Here is a glimpse at what looks like a good summer of strawberries. We did really well with these the last couple of years averaging nearly a quart a day. This year the plants look even better and the initial berries are bigger. It might be my imagination, but it sure seems like there are more berries so far this year. These are an ever bearing variety so we continuously get fresh berries all the way through the first frost in the fall. Since they have been doing so well for us we added another five feet this spring using runners that jump off the parent plant. Usually we snip them off. We also gave away about 40 strawberry plants from runners away. This year we'll snip the runners as we see them growing so they don't take away from the plant bearing additional fruit. Strawberries are easy to grow if your soil is well drained and you keep them watered, but not too wet. We'll pick about a half quart today.
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