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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Porridge! Featuring home grown strawberries and some fruit syrup I made.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Nice! I am hoping to replicate your stawbs success but so far I'm being outsmarted. I'm just hoping the chillies take off soon as that will be my sweet revenge.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

My strawberries were thriving on being forgotten - I had some self-seeded lettuce going to seed in the tubs they are in, plus a radish going to seed flopping over from the garden next to them. Apparently that's the way they like it because they have been quietly fruiting underneath all that. I've cleaned up the area a bit and put some mesh over the top of them, hopefully they won't decide that's too much attention.

I've also got some raspberries ripening. They are a bit of a pain because they ripen one at a time on each stem, and I have to cover each stem with a bag to keep the birds off. So every day I have to remove and replace a bunch of bags to get a small handful of raspberries. When I move I will definitely be investing in a proper cage so I can cover the whole plant.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

yum! How are your strawberries ready? I thought we were supposed to plan them the other weekend?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Simple, I planted them last year!

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

oh cool, do they last that long? I just assumed they would die off at the end of the season.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

2-3 years until the viruses build up and kill them. They winter over just fine if you mulch them, or let Mother Nature do the mulching. Also, by the end of 2 years, all the local slugs & snails have them logged on their google maps so fruit quantity drops off dramatically unless you feel like being snailicidal.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Perennial, unless you're like me and things keep stealing them.