Permaculture Strawberries 31/08/2011
 permaculture strawberries What is a permaculture strawberry? Its a strawberry harvested with minimum effort, inputs, fertilisers, pesticides, bird netting or irrigation, thats what! We'd given up on our strawberry patch this spring, thinking that the white clover seeded in the pathways had moved in and overwhelmed it (see photo above). But, come July, Penny peered into the 'weeds' and discovered vast amounts of berries waiting to ripen. We cut a little of the clover back...and left it, finding ourselves too busy with our heritage garlic crop! Checking back a couple of weeks later, we found a beautiful & abundant crop! The high clover provided nitrogen fixation, hid the strawberries from birds & insects, and acted as a living mulch. We used irrigation, added no fertiliser or pesticides & needed no bird netting.  1 Comment Garlic Harvest Has Begun! 02/08/2010
 Harvesting Garlic - Ruth, Charles, Maya, Maureen We have just started harvesting our heritage garlic! Spicy and good storing ''Leningrad" was first off the mark, followed closely by Puslinch and German Red. The harvest of Susan Delafield, Spanish Roja, Persian Star, Yugoslavian Porcelain and Georgian Fire should occur in the next few days! It was fairly easy to pull up the garlic by hand, though for a few very large mature bulbs we needed to use a pitch fork or shovel. After filling our pick up truck with garlic, keeping it well shaded, we transported it to the pole barn and hung them on wire lines along the width of the building. This provides excellent ventilation, shade and rain protection. Our hands smell like garlic! Yum!! | Wow! BLOG
Wow! is a regularly updated blog of farming exploration, ramblings & recipes. Blog Posts are updated by Cara Conroy-Low, Clear Sky's "farmer" in residence, with contributions from Clear Sky's wonderful volunteer Farm Team members: Linda, Penny, Ela, Sheniz & Denise. CategoriesAll ArchivesMarch 2012 |
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