Nick87
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My youngest literally eats a couple pounds of strawberries a day. Never messed with them, any tips?
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Strawberries are easy and a perennial. Plant in the spring (or now if you can find plants). They’re aggressive with runners with new plants. First year the flowers are supposed to be picked to have strong plants. I’ve never done it. Planting will fill in after the first summer.
We pick the berries when ready. Trim back the foliage after the berries are done. Plants recover quickly. I throw a little compost on them in the spring.
Easy berries. Wife is getting ready to make jam this week.
WyoDoug
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Want some? LOL I planted five hills of them and started them inside in March. I can't give enough away so I take what I don't freeze to Needs Inc and donate them.
np307
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I did manage to get the first tomato sandwich of the year before I left last week. Came back to things in pretty good shape. Managed to miss one zucchini before I left so it's massive. Things are starting to get dry here again. Next three days with highs above 98 and lows above 75. Gonna be running the irrigation for the first time since early spring. 
The first years you grow cucurbits on new ground are notable. I use to plant about 1/12 acre in watermelon every year; in rotation of a 1/4 acre vegetable garden. It took a minute for everyone to figure out who the watermelon fairy was.
You can fit half a dozen sugar babies across someone's windshield.
You can fit half a dozen sugar babies across someone's windshield.
IDFireLass
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Survived the freeze. Picked 3 zucchini today. They are loving being inside the big greenhouse. So is the watermelon. Well, everything is that is inside.
36 degrees this morning. It’s supposed to be 49 in the morning. Wife and I cleared the row covers off the boxes.
We picked artichokes. They’re out of control right now. We’ve been eating them but we’re still behind the curve. We picked all of them to try Hank Shaw’s pickled artichoke recipe,
44 artichokes!
We picked artichokes. They’re out of control right now. We’ve been eating them but we’re still behind the curve. We picked all of them to try Hank Shaw’s pickled artichoke recipe,
44 artichokes!
Sask hunter
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Was 2C here this morning. Surprised my tomatoes and peppers didn’t die
SD_Prairie_Goat
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My garden died on me with our cool spring. So I replanted the tomatoes and the new ones are doing well. Had a cherry tomato already, waiting for a beef steak.
Garlic is doing ok. Onions are stalking off nicely.
Strawberries aren't doing so great yet. Small fruit and hardly any. Not sure what their deal is.
Raspberries look like they are going to explode with fruit in about a month, can't wait
I'll go take photos tomorrow of my progress
Garlic is doing ok. Onions are stalking off nicely.
Strawberries aren't doing so great yet. Small fruit and hardly any. Not sure what their deal is.
Raspberries look like they are going to explode with fruit in about a month, can't wait
I'll go take photos tomorrow of my progress
Nick87
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Plenty imo.
Alaska weather. Cool weather Knocked out some outside plants early June. Moose got in the fence and smoked the cabbage & brussels.
A power outage stopped greenhouse fans 3 hours on a blue sky, sunny day. Temp hit 124F in the greenhouse. Killed the flower baskets, Crippled dahlias, tomatoes, some peppers. Burned leaves on number of plants. cucumber & Japan Eggplant loved the heat. Plants with first stage fruits, flowers, smoked.
A power outage stopped greenhouse fans 3 hours on a blue sky, sunny day. Temp hit 124F in the greenhouse. Killed the flower baskets, Crippled dahlias, tomatoes, some peppers. Burned leaves on number of plants. cucumber & Japan Eggplant loved the heat. Plants with first stage fruits, flowers, smoked.
WildWill
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Yesterday's bounty.
SD_Prairie_Goat
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WildWill
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Lots of pickling today. Just did some bread and butter pickles about to do some regular pickles, and then my favorite pickled banana peppers. Little snack While a pickle.
Peas are starting. Broccoli heads have doubled in size. We’ll pick broccoli this week. Raspberries are starting to blush.
Strawberry picking with puppy Dot is combative. She jumps in the box and grazes strawberries. She expects to receive the berries I pick.
Corn and green beans are having a bad start. Late planting due to weather and germination rate wasn’t good. Typical garden year with some crops winning and others having bad years.
Pie cherries are ready. I was throwing rocks at the birds in the tree as I picked the garden. I’ll pick them today.
House needs honey. I’m going out to raid the hives for a few frames.
Nick87
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Equally jealous of the home and the garden.
Bees are working hard this year! I grabbed three frames for today. When I have time, we can grab a box or two of honey frames. It should be clover honey. They have filled empty frame shells in the past two weeks. I need them to cap off the frames.
IDFireLass
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Nice pictures brymoore. Love the raspberries. Had to move mine last year and managed to get six to grow.
Bees have been working overtime on the wildflowers here.
Bees have been working overtime on the wildflowers here.
