Summer’s FRUIT
Looking across the bare vegetable plot over the winter months, it’s hard to imagine that this space will be transformed from a sea of brown with glimpses of green into a lush expanse of textured green with hints of brown. This transformation spurs my enthusiasm during the short glum winter days and I long for what spring has to offer; opportunity and abundance. One luxury to be preparing for, where taste cannot be surpassed, are ripe red strawberries.
Ground level
The strawberry plant is a low-growing self-fertile herbaceous perennial that propagates itself from short horizontal stems called runners. They are relatively easy to grow, provided good preparation is done beforehand,
