Happy Harvest Blog

09/06/2016 09/06/2016

First strawberries of the year!

In the background these days, we are coping with the discovery that our beautiful dog, missing since April, died a long horrible death. He was a five minute walk away on our neighbour's property, and I am in disbelief and pain that I did not find him while he was still alive. He was a good and sweet dog and deserved much better. I cry every day.

Fun task-planting strawberry runners

Many of them I pegged down in the existing patch, for replacement and more density, after separating the mulch cover for them.But I hope to be able to cut these off their umbilical cords once they get established, and move them to start another row of strawberries, so I am encouraging them to take root in my pots.