My firm belief is that every garden needs strawberries. In every home we have lived in as a family, one of my first things to grow is strawberries. The flavor of a homegrown berry is unlike any commercial berry. It is 100% ripe without being gassed to appear ripe, juicy, and pesticide, herbicide, and fungicide-free.… Continue reading Getting Your Strawberry Plants Going
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Every Garden Needs Strawberries
If there were one plant that every gardener needs (according to me), it would be strawberry plants. And can you ever have too many plants? I think not. And to have a diversified stock of varieties: June Bearing, Ever Bearing, and Alpine. Do this, and you won't be lusting after out-of-season berries grown in Peru.… Continue reading Every Garden Needs Strawberries
Building A Strawberry Cage
I'd not have built a strawberry cage when we lived in town. I can only imagine what our neighbors (and the HOA) would have had to say. But there comes a time when in rural life you must come to terms with caging your treasures. And you just use what you have on hand, and… Continue reading Building A Strawberry Cage
Hula Berries Vs. Alpine White Strawberries
It will happen soon. You will be walking into the local corporate owned grocery store, or a big box store, and your eyes will wander to a brightly colored wrap touting exotic looking strawberries in a pack of plants by the front door, or in the garden area. It will say Hula Berry on them.… Continue reading Hula Berries Vs. Alpine White Strawberries
In Ground Versus Hanging Strawberry Plants: A Season of Studying
You might ask...why write about growing strawberries on the last day of September? As fall settles in you have time to ponder, to dream, to plan for the coming early spring. You will find the time goes by faster than you think. So start thinking now! And did the prices of strawberries make you blanch… Continue reading In Ground Versus Hanging Strawberry Plants: A Season of Studying