi Celia

Thanks so much for the tip about Gariguette – I must check out that nursery.

Hi Liz

That made me smile. Thanks for dropping by.

We throw the slug damaged strawberries over the high garden wall to the hens on the other side – I like to picture them like Freddie Flintoff in the outfield waiting to take a catch!

My favourite strawberry is of course Cambridge Favourite, but I have to admit the flavour of Gariguette – an early French variety, is amazing! Both available from Ken Muir – an excellent nursery for all sorts of fruit palnts/bushes/trees.

Celia
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I’ve never planted strawberries from seed before. Around here (Oregon is famous for strawberries), we buy bundles of starts that — I think — come from the runners of other plants. A superb strawberry harvest would be wonderful!

There are still roses flowering in the chicken run! Next year I’m going to experiment with rose petals – thanks for the inspiration.

Hi Jackie

We dehydrated kilos of out own tomatoes this year but we use it mainly to dehydrate two for one offers/cut price offers and seasonal veg like Fenland celery. I also dehydrate bags of spinach – as they seem to go over so quickly. I’ve also ground a lot of dehydrated fruit and veg to make flavoured powders.It has saved us £££s already!

It’s worth looking at this site http://www.dehydrate2store.com – she has some great ideas.

Just catching up with your post from yesterday. I’ve been sitting on the fence and thinking about whether or not to get a dehydrator since you first mentioned one ages ago, but I haven’t taken the plunge because I don’t grow any fruit and veg myself. I do cook from scratch though.

Would you still find your dehydrator worth having just to use it on produce you buy?

Jackie