Last night I ordered 75 strawberry plants from Raintree Nursery in Morton WA. I ordered 50 plants of Seascape, and 25 plants of Tristar. Both are day-neutrals, meaning they bear fruit from June til October, rather than one big crop like June-bearers. The Seascape variety has been pretty fantastic in CA. It really thrives on the West Coast. Our local truck farmer, famous for his Farmers' Market display of fantastic crops, swears by Seascape. But Tristar is the most popular variety overall across the nation.
So today I am going to clean out our Mexican terra cotta strawberry pots. We have 6 of them. They are full of old dirt and pea gravel. That old dirt is going into other large pots, for growing Horseradish roots on the deck. I am not planting them in the garden again, as they took over the whole carrot bed before Loren dug them all up for me. They don't need prime dirt to grow. They need to be contained! The strawberries will get premium dirt.
The first crocus is blooming in the front yard, in the new hillside planting area beside the front door. It is a pale purple. 300 yellow, white and purple crocus are planted there, and all of them have leaves up and ready to bloom. There is also at least 100 miniature daffoldils planted there in clumps. It gets a lot of shade, and is cooler than other yard areas that get sunlight this time of year, so this area is slow to bloom.
