PICKING sun-warmed sweet and juicy strawberries straight from the plant is one of the highlights of summer.
Even better, they’re easy to grow and extremely obliging to those with limited space, making themselves equally at home in the open ground, growing bags or containers.
Many people associate strawberries with June, but with careful selections of early, mid, late and perpetual plants you can enjoy them for up to six months of the year, especially if a glasshouse, polytunnel or even a warm conservatory is available to extend the season.
Fantastic flavours
If these weren’t reasons enough to have strawberries in your garden, perhaps the biggest advantage from growing your own comes from the way this provides access to a vast profile of flavours that have far
