Last year I was joking about how our strawberries are"nuclear strawberries" because they were still bearing into October and November. Well, they're at it again.
If the beds look sloppy, it's because I'm potting many of the runners with plans to transplant them into the new garden beds. At some point, I'm going to take my chances and also transplant the established strawberries into the new beds, since we want to dismantle this little driveway garden and transfer everything to the permanent garden. But that's a post for another time.
So here it is almost mid-October, and the strawberries are still producing. They've slowed down a bit, but haven't stopped.
They seem to ripen in a different manner this time of year, a sort of "bottoms up" method.
I'm collecting a bowl-full about every five days. These I hull, slice, and freeze.
While a lot of people turn their strawberry crop into jam, I don't bother. None of us are jam or jelly fans, so strawberry jam would just go uneaten.
But sliced frozen strawberries? We have a million uses for them.
Amazing! Mine are long since done (June bearing). I have to remove the plants from one of my three tire berry patches, as the soil has sunk to half the height of the tire. I will replant in the spring with runners and transplants from the other two tires, which were newly replanted this year and went gangbusters (I did snip all the flowers, so they put their energy into their root systems and I should get a good crop from them next year if the weather cooperates and the world doesn't end before then).
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Where did you buy your plants last year. I haven't been able to find these anywhere near me and would like to get some for next spring
ReplyDeleteThese are the Fort Laramie variety. We got them through Gurney's:
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- Patrice
my Fort Laremines are still going strong. Got a lot of daughter plants to start a fresh bed next spring. These plants are tough and tolerated the wind and heat issues we have here.
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love my Fort Laramie strawberries. We planted them in June and they kept us in berries all summer long. They also are still producing and boy did they make runners. We have more runners than the 95 plants we planted. I could have at least another 40 foot bed of berries. But we don't eat that much so I am telling friends they can have runners if they want them. Thank you so much Patrice for telling us about these strawberries since I ordered them when you put your nuclear berry post out and have loved them since we planted them. God is GREAT!
ReplyDeleteI waited too late and Guerneys was sold out when I went there ( online). Anyway, they are elsewhere on sale still. What I want to know is how you interplanted the strawberries with garlic. That's what I'd like to try. The whole double cropping thing intrigues me.
ReplyDeleteSome local folks have a nut orchard and fish ponds and cows grazing all in a pasture sized piece of ground. The ponds have fish, keep the cows watered, and store water. The mature trees provide shade for the cows as well as grass, which must be something shade tolerant because it's green.And some of the pasture is open. Four protein sources if the cows can be milked. Smart!
Have found a better answer to my interplanting question. Apparently strawberries are top of the list to interplant with blueberries. Found this out from googling what to interplant with blueberries. Mine have outgrown their big pots(about 7-8 gals) and are going into enormous pots (about 25 gal, but not deeper). Perfect.
DeleteI don’t have your email address, or I would contact you through it. With everything going on in the world, I wanted to check on your daughter. Will what’s going on affect her assignment? I’m praying for her safety along with all of our military personnel and their families. I’m also praying for other nations. There is tragedy everywhere.
ReplyDeleteShe is safe and on shore duty in Europe, though of course that can shift with "the needs of the Navy." I won't pretend I'm not nervous about the way the world is going. We covet your prayers for her, as well as all other military personnel.
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