grow: strawberries

We have four different varieties of strawberries in the GGG Garden: Junebearing, Alpine (they mature to be white/yellow and are rumored to taste like pineapple),  Everbearing (which yields throughout the summer) and a mystery berry that we uncovered around the house (I'm putting my money on Junebearing.) Now, anyone who knows me, knows that I have a loathing for those Californian monstrosities that the grocery stores have the nerve to call strawberries, so you can imagine my excitement of having my very own organic and local versions. Junebearing and Everbearing strawberries send out runners (roots that produce a new plant) and make excellent ground covers and if you mulch them well (they don't like any competition with weeds or cold weather), you'll have them for many years to come.

If your own region can grow something reasonably well, I think we should do what we can to go local. Especially in a place like BC, where berries (and U-Picks) are bountiful! Just freeze and you'll have tasty, local, REAL berries all year.