songbird wrote:
Terry Coombs wrote:

I went to town today to discuss fruit tree choices with the
go-to-girl at the best nursery in town , ended up coming home with
14 strawberry plants . Bare root suckers , most had some green , and
obviously better quality than the crap I tried last year from
WallyWorld . They now reside in a place of honor at the top of the
garden - I'm hoping to guide them towards the trees , to leave space
for other stuff .

what variety of strawberries are they?

for the most part they'll head towards
the light. i herd them using taller/leafier
beans/soybeans.



Corn or pole beans should work then ... these are Fragaria "Ozark Beauty"
everbearing .


if you have ever bearing plants you may
want to also pick up some june bearing
plants (these fruit once, but it is a more
concentrated crop). mainly because they
also have a lot more runners and will fill
in an area more quickly than the ever
bearing plants. and if you don't have any
ever bearing plants, pick some up as then
you can have another harvest or two later
in the season. these have fewer runners
and take longer to fill in a space. still
well worth it. last year i was eating some
of the last crop right up until the frosts
came.


songbird

There's only the 2 of us , I'll probably just let these 14 do their thing
.. No rush , I have the rest of my life . BTW , these are labelled as
GMO-free , which is a Good Thing AFAIC .
Every thing is coming along nicely now , just got back from town to pick
up a new v-belt for the tillerand to the beer store ... . The rocks are
pretty rough on it that first time the ground is broken .
--
Snag