"Berry, berry good"



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/20040309-100157-
> 7963r.htm

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

Jill
 
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:37:17 -0600, jmcquown <[email protected]> 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/20040309-100157-
>> 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
 
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:37:17 -0600, "jmcquown"
<[email protected]> 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/20040309-100157-
>> 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"
 
Ariane Jenkins wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:37:17 -0600, jmcquown
> <[email protected]> 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/20040309-100157-
>>> 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
 
Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:37:17 -0600, "jmcquown"
> <[email protected]> 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/20040309-100157-
>>> 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"
<[email protected]> 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.
 
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/20040309-100157-
> > 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

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