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<blockquote data-quote="Davy Crockett" data-source="post: 157779" data-attributes="member: 367"><p>I built a raised bed next to my basement foundation and made use out of that heat loss we get a row of early peas and the strawberries&nbsp; thrive in there.&nbsp; &nbsp; I saw some were turning green yesterday before the snow hit and there is still frost in the ground so it pays to make use of the basement heat loss.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; There is a tricks to help keep the birds out.&nbsp; Take a bunch of strawberry sized rocks and paint them red and put them down by your strawberry plants, Birds get tricked a time or two before the berries are ripe and they don't hang around.&nbsp;&nbsp; It helps that ours are right next to the house because Knucklehead (cat) loves to lay in them and take a nap and chase a bird once in a while.&nbsp; What gets ours is wasps and bees, They eat holes in them so we pick early in the morning.&nbsp; Going to plant a pollinator garden this spring and see if that will keep them away.&nbsp; The same here with the plants fizzling out after 3 or 4 years , We are on 6 or 7 years and still get a decent crop but not as big and juicy as they once were.&nbsp;&nbsp; Try the rock trick and you will laugh that something so simple actually works, My wife was in charge and she made them look just like berries and fooled a few humans too.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Davy Crockett, post: 157779, member: 367"] I built a raised bed next to my basement foundation and made use out of that heat loss we get a row of early peas and the strawberries thrive in there. I saw some were turning green yesterday before the snow hit and there is still frost in the ground so it pays to make use of the basement heat loss. There is a tricks to help keep the birds out. Take a bunch of strawberry sized rocks and paint them red and put them down by your strawberry plants, Birds get tricked a time or two before the berries are ripe and they don't hang around. It helps that ours are right next to the house because Knucklehead (cat) loves to lay in them and take a nap and chase a bird once in a while. What gets ours is wasps and bees, They eat holes in them so we pick early in the morning. Going to plant a pollinator garden this spring and see if that will keep them away. The same here with the plants fizzling out after 3 or 4 years , We are on 6 or 7 years and still get a decent crop but not as big and juicy as they once were. Try the rock trick and you will laugh that something so simple actually works, My wife was in charge and she made them look just like berries and fooled a few humans too. [/QUOTE]

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