Transplanting Raspberry Canes

Raspberries are one of my favourite fruits so I feel quite lucky to live quite close to a U-pick raspberry farm.  Raspberries even at the U-pick are likely the most expensive local fruit at $2.25 per pint.  The reason for this is raspberries deteriorate rapidly after picking with a refrigeration life of about 2 days.  I usually buy the amount of raspberries I will use that day.  I have never

Strawberry Growing Tips

Over the past three days I've posted various aspects of growing strawberries.  In general strawberries can be planted in the ground, in raised beds, and in containers (eg. expandable tower, hanging, patio).  They really are rather problem free for the most part.  Simply plant and occasionally feed with an organic fertilizer along with a little epsom salts and forget them.  Quite honestly 4

How to Grow Strawberries Indoors

Strawberries can be grown year round indoors.  If you live in a cold winter climate area simply bring in any potted strawberry plants then place them in a sunny location where you will be able to enjoy fresh strawberries throughout the winter.  If your strawberries are in the ground either in traditional row gardening or raised beds, plant a few up in pots to grow on a sunny windowsill during the

How to Plant Strawberries in a Raised Bed Garden

I grow strawberries in hanging and vertical containers as well as in raised beds.  We also have a few rogue strawberries growing on our property.  Planting strawberries is as easy as planting any other vegetable plant in your edible garden.  Here is a short video showing the technique.  Following the video are my comments on the video. 




In general I prefer to not use peat pots in my garden

How to Plant Strawberries in Expandable Strawberry Tower

Strawberries are one of the easiest garden fruits to grow.  They are relatively problem free plants although they can be a bit invasive due to the runners.  Strawberries are ideal for growing in strawberry pots or towers taking advantage of vertical space.  This makes them ideal patio and balcony plants.  The next few posts will give strawberry growing ideas for small space and container

Volunteer Strawberry Plants

Volunteer Strawberry PlantApril 1, 2010As I was walking through the garden a couple of days ago looking for signs of new life I noticed several small clumps of strawberry plants. This has been quite common since the previous owner had a small strawberry patch that we ripped out. It was not producing and we have never seen any fruit on the small rogue plants that pop up from time to time. I

New Edible Plants Planned for New Garden

As with any move I really start getting excited at the possibilities of growing new garden varieties. My first concern is planting asparagus, rhubarb and strawberries if those patches are not already in the new garden. I suspect they will be already established at the new garden simply because the previous owner is definitely a gardener! The whole back yard has gardens around the perimeter and

In the Garden Progress Report

It has been a couple of weeks since I did a garden update so you will notice quite a few changes in the garden. Everything appears to be quite healthy and happy. The only casualty to date is the Kentucky Wonder pole beans I planted. It would appear the adolescent rabbit chose those for a snack. I've planted more in a manner the rabbit can't get to so hopefully will have a small crop. I am

Strawberries

Strawberry BloomsMay 15, 2007My experience with strawberries is they are very hardy. My June bearing strawberries are now in bloom so it won't be long. The majority of them are housed in a 8' x 10' raised bed. The bed originally was planted with strawberry plants I moved from our old house, planted in a temporary bed then moved to the new raised bed the following year. I do not know what

Rhubarb

RhubarbMay 2, 2007It has been a great pleasure to see the newly planted last year rhubarb come up. My husband is so excited and is patiently awaiting the first rhubarb pie. I will can up some as well for use as a sauce in the winter. My pie and canning recipes are on my cooking blog, Mom's Cafe Home Cooking if you are interested. The rhubarb should be ready for first cutting later this

Yesderday In The Garden

The weather has finally turned mild compared to the nasty April start. I spent a bit of time in the garden yesterday just puttering and enjoying the new growth. Now this is rather bitter sweet in some ways as we do have the house listed for sale and our offer was accepted on another house. Basically the only thing we have to do to move is sell our house. Looking at all I've accomplished in