I am glad that Wasilla banned plastic grocery bags... but what do you do with all of the paper sacks that you saved? I put them down in my garden and cover with mulch for weed control. This is my Gooseberry bed.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I haven't had a good gooseberry for about 50 years. Do they still taste or like everything else had the flavour & scent bred out of them?
FrayedBear
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May 26, 2021
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It's either that or cut them up for toilet paper!
FrayedBear
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May 26, 2021
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Interesting idea. I also have 3 Gooseberry plants but have to fight the saw fly every year.
JackPedigo
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May 25, 2021
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Maybe that's what got mine! I had a white and a black that both thrived and produced tons of berries, but something devoured them to the point that I had to take them out.
@tinkercreek The Saw Flies are larva that eat the leaves. I have had a plant with berries but no leaves. One summer my late partner and I donned gloves and picked off all the larva. That meant no larve were able to go into the ground and hibernate. The next year no flies. But is it labor intensive. There are chemicals but I prefer to not use chemical pesticides. Here is a link [growveg.com]
@JackPedigo That would be the culprits! I would never consider a chemical cure, so they just had to go. Interestingly, I had a native huckleberry adjacent, and it went unscathed.
@tinkercreek I just went out to check the plants. It's only been a couple of days and most of the main Gooseberry is gone. One branch was good and I did a lot of squashing. What a bummer. Oh well, I make preserves from a mixture of berries including Gooseberries and I still have enough for a couple of years.
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