So here is our first video on gardening. It is strawberry season and I love strawberries. I noticed that more most other things strawberries and fruit in general tends to go bad in my fridge with in days of buying it, because it travels so far to get to my grocery store before I buy it. This is so frustrating, most stores will take back the food, but who has time to keep going back to the store all the time? So I started to research strawberries and how to grow them, most people grow strawberries right from a plant and grow new plants from it’s sister plants. However, although I am also trying this, I prefer to grow from seed, so I know what I am growing for sure. I went to tons of stores and could not find any seeds not even regular, none organic. Although, all I will grow is heirloom and organic. Frustrated I started to do more research why this was so hard, turns out even farmers tend to grow from the plants now. In my search I saw this really cool article on strawberries and it suggested trying to seed strawberries right from the store bought strawberries with a blender of all things! At first I thought isn’t a blender going to cut up everything to a pulp? But of course it was too cool of an idea to not try, so of course, I did! Check out the video to see if I was successful or continue reading. I went to my local farmers market and bought organic strawberries. At least I know they are organic and the results surprised and delighted me.
A few things I learned when trying this you need a cup of water for about every 7 to 8 strawberries instead of one cup for the whole box. If still thick you can add more water when done. Remove the stem of the strawberries, and place in blender with water. Pulse on high for only a few seconds to pulp lightly. Stop Blender and watch the magic, the pulp with rise to the top with seeds that are no good, and the good seeds fall to the bottom. I thought I would need to take out pulp first then strain the rest, but no just pour out into a bowl and your seeds will be at the bottom! It works! Pull out your strawberry seeds gently from bottom dry them out on paper towel then bag them and freeze them for a week or up to three months, before seeding. I will do more videos as I move on in the process.
Have you grown strawberries? Tell us about your successes or what you learned from your experience. Please share below.
Until next time, enjoy the good life,
Woman on the Journey