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| Today's Berry haul |
On a beautiful spring day like this my cheap thrill of the day is a pint of fresh strawberries picked from my garden this morning. You still have some time left to plant some this month if you want to try this!
I love strawberries because, we have a little tiny yard with not much room to plant and yet they still grow so well. I have had my plants for about 10 years now. I just add a couple of new vines each spring and they are still producing big yummy berries. I figure the berries cost me about $8.00 per season in new vines and organic fertilizer versus $4.99 for non organic South American berries at the store. I actually mulch them with worm castings from my compost bin, which are free! As you can see, I planted my berries as ground cover under the shrubs in my front yard, so instead of pine straw or mulch I have berries.
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| Berries under the shrubs in the front yard |
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| More berries on the other side of the front yard. |
Today's berries are going in the freezer so I can make strawberry jelly for the family next weekend. I just wash and halve them then pop them in the freezer. When I have time next Saturday I will pull them out and juice them for jelly ( another cheap thrill). The asparagus will be cut and frozen since we have been getting so much of it lately.
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