We had planned replacing one bed of under-performers already…but my Bride came up with the luminous idea to act quickly and order a new bunch now rather than wait until August. Tja…Bril !! We researched and came up with the ‘Falco’…a dubious-sounding name to us, but ach; the listed qualities were what we wanted. Our strawb guy was contacted and an order places…the wheels were set in motion. It was time to clean our old beds out and freshen-up the beds anyway. So then, all the things done in one fell swoop, and klaar is Kees (Bob’s yer uncle, as it goes in English). Right then, lets get on with it. Here one of the two old beds: The beds were full of mulch and dead leaves, so that all had to be removed, then weeded and some old stal manure added for food. Here they are all ship-shape and Bristol fashion: And a few days later: Well, that all went well, but now for the new bed. The thick mulch layer had to be rolled-back, weeded, raked and the soil had to be woel-ed…then raked again to be ready to take the plants when they would arrive. Well, the plants did arrive some days later and we planted them the same day they arrived. They look measly now but we have our fingers crossed. Addendum: an update— the old plants are now showing the first flowers.
those are so beautiful. I am going to need to plant new strawberries as squirrels dug up the ones I transplanted last year (the rhubarb was getting so big it covered the strawberries). Silly squirrels trying to hide their nuts. But I can't wait to see more of them!
Shaw— it sounds like you may have to enclose your strawbs with some netting or wire mesh. Darn aquirrels !
I did get rid of one of their homes (a big tree that got damaged in a wind storm last year) and hope to get rid of the only other tree on my property that they can use this year (it too is pretty dangerous as it's been hit by lightning and is split a bit, i'm surprised they didn't take it down when they were taking all the other trees down before I got my house) But also i transplanted the strawberries at a time where the squirels needed to find the easiest place to hide their stash I think lol.
