strawberries

Right now I’m in the middle of a project that is taking up most of my time, but I try to spend a half hour in the yard a day. Watering seems to be taking up most of that time right now. I’m trying to keep my salad crops from wilting up. I have also noticed that my strawberries need a regular drink or the berries aren’t as tasty as they should be. I’ve got at least six different kinds of strawberries planted right now and I’d like to be able to notice the subtle differences in them, but I haven’t been tending to my crop as carefully as I should and they have all suffered a little bit.

It’s always a tricky balance with the watering. We all tend to overwater most things in our garden. A little drought strife isn’t necessarily a bad thing on a lot of plants. I planted aloes to cut down on water usage over a spot where I had freesias growing, knowing that I was probably going to lose a lot of the spring bulbs, but SURPRISE! The bulbs all came up like gangbusters so now I’ve got the best of both worlds in that strip.

Obviously, don’t completely dry things out, but a little sagging isn’t a bad thing. Here’s a sage in a pot that looks a little droopy. I need to plant it but, like a domino effect, I’ve got two other jobs that have to happen before I can get this plant in the ground.

Sorry Mexican Sage, but you’ll be fine. I’m just toughening you up.

You'll be fine.

On the harvesting side of things, I was able to snag a bunch of pole beans. We’re having those for dinner tonight! Bon appetit!

Fresh from the Garden!

Tagged as: drought tolerant plants, pole beans, strawberries, watering

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