Help Me Choose: Which Strawberries Should I Grow?
Good day to you all, The Easter bank holiday is still a favourite time here at CQGardens . The weather is improving, slowly and the crocuses and Daffodils are making way for apple blossom...
I’ve got a bad case of planter's thumb!
So busy at the moment in the "seed sowing/potting on" department here at CQ HQ!
I've been madly washing out plastic containers. I mostly use things that have contained blueberries or raspberries, sometimes they don’t have holes in the bottom though so I have to do this myself, either by putting said container on a piece of wood and banging a nail in several times or heating up a skewer and melting a hole in the bottom, I don’t recommend this though as it can be a bit hit and miss. Some of the containers already have holes in the bottom which is great.
I use a seed compost, peat free of course and because chillis, peppers and aubergines have to be started so early and as my greenhouse is unheated, these have all been brought into the kitchen and I've put them above a radiator on a window sill. I am pleased to say that almost everything has come up! Over the next few weeks I will be pricking out and potting on, please join me in the green house on Instagram @cqgardens or on FB - CQ gardens.
Thanks my followers I’ve had lots of good advice about which strawberries to grow, they are in my greenhouse and I shall be planting up this week.
The rest of the garden has a real feel of spring about it, despite the fact that we've only had a couple of days of sunshine. The daffodils are going over but the blossom is out on the ornamental cherry and the fruit trees are coming into leaf.
I hope this finds you well, dry and full of chocolate!
Please do let me know how you're getting on with your plants, be they in 40 acres of land, on a balcony, on a window sill or in your mind’s eye.
Lots of love
Caroline
xx
33 comments
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Ann Pearce on
I live in southern Ontario in-between Toronto and Niagara Falls. Our weather is still going back and forth to winter and spring. I hope to grow pinto beans, basil, onion chives, and arugula (rocket) on my apartment (flat) balcony. I may even try garlic. No tomatoes this year maybe more flowers. Each year it’s different. Looking forward to the warm weather and getting my hands in the soil again. There’s no better feeling.
I enjoy all your videos and posts, happy to hear you are part Canadian. Happy gardening Caroline!! -
Sue Mitchell on
We have planted us some seeds Cosmos, Sunflowers and Calendulas, they have started to come through I think the cold snap slowed them down a bit. We also dived a Helenium we have had a few years, always makes me nervous hope they both survive. Lovely time of year with the blossoms.
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Heidi on
Good luck with your veg. My raised bed is being taken over by flowers this season. I’m hoping to grow lots of September flowering plants to for my Brothers wedding. Not great as I’m also waiting for a hip replacement. Wish me luck 🍀!
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Heidi on
Good luck with your veg. My raised bed is being taken over by flowers this season. I’m hoping to grow lots of September flowering plants to for my Brothers wedding. Not great as I’m also waiting for a hip replacement. Wish me luck 🍀!
Love your posts on Instagram, they always inspire me to get out and sow things. You use language I understand and can follow. Love your art work and books too. Thank you 🌻