[Ladysforest]

Is that barley hulls under your berries? Does it help with pests as well as keep them tidy?

My last tiny experiment with strawberries was a total failure, so I just brought a different variety - June Berry- and made a raised bed sort of along the lines of a bag container. I made a round out of a little wire edger fence, lined it with landscape fabric, then filled it with what I hope is a good soil mix.

Four plants which already had berries went in, and look much better after a few days in their new home. Now I hope they have a nice flavor. The last ones were exactly like cardboard.

I love wild strawberries best - but they are wild, and don’t grow many places around here.

[tubebender]

They are rice hulls and they keep the weeds down and the moisture up however they are harboring some tiny pest this year that this eating very small holes in a lot of the berries. It could be very small slugs...

[tubebender]

finally got around to thinning the Carrots and Beets. They really look healthy this year…

I have no idea why the volunteer potatoes look and do so much better then the ones I plant , I am going to dig one in the next couple of days…