Filed under: Gardening
Each week, bring something new to your garden/windowsill/favorite vase -- and impress your friends with your ahead-of-the-curve picks.
Strawberry "Fern" growing on my terrace. Photo: Marie Viljoen
Everyone knows strawberries are delicious. Not everyone knows they're easy to grow. I started to grow them for the first time last year by buying three plants to pot up into one container. This year I gave away dozens of their offspring and still have a substantial personal collection. Choose an everbearing cultivar to ensure fruit from spring till late summer and plant them in full sun. The runners they send out will take root, giving you new plants and edible gifts to give away ... or keep yourself busy making pies and shortcakes until 2012.