Strawberry news
Our first two strawberries have started turning pink. Given that, like the rest of the UK, it looks like we are going to have a bumper crop this year, I have put hay around the base (I couldn't find straw). I have now half-constructed a low level fruit cage as well. I bought 10M * 0.5 M of plastic-coated chicken wire and this is enough to wrap around the sides. I used the old rusty 2M plumbing pipe that we were going to take the the dump as the basis of one side and various bamboo canes for the other. For now I have put translucent plastic sheeting over the top but tomorrow I'm going to buy some plastic mesh as Chris has pointed out that it will probably be too hot and dry under there for them.
In other gardening news, I have bought 2 grow bags and planted out 5 tomato plants.
There is plenty more gardening I would like to do, but that is enough for today with my recovering knee and ankle.
Missing everyone who is at Wiscon at the moment.
In other gardening news, I have bought 2 grow bags and planted out 5 tomato plants.
There is plenty more gardening I would like to do, but that is enough for today with my recovering knee and ankle.
Missing everyone who is at Wiscon at the moment.