Strawberries

My strawberries are looking lovely. I had 12 plants last year, but I would guess there are about 30 now and they're all loaded with berries! It looks like each plant has 5 or so berries already, and some of them are starting to pink.

Last summer, there were ripe berries between June and September (I was amazed to still have fresh strawberries when we were able to get fresh, local apples). Our garden has quite a bit of shade, which may have had something to do with the long season for the berries. It may have also been the reason not much else grew.

I've decided to grow some other plants from seeds, so we will hopefully have some cucumbers and tomatoes to transfer outside soon. I would love to have a big garden, but with the limited space here and the amount of shade, it doesn't make sense to plant very much.

I would like to get my herb garden replanted. I made the mistake of putting spearmint in a central spot and it took over the area. I recently learned that mint is a rather dominant plant and the roots will out compete other plants. I want to replant what I lost: rosemary, parsley, dill, and basil, plus a few more. The spearmint will be dug up and transferred to a pot.

I finally figured out where the SD slot is on my new computer so I came back to add some week old pictures, plus one from this morning. We have our first fairly ripe strawberries! My son picked one a little early, but the rest are staying in the garden to get nice and red.