Posted by Snag on May 5, 2011, 7:37 am
I bought dead strawberry plants . Pulled all I could find yesterday , no
sign of root growth , no sign of green on top . I guess if I want berries
this year I'll have to buy 'em at the local Kroger .
The wild strawberries , however , are doing great in my lawn . And the
ones in the empty lot next door are doing even better ! Too bad they're the
size of 00 buck shot and taste like crap .
Due to our employment situation I'm hesitant to plant any perennials here
now . Luckily for us we have a pace in the Ozarks that's paid for , and may
end up moving into our camper up there - especially if the wife can find a
teaching position up there . Not much hope for me though , between my age
and the construction industry being so dead slow . Upside is that there's a
half-acre clearing on our land that's perfect for a garden ... and wild
blueberries , muscadines , and other edibles scattered in the 11.5 acres
that's still heavily wooded .
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Posted by The Cook on May 5, 2011, 8:27 am
> I bought dead strawberry plants . Pulled all I could find yesterday , no
>sign of root growth , no sign of green on top . I guess if I want berries
>this year I'll have to buy 'em at the local Kroger .
> The wild strawberries , however , are doing great in my lawn . And the
>ones in the empty lot next door are doing even better ! Too bad they're the
>size of 00 buck shot and taste like crap .
> Due to our employment situation I'm hesitant to plant any perennials here
>now . Luckily for us we have a pace in the Ozarks that's paid for , and may
>end up moving into our camper up there - especially if the wife can find a
>teaching position up there . Not much hope for me though , between my age
>and the construction industry being so dead slow . Upside is that there's a
>half-acre clearing on our land that's perfect for a garden ... and wild
>blueberries , muscadines , and other edibles scattered in the 11.5 acres
>that's still heavily wooded .
Sorry that your strawberries were dead.
You are correct to wait until things are more settled to start
perennials unless you just like to give the future owners a gift. And
that assumes that the new owners would actually like strawberries and
asparagus.
Your property in the Ozarks sounds wonderful.
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Posted by Snag on May 5, 2011, 9:18 am
The Cook wrote:
>> I bought dead strawberry plants . Pulled all I could find yesterday
>> , no sign of root growth , no sign of green on top . I guess if I
>> want berries this year I'll have to buy 'em at the local Kroger .
>> The wild strawberries , however , are doing great in my lawn . And
>> the ones in the empty lot next door are doing even better ! Too bad
>> they're the size of 00 buck shot and taste like crap .
>> Due to our employment situation I'm hesitant to plant any
>> perennials here now . Luckily for us we have a pace in the Ozarks
>> that's paid for , and may end up moving into our camper up there -
>> especially if the wife can find a teaching position up there . Not
>> much hope for me though , between my age and the construction
>> industry being so dead slow . Upside is that there's a half-acre
>> clearing on our land that's perfect for a garden ... and wild
>> blueberries , muscadines , and other edibles scattered in the 11.5
>> acres that's still heavily wooded .
> Sorry that your strawberries were dead.
> You are correct to wait until things are more settled to start
> perennials unless you just like to give the future owners a gift. And
> that assumes that the new owners would actually like strawberries and
> asparagus.
> Your property in the Ozarks sounds wonderful.
I seriously doubt the bank will harvest anything I plant ... this
neighborhood has been in decline for several years , there are as many empty
houses as occupied . And nobody's buyin' here ...
Serious downside to moving up there is that I'll have nowhere for my
machine shop and all my tools, unless we get a windfall ... can't stuff 30+
years of stuff into a 25' camper !
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Snag
Learning keeps
you young !
Posted by Derald on May 5, 2011, 11:12 am
>Serious downside to moving up there is that I'll have nowhere for my
>machine shop and all my tools, unless we get a windfall ... can't stuff 30+
>years of stuff into a 25' camper !
If your real estate in the mountains is at all accessible, think "shipping
container". Except for what we use daily DW&I store 36+ years' "stuff" in a
20-footer. It is secure and weather tight. Properly broken down for transport,
our entire lives together can be moved in one felled swoop, relatively
inexpensively, on the back of a single flatbed truck.
--
Derald
Posted by Snag on May 5, 2011, 11:14 am
Derald wrote:
>> Serious downside to moving up there is that I'll have nowhere for my
>> machine shop and all my tools, unless we get a windfall ... can't
>> stuff 30+ years of stuff into a 25' camper !
> If your real estate in the mountains is at all accessible, think
> "shipping container". Except for what we use daily DW&I store 36+
> years' "stuff" in a 20-footer. It is secure and weather tight.
> Properly broken down for transport, our entire lives together can be
> moved in one felled swoop, relatively inexpensively, on the back of a
> single flatbed truck. --
> Derald
Actually , we have a 12x21 metal carport in the back yard that I bought
last year as an addition to my shop . It will be disassembled and move with
us . Fairly simple matter to close it in and use it for storage/shop space ,
but I'll want a slab poured before I move it . Might be a good time right
now to start checkin' on that ...
--
Snag
Learning keeps
you young !
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>sign of root growth , no sign of green on top . I guess if I want berries
>this year I'll have to buy 'em at the local Kroger .
> The wild strawberries , however , are doing great in my lawn . And the
>ones in the empty lot next door are doing even better ! Too bad they're the
>size of 00 buck shot and taste like crap .
> Due to our employment situation I'm hesitant to plant any perennials here
>now . Luckily for us we have a pace in the Ozarks that's paid for , and may
>end up moving into our camper up there - especially if the wife can find a
>teaching position up there . Not much hope for me though , between my age
>and the construction industry being so dead slow . Upside is that there's a
>half-acre clearing on our land that's perfect for a garden ... and wild
>blueberries , muscadines , and other edibles scattered in the 11.5 acres
>that's still heavily wooded .