Strawberries, Fragaria x ananassa
Strawberries are in season, at last some variation in the five a day fruit
My mother sent me the kit for the tapestry cushion cover as a birthday present, I kept seeing adverts for these kits in magazines and fancied making at least one.
The nursery rhyme is from my children's second hand book of rhymes. I am sure the girls nowadays don't mind washing the dishes and would rather be looking after the pigs than sit at home sewing, sewing, sewing.
Strawberries are mentioned in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 89, July 2017
A VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA, PART 2:
PRIVATE AND COMMUNITY GARDENS by Valerie Whittington