A major project last year was the creation of a permanent home for my strawberries in the long allotment. The poor things have had to get used to a nomadic lifestyle, as I've moved them from one place to another in my attempt to bring order to the vegetables. When I moved them in the full sun the first summer they bravely struggled on and even continued to flower, and when I moved them again in the following spring they seemed to relish the challenge, and once again refused to lose flower or fruit. They even seemed to thrive on it, as my strawberries last year were prolific and succulent, when many other plotholders had a disappointing crop.
I felt it only fair to create a permanent home for them, so in the autumn last year I moved the struggling asparagus and created a permanent home for that in my small allotment, where it wouldn't get molested by the strimmer. I then devoted the free bed in my long allotment to the world of the strawberry. It is a well drained bed, I think because it is rather near the aspen tree, and it gets full sun all year.
I divided it into four with a cross shaped path. They're becoming a bit of a feature, as both my plots seem to be developing potager tendencies. I hope they're not getting delusions of grandeur, because they're not in the right place for it.
I transplanted the strawberries easily into this area and gave them lots of chicken manure and bonemeal. The cross structure enhances their beauty somehow, and makes it easy to maintain them.
I wonder what the crop will be like this year.
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