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Showing posts with label Strawberries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Strawberries. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

To Straw or Not to Straw


 
Today I trimmed the “ugliess” from the strawberry tower, filled in the washed-away areas in the soil with compost, sprinkled slug bait and planted the runners.








Now I must decide, do I cover the tower with straw as usual or do I wrap it in a frost blanket.



The straw works well but is a real mess to remove in the spring. Would the blanket work just as well?  I would love your opinion, please comment.