Strawberries are a favorite for home gardeners, but buying new plants every season can get expensive. Luckily, strawberry ...

Companion planting with strawberries is one of the best ways to achieve an abundant summer harvest with healthy, juicy ...

These fruit are produced throughout the year but due to the tree’s sensitivity to frost, it should not be planted north of ...

The Swedes say jordgubbe and the Spanish say fresa. To Finns it’s mansikka and to the Dutch it’s aardbei. The Danes and the Norwegians all call it jordbaer and the strawberry, to many, ...

If planted later, the flowers should be removed in the first year so the energy is used to develop a healthy plant in year two. Strawberry plants can produce fruit for five or six years.

While the practice is generally more trouble than it’s worth, one reason to do so is to get different varieties.

We also trialled different ways to grow them, including whether surrounding your plants with straw really helps. If you have suitable, disease-free soil, nothing is easier than popping your strawberry ...

Strawberry connoisseurs have a protocol for ... pansies but are actually their parents — often self-sow and, as new plants are constantly coming along, provide color almost throughout the ...