framing fowl -daily living

[DrakeMaiden]

About the strawberries -- I like Quinalt. They should continue to bear fruit through the season for you. You also apparently want to let some of them form runners and then plant the runners as your next crop-bearing plants, because older strawberry plants are not supposed to produce as well as younger ones.

If anyone has any other strawberry recommendations, I would try those too and see if you like them as much as the Quinalt. At this point, I haven't found one I like better.

 

[Henrietta23]

About the strawberries -- I like Quinalt. They should continue to bear fruit through the season for you. You also apparently want to let some of them form runners and then plant the runners as your next crop-bearing plants, because older strawberry plants are not supposed to produce as well as younger ones.

If anyone has any other strawberry recommendations, I would try those too and see if you like them as much as the Quinalt. At this point, I haven't found one I like better.

That makes me happy, that's what I got!

 

[framing fowl]

Drake, I do still like the quinalts (they're 3 times as big!) better than the all-stars but the allstars don't taste like cardboard this week! The runners are how I filled in the bed last year. Anyway, they just kind of do it automatically. They're filling in even more this year. If we weren't moving, I thought maybe I could dig out half of the ones that bore fruit this year and the bed should be able to be perpetuated. The garden's gone crazy so maybe I'll get some more pics up this weekend.

 

[DrakeMaiden]

Strawberries always make me happy too!

My mom used to grow the Quinalts and I remember loving them as a kid. Every strawberry I ever tried growing as an adult was never as good to me. I finally asked her what they were and she had it written down. It was funny because right before I asked her, I had just bought the Quinalts to try.

 

[DrakeMaiden]

FramingFowl -- Any chance you can take some runners with you, when you move? You could always keep them in a strawberry pot, if you will have some outdoor space, but no garden. I think I read that if you want the best strawberry production you have to discourage them from forming runners (clip the runners off when they just start) . . . but you want some of them to make runners if you want to keep your bed going strong.

 

[dragonlaurel]

Read up on propagating and take starts with you if possible.

There are so many people wanting to grow food these days. A head start on having a producing garden is a big plus.
Good luck with all the changes you are making. Hope you enjoy your new place and school.

 

[Henrietta23]

Here's a weird one. DH is in contact with an insurance co. over an event he is planning. They called him at home today and the name is Quintal. I saw it and thought of my strawberries.

 

[framing fowl]

I'm taking a lunch break from working on the house right now for a quick update.

Air conditioner went out not quite 2 weeks ago. MyT Man called around to get quotes on a new system... $5-7 grand. Okay, we're trying to move, eliminating my income and sell the house within two months. That ain't happenin'! Luckily his cousin is married to an HVAC guy in Oregon who was able to trouble shoot the problem by phone. Got the serial number and found out that parts and labor just to repair it would be in the $2,000 range. The whole time, I'm basically praying Lord, you've brought us this far and given us these hopes and dreams and placed us in this situation... now fix it! Anyway, I happened to be on the phone at work with MyT Man when he was telling me what his cousin had said about the problem and I was repeating it back to me when a customer walked in.

When I got off the phone Tim asked if I was having compressor problems at the shop and explained to him that it was our AC at home. He got the biggest smile on his face and asked if we were going to get a new system so I told him we were looking to repair it. His whole face lit up and he said "Laura, I know a Polish guy who fixes things!" So Refit was able to come out and look at everything, order the parts and install for under $1,000. What a blessing and strange answer to prayer!

Gardening is tough right now because I vacillate between dreaming of canning and harvest and letting go. I try to imagine the woman who has had to leave her garden for whatever reason to move to Lexington and her joy in finding this place. We always knew that this was not our forever home and have often talked about how others would perceive this place after we leave. Sometimes it is so easy to feel as if God has placed us here to prepare this home for someone special and sometimes I dispair of every finishing up the trim painting, cleaning, and decluttering, just to get it on the market by next weekend...

More and more I'm finding that for us personally, this SS journey is a journey of deeping our faith, regaining trust in eachother and the others around us, and letting go of old fears.

 

[hwillm1977]

We always knew that this was not our forever home and have often talked about how others would perceive this place after we leave. Sometimes it is so easy to feel as if God has placed us here to prepare this home for someone special and sometimes I dispair of every finishing up the trim painting, cleaning, and decluttering, just to get it on the market by next weekend...

I can tell you that I would feel as though I had moved into heaven if I moved into a house like yours, and I'm sure there are lots of others who would feel the same

We're planning on selling our home approx. the week after we finish it (years from now), and I dream that the fruit trees, lilac hedges, garden, greenhouse, and fully restored old farm house will make someone else as happy as it's made me while I'm doing the fixing (although there are definitely days I'm not happy about fixing).

 

[framing fowl]

Thanks for the encouragement! I didn't know you'd been in a car wreck because I haven't been here much lately but saw it in another thread... glad you're okay and prayers that the baby's okay too!

I just finished cutting the last piece of trim that MyT Man had left for me... 6' long and 2" at the top and 1.5 at the bottom. I have a tablesaw and circular saw... how to do it? Clamps and a jig! Got'er done so now it's really and truely on to the painting! Hurray!!!