In the garden

[pensnest]

The strawberry plants are not very productive, probably because I have no idea what a strawberry-grower is supposed to do to encourage them. However, the strawberries they do produce are incredibly good. Like eating perfume when you've only had eau de cologne before.

The fuchsias are doing quite nicely, though.







They started out as big, fat, promising buds.



This one was taken through the conservatory window.



A closer look at that first, bold bloom.



The yellow ones followed:



Fabulous, or what?



The three tallest stems, which are at least eighteen inches taller than these, still sport only smallish buds. I await with interest!