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Strawberries are producing

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This is the first year the strawberries have produced anything. I was going to dig them up because they take up space all year for not much return. They taste too good so I’m keeping them!

I have one 4×4 raised bed that is mostly filled with strawberries. It hasn’t produced much until now, and wow, it has taken off! Awesome flavor!

Everything Survived the 17 Degree Low Temperature

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All of the vegetable plants made it through the recent low temperatures. This morning just before sunup, it got down to 17.6 degrees F. I didn’t cover anything up, and the plants look like they are all OK this morning. I was most worried about the sugar snap peas that just started popping up from the ground, but they look completely unharmed. Strawberries look completely unharmed. Onions look OK. Brussels and broccoli did get some damage, but they should survive.

Plum Trees, Blackberries, Strawberries Planted 1/31/2019

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The order I placed in October from Pense Berry Farm arrived yesterday, so I planted it all today. The blackberries are a special variety bred by the University of Arkansas that grow fruit on the primocane, so they grow fruit the first year. The strawberries Chandler variety and are supposed to withstand southern climates. One of the plum trees is a special variety from Auburn University that is very disease resistant.

Tree Placement at The Gallistead Home

18) Santa Rosa Plum
22) AU Roadside Plum
near 1,2,3) Prime-Ark Freedom Blackberries (quantity 6)