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in #garden5 years ago

My 6 year old wanted some strawberries and I knew we had some in the fridge,when I opened the container it was a disappointment for her as the strawberries had turned all fluffy with mold.

Something that I do want to plant in my garden is strawberries and this was the perfect time for me to start to harvest the seeds for next year.

It wasn't the greatest job in the world as my fingers turned red with the stain from the strawberries but I do know that if they grow next year we won't have to buy them from the market we can just go into the garden and get some.

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The strawberries that we took the seeds from are all a good size so I thought that it would be easy to remove the seeds, it turned out not to be.

I tried a few ways to remove them, I added a strawberry to water and mushed it with a fork and stirred it hoping that the seeds would brake away from the flesh and float or sink, nothing happened apart from my water turning a pink colour.

I then went back to using my nails to pull them away but this was making my fingers turn red and half the seeds were not coming off.

I then tried a needle, but again this was taking way to much time, I started to get pi**ed off and tried a way that I hadn't thought ov.

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Using a knife and fork, yep just like you would do at dinner time, I mushed it with a fork then with the end of the knife I pulled the seeds out one by one, it didn't take that much time when I got a rhythm going.

I put the seeds on some kitchen roll and let them dry for a bit until I could brush them off and into a little bag, I marked the bag ready, so next year I know what I am sowing in my garden.

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