Happy little strawberry plants in their new home! It took a bit to get there though. Once we made the barrels, see part 3, I really didn’t want the blue, so I spray painted them with Espresso spray paint. It did not turn out perfect, but I figure that the plants will grow up and …
Strawberry success- finally! Part 3
This idea should work- at least we can cut these! Well the tires are out- see my last post- so these are used food grade canola oil barrels. Relatively cheap at $10 a piece, you can find them on Craigslist or FB Marketplace. We are starting out with 12. Now we could just drill those …
We have a great plan- for the strawberries Part 2
So we scooped up the strawberries, dirt and all into piles we would sort later- easy right? My poor poor strawberries. Let me just say that I had the best of intentions. We have a LOT of tires- semi truck size and what a great idea to stack them up, drill holes in them and …
Weeds, weeds and a few strawberries-saga part 1.
The weeds are taking over… I just love, love, love strawberries and they are so easy to grow, and reproduce. Plus once you have the plants, so incredibly cheap to keep going. Each year you have new plants, and each year they faithfully produce-for free. BUT holy cow, do the weeds want to take over! …