On Jun 26, 10:56?am, "cybercat" > wrote:
> > wrote
>
> >> Where are you, Farmer John?
>
> > About 15 Km north west of the village of Barry's Bay in Eastern
> > Ontario on a farm surrounded by boreal forest.
>
> How lovely. I tried once to grow blueberries here in North Carolina,
> but failed. Some say it is too hot. (I am in the piedmont area.)

Blueberries grow in warm climes too, just need to choose the proper
type. You probably should try the low bush type, high bush
blueberries do better in cooler zones. I put in 12 high bush
blueberry plants last spring, three each of different bearing times,
all are doing very well, even with all the excessive rain in upstate
NY.

Strawberries were netted a couple days ago (crows are going nutz),
blueberries will get netted when it cools off a bit this afternoon.
http://i13.tinypic.com/52xouap.jpg

Doing pretty good for newly planted bushes... I better hurry and net
them before they get any riper, the crows have been eyeballing them.
http://i15.tinypic.com/4zbytqb.jpg

I decided the easiest way to net my berries is to make something
permanent and that I can walk into like a netted room... just laying
the netting directly on the plants like most folks do doesn't make
much sense to me. Steel fence posts are cheap, just drive in a six
footer in each corner, screw a small eyebolt into the top hole and
run
clothesline all arond. Then it was no big deal to drape the netting
and hold it in place with a few twist ties. Leevalley.com has the
very best netting available (actually nylon fishing netting in 12'
widths and wider, up to 120' lenths, knotted so it can be cut without
unraveling), everywhere else sells that stupid plastic stuff in very
narrow rolls.

I'm keeping my garden uncrowded this year, otherwise I grow much more
than I can possibly use.

Sheldon