A small crop of Strawberries ...
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Huh - those blummin pests ... Wild Strawbs can take over our garden if we are not careful, they bury the potato crop and block the paths .... tasty little beggars though and the jam is great!
One of my favourite fruits 
I make syrup from them….when I can leave enough uneaten that is
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I make syrup from them….when I can leave enough uneaten that is M
I'm quite partial to strawberries myself ~ that and blueberries . It's the size which makes me chuckle
Ours are starting to go that way ~ The original Wild Strawberry plant (singular) came to us from Herself's Granddad's garden and went into a big pot. Now it's colonised the original pot and is doing a good job of hiding half (so far) the length of the concrete kerb on the fence side of the drive. It's happy to frequent the paving edges under the camellia, but hasn't shown any ability to share the same bed ...
Aren't they just. Diminutive little pockets of taste
. It's the size which makes me chuckle Ours are starting to go that way ~ The original Wild Strawberry plant (singular) came to us from Herself's Granddad's garden and went into a big pot. Now it's colonised the original pot and is doing a good job of hiding half (so far) the length of the concrete kerb on the fence side of the drive. It's happy to frequent the paving edges under the camellia, but hasn't shown any ability to share the same bed ...
Aren't they just. Diminutive little pockets of taste
We don't have any wild ones
We are getting 12 pounds a day of normal ones though. Our neighbours love us right now
We are getting 12 pounds a day of normal ones though. Our neighbours love us right now
We don't have any wild ones
Happy to send you some, just remind me when the growing season's over.
(If nothing else it'll be another toe-hold in case something happens to what we view as a family heirloom
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I am getting a large Handfull a day from my crop, I would have had a lot more but the birds / slugs keep eating my big juicy ones.
bambodoggy
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
We've got heaps of them growing round here, unfortunately they grow mainly along the paths used by dog walkers (including me) and pretty much the entire crop has been irrigated by doggy pee......so I tend to leave them to the local wildlife to enjoy
Used to have a decent size patch in my old garden and they did taste yummy
Used to have a decent size patch in my old garden and they did taste yummy
One of my first wild food memories was eating tiny strawbs on a walk in the Lincolnshire Wolds with my dad - we saw a pond teeming with spawning coarse fish too. Remember it like it was yesterday and not oger 30 years ago!
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We have a tiny suburban garden all planted with flowers. Stuck in two strawberry plants - had a punnet's worth of strawberries from them so far and they are still producing!
The soil is bloody amazing, I have to mow at least once a week or it becomes a jungle, a small catmint plant is now a meter across and an a meter high, we can't eat all the sage and herbs.
Wish the garden was 5 times the size.
The soil is bloody amazing, I have to mow at least once a week or it becomes a jungle, a small catmint plant is now a meter across and an a meter high, we can't eat all the sage and herbs.
Wish the garden was 5 times the size.
Soil is everything when it comes to gardening!
This lot is becoming 24 pounds of soft set jam at the moment.
Strawberries by British Red, on Flickr
We are betting bored with processing strawberries to be honest.
This lot is becoming 24 pounds of soft set jam at the moment.
Strawberries by British Red, on FlickrWe are betting bored with processing strawberries to be honest.
Wow that's a large crop, Anyone have any tips for keeping the Birds / slugs off my Strawberries?
We use net tunnels to keep the birds off.
Strawberry Harvest by British Red, on Flickr
A thick bed of straw keeps most slugs off, but a few mouse traps are handy as little nibblers cause loads of damage. I caught 26 in two days!
Strawberry Harvest by British Red, on FlickrA thick bed of straw keeps most slugs off, but a few mouse traps are handy as little nibblers cause loads of damage. I caught 26 in two days!
Mice make terrific pike baits. Each one even comes with a handle!
Single 2/0 hook and some red thread for a seat belt.
Single 2/0 hook and some red thread for a seat belt.
Still waiting for my strawberries to turn read. The berries have started to form now.
Things are moving very slowly up here.
Anyone got good recipes for using up strawberries?
Things are moving very slowly up here.
Anyone got good recipes for using up strawberries?
Also I was wondering, my strawberries are in a fruit cage (no net yet) and have been in the same spot for numerous years. I replaced them all about 2 years ago with new plants and the yields have been much lower. I was wondering if it is the plants or if it is the soil as they grow out of holes in a thick weed sheet which was set up long before I moved into the house
Will they still be fine in the same spot without digging up the soil and adding compost/fertiliser? It isn't a small job to move the sheet and frame so if there is an easier way of doing it that would be good.
Will they still be fine in the same spot without digging up the soil and adding compost/fertiliser? It isn't a small job to move the sheet and frame so if there is an easier way of doing it that would be good.
In theory three to four years is the maximum in one spot because of disease build up and nutrient deficit. That said, you can extend life by removing the membrane and working in several inches of organic matter.
The local pick-your-own farm has had theirs in the same spot since before I moved here some 26 years ago.
