We love strawberries in this household (well, my daughter and I love them, my life hostage, not so much) so we try to grow them in the garden.
There’s something special about growing your own food, and it’s also a great lesson to teach my daughter about where food actually comes from. Food doesn’t just turn up in the grocery store.
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I’ve been growing strawberries for a few years now, buying new plants each year and planting them early spring in the growing season to ensure we get a decent amount of strawberries in our strawberry patch.
Some create a strawberry bed in a raised bed but I find it better growing them in containers with well-drained soil. The reason for this is that I can keep an eye on things in the garden that may have its eye on eating my strawberries. Pest control is key to being able to grow your own. Last year, I didn’t get any strawberries due to pests but I’ve figured out how to manage that this year.
Here are some tips I have learned to help you get good strawberries next year and the year after.
Tip one
Managing those pests
So, you see them growing and the next morning, they’re gone! I’ve got a video on what I do
Tip two
How to use strawberry runners
This tip could actually save you money so you’ll want to watch this
By planting these runner plants from the mother plant, you’re actually getting a whole new plant which means you won’t have to buy new strawberry plants from the garden centre and watch the strawberries grow the following spring.
Tip three
What to do over the winter
As I’m in the UK, I need to protect these strawberry plants during the winter which is why I will place them in a cold frame to help protect the plants from frost. They don’t have to be anything fancy, just something to protect them over the winter period, here’s a great example of a cold frame.
If you’re growing strawberries and have more tips, please do share
