Strawberries and every day miracles.... yes life as seen "Between the Cracks".
This year we decided to add strawberry plants to our little back yard garden. The previous tenants had the above strawberry planter in another section of the yard using it as a catch all while calling it a compost bin. Here in year three of our little project of back yard love, we decided to dig it up, put it where we wanted it then use it for what it was designed to be, an upright, space saving, strawberry planter. YAY us... only we forgot that strawberries are usually started very EARLY in spring or late Fall and this was quite late in the season.
With high spirits we pried, pulled and dug up the now half buried strawberry bin from its well established place in the yard. Why did we not just use one of the new in the plastic ones from the garage? All I can do is shrug and say... no we needed this one and only this one would do.
After wiping the sweat from our brows, moving the bin and wondering where we put the Alieve, it was in what we decided would be the perfect place for our new strawberry plants. It was beautiful and perfect and ready. So off to the store we go for strawberry plants.
At the store we picked up all of the seeds we would be planting for this year then asked where the strawberry plants and garlic would happen to be. The clerk gave us a very strange look and pointed toward the clearance bin. We found a package of 6 strawberry plants and the garlic at a price we could hardly believe. The price could only be considered a MIRACLE. Of course, after the garlic was planted I learned that we are suppose to plant garlic in the FALL. OK so now we are calling the beautiful garlic growing an experiment. I honestly have no idea what to expect but suppose it will turn out exactly as it is suppose to.
The strawberry plants... ummm well I just was not sure what to think so I soaked them in water over night to at least be able to pull the bundle apart without them crumbling into dust. I was not encouraged but with high spirits continued forward with the project. Weeks after planting our newest garden addition I called over my Partner and several of the neighbors asking them what kind of strawberry plants these were? In my entire life, I had never seen leaves like that on a strawberry plant. It was decided that they were not strawberry plants but were weeds that had come up in the soil. Just in case though I kept tenderly caring for them.
Another week or so and I saw my neighbor swinging her Grandbaby on the swings in the park just behind our house. We visited for a few minutes about her beautiful Grandbaby and then she says... "Hey, my Brother brought me over 6 huge pots of strawberry plants and I have no idea what to do with them." I'm like woah..... really??? Is this really happening??? But this is our life of living appreciation and fully being open and receptive to getting what we want like a spoiled child from out of thin air. I say, "I know what to do with them, come with me".
Oh, almost forgot, and why did we not use the new bin still in the plastic in the garage? My neighbors Mother came to visit him and stopped to admire our garden. She remarked over that Strawberry container and how versatile it could be. Something like that would be just perfect on her back deck because she was well past the age of the bending and stooping an actual garden requires. You should have seen her face light up... she just beamed sunshine and happiness as I said... Wait right here for a minute. So that is where that extra strawberry bin was suppose to go, we were just holding it for her.
Still chuckling over how synchronicity works but well... the Strawberries are doing just fine now and everything is right in our world once again.
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