Berries Gone Wild

I went to the farm today to transplant some lettuce, swiss chard, and carrots. The swiss chard actually transplants best on a cloudy day and by the time I got to it there was no blue left in the sky. I snapped some pictures of the strawberry plants while I had the camera out.

A view of the field through the gate on the side. You can see some white stuff going down one of the rows. This is the row covers. We simply folded them back just in case we got a call for frost. This way all we have to do is unfold them and put the rock bags on them.

This is a view down one of the rows. I can't believe how much they grew while under the row covers. You can see flowers on the plants. There also weren't many weeds in the with the plants either. I am so glad that we weeded them before putting the row covers on. Jeff planted rye grass in between the rows to help prevent washing but the grass is as tall as the hills so he is going to have to get rid of it, mow it, or something.

A picture of one of the strawberry plants. They are so healthy looking. You can see how the grass is going up the side of the hill towards the strawberry plant.

A phto of another strawberry plant with flowers on it. It is a little out of focus but I just wanted to show the flowers on the plants. The bushier plants have flowers on them-they are just hard to see because the leaves are covering them up. I pulled a weed from one of the plants and 3 different kinds of bugs came up with it. One looked like a cross between a gnat and a mosquito. The other was a green little thing. Then another little one that looked like a spider. I showed them to Jeff who was going to look into what they were. But we noticed that the same bugs were all over the grass in between the rows. I don't know if the grass is keeping them off the strawberries or if the grass attracted them and they are just now making their way to the plants. As long as they stay on the grass i will be happy.