Strawberry information

This is from the newsletter I get each week I get from New Zealand Gardener

Q. Is it too late to plant strawberries? I've read that it's time to fertilise so am worried that I've run out of time. Can I fertilise at planting or do I just add some of my yummy compost on the area where I am going to plant them? Denise Gabites

A. You can still plant strawberries. In fact, you can generally buy punnets of strawberry plants, or larger individual potted plants, from now until early summer. Add a layer of compost now and gently dig it into your soil. Feed in spring with comfrey 'tea' to supply potash, or a potassium-based fertiliser such as tomato or strawberry food. Potassium enhances fruit development and can be found naturally in comfrey leaves (you will find comfrey plants in the herb section of most garden centres). Jane Wrigglesworth

Garlic growing instructions

Shallot growing instructions

Bed 1

Bed 2 all raring to go

Bare Root Fruit trees

Having brought and planted some fruit trees earlier in the winter, I thought this website had some very good advice for them.

http://www.sgaonline.org.au/info_barerootfruit.html

Looks like I might have to spray my peach tree with something if it gets leaf curl...

and I will have to prune the trees regularly.

Interesting

Bed 1 all ready to go

Planted up this bed a few weeks ago and as now things are starting to happen and things are starting to grow I thought I'd take a photo to document it. It ha garlic, shallots, onions, and celery. I also have some more onions to go in, but they are too small at the moment.



Haidee

New fruit trees

Peach, apple and plum, just sticks now but wait untll they grow yummm