Strawberries

We harvested our first strawberries today, which because of the cool spring is a bit later than previous years. Two years ago we were picking them the first week of June and last year they were ripe in late May. The plants are loaded with blossoms, so it should be a plentiful harvest.

We decided to add more strawberries, so I dug up most of the creeping phlox which bordered two sides of our patio, but had become overrun with grass. We transplanted another 12 plants, which hopefully will start bearing next spring. I've been pinching off the flowers to allow the plants to concentrate their energy on developing the root system. Eventually this new plot will take over from the original plants as their productivity declines.