Comments on: Feral Strawberries

By: Daisy

Daisy — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:51:52 +0000

I wonder if my raspberries are feral? We live in a small city, no wild berries nearby, so they may have been garden-bound at one time. Last year the birds ate them all before we could. Maybe this year we’ll be luckier…

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:29:53 +0000

I didn’t know that the strawberries we know today are a hybrid of the N and S American ones. You learn something new everyday! I’d trade you my wild strawberries in my shade garden for yours that produce edible fruit. For that matter you could just have my wild ones!

By: wiseacre

wiseacre — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:24:02 +0000

The only thing I seemed to manage this year was to create a nice bed for mine. It wasn’t planned but my wife dug up all the escaped strawberries and filled the only raised bed I finished this spring. They seem happy and are now busy sending runners out.

I did have a nice treat the other day. An odd ant might have been eaten but the handfulls of wild strawberries made them taste great.

By: Matty

Matty — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:48:11 +0000

Love you site! Been reading it for a while, and I think I’m gonna look into the rain barrels you posted about. Dig In!!

By: Camille

Camille — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:18:02 +0000

I have feral strawberries, too. About two years ago I noticed them just as my husband was about to weed wack them. (Vile tool, that weed wacker.) I tend to let stuff grow that just pops up. I like to see what it might be and that philosophy has paid off with some lovely ground covers and beautiful indigenous plants.

I took your test. I posted what flower I am on my site. You made it easy to post. Thanks!