Busy Weekend

Wow. It was really hot the weekend. I only had Saturday to work on the garden because my daughter had a dance competition on Sunday. The first thing I did on Saturday was go on a nice leisurely walk with my kids and the dog. What a beautiful day. The trees are all in bloom with little white and pink flowers. Tulips and daffodils swayed in the breeze.

The only productive thing I did with planting was with my strawberries. I know that whatever I am doing with them is wrong. I've kept them for two years. I started off with six plants and now I have too many to count. I didn't realize they spread. Last year I put a netting over them. I watched them turn bright red and juicy. Then the chipmunks burrowed under the netting and took one bite from each strawberry. Just enough to ensure that nobody would eat them. I need to find a chemical-free chipmunk repellant.

Since the strawberries have spread I decided to dig some up and plant them in a strawberry pot. (That's what they are for, right?) It was impossible to find. Has to go to 4 stores. Plus, some of them were $50-$100 dollars. I finally found a $32 one (which I still think is expensive). I filled it with Moo Soil. It's a combination of potting soil and cow manure that I bought at the local hardware store. Then, I dug up some of the plants and stuck two on top and one in each hole. Looks good so far. I put this on my back porch and hopefully the chipmunks will be too scared to venture on the porch and take nibbles.