Berry, berry good
Life: Growing a strawberry patch is one of the simplest options for a
home gardener. The fruit requires a small investment and produces a
hearty summer crop.
http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20040...0157-7963r.htm

Mike wrote:
> Berry, berry good
> Life: Growing a strawberry patch is one of the simplest options for a
> home gardener. The fruit requires a small investment and produces a
> hearty summer crop.
> http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20040...0157-7963r.htm

Yeah, but then the birds eat them all. Oh well, that's not so bad!

Jill

Ariane Jenkins wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:37:17 -0600, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>> Mike wrote:
>>> Berry, berry good
>>> Life: Growing a strawberry patch is one of the simplest options for
>>> a home gardener. The fruit requires a small investment and produces
>>> a hearty summer crop.
>>> http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20040...0157-7963r.htm
>>
>> Yeah, but then the birds eat them all. Oh well, that's not so bad!
>
> It's not that hard to take steps and protect the plants. Bird
> netting is a common solution to protect berries, and you can buy it by
> the roll. I've also seen some gardens with wooden frames and screened
> tops hinged on to keep off wildlife.
>
> We'd like to put in a strawberry patch ourselves someday, not
> sure where I'd put it, though. The reward of homegrown strawberries
> is a huge temptation, considering what local prices are.
>
> Ariane

My mom grew them in this really useless (for other things) patch next to the
walkway leading from the driveway to the back. They got the morning sun and
the space was only about 3ft by 8ft. So she planted strawberries as ground
cover and they filled the bed with lovely little red strawberries. IIRC
none of them got as big as the ones you see at the market. The ones we did
get to eat were nicely sweet. She didn't try to keep the birds away,
though. The birds also ate the berries off the pyracantha she had growing
up the wall of the house right there, too. That's a lovely climbing plant.

Jill

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:37:17 -0600, "jmcquown"
> arranged random neurons, so they looked like
this:

>Mike wrote:
>> Berry, berry good
>> Life: Growing a strawberry patch is one of the simplest options for a
>> home gardener. The fruit requires a small investment and produces a
>> hearty summer crop.
>> http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20040...0157-7963r.htm
>
>Yeah, but then the birds eat them all. Oh well, that's not so bad!
>
Yahbut, it's not always the birds that get them. For years I planted
strawberries wherever we were transferred (corporate America) and was
pretty lucky with the crops. Had a fake snake in the patch, which
seemed to work pretty well, until we got to Memphis. About the time I
was ready to pick the ripest, they'd go missing. Day after day. Damned
birds, I figured.

Then one morning, I look out the window toward the strawberry patch
and there's my 8 year old daughter in her nightgown, pickin'
strawberries like mad. Biggest durned bird in the flock :-D

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret
had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had
been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very
good dinner." Anonymous.

To reply, remove replace "shcox" with "cox"

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:37:17 -0600, "jmcquown"
> > arranged random neurons, so they looked like
> this:
>
>> Mike wrote:
>>> Berry, berry good
>>> Life: Growing a strawberry patch is one of the simplest options for
>>> a home gardener. The fruit requires a small investment and produces
>>> a hearty summer crop.
>>> http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20040...0157-7963r.htm
>>
>> Yeah, but then the birds eat them all. Oh well, that's not so bad!
>>
> Yahbut, it's not always the birds that get them. For years I planted
> strawberries wherever we were transferred (corporate America) and was
> pretty lucky with the crops. Had a fake snake in the patch, which
> seemed to work pretty well, until we got to Memphis.
(snip)
> and there's my 8 year old daughter in her nightgown, pickin'
> strawberries like mad. Biggest durned bird in the flock :-D
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

Terry, if you are still in the Memphis area we need to have lunch one day
and talk trash about everyone and the food and the servers and everything
else!

Jill

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:47:58 -0600, "jmcquown"
> arranged random neurons, so they looked like
this:

>Terry, if you are still in the Memphis area we need to have lunch one day
>and talk trash about everyone and the food and the servers and everything
>else!
>
I'm in southern California now, but we can still talk trash about
everyone ;-)

If you ever run into a lawyer downtown by the name of Henry Klein,
tell him Terry Schiele (as it was then) says, "Hey!" and that it was
largely his influence that sent me to law school to get my paralegal
certificate, so it's on his head that I've worked for lawyers yea
these many years!

And, Jill, we have a Sandy Eggo cookin coming up in June - we can talk
trash about all sorts of RFCers among Those Who Know! So, make your
reservations and get on out here!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret
had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had
been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very
good dinner." Anonymous.

To reply, remove replace "shcox" with "cox"

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:47:58 -0600, "jmcquown"
> arranged random neurons, so they looked like
this:

>Terry, if you are still in the Memphis area we need to have lunch one day
>and talk trash about everyone and the food and the servers and everything
>else!
>
I'm in southern California now, but we can still talk trash about
everyone ;-)

If you ever run into a lawyer downtown by the name of Henry Klein,
tell him Terry Schiele (as it was then) says, "Hey!" and that it was
largely his influence that sent me to law school to get my paralegal
certificate, so it's on his head that I've worked for lawyers yea
these many years!

And, Jill, we have a Sandy Eggo cookin coming up in June - we can talk
trash about all sorts of RFCers among Those Who Know! So, make your
reservations and get on out here!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret
had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had
been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very
good dinner." Anonymous.

To reply, remove replace "shcox" with "cox"

Have you thought of using a strawberry planter.It is a large
terracotto pot with holes in the sides where the plants are put, some
people use these for small plants too. They come in all sizes some
holding up to 30 plants. nice and compact and looks pretty too.

Have you thought of using a strawberry planter.It is a large
terracotto pot with holes in the sides where the plants are put, some
people use these for small plants too. They come in all sizes some
holding up to 30 plants. nice and compact and looks pretty too.

jmcquown wrote:
>
> Mike wrote:
> > Berry, berry good
> > Life: Growing a strawberry patch is one of the simplest options for a
> > home gardener. The fruit requires a small investment and produces a
> > hearty summer crop.
> > http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20040...0157-7963r.htm
>
> Yeah, but then the birds eat them all. Oh well, that's not so bad!
>
> Jill

When I had a couple of currant bushes I put netting over
them when it came close to berry ripening time. I put
4 tomatoe stakes at the corners of the plot and bought
some green netting at the fabric store and draped it over
the whole area and clipped it with clothes pins to hold
it in place. It worked great and I got all my currants.

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

jmcquown wrote:
>
> Mike wrote:
> > Berry, berry good
> > Life: Growing a strawberry patch is one of the simplest options for a
> > home gardener. The fruit requires a small investment and produces a
> > hearty summer crop.
> > http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20040...0157-7963r.htm
>
> Yeah, but then the birds eat them all. Oh well, that's not so bad!
>
> Jill

When I had a couple of currant bushes I put netting over
them when it came close to berry ripening time. I put
4 tomatoe stakes at the corners of the plot and bought
some green netting at the fabric store and draped it over
the whole area and clipped it with clothes pins to hold
it in place. It worked great and I got all my currants.

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?