surprising strawberries!

I was rather surprised to see some flowers on my strawberry plants a few weeks ago, and even more surprised to find they had actually fruited....well, now they have ripened and I have about 6 very almost ready strawberries and the rest of the plants on the patch (about 10 or so) have now also come into full flower.
Has anyone else heard of such a late crop? and will this disrupt next years fruiting?

 

Hi Axie,

I find the best way is to creep up on the strawberry bed & then jump up, dressed as a badger wearing a blown up marigold glove on my head, that usually suprizes the hell out of mine.

 

:dh: lol...thanks Ziggy! :lollol:

 

Back to reality (You are now leaving Ziggy's head, please fasten your safety belt & refrain from smoking till the head has landed)

The strawbs wont do anything that they don't want to at this time of year. You'll only weaken them if you force them over winter with artificial light & heat.

I know we've had a frost already but its the american tropical storm season now so we'll be getting a succession of warm moist tropical air for a bit, warding off the colder days till the end of the month so things will still crop for a bit.

Still getting corgettes, need to buy a shed load of vinegar & find some more jars.

made 2 jars of pickled beetroot this afternoon & still got loads in the ground.

 

Thanks Ziggy (and for letting me leave your head....it was a wild ride!)
I am actually amazed by the amount of stuff still coming off the alotment.

 

My pleasure Ali,

Get some clotches over anything you want to extend & pile leaf mould around your globe artichokes & pray for a welsh summer.

 

No globe artichoke, mainly because I have no idea what to do with them.
but we do have jerusalem ones.....or rather 'fartichokes' as my delightful daughter likes to call them :o

 

Ahh, best thing you can do there is mash em up with a few dogfish, sea salt & pepper & make artifish cakes. It will get all the farting over at once.

http://fliiby.com/file/28616/dceb3q9jpt.html

 

I'll give it a try but we are not big fish eaters (I know, its sinful).
Globe artichokes scare me a little....they look slightly alien!

 

Which version of Day of the Triffids did you grow up with