I had originally planned to keep a photographic record of the various plants I own as they develop. I do have some disjointed photos on my phone, however that's about as far as I've committed thus far. I *will* upload them, at some point. Unfortunately a combination of work and Uni have gotten in the way (I'm gearing up to dissertation time so that is preoccupying a lot of my mind at the moment).
I did note one day last week when I left for work and noticed the strawberry plants were strangely flat, as if someone had dropped something on them. I was quite annoyed (bloody upstairs neighbours, I thought) and that evening watered them in a vain attempt to resuscitate them. Well, the next morning I peered outside and was shocked to see them bolt upright! My first thought was 'viagra' which I then felt disgusted with myself for thinking. Anyway, they're thriving once again and all I can think of is that I had probably forgotten to water them for a couple of days and the lack of rain (but also lack of sunshine) meant they were feeling a bit...droopy, I suppose.
In fact there's over twenty-something flowers either budding, opening or turning into strawberries at the moment, which is exciting. Around three or four are definitely well on their way and even the tomato plant, which seemed to do nothing but grow and grow and grow all over the place, has gained some little yellow flowers. Fresh, sweet tomatoes are one of my vices and so I know that for all the hard work growing them, they will last all of two seconds.
