We have babies!

I am going to have gooseberries! Yay!

I bought this plant two years ago with high hopes. About ten years ago, I tried to grow a gooseberry plant unsuccssfully. This time, in a new climate, I have babied it and, it has paid off! I bought this plant from a fellow gardener, not a nursery. I brought it home and planted it in a container, with really good dirt and excellent drainage. It made about 3 berries for me last year, it tried but it was just not settled in yet. This year I believe there will be enough berries to make a batch of gooseberry jam! As a child my best friend and I spent many summer days playing "fort" in an old furniture box set next to her families back porch. We lived on wild things, chives and gooseberries. Those berries were sour and puckered us up! It has been such a strong memory and I have been trying to recapture that taste for years. Now, all grown up, I will make jam with some of the berries saving a few to eat fresh. I plan to savor berries, those moments, and revisit some great old memories!

This is a major success for me. I am building more confidence as a gardener.