Two mad gnomes and a big garden.
The Veggie Gnome does the edible stuff, the Berry Gnome the berries and taties.
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Strawberry bed
The strawberries are looking really good. However, they are still very small and green. The structures are in place - so that we can put netting over the bed when they ripen up. So, grow, strawberries, grow! :) We are ready!
I picked our first strawberries yesterday. I think they need a little more sunshine to sweeten them though. The birds are not my problem but the millipedes and the odd slug are the ones to watch out for.
Millipedes! I was watching my first, big, fat, strawberry for he season ripen. I resisted the temptation to pick it too early and when I judged it was just right...oooooo, the anticipation. The back of it was gone and it was totally hollow...with a fat millipede inside...I swear I heard it burp!
Olive, well done! You are ahead of us. No birds? Lucky you. :)
Hazel, yuk! Yes, we have those buggers, too. Nothing worse than salivating over a big, plump, juicy, ripe strawberry, then turning it over - and be confronted with a millipede! :)
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I picked our first strawberries yesterday. I think they need a little more sunshine to sweeten them though. The birds are not my problem but the millipedes and the odd slug are the ones to watch out for.
Millipedes! I was watching my first, big, fat, strawberry for he season ripen. I resisted the temptation to pick it too early and when I judged it was just right...oooooo, the anticipation. The back of it was gone and it was totally hollow...with a fat millipede inside...I swear I heard it burp!
Olive, well done! You are ahead of us. No birds? Lucky you. :)
Hazel, yuk! Yes, we have those buggers, too. Nothing worse than salivating over a big, plump, juicy, ripe strawberry, then turning it over - and be confronted with a millipede! :)
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