tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829822948541613378.post-6110372926401033782008-05-04T20:35:00.003-04:002008-05-04T20:41:08.642-04:00<span style="font-family:arial;">Last weekend we were able to get all our strawberries transplanted into the ground. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Yay</span>!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Why rejoice? For several reasons. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">We had the strawberries potted up into cell trays, sitting in between the strawberry rows in the high tunnel. That means we had to water them once or twice a day, depending on how hot it got! It means we had no room to walk between the strawberry rows.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">It also means that when a vole or mole started tunneling under the plant trays, and started eating the strawberry plants, we had not recourse!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">So, after the trays were out of the tunnel and on their way to being planted, one of the voles/moles was eradicated (we'll spare the gory details). Not sure how many more there are, but hopefully not many!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">The strawberries are looking good in the field. Now if we can just keep the deer and other wild creatures from finding them...</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span>DeBerry Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05601899903282805254noreply@blogger.com