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update on concrete block gardening for asparagus and strawberries
This year my first asparagus for dinner was 15 April and the first
greens from the garden so I can keep that in mind for future years that 15 April starts the fresh garden greens. The concrete blocks are great for the asparagus especially as I mow because then I do not mow the asparagus away but I found that I need one of those tomato wire cages along with the concrete block to keep the asparagus in summer from falling over and breaking apart. Even a metal post with wire cage to protect from wind. A update on the strawberries in the concrete block holes. last year they did excellently in the concrete block for transplants and they have grown out of the hole and started spreading wildly into the lawn so what I am going to do is use the block for transplants and then surround a patch of strawberries that have outgrown their concrete block holes. So I surround the patch with concrete block and then have to get inside there to weed. Trouble with my old patch of strawberries is that the brome and quack grass have invaded so much that I want to transplant all the remaining strawberries out of there. Once brome and quack grass invade it is a losing battle. But this year I have a new competitor to concrete block growing. I have old roofing shingles. Where I transplant I cover the base around the new tree or shrub with 2 or 3 asphalt roof shingles. They retain most of the moisture and are easy to mow around and they help to acidify the soil. My young trees and raspberries really like this asphalt covering. Archimedes Plutonium www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies |
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