Field of Science

Transitioning - Asparagus to strawberries

Never, never has the Phactor been so late at getting his kitchen garden planted. The weather gods have really been unfair, so thank goodness for perennials. So as asparagus season ends, the strawberries, inside their wire fortress, are ripening. The bed looked pretty dense, but then after weeding out the Indian strawberry, no task for any but the most observant, the bed was a bit more open. The berry crop will be OK, but not spectacular. The same will probably also be true for the blueberries and raspberries. And while everything else has languished, the weeds have been growing rapidly, so the behinder the gardener is.

2 comments:

ForestJane said...

I've already eaten my first home-grown tomato. But my cauliflower isn't doing a thing. Any cauliflower growing hints for me?

The Phytophactor said...

ForestJane said: "I've already eaten my first home-grown tomato. But my cauliflower isn't doing a thing. Any cauliflower growing hints for me?"
How do you do that? Part of the cauliflower problem is that this is an early season cool weather crop, and tomatoes are a hot summer fruit. Cauliflower should be all done and gone before you get your first tomato. Oh, are you in the southern hemisphere?