05-20-2017, 03:44 PM | #1 |
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Strawberries are about ready for some ice cream and cake...
I've got several little tree seedlings that I need to pull. I put fallen leaves on my Strawberries in the fall instead of straw. Then I remove most of the leaves in the spring but leave enough to cover the ground. That helps keep out a lot of weeds. I do the same thing in my tomato garden. The leaves covering the ground helps keep moisture in the soil. And my Cives and Gooseberries are doing well.
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05-20-2017, 08:11 PM | #2 |
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You are fortunate. Between the snails and deer our strawberry plants/berries are devastated.
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05-24-2017, 12:18 PM | #3 |
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I ate my first strawberry of the season from my tire strawberry patch, this morning. Somehow, they never make it into the house so I can have them with cake or ice cream.
With all the freezes we've had, I am quite happy I still have live strawberry plants. I just wish I hadn't covered a good portion of them with too much mulch this past winter. Those haven't come back through.
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06-03-2017, 04:17 PM | #4 |
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I discovered potato bugs eating my strawberries, this morning. I thought a mouse was getting in and taking bites out of them until I saw those dang bugs. They gave themselves away when I saw a leaf had been eaten, so examined the plants closer.
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