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I am using grass as a "green mulch" where I can (bigger plants like tomatoes and peppers) That has cut back on some of the work. I have 3 large beds I need to de-grass tomorrow. I am planting corn, and I will use lentils as my "green mulch", the edges will be asparagus beds (rows) And just a little more work on the strawberries. That should catch me up until next week when we move the girls to their next run then I will have 2 garden spots to de-root and I will plant those out in seeds (chard, beet, bok choy, carrot, onion) I know most of that should have already been planted, I've been trying to play catch up all year.
Im no expert by a long shot but the way my granny did it is the way i do it and it has always worked .. when you plant the mother plant the first year it wont make a lot of berries but it will make alot of runners so as the runners spread and make crowns you lay the runners on both sides of the mother plant row so they can take root .then in the winter spread straw over them all but dont cover the crown just a good ground cover of straw then in early spring you can till up the mother plant row and you will have two rows of new plants that will produce well then they will do the same thing as the mother row did and you do it all over again and it will continue to double your rows or you can just till up what you dont want or you can dig them up and plant somewhere else or give them to friends.. anyway thats how i do it ..dont know if its the right way but it works and you always have new plants to work with... hope this helps ..
Awesome info, so the mother plants are always spent at year two and berries are picked off year one then allowed to "runner" My strawberries aren't in traditional beds, but I think I can adjust a plan for that.
