succulent strawberries!
Frantic Gardener on Jun 22nd 2008
yes, this is our major harvest/glut. we are freezing some so that at some point i can pull out and make jam or smoothies! yes - the 4 of us can’t keep up. the peas are plumping up, by the end of next week we will be harvesting those! i spy baby courgettes as well.
i think this is the most organised this garden has been since we moved here. i must add some piccies into this blog. certainly the investment in mulch and clearing has worked, and i am trying to regularly hoe. i have also been pruning the bay and yews - well, starting anyway.
it is clear that we need to put bed structure in though, so that we don’t compact growing areas.
sadly, a plum minarette appears to be dying. it is dying back from the top and growing brown. no idea why?
Three cheers for strawberries!
could you try cutting the plum back to an inch or two below the dead area and see if it helps? Just in case it’s a disease tracking down?
i have t-bird, and am hoping. that area doesn’t seem to have been v good for plums, so if they all die, will put espalier apples there instead.