Growing: Strawberries

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Growing Strawberries

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Strawberry Survival Food?
http://modernsurvivalblog.com/survival-garden/strawberry-survival-food/

Whether for fun or for survival, don't just plant the staple foods in your survival garden,

include some sweets!

A simple and deliciously sweet food to grow are strawberries. If grown properly, they can provide fresh strawberries from Spring into the Fall with a seemingly endless harvest throughout. What better treat from a garden than a bowl of fresh picked strawberries! --- continued at link, above ---

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Off the ground ideas for planters!
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Growing Strawberries-Bird Control

Here's an idea on how to stop the birds from getting at your strawberry garden.

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Birds, Please Stop Eating My Strawberries!
http://modernsurvivalblog.com/survival-garden/birds-please-stop-eating-my-strawberries/

Many birds will eat strawberries, including the Common Crow, Gray Catbird, sparrows, Cedar Waxwing, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, American Robin, an the Northern Cardinal.

Last year I battled with the birds over my two little strawberry patches, each measuring about 3×3 feet – but stuffed full of strawberries. Last year my biggest bird problem was with the Mockingbird and the Robin. This year we are battling with the Blue Jay.

What they do of course is the moment that the berries begin to turn red, their built-in birdar (their version of radar) zeroes in on the delicious color and they begin to pick and devour at the strawberries.

(I have a similar problem with my Merlot grape vines which span across about 100 feet of trellis across some of the back perimeter of the yard. The very time when the grapes begin to turn blue, the attacks begin.)

Today I have decided to get much more serious about the perimeter security of our two precious strawberry patches. --- CONTINUED at link, above ---
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24 Lost Gardening Tips from 100 Years Ago
https://www.askaprepper.com/24-lost-gardening-tips-100-years-ago/

#23. How To Protect a Strawberry Bed
#24. How To Propagate Strawberries

Full Article at Link, above:
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DIY Strawberry Cage
https://gardens.theownerbuildernetwork.co/2019/04/10/diy-strawberry-cage/

(Snip) ... we sat down and looked for a way to protect our plants. The best project that we found is this strawberry cage. It provided the protection that we needed while allowing our strawberries to thrive and grow. ---CONTINUED---
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