The first thing Luke and I did was to take an old sandbox and turn it into our new strawberry patch. I already had a Junebearing variety and wanted an everbearing variety too. Our family loves strawberries and we haven't had any for a couple years. It takes 2 years to start having a decent crop of strawberries and this patch is on its 2nd year and should produce a good crop this year. I covered them with straw to help with the colder weather we get.
I am putting the old sandbox next to it and will plant our
new patch when the weather gets warm enough to be safe. It may not look like much now, but as it
starts to grow, it will be full of those yummy strawberries. I like to keep my
strawberries in a contained area and the sandbox will work great. I will work
the soil and add compost as it gets closer to plant.
The past few years I have wanted to have a compost bin and never got around to it. I have missed out on what a good compost system will do for my garden . Not anymore. I am cheap and didn't want to pay a lot for a compost bin, so I found some plans on YouTube that you can make out of pallets. I was driving home today and saw some pallets in a dumpster that a business owns near my house. I stopped and asked if they would give me a few and sure enough - they said "help yourself". I picked up 6 and built this bin with Luke's help.
My wifey asked me this year to add raspberries to the mix. I am planting red and yellow raspberries and built a trellis system to keep them from taking over my yard. The area will be 3' x 15' and I used treated lumber to build the trellis. I am not finished yet, but got the posts in a squared up. I will "train" the raspberry plants in a "V" shape which will maximize productivity. I am really excited about getting these going. I will be adding a weed-guard trim to help with weeds crowding in. After I plant them, I will add some compost/mulch to keep weeds away.
This Spring and Summer should be a fun and productive time.
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