Strawberry Wine

I have been remiss in my blogging, if you are following, I apologize. Spring snuck up and did a Tigger...so I am trying to regroup. I Tweeted everyone and said to come visit I would have pictures of my new strawberry beds. A week has passed, but at last here they are.

Not much to look at now, I know. But considering they looked dead when I planted them last week, a dramatic change! They will not be allowed to bear this year. I'll pull all blooms and most runners until late in the season, then tuck them under a bed of straw for a winter nap. Next year, they will be allowed to bloom and we will have fresh strawberries. I will probably add two more beds so I can rotate them every couple of years and still have a crop.

Remeber the garlic I showed you back in February? Here is how it looks now, and I don't even harvest until late summer. I will probably expand garlic production, too.

And one more, to make the title of today's blog have some meaning. We started with strawberries, now for the wine. We have had bud break on the grapes, here is the little clusters of grapes to be, just getting started. This variety is Cabernet Franc.