| Our plants continue to arrive. I’ve got to admit that sometimes it is a little weird to think that my plants are coming in the mail…but it works. I actually like that I can do research online, look for what I want, and see them arrive at my door when the right time for planting has arrived rather than going to nurseries and settling for the inventory at the time. | Nuestras plantas siguen llegando. Tengo que admitir que a veces es extraño pensar que mis plantas vienen en el correo…pero funciona. La verdad es que me gusta el hecho de poder investigar, buscar lo que quiero, y ver las plantas llegar a mi casa sin tener que ir a un vivero donde dependo de la selección que hay en ese momento. |
| This time, we got strawberries in the mail! We are really excited about growing strawberries – especially Leslie, since she eats them every day with her yogurt. This will be our first time growing strawberries and we’re hoping we get a good yield. We bought 26 day neutral plants and they’ll live in one of our 4 x 8 beds. I was really curious about how these plants are shipped – they came in bare-root and in good condition in a tiny little package. I keep expecting the packages to be bigger, but they are baby plants, after all. | Esta vez llegaron las frutillas por correo! Estamos muy emocionados de poder tener frutillas – especialmente Leslie, ya que ella come frutillas todos los días con su yoghurt. Esta será la primera vez que tendremos frutillas y esperamos que nos de buenos frutos. Compramos 26 plantas, neutrales y vivirán en una jardinera de 4 x 8 pies. Tenia la curiosidad de la condición en que las frutillas serian enviadas – llegaron con la raíces expuestas y en buenas condiciones en un pequeñito. Yo esperaba un paquete mas grande, pero son plantas jóvenes después de todo. |
| Planting the strawberry plants was easy, especially since I had already prepared the bed’s soil months ago. I had to cut the roots to about 3 inches long, dig a hole big enough to spread the roots, leave the crown of the plant at soil level, pack the dirt just a bit , and water. Now it is up to them to grow big and bear some tasty berries! | Plantar frutillas fue fácil, especialmente después de haber preparado la tierra en la jardinera con anticipación un par de meses atrás. Tuve que cortar las raíces a un largo de 3 pulgadas, hacer un hoyo lo suficientemente grande para esparcir las raíces, dejar a corona de la planta nivel de suelo, afirmar la tierra un poco, y regarlas. Ahora depende de ellas para crecer grande y que nos de muchas frutillas! |
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6 responses to “Our berry good garden”
Ooh! I didn’t know you can mail order plants!!!!! That is super cool! We have planted strawberries as well and I ao hopeful they have a good yield. We may have a strawberry addiction…Good luck!
Thanks! we have ordered many different types of plants. So we will see how they work!
Love the berry garden!
Yum! Can’t wait.
Strawberries, yum! I hope the plants flourish in your garden. I love the idea of ordering plants through the mail. I never thought about that before. Fantastic!
This is what I planted last fall after a rainless summer destroyed our bed last summer. I can’t wait to uncover what we planted soon, but it is still too cold in NH. http://suchamama.wordpress.com/2012/10/15/strawberries/