tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post2506597829488135578..comments2024-01-03T17:26:32.872-08:00Comments on Our Subsistence Pattern: Everbearing Strawberries - The Gift That Keeps On GivingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-5923996374353565732011-08-14T13:06:19.077-07:002011-08-14T13:06:19.077-07:00I really should grow the everbearing variety. I w...I really should grow the everbearing variety. I would love to find a hardy variety for our garden. I can't remember the name of the variety we have.meemsnychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584936035577822444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-22472645308595319142011-08-13T06:34:59.504-07:002011-08-13T06:34:59.504-07:00I love those strawberries!
Cassy from Guitar Made...I love those strawberries!<br /><br />Cassy from <a href="http://electricguitaronlinelessons.com/just-for-you-guitar-made-easy" rel="nofollow">Guitar Made Easy</a>Cassyhttp://electricguitaronlinelessons.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-68506904105037993332011-08-02T04:46:24.618-07:002011-08-02T04:46:24.618-07:00Sylvie - Tristar sounds like a great berry and one...Sylvie - Tristar sounds like a great berry and one that is very similar to our variety. Most of our berries end up in smoothies too.:)Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-70955993854860763552011-08-01T18:43:18.976-07:002011-08-01T18:43:18.976-07:00Tristar is a day-neutral strawberry does wonder fo...Tristar is a day-neutral strawberry does wonder for me in my Northern Virginia Piedmont garden. I just love having strawberries from early summer until mid-fall. Eat them fresh, but also freeze them for smoothies in winter.sylvie in Rappahannockhttp://www.LaughingDuckGardens.com/ldblog.php/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-75936679881142032652011-07-30T05:55:10.787-07:002011-07-30T05:55:10.787-07:00Michelle - I recently read a nice article on growi...Michelle - I recently read a nice article on growing strawberries under row covers that does state "<a href="http://www.hightunnels.org/PDF/Growing_Strawberries_in_High_Tunnels.pdf" rel="nofollow">Strawberries will set fruit without pollinators, but maximum berry size and weight are obtained<br />by having good cross pollination of flowers with bees</a>." Too bad about your rat issues, what a terrible thing to have to deal with in ones garden.<br /><br />Sweet Life Garden - Too big.:) Our main section that we are picking off this year is approximately 10 x 50ft. Speaking of which, I need to get out there and do some more weeding this evening.Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-30719608855757897822011-07-28T22:32:20.119-07:002011-07-28T22:32:20.119-07:00wow! How big is your bed, or did I miss that? Beau...wow! How big is your bed, or did I miss that? Beautiful!Sweet Life Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016748939343530645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-13968913674372482142011-07-28T07:56:07.460-07:002011-07-28T07:56:07.460-07:00Brag on! Your strawberries are amazing. I'm go...Brag on! Your strawberries are amazing. I'm going to have to try covering my strawberries to protect them from the plague of rats we've got this year. I wonder if they will pollinate themselves under row cover?michellehttp://fromseedtotable.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-43993389588051764152011-07-28T05:33:56.144-07:002011-07-28T05:33:56.144-07:00AJK - Sounds like you have some good plants. Ours ...AJK - Sounds like you have some good plants. Ours are finally taking a break from berry production too...mostly. Enjoy those berries.:)<br /><br />Elizabeth - Too bad about the holes in your berries, must bee slugs or something like that having a snack...if I was a bug I would be too.:)Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-63739043026594102432011-07-27T21:30:46.503-07:002011-07-27T21:30:46.503-07:00you brag all you want when you work your tail feat...you brag all you want when you work your tail feathers off like you do. I couldn't pick my berries before something ate holes in them!!! Sad!<br />Peace & Raw Health,<br />ElizabethElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03072052243275334492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-61563174993973692232011-07-27T00:38:24.392-07:002011-07-27T00:38:24.392-07:00Yay Strawberries! Everbearing ones are the best! O...Yay Strawberries! Everbearing ones are the best! Ours are taking a short break from berry production while it produces some runners. Then, once the runners come, it's back to some more autumn berries! :-) We get some in the winter although sparse. Happy Strawberry Fest!AJKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-12043304674893122322011-07-26T05:33:08.280-07:002011-07-26T05:33:08.280-07:00WeekendFarmer - It rained yesterday morning too......WeekendFarmer - It rained yesterday morning too...just a little though. I will try to push some of these clouds over in your direction.:)<br /><br />Mavis - That is Mrs. H standing there with an arm load of berries.:)Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-73452136685193681242011-07-25T17:47:08.272-07:002011-07-25T17:47:08.272-07:00Is that you Mrs. H? Nice berries... I hope you ma...Is that you Mrs. H? Nice berries... I hope you made some jam. :)Mavishttp://onehundreddollarsamonth.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-11512788823401394712011-07-24T05:53:19.998-07:002011-07-24T05:53:19.998-07:00Forget the strawberries...I am jealous about the R...Forget the strawberries...I am jealous about the RAIN!!! Twice in a row? I am dying here : ). <br /><br />ex·ag·ger·ate - you say? Funny...my wife says the same thing about me: ). Exaggerate away...those berries look amazing! I am glad you posted. I want to bring strawberries back to the land here. I was thinking about this everbearing kind. I hope you will make some jam as well : ). <br /><br />Send me some rain!WeekendFarmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360299517360406552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-54907976818637471852011-07-23T14:22:58.819-07:002011-07-23T14:22:58.819-07:00Oxray Farm - Thanks, they sound like a very simila...Oxray Farm - Thanks, they sound like a very similar type of plant. I am sold on the ever-bearing varieties and would love to try another kind like your TriStar but have to consider my ability to keep them seperated...one of these days.<br /><br />Diane - Our new garden motto should be "Oh So Slow To Grow"...seriously.:) We do have some advantages though in that I can pretty much grow salad greens all summer long...tomatoes on the other hand...hit and miss to be sure. Dr. Wyche's is plugging along...fingers crossed that it will produce this year.<br /><br />Buttons - Ah yes, but you have to be careful with those wild strawberries.:)<br /><br />"Are wild strawberries really wild? Will they scratch an adult, will they snap at a child? Should you pet them, or let them run free where they roam? Could they ever relax in a steam-heated home? Can they be trained to not growl at the guests? Will a litterbox work or would they make a mess? Can we make them a Cowberry, herding the cows, or maybe a Muleberry pulling the plows, or maybe a Huntberry chasing the grouse, or maybe a Watchberry guarding the house, and though they may curl up at your feet oh so sweetly can you ever feel that you trust them completely? Or should we make a pet out of something less scary, like the Domestic Prune or the Imported Cherry, Anyhow, you've been warned and I will not be blamed if your Wild Strawberries cannot be tamed." — Shel Silverstein<br /><br />Sorry, I have wanted to post these funky words from Silverstein for a while now but the opportunity never presents.:) <br /><br />Wendy - I have read many an article from very experienced gardeners that say to mow back your berries in order to keep them disease free and producing for a number of years.<br /><br />That said, we do not do this, prefering to pull up the old ones and replant the babies in the spring of every 3rd year in order to have healthy vigorous plants. This is done on a rotation of sorts with 3 different plots so that we always have a nice amount of 2nd year strawberry plants under production as they put out the most berries for us. You might try doing both just to see which methods works best for your plants.<br /><br />Kimberly - With any luck next year will be a better one for your berries and if you have to have a weed, Swiss chard sounds like a good one. North Idaho does look pretty nice this time of year, especially since we have had such a wet spring...lots of green going on. <br /><br />E - Well I'm certainly no expert but I would think that even asexually produced plants would adapt/change depending upon the conditions in which they are grown and what type of nutrients they are able to assimulate from the soil, air, and water. So when I say adapt I mostly mean that a plant could change somewhat in the sense of becoming stronger or weaker, bigger or smaller, more or less productive, over time depending upon the nutrition and conditions it is provided with. A phenotypic variation of sorts...or something like that.:)<br /><br />Granola Girl - You are back? We definitely need to work on our strawberry dehydration techniques...they never turn out as we hope. Perhaps we need to slice them a bit thicker. But yes, dried strawberries do make for an excellent travel snack....and they are so lite.:)Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-22369024552275785262011-07-23T09:34:18.212-07:002011-07-23T09:34:18.212-07:00I've never been too thrilled with everbearing ...I've never been too thrilled with everbearing berries, but with a recommendation such as yours I might have to look into them a bit more.<br /><br />This year we sliced ours into "coins" and dehydrated them. They were SO good. Knowing how much you all dehydrate, I thought I'd let you know. We make fruit brittle too, but these are much more snackible.<br /><br />I think gardeners are a bit like fisherman, we are all allowed to exaggerate!https://www.blogger.com/profile/04249655831923837855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-32312407675799086322011-07-23T08:48:12.555-07:002011-07-23T08:48:12.555-07:00Since strawberries reproduce by runners/clones I w...Since strawberries reproduce by runners/clones I wonder how they can adapt?<br /><br />They look great!Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12452842332549541201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-8087663783263397952011-07-22T22:02:11.849-07:002011-07-22T22:02:11.849-07:00Oh my, do those berries look good. We have some ti...Oh my, do those berries look good. We have some tinie tiny ones last year. They were super sweet. This year's crop has been a failure.<br />This year's weed is chard and artichokes.<br />We were up your way the first week of June. Beautiful country you live in.Kimberly @ We Call Her Mommahttp://wecallhermomma.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-30035425362715103812011-07-22T19:39:10.644-07:002011-07-22T19:39:10.644-07:00Well, that is certainly something to brag about! ...Well, that is certainly something to brag about! <br /><br />I must admit my strawberries were pretty darn good for my little garden too - I sort of think it was a one-hit wonder though - we'll see how year three fares...<br /><br />I read this berry book that said they should be mowed down after they're done producing. This makes me nervous. Do you take this kind of measure?Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232693432045335251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-70430027576389760662011-07-22T16:38:53.507-07:002011-07-22T16:38:53.507-07:00Oh I love this. Berries from Mom are super special...Oh I love this. Berries from Mom are super special. They are beautiful berries and yes it is OK to brag. My garden is only producing Kale it is so hot and dry.<br /> I can almost taste those tasty berries. Great photos. I am sure you are enjoying them as I sit here dreaming of them. BButtons Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029439906543077861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-31068711579638531252011-07-22T10:09:50.752-07:002011-07-22T10:09:50.752-07:00Beautiful Berries M&M! It never ceases to amaz...Beautiful Berries M&M! It never ceases to amaze me how far behind us in a growing season you are. I know that once you've been there for so long just like your berries, you've learned to adapt. It would take me the rest of my life adapting to live out of Zone 7! I'm just starting to see some of my new tomatoes ripen! I'll let you know how they do.Diane@Peaceful Acres Farmhttp://butterfliesandbumblebees.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-73878855890520577802011-07-22T07:23:22.493-07:002011-07-22T07:23:22.493-07:00The berry's we grow are called TriStar we orde...The berry's we grow are called TriStar we ordered them from Raintree Nursery in early spring of 08. The first year we picked all the blooms off of them so they would get well established. But every year since they grow like weeds, always better later in the summer... go figure? I did try a June bearer called EarliGlow but they were a total bust I think in the 2 years we only got a handful from the whole bed. We yanked them out and replaced them with the babies of the TriStar. This is the first producing year having 2 beds of strawberries! Yahoo!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14588440725660023871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-79363188841294110132011-07-22T04:44:27.103-07:002011-07-22T04:44:27.103-07:00Laura - This has been without a doubt the best yea...Laura - This has been without a doubt the best year we have ever had for strawberries. I think/hope this variety will suite your garden really well. <br /><br />Veggie PAK - As long as we keep them weeded, watered, and picked they do most of the work.:)Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-89578725688057536812011-07-21T07:21:44.138-07:002011-07-21T07:21:44.138-07:00Gosh! They look SO good! You all have done a great...Gosh! They look SO good! You all have done a great job with these!Veggie PAKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250455377130668508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-66513106428105763462011-07-21T06:24:10.881-07:002011-07-21T06:24:10.881-07:00I definitely am going to add some Fort Laramie str...I definitely am going to add some Fort Laramie strawberries to the garden either this fall or next spring. They really sound ideally suited to my climate and looking at your beautiful and bountiful harvests is the clincher!kitsapFGhttp://www.modernvictorygarden.com/apps/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-71770418260047792362011-07-21T05:08:36.259-07:002011-07-21T05:08:36.259-07:00Daphne - Nothing better than strawbrries for break...Daphne - Nothing better than strawbrries for breakfast. Sounds like you have a great plan with both types of berries going.<br /><br />Jane - Yes, they truly are best when you grow your own.<br /><br />6512 and Growing - Our grandson is the same way, loves his strawberries...and cherries, I don't think I have ever had a cherry off our little sweetheart cherry tree, he eats them all.:)<br /><br />Villager - When we did that little begatting experiment I was really surprised at how many new plants were formed...some of our little wild alpine strawberries produce even more prolifically. <br /><br />Ginny - They really do give and give and give....wish you were closer I would give some berries to you.:)<br /><br />Granny - Fresh strawberries in the middle of winter, now that would be quite the treat. We will probably wait to see how the wild huckleberries are this year and hopfully make jam out of them rather than the strawberries...we shall see. We still have jam left over from last year.:)<br /><br />Ayak - Now that would be a good trade as those grapes look so good.:)<br /><br />Contadina - Between the two of us and the flock of chickens waiting on the other side of the fence for their share we are lucky to get any to the house.:)<br /><br />Mark - Your telling me, I have spent way to much time tryig to propagate our honeyberries, and other fruits this year with limited success.Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.com